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Alaska

Explora’s Largest Ship Yet Becomes Its Own Destination

Explora Journeys calls Explora III a destination in her own right. And she’s launching ahead of schedule in July, 2026 with a naming ceremony in Barcelona Aug. 1. Longer and with expanded public space compared [...]
Austria

Celebrity Plans to Flood Europe with River Cruises

Make that 20! Celebrity River Cruises has announced a commitment for 10 more new ships that will expand its European river cruise fleet to 20 vessels by 2031. All this while construction of the first [...]
Cruise Lines

Designing New Worlds— Like Home, Only Better

If you were creating a spaceship to explore distant planets, you’d want it to be designed by people who build cruise ships. They’re self-sufficient floating worlds that imaginative designers create as unique, welcoming environments. In [...]
Cruise Lines

Every Space Tells a Story: Designing a Floating World

Think of cruise ships as planets. They’re self-sufficient floating worlds that imaginative designers create into unique environments. Read the first part of this exclusive story here. In this second part of an interview with Wallace [...]
Caribbean

Oceania Reveals More of Sonata, Its Ship of the Future

Oceania Cruises is pulling back the curtain and opening bookings on Oceania Sonata, the first in a new class of ship it calls a New Era of Luxury at Sea. Set to debut in 2027, [...]

Cocktails with Cruella on Disney’s Destiny

by Wallace Immen in Caribbean Comments Off on Cocktails with Cruella on Disney’s Destiny

There will be plenty of heroes and even places to be entertained by friendly villains on the newest Disney Cruise Line ship. Disney Destiny will feature a first-of-its-kind dining experience inspired by The Lion King, [...]

Sleuths are Finally Ranking Cruise Cuisine

January 6, 2025 Comments Off

Forbes Travel Guide, a global rating system for luxury hotels, restaurants, spas, and ocean cruises is expanding its ratings to cruise restaurants. Considered a cruise industry first, the 2025 ship ratings and restaurant accolades will […]

Celebrity Reveals Edgy European River Cruisers

September 3, 2025 Comments Off

A long-held secret is out! With open decks and elevated spaces, Celebrity Cruises plans to transform the shape of cruising on the Rhine and Danube rivers. Two new ships due to arrive in 2027 will […]

Viking’s on a Roll—Record Bookings and Innovative Ships

May 28, 2025 1

Viking’s got good news and that could mean you’ll have a tough time finding available space on one of their ships. But there’s more on the way and its fleet will soon top 100 ships. […]

6 Ways Vista Ups the Fun Quotient on Carnival’s Biggest Ship Yet

May 26, 2016 1

The floor is packed with ladies who can’t help but get up and salsa to the band’s infectious Cuban beat, while half a dozen bartenders muddle mojitos and dance as they decorate daiquiris. The Havana Bar on […]

Silversea Making a Dynamic Return to Asia

November 3, 2022 Comments Off

Silversea Cruises is resuming sailing in Asia for the first time since the March 2020 pandemic shutdown, with four ships of the fleet doing cruises in the winter of 2023. Itineraries include Hong Kong, which […]