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Asia

What Can We Learn from the Tragic End of an Odyssey?

What was sold as the “never-ending cruise” certainly ended in dramatic fashion–with residents told they had just a few hours to pack up and leave their homes at sea.The Villa Vie Odyssey, a residential cruise [...]
Africa

Viking Plots a Journey Worthy of Pharoahs

Viking has opened bookings for a new 19-day Grand Nile Journey itinerary exploring ancient Egypt in unprecedented depth. The explorations in 2028 feature four hotel nights in Egypt’s capital and 14-night sailings between Cairo and [...]
Cruise Lines

Explora Rounding out its Family at a Half Dozen

Explora Journeys keeps innovating as its completes its planned fleet of six ships. The luxury cruise brand of MSC Group marked milestones in the building of the final ships in its fleet at a shipyard [...]
Cruise Lines

The More the Merroir in Dining on Seabourn

Seabourn is expanding its gourmet range with the launch of Earth & Ocean, a culinary philosophy to shape menus to the local “terroir and merroir ” of places its ships visit. What started with a series [...]
Cruise Lines

Norwegian Rings a Bella to Top its Prima Class

Norwegian Cruise Line has opened bookings for its sixth and final Prima-class ship, Norwegian Bella, due to debut with weeklong roundtrips from Barcelona in May, 2028.At 1,129 feet and accommodating 3,921 passengers double occupancy she’ll [...]

Barging In: Myths and Realities of Small Boat Cruising in Europe

by Wallace Immen in Celebrity Interviews Comments Off on Barging In: Myths and Realities of Small Boat Cruising in Europe

When you think of river cruising in Europe, the Rhine, Danube and Seine come immediately to mind. But how about the Nivernais Canal, the River Yonne, the Brenta, or the Canal du Midi? Europe is [...]

Getting a Crow’s Eye View of Sails and Sky on a Climb Up Star Flyer’s Mast

February 17, 2013 Comments Off

Don’t look down! The crowd on deck was ribbing me as I hung precariously from a rope ladder halfway up one of the masts of the sailing ship Star Flyer. It was a highlight of […]

Atlas Adds Shortcut Expeditions to Antarctica

July 1, 2023 Comments Off

Two new seven-night Antarctic expeditions are being added to the winter season of Atlas Ocean Voyages as it adds a third ship to its fleet. The shorter voyages departing Dec. 9 and 19 on the […]

10 Hacks to Get the Most Out of the World’s Biggest Ship

May 11, 2022 1

Some people get the wrong idea when they hear that Wonder of the Seas is the biggest ship in the world. At 18 decks tall and six times larger than the Titanic, the ship able […]

Get into the Kitchen with Carnival

November 15, 2019 Comments Off

Carnival Kitchen is a new treat aboard Carnival Cruise Line’s latest ship. Led by chefs, guests on on Carnival Panorama will be able to try their hand at cooking up everything from tuna tartare to […]

Amazing: Crystal Names its New Ship Grace

November 16, 2025 Comments Off

Crystal Cruises’ first new ship in a quarter of a century, Crystal Grace, promises to live up to her name said Cristina Levis, CEO of A&K Travel Group who announced the name choice. “It reflects […]