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Canada

Is This The Golden Moment for Great Lakes Cruises?

Victory Cruise Line is seeing a spike in new bookings for its Great Lakes cruises and owner John Waggoner knows why.“I hear it every day: There’s a stalemate in Middle East and the airlines are [...]
Destinations

Oceania Crafting a Ship Dedicated to Long Voyages

Oceania Cruises will re-launch a ship as its dedicated world cruiser after a renovation designed to make it feel like a “home at sea.” Oceania Aurelia will be the new name of Nautica, a ship [...]
Cruises

Wind Star Reborn After 40 Years Under Sail

The yacht that started it all has a fresh new look. When Windstar Cruises 148-guest Wind Star debuted 40 years ago, she helped pioneer a new kind of cruising, with automated sails, an intimate scale, [...]
Cruise Lines

Holland America Investing in Sweeping Fleet Upgrades

Building on record performance, Holland America Line plans a $500-million investment to reimagine six ships. Holland America Evolution is the most ambitious guest experience update in the company’s 153-year history, to deliver a comprehensive bow-to-stern [...]
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Master Cuisine Showcasing on Oceania’s Newest Ship

In a landmark collaboraton, Oceania Cruises has revealed details of La Table par Maîtres Cuisiniers de France to debut aboard the brand’s next-generation ship, Oceania Sonata, coming in 2027..La Table is the first and only [...]

A new Spirit for Sea Cloud Fleet

by Wallace Immen in News Comments Off on A new Spirit for Sea Cloud Fleet

It’s always a special event when a new tall ship hits the waves and Sea Cloud Cruises has the Spirit. Sea Cloud Spirit, a new sailing ship with 43,000 square feet of sail area will [...]

She’ll be an Enchanted Princess

November 5, 2018 Comments Off

Princess Cruises has unveiled details of the debut of the Enchanted Princess, destined to make her debut in June, 2020. The sister ship to Sky Princess, which will launch in 2019, Enchanted Princess will have […]

7 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Days on Anthem of the Seas

November 18, 2015 1

So what will it be on a day at sea? Play hard or chill out? Eat sensibly or splurge? Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas is designed to be a floating world with a huge […]

Oceania Innovating Drinks and Food on New Vista

October 5, 2022 1

Flavored smoke bubbles, Negronis aged in wooden barrels and a travelling Bubbly Bar are among the cocktail-craft trends to be introduced on Vista, the first of Oceania Cruises’ new Allura Class ships. The 1,200-guest ship […]

Oceania Expands Spa Program Ashore

October 17, 2019 Comments Off

Reflexology on a rice barge, meditation in a winery and apitherapy at a bee farm are among the unique new offerings of Oceania Cruises’ expanded spa and wellness offerings. As part of the brand’s OceaniaNEXT […]

5 Thrills of Flying on a Beaver with an Eagle’s Eye View of Unspoiled Alaska

May 7, 2015 Comments Off

In the rest of the world, planes take off from a runway. In Alaska, almost any stretch of water will do. Today on a shore excursion from a cruise on Oceania Cruises we’re going to […]