Sea of Cortez Cruise By Elysa Leonard. When I signed up for Windstar's “Searching for the Sea of Cortez” cruise aboard the Star Legend, sailing from San Diego, California to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, I knew it meant white-sand beaches, crystal blue waters, gorgeous...
French Barge Cruising By Elysa Leonard. The Canal, The Boat, The Weather, The Locks, The Food & The Wine To be completely honest, I had mixed feelings about this quirky cruise as we planned it. It was not my normal kind of holiday. I am a scuba girl and love my...
By Elysa Matsen Leonard. Island Windjammers' Caribbean Sailing Adventure If you want to know what an Island Windjammers Caribbean Sailing Adventure is all about, think adult summer camp, contagious laughter and completely checking out for a week. I entered the special...
Island Windjammers Caribbean Adventure By Elysa Matsen Leonard Updated September 2024 If you want to know what an Island Windjammers Caribbean adventure cruise is all about, think adult summer camp, contagious laughter and completely checking out for a week. I entered...
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Ponant and Aqua Expeditions By Anne Kalosh Ponant Explorations bought a majority stake in Aqua Expeditions, a little gem of a company with very intimate ships and unusual ocean and river itineraries in biodiversity hotspots. Destinations include the Galápagos, Raja...
Island Windjammers Review By Amy Fried Standing barefoot on the teak deck of the Diamant, with nothing but the open sea ahead and a gentle Caribbean breeze swirling around me, I felt a world away from the crowds and glitz of a traditional cruise. This isn’t a cruise...
Galápagos Cruise Review By Alison Abbott Swimming with sharks, snorkeling with penguins, photographing blue-footed boobies, diving with sea lions; I haven’t spoken to many travelers who don’t have a Galápagos adventure on their bucket list. After experiencing the...
Swan Hellenic Antarctica Review by Robin McKelvie Half a dozen gentoo penguins bounce past the Zodiac, fishing and keeping a keen watch out for predatory leopard seals. On our other flank a humpback whale breaks the surface, then disappears with a whip of its mighty...
CroisiEurope Rhine River Cruise Review By Peter Knego On various journeys with a wide range of river cruise lines on European waterways, I’ve encountered the vessels of French-owned CroisiEurope with a certain level of curiosity. Once or twice, I’ve even walked across...
Mississippi River Cruise By John and Sandra Nowlan Our first glance of our Mississippi riverboat was from atop a levee in Memphis. We headed down the steep ramp to board the American Melody through its unusual flipped-up bow. Riverboats on the Mississippi have a...
Eastern Europe Viking Cruise By Judi Cohen The moment our Viking longship, Viking Ullur, arrived in Budapest, I felt like I was “home.” Here, in the heart of Hungary on the Danube River, I was surrounded by the flavours and scents that defined my childhood. This...
American Cruise Lines New England By Cele and Lynn Seldon As we’ve mentioned before in some of our other QuirkyCruise.com coverage, we often escape the heat and humidity of our South Carolina Lowcountry home in the summer and head to cooler temperatures. This year was...
Viking Eastern Seaboard Explorer Cruise By Peter Knego It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Viking and have been since first laying eyes on a rendering of the soon-to-be Viking Star at a cruise industry preview event in 2013. I was thrilled to see a new ocean-going...
Murray River Cruise By Ted Scull For Australia, the mention of river cruises would probably result in blank stares from most people, leaving them in the dark. Such cruises are plentiful in Europe, North America, Asia, and to a lesser extent in South America (Amazon,...
Variety Cruises Galileo Reviewer Jay Katz from USA. Cruise Line Variety Cruises. Ship The 49-passenger Galileo. Destination Greece. # of Nights 8. Departure Port Athens, Greece. Date of Cruise Oct 18, 2024. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good, 3=good, 2=poor,...
