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Silversea Sweetens the Benefits for Top Suites

Silversea Cruises is organizing its suites into four categories, including one described as Residences. And the top categories are getting new perks on top of Silversea’s existing inclusions, such as butler service, 24-hour in-suite dining, [...]
Celestyal Cruises

Middle East is Erased from Cruise Maps for Years

Cruises lines are now expecting the Persian Gulf is going to be a no-go zone for a long, long time. Explora Journeys has just scratched 2028 Middle East itineraries for two of its ships. They [...]
Costa Cruises

Margaritaville’s Adding a Texas Twang

There’s no stopping the party for Margaritaville at Sea cruise line. It’s adding a third ship to the fleet and launching service from Texas. Beachcomber will sail from Galveston beginning in October, 2027 on four- [...]
Asia

SeaDream is Finally Building a New Luxury Yacht

Sea Dream Yacht Club is ordering a new ultra-luxury ship that can take 200 guests around the world. It’s been a long time coming for the 25-year-old boutique ultra-luxury cruise line ,whose two ships carry [...]
Caribbean

Life Under Sail Just Got More Adventurous

There are quicker ways to cruise, but there’s nothing more romantic and intimaate than doing it the timeless way, under thousands of square feet of billowing sails. And two cruise lines that specialize in sailing [...]

Flying Clipper Mystery Solved: 5-Masted Ship Finally Sailing

by Wallace Immen in Gossip Comments Off on Flying Clipper Mystery Solved: 5-Masted Ship Finally Sailing

This story has been updated: A long-standing mystery was finally solved as UK-based start-up Tradewind Voyages began sailing the world’s largest square-rigged sailing ship Golden Horizon. A four-year drama even had a dramatic final act, [...]

It’s Quads for Carnival’s Family

April 4, 2016 Comments Off

Carnival Corp. has finalized contracts with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri S.p.A. to build five new cruise ships. They include two that will be built for Costa Asia for deployment in China, two ships for Princess Cruises […]

The Ups and Downs of Funky Funchal on a Crystal Cruises Tour

December 16, 2013 Comments Off

So let me get this straight: two skinny guys are going to steer us safely down that steep hill on this makeshift toboggan? They look a lot like gondoliers in Venice with their jaunty straw […]

Oceania’s Major Rebuilding Project Promises Ships ‘Better than New’

August 15, 2018 Comments Off

Oceania Cruises is promising that an ambitious rebuild of its smaller ships will result in “four better-than-new ships.” The $100-million OceaniaNEXT project includes the complete rebuilding of Oceania’s R-Class ships. Regatta, Insignia, Sirena, and Nautica, […]

Bliss Will be Yours to Define in Features of Norwegian’s New Ship

August 20, 2017 1

What’s your definition of bliss? On Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest ship, it might be racing electric cars on the deck at speeds up to 30 MPH. Or it could be playing outdoor laser tag at […]

Avalon’s Suite Views Win Loyalty

February 12, 2019 Comments Off

Avalon Waterways is expanding its fleet with two new Suite Ships that give guests the unique view they crave. In addition to launching the new Avalon Envision on the Danube in April, 2019–her godmother being […]