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We do a deep dive on all aspects of small-ship cruising under 300 pax, with reviews, news, tips & destination overviews to inspire & inform.
sponsored Windstar One Week Sale There’s no better way to get swept away by dreams of wonderful travel opportunities than a good ole fashioned sale! We love sharing enticing offers from beloved small-ship cruise lines like Windstar, with its fleet of six small ships...
Record Low Water Levels Impact European Rivers By Ted Scull Sandy streams seen in this photo below of the Loire Valley make it impossible for river traffic to proceed. Apart from most of the Loire, sections of the Rhine River have also been affected by record low...
Small Ship Norwegian Fjords Cruises By Ted Scull Ted shares some background about the Norwegian fjords, plus he tells us about his first cruises there and also which small-ship cruise lines ply Norway's fjords today. As the steamship proved its capabilities in the...
American Cruise Lines' Review of American Star. REVIEWER Beth Holley from the USA. CRUISE LINE American Cruise Lines. SHIP American Star. DESTINATION New England. # OF NIGHTS, 7. DEPARTURE PORT New Bedford, Rhode Island. DATE OF CRUISE August, 2022. OVERALL EXPERIENCE...
American Cruise Lines Harmony Review. REVIEWER D Waters from USA. CRUISE LINE American Cruise Lines. SHIP Harmony. DESTINATION Mississippi River. # OF NIGHTS, 7. DEPARTURE PORT New Orleans. DATE OF CRUISE October, 2021. OVERALL EXPERIENCE RATING 1 out of 5 stars ...
American Queen Voyages' Ocean Victory By Anne Kalosh Update Feb 24, 2024: The three riverboats of American Queen Voyages, including the American Queen, ceased operations earlier this week as will the company's pair of coastal ships. The bottom line is that the line...
The 2023 Great Lakes Season by Ted Scull For the 2023 Great Lakes season, it’s a happy fact that all the 2022 cruise lines are returning, an indication that this once on-again off-again Canadian American cruising region has established both awareness and a following....
My Great Lakes Cruise Review By Karl Zimmermann My wife, Laurel, and I have made many dozens of deep-water cruises throughout much of the world, but our own Great Lakes, though high on our wish list, had eluded us. Too pricey, we felt, and we still thought that...
Viking Turns 25 By Anne Kalosh. Twenty-five years ago this month — August 1997 — Viking launched on the rivers of Russia. It has blossomed into a global cruise operator plying 20 rivers, five oceans, five Great Lakes and all seven continents. From the start, "We...
New Lindblad Galápagos Ship by Anne Kalosh Ecuadorian officials welcomed Lindblad Expeditions' National Geographic Islander ll in festivities at Salinas on the mainland leading up to this small ship's entry into Galápagos service. The former Crystal Esprit was...
French Polynesia Feels Like Paradise By Judi Cohen @TravelingJudi Struck by wanderlust while still a little nervous about venturing too far from home as the COVID pandemic lingered on, I finally decided to travel to one of the most remote and exotic paradises...
First Female Captain for Hebridean Princess By Ted Scull Hebridean Island Cruises has just announced that Captain Caroline Palmer will work in tandem with Captain Richard Heaton aboard the 50-passenger Hebridean Princess, a beloved ship that has cruised in mostly...
Heidi & Ted, along with their team of expert travel writers, have reviewed and traveled their way around the world, seeking out the very best in small-ship cruising. We have organized our reviews in six small buckets — river & canal, sailing, micro, coastal, oceangoing and expedition small-ship cruises.
If you can imagine it, we’ve cruised it! With reviews, articles and destination overviews, we’ve got you covered.
