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Asia

Oceania Wants You to Settle in for a Long Voyage

Oceania Cruises lis stretching the definition of cruises to remarkable lengths. A new menu of options includes cruises that range from 31-day explorations to 180-day circumnavigations.Oceania’s fleet will be calling at more than 600 destinations [...]
Celebrity Beyond

Mystery Solved! Why Captain McCue Jumped Ship

Capt. Kate McCue is resigning from her role as captain at Four Seasons Yachts and intends to spend more time with her family. She shared the decision in an Instagram video in which she says [...]
Carnival Cruise Line

Think Cruising isn’t Sustainable? Carnival Begs to Differ

Carnival Corporation is defending the sustainability of cruising, saying not only has it met targets for cutting emissions early, it is raising its eco-friendly goals and will achieve them sooner. The world’s biggest cruise company, [...]
Caribbean

Sugar Beach: MSC’s Sweet New Caribbean Destination

There’s a new name on the cruise map for MSC Cruises and Explora Journeys in the Caribbean. Catalina Sugar Beach is the newest private island destination off the coast of La Romana, Dominican Republic.Set to [...]
AmaWaterways

Low Water Turns River Cruises Into Adventures

Soaring temperatures and drought that’s led to record low river levels in Europe are forcing cruise lines to adapt, with what some guests are calling “magical mystery cruises.”As a heat wave continues, an extended drought [...]

Why a Daytime Panama Canal Crossing is Still an Essential Cruise Adventure

by Wallace Immen in Caribbean 1

Clang, clang, clang go the cute little electric trolleys that are still known as mules. Crystal Serenity seems to move in slow motion as the lock gates open and close at a stately pace. It takes [...]

On Carnival Liberty: Can You Have Too Much Fun?

January 22, 2012 Comments Off

By WALLACE IMMEN Where to start? There’s dodgeball, boot camp exercises, Latin dance class, a free-throw contest, temporary tattoos, movie trivia, sports trivia. Or there are diagnoses based on looking at your tongue, or mixing […]

Lost in Translation: Looking Forward to Cruising to Fluffy Chicken

July 26, 2017 2

Ever been to Fluffy Chicken? How about Whiz-Fiber Module? In my world travels, I’ve become used to running across signs in shops like Welcome Turist: We Spik Inglish. I’ve seen menus that promise “a gastronomic […]

AmaWaterways Adds Another Longest-ever River Cruise

August 16, 2021 Comments Off

Call them the ultimate Grand Tours. AmaWaterways has had such overwhelming response to its longest-ever river cruise itineraries that they’re adding a third one. The 46- and 47-night explorations of Europe’s major rivers in 2023 […]

Mystery Solved! Why Captain McCue Jumped Ship

August 11, 2026 1

Capt. Kate McCue is resigning from her role as captain at Four Seasons Yachts and intends to spend more time with her family. She shared the decision in an Instagram video in which she says […]

UnCruise Adventures Rescues its Alaska Season

May 3, 2021 Comments Off

UnCruise Adventures has found a workaround to save the Alaska adventures of dozens of guests whose cruises were facing cancellation due to pandemic protocols in Seattle and Vancouver. The company created an alternative itinerary out […]