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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 [...]

Windstar’s New Star Pride: A Yacht Elegantly Transformed

by Wallace Immen in Cruise Lines Comments Off on Windstar’s New Star Pride: A Yacht Elegantly Transformed

I’ve sailed in the past aboard the ship now named Star Pride and always relished the experience of being aboard what I’d like to dream of being my own personal yacht. With a party-sized capacity of just over [...]

New Cruise Terminals are Promising a Smoother Welcome on Board

December 12, 2018 Comments Off

It’s been a bumper year for cruising and the view from the bridge shows smooth sailing ahead. The Cruise Lines International Association expects the number of passengers taking cruises will set a record 28 million […]

Ama Provides the Keys to Unlock the Lower Danube’s Iron Gates

August 18, 2016 Comments Off

The Iron Gates: They sound so formidable, but these days you can lighten up. Passing through them becomes a party. The name of the treacherous and narrow gorge on the lower Danube stems from the daunting challenge it posed […]

Teppanaki restaurant on Carnival Horizon

From Smoking Oysters to Teppanyaki: 10 Fun Tastes on Carnival Horizon

August 14, 2018 Comments Off

It’s never been said about a Carnival Cruise that there aren’t enough opportunities to eat. But somehow, the new Carnival Horizon manages to pack in even more opportunities to dine than her similarly sized fleet […]

Barging In: Myths and Realities of Small Boat Cruising in Europe

January 23, 2018 Comments Off

When you think of river cruising in Europe, the Rhine, Danube and Seine come immediately to mind. But how about the Nivernais Canal, the River Yonne, the Brenta, or the Canal du Midi? Europe is […]

5 Factors to Weigh in the Battle of the New Caribbean Behemoths

September 9, 2015 Comments Off

Two heavyweight contenders are going head-to-head for the title of the biggest, latest, more-of- everything cruise ship in the Caribbean. They come from familiar families, but these newcomers boast they pack more punch than any that […]