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Ted & Heidi are long-time travel writers with a penchant for small ship cruising. Between them they've traveled all over the world aboard hundreds and hundreds of small cruise ships of all kinds, from river boats to expedition vessels and sailing ships.
Review of AMERICAN Cruise Lines

Review of AMERICAN Cruise Lines

American Cruise Lines: Unbiased Reviews and Tips An American-flag coastal and inland river company manned by an all-American crew, American Cruise Lines operates a large and growing fleet (passenger capacities 100-190) offering a high level of comfort while...

WINDSTAR Cruises

WINDSTAR Cruises

Windstar Cruises. This classy fleet of six combines Windstar Cruises’ three original sailing yachts, Wind Star, Wind Spirit and Wind Surf, groundbreaking at the time for their large size and computer-controlled sails, with Seabourn’s former trio of small cruise ships,...

UNCRUISE Adventures in Alaska & More

UNCRUISE Adventures in Alaska & More

UnCruise Adventures Seattle-based UnCruise Adventures operates a fleet of nine expedition vessels accommodating from between 22 to 86 passengers, mainly those seeking adventure cruises in North America’s coastal, island and inland waters from Alaska south to Mexico’s...

Our Small Ship Cruise Reviews & Articles

If you can imagine it, we’ve cruised it! With reviews, articles and destination overviews, we’ve got you covered.

Starlink High-Speed Wi-Fi Now on Many Small Cruise Ships

Starlink High-Speed Wi-Fi Now on Many Small Cruise Ships

Starlink High-Speed Wi-Fi By Anne Kalosh Updated May 30, 2023 More small cruise ships, from river vessels to yachts to expedition ships, are improving their Wi-Fi by adding SpaceX's Starlink service. Among the small ship lines implementing Starlink are SeaDream Yacht...

Let Our Expert UnCruise Reviews Inspire Your Next Small Ship Cruise

Let Our Expert UnCruise Reviews Inspire Your Next Small Ship Cruise

UnCruise Reviews sponsored When we started QuirkyCruise.com seven years ago, it was to share what we knew about the small-ship cruising niche. We wanted to tell others who enjoy the style of traveling we like — without the crowds on unusual itineraries to beautiful...

Antarctica Cruise Incidents Are Under Investigation

Antarctica Cruise Incidents Are Under Investigation

Antarctica Cruise Incidents By Anne Kalosh. The United States has joined investigations of four marine casualties involving injuries and deaths on expedition cruise ships in Antarctica this season. These occurred with Viking's 378-pax Viking Polaris, Quark...

Aman & Cruise Saudi Commission a Super-Yacht

Aman & Cruise Saudi Commission a Super-Yacht

Aman & Cruise Saudi's Super-Yacht By Anne Kalosh Aman becomes the latest hotel company to commission a super-yacht, following Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons and Accor/Orient Express. The 600-foot/183-meter Aman vessel — called Project Sama for now — will have 50...

Judi Cohen Reviews her Viking Octantis Great Lakes Cruise

Judi Cohen Reviews her Viking Octantis Great Lakes Cruise

Viking Octantis Great Lakes Cruise By Judi Cohen Sometimes the most beautiful things can be found right in your own backyard! Living in Toronto, on the shores of Lake Ontario all my life, I never thought much about exploring the Great Lakes. Road tripping in Ontario...

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