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7 Things You Must Know Now About Celebrity Ascent

Has Celebrity Cruises evolved to the point where the ship can be the destination? We’re about to find out on a cruise aboard the Celebrity Ascent, which offers a range of daily activities for every [...]
Cruise Lines

Transcend Aims to Be the Go-To for Group Cruises

A sleek, dark blue ship with interiors by luxury yacht firm Tillberg Design of Sweden is about to start sailing on Europe’s rivers. Gorgeous, but you can’t just book a single cabin, you have to [...]
Atlas Ocean Voyages

Atlas Flipping the Globe for 2028 Arctic Cruises

Atlas Ocean Voyages, a line more identified with South Polar exploration, is setting sights North for a highly anticipated 2028 Arctic Season, featuring 13 newly curated journeys ranging from seven to 17 nights. Sailing aboard [...]
Canada

It’s Shaping Up as a Great Lakes Future

Cruisers choosing to stay close to home, repeat guests and smoother sailing have cruise lines planning a long future in the Great Lakes.Viking has just announced its 2028–2029 expedition voyages that include Great Lakes cruises [...]
Cruise Lines

MSC Gets Racier with Grand Prix Viewings

Leave it to MSC Cruises to create the ultimate pop-up event. It built a replica of its MSC Yacht Club “ship within a ship” to provide race fans a taste of the line’s seagoing hospitality.At [...]

The Vieux and the New Make a Tour of Elegant Lyon a Roaring Good Time

by Wallace Immen in 10 Best Lists Comments Off on The Vieux and the New Make a Tour of Elegant Lyon a Roaring Good Time

Whether or not the Sun King spent any time in Lyon, his influence is everywhere– from the city’s elegant layout and classic architecture to the massive open square Louis XIV ordered built as a parade [...]

5 Tasty Advance Samples of the New Celebrity Beyond

October 4, 2021 1

Celebrity is aiming to go past the Edge and above the Apex in its latest ship, Celebrity Beyond. With a Michelin-starred chef, one of the world’s most famous interior designers and globally-inspired cuisine and cocktails, […]

Norwegian Gets More Margaritavilles

August 7, 2016 Comments Off

It’s always going to be 5 o’clock somewhere. Cheeseburgers in Paradise and Who’s to Blame Margaritas are coming to more ships of Norwegian Cruise Line. The line announced the expansion of its exclusive partnership […]

Serenity waterfall and pool on a quiet day

What Works– and What Could Work Better–on the Sparkling New Carnival Sunshine

August 14, 2013 2

There’s so much to see on the newly rebuilt Carnival Sunshine and there’s been so little time to actually see it. On my cruise from Barcelona around the Mediterranean to Venice, it’s been a port […]

An Icy Disko Party with Whale Tails in Greenland

September 5, 2023 1

Spouting and snorting and flipping its enormous tail, it was almost as though a humpback whale was giving us an escort to his glittering ice cave as it emerged from the waves alongside our boat. […]

Who Moved My Cheese? Avalon Waterways’ Tour Reveals All

May 19, 2012 3

North Holland is windmill country, a landscape that inspired generations of Dutch masters as well as decades of paint by numbers sets. It’s easy to see why on a day excursion from Avalon Waterways’ new port stop […]