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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 [...]
Cruise Lines

Silversea Sweetens the Benefits for Top Suites

Silversea Cruises is organizing its suites into four categories, including one described as Residences. And the top categories are getting new perks on top of Silversea’s existing inclusions, such as butler service, 24-hour in-suite dining, [...]
Celestyal Cruises

Middle East is Erased from Cruise Maps for Years

Cruises lines are now expecting the Persian Gulf is going to be a no-go zone for a long, long time. Explora Journeys has just scratched 2028 Middle East itineraries for two of its ships. They [...]
Costa Cruises

Margaritaville’s Adding a Texas Twang

There’s no stopping the party for Margaritaville at Sea cruise line. It’s adding a third ship to the fleet and launching service from Texas. Beachcomber will sail from Galveston beginning in October, 2027 on four- [...]
Asia

SeaDream is Finally Building a New Luxury Yacht

Sea Dream Yacht Club is ordering a new ultra-luxury ship that can take 200 guests around the world. It’s been a long time coming for the 25-year-old boutique ultra-luxury cruise line ,whose two ships carry [...]

Rolling Stone Rock Room on Holland America

5 Unique Ways the Nieuw Statendam Blends Tradition with the Future

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As a duo of dueling piano folks blast out the last bouncing bars of Satisfaction, a rock five-some on the other side of the aisle immediately launches into a high-energy set of their own. There’s [...]

Better Watch Out Santa: We’re Coming to Visit You at the Pole

March 25, 2024 1

Ho, ho, ho, who wouldn’t go? An 18-night icebreaking voyage all the way to the North Pole in July is among Abercrombie & Kent’s innovative new small-ship expeditions for 2024. There will be a cocktail […]

No Masks, No Touch; a New Normal on Celebrity Apex

November 4, 2021 1

(Note: due to the omicron situation, Royal Caribbean ships have temporarily re-imposed a mask mandate for indoor spaces on cruises). What a revelation it was to discover that once we get on board Celebrity Apex, […]

Will Bermuda be Able to Weather a Surging Tide of Cruise Ships?

July 14, 2019 Comments Off

There was a time not long ago when your cruise ship might be the only one visiting Bermuda on any given day. The tiny mid-Atlantic island strictly limited the number of cruise ships allowed to […]

Crystal Serenity’s Guests Discover Times Gone By in Casablanca

January 25, 2014 Comments Off

You must remember this…but it ain’t necessarily so. In the classic movie, Hollywood imagined Casablanca as a quaint village of whitewashed villas whose life seemed to revolve around a piano bar run by a dapper, worldly-wise […]

Got Cruise Plans for 2028? Hapag-Lloyd Already Does

July 15, 2025 Comments Off

What are you doing for Christmas in 2027? Been thinking about the Caribbean in 2028? Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is encouraging guests to look far ahead in exchange for savings on adventurous voyages on their luxury ships. […]