Viking's New Longships Debut By Peter Knego Aaaah! Two nights in Paris for a Viking Cruises christening event was the icing on a multi-tiered gateau that finally thawed after a two year, COVID-generated freeze. I arrived at the Pont de Grenelle on March 15, a gray...
Lindblad Galapagos Expedition Cruising, Part 2 By Peter Knego Updated September 2025 The second day’s 6:30 wake up call would set the pace for the rest of the week. After breakfast with some of the best huevos rancheros I’ve ever tasted and fresh cappuccinos from a...
Lindblad Galapagos Expedition Cruise, Part 1 By Peter Knego One place that has always intrigued but somehow eluded me, at least until this past September, is the Galapagos. Before then, I knew little about the archipelago, other than it is home to numerous unique...
Atlas Ocean Voyages' World Navigator Part 3 By Peter Knego Following the captain’s sobering announcement about one guest on board testing positive for COVID, there was of course, a lot of guessing among fellow World Navigator passengers about what would happen next....
Atlas Ocean Voyages Beautiful World Navigator By Peter Knego What a joy it was to be heading back to Greece, one of my favorite places on the planet, to join Atlas Ocean Voyages beautiful World Navigator on her maiden cruise to Alexandria via several of Greece’s most...
Atlas Ocean Voyages’ World Navigator By Peter Knego A maiden voyage is a milestone event that many crossers and cruisers yearn to be a part of. However, as most know, the cachet of being a “maiden voyager” comes with caveats, especially when the ship is the first for...
Sea Cloud Videos by Peter Knego QuirkyCruise contributor Peter Knego has produced a pair of wonderful Sea Cloud videos that illustrate Sea Cloud's rich history. The first video provides a top-to-bottom tour of all passenger deck areas, public spaces and cabin...
Adventures with Aranui Cruises By Peter Knego. Updated September 2025, with the news that a new vessel, the 198-passenger Aranaoa, will launch in 2027; read more details in this SeaTrade Cruise News article. Fortunately, this was not my first visit to Tahiti, so the...
New Scenic Eclipse By Peter Knego. During a blast of social media posts covering the debut of Scenic Cruises’ six-star luxury expedition ship Scenic Eclipse, what stood out in my feed were the comments from friends who are generally indifferent to cruising and cruise...
Great Lakes Cruising By Peter Knego. After decades of cruising the seven seas and well over a dozen rivers, I was long overdue for a proper Great Lakes cruise. My introduction to North America’s vast and enchanting inland waterway was via a 10-day voyage this past...
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Island Windjammers Lyra Review Reviewer Toni Coleman from the US. Cruise Line Island Windjammers. Ship The 8-passenger Lyra. Destination Greek Isles. # of Nights 10. Departure Port Piraeus, Greece. Date of Cruise September, 2025. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good,...
Maple Leaf Adventures British Columbia Cruise Review By Robin McKelvie As the tender boat (a RIB, or rigid inflatable boat) edges deeper into First Nations territory — and further and further from the stresses and strains of the modern world — we enter a space where...
Mississippi River Music Cities Cruise Review By Jackie Sheckler Finch From the birthplace of the blues and rock ‘n’ roll in Memphis to the home of country music in Nashville, my 7-night cruise aboard the 180-passenger American Splendor was a musical delight. And it...
Canal du Midi Barge Cruise Review By Donna Heiderstadt The first time my friend Suzanne and I found ourselves about to board a seriously small boat for a week-long cruise with a handful of total strangers was in September 1997 in Turkey. As we thought back to that...
American Cruise Lines 2026 Great Lakes Cruises & More By Anne Kalosh With its fast-growing fleet of small U.S.-flag ships, American Cruise Lines is breaking out new Great Lakes and Mississippi River river routes. In 2026, the company will feature three...
Hooghly River Cruise Review By Heidi Sarna I recently spent a fascinating week on a Hooghly River cruise aboard Raj Mahal, a 40-passenger riverboat from Assam Bengal Navigation (ABN). Our journey covered about 250 miles of this twisting distributary of the Ganges,...
Magna Carta Barge Review Reviewer Deb Driscoll from the US. Cruise Line Magna Carta. (Sold through European Waterways and Barge Lady Cruises) Ship The 8-passenger Magna Carta. Destination Thames River, England. # of Nights 6. Departure Port London, England. Date of...
sponsored CroisiEurope Christmas Markets Cruises Christmas cruise itineraries are filled with the sights, sounds and tastes of the holidays. Europe’s centuries-old cities and towns are adorned with twinkling lights and classic decorations. Fragrant evergreens and the...
Magna Carta Thames River Cruise Review By Heidi Sarna Walking off the 8-passenger hotel barge Magna Carta, from its Thames River mooring at the edge of lush woodlands that envelop the Cliveden House estate in the Berkshire hills, we set off on a short uphill trek...
Victory Great Lakes Cruise By Stephanie Sack It was during a lecture about shipwrecks in Victory I's lovely Compass Lounge when I realized that a vacation on this ship was much more than a 10-day Great Lakes cruise. After years spent guiding travelers through...
AmaMagna Danube River Cruise Review By Jane Iyer What could be more pleasurable than spending a glorious evening gazing out at Budapest’s stately buildings lining the banks of the Danube — with a glass of wine in hand? This was indeed the perfect start to our seven...
