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Alaska

Why a 15-year Alaskan Dream Ended So Suddenly

A small, niche cruise line sailing in Southeast Alaska has called it quits. “Effective immediately, Alaskan Dream Cruises has ceased business operations and will no longer be operating future sailings,” the cruise line announced on [...]
Alaska

Explora’s Largest Ship Yet Becomes Its Own Destination

Explora Journeys calls Explora III a destination in her own right. And she’s launching ahead of schedule in July, 2026 with a naming ceremony in Barcelona Aug. 1. Longer and with expanded public space compared [...]
Austria

Celebrity Plans to Flood Europe with River Cruises

Make that 20! Celebrity River Cruises has announced a commitment for 10 more new ships that will expand its European river cruise fleet to 20 vessels by 2031. All this while construction of the first [...]
Cruise Lines

Designing New Worlds— Like Home, Only Better

If you were creating a spaceship to explore distant planets, you’d want it to be designed by people who build cruise ships. They’re self-sufficient floating worlds that imaginative designers create as unique, welcoming environments. In [...]
Cruise Lines

Every Space Tells a Story: Designing a Floating World

Think of cruise ships as planets. They’re self-sufficient floating worlds that imaginative designers create into unique environments. Read the first part of this exclusive story here. In this second part of an interview with Wallace [...]

Celebrity Beyond Propels Shows to New Heights

by Wallace Immen in Celebrity Cruises 1

Celebrity Cruises has raised the curtain and brings down the house with new live shows and interactive experiences on Celebrity Beyond. A team of creators who have collaborated on major productions from Las Vegas and [...]

Odyssey of the Seas Celebration Proves Cruising is Back

November 17, 2021 1

So good, so good, so good. As the bouncy refrain of Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline: Good times never felt so good filled the two- level atrium of Odyssey of the Seas, guests spontaneously waved their […]

Regent Reveals Art Treasures at Sea

December 12, 2019 Comments Off

It’s taken two years to curate and commission and $5-million to buy the art aboard Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ newest ship, Seven Seas Splendor. The 300-piece collection from artists around the world will debut when […]

Celebrity Beyond Propels Shows to New Heights

March 16, 2022 1

Stupendous Stupas Accent Ama’s Entry into Myanmar Cruising

May 18, 2014 Comments Off

There’s no sight quite like the endless vista of ancient Buddhist stupas in the valley of Bagan at sunset as the light plays off the domed roofs topped with gilded spires that have been here […]

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 […]