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Carnival Cruise Line

Fleet Shuffles Will Grow HAL and Shrink Cunard

It’s not just deck chairs, Carnival Corp. is rearranging its fleets. Holland America Line will see its lineup grow to 12 ships with the addition of P&O Cruises’ ship Arcadia. At the same time, Cunard [...]
AmaWaterways

Lessons Learned from Europe’s Low Water Crisis

After a summer of historic drought in Europe, river cruising is still facing unprecedented stress. Water levels across several sections of the Danube remain critically low and have not recovered sufficiently to restore normal navigation, [...]
Caribbean

Watch a New Ship Being Born—MSC World Atlantic

MSC Cruises next flagship, MSC World Atlantic reached a milestone as the ship touched water for the first time at Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France. The float out marks an important stage in [...]
Cruises

Is it Time to Dip Your Toes in the Ganges?

You’ve cruised the Rhine, the Danube and the Seine. Now it may be time to do something extraordinary and explore rivers in India with thousands of years in history. Scenic Cruises– better known for ocean [...]
Aman at Sea

Are $7,000 a Night Cruises Sustainable?

Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons, Orient Express, Aman Resorts. Luxury hotel chains seem to have all decided at once to put their oars in the water with new small ships that promise the ultimate in comfort and [...]

Carnival Unlocks Portals for its New Celebration Key

by Wallace Immen in Carnival Cruise Line 1

A new cruise destination is coming into focus as Carnival Cruise Line revealed details of Celebration Key, an exclusive destination on Grand Bahama designed to offer guests “a key for unlocking their slice of paradise.” [...]

Japan Meets Peru in Oceania’s Red Ginger Menu

June 20, 2025 Comments Off

Oceania Cruises is expanding the menu of its Pan-Asian restaurant Red Ginger with a flavorful Japanese-Peruvian twist. Twelve new menu items recently debuted aboard Oceania Vista and will be available on the line’s newest ship, […]

Seeing Rome in a Day: Starting From the “Wedding Cake”

March 23, 2014 Comments Off

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and it certainly can’t be seen in a day. But it’s always an adventure to see what you can on a day’s visit. The more you know of Rome, the […]

It’s a Celebration: Carnival Goes Full Circle for its Big 5-0

August 21, 2020 Comments Off

Carnival Cruise Line’s golden anniversary present is a new ship in a new generation that carries a name recalling one of the earliest in its fleet. Fun Ship partners including Kathie Lee Gifford, Guy Fieri, […]

Turning Up the Tastes on a Tall Ship

August 26, 2025 Comments Off

Talk about a Big Fish Fry! The grill tonight features a grouper so massive it’s almost larger than any of the cooks who are grilling it. But it will somehow vanish like magic into scrumptious […]

Woman Takes Command of Splendor

March 7, 2019 Comments Off

She first shipped out to sea at the age of 16 and now she’s master and commander. As part of a trend in women reaching the top jobs at sea, Regent Seven Seas Cruises announced […]