Tahiti-based ARANUI 5 Compagnie Polynesienne de Transport Maritime (C.T.P.M.) is a French Polynesian shipping line owned by the Wong family who have operated passenger-freighter ships in the remote South Pacific Marquesas Islands for three decades and cargo service...
St Lawrence Cruise Lines This one-ship line, started in 1981, is family-owned and based in Kingston, Ontario. In 2016 Jason Clark took over as president from his uncle, Bob Clark, who once ran it with his brother. The ship, the Canadian Empress, is a composite...
Alaska Marine Highway's Wintry Northbound Passage Jan 4-11, 1980. by Ted Scull Alongside Pier 48 on Seattle’s waterfront, the blue and white ferry liner Matanuska was quietly resting between voyages. There was a light, cold drizzle falling over the city. Awaiting the...
Scenic Cruises COVID-19 UPDATE This luxury river cruise line was founded in Australia in 1986, expanded to the UK and Canada in 2007, and to the US in 2008. Most recently Scenic has broadened from its main focus in Western Europe, to include Southeast Asia cruises....
G Adventures For more than 30 years, G Adventures has been offering affordable adventure travel around the world, including small-ship cruises (about 10-15% of their total annual business) on private yachts, catamarans and oceangoing expedition-style ships. The...
Safari Explorer in Hawaii. REVIEWER Leslie Shepherd from the USA. CRUISE LINE UnCruise. SHIP Safari Explorer. DESTINATION Hawaii. # OF NIGHTS 7. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS November 2018, from Kona, Hawaii. OVERALL RATING 5 out of 5 stars (5=excellent, 4=very good,...
Blount Small Ship Adventures Update (Aug 2020) COVID-19 news from Blount: The line will not resume cruises in 2021 as had been expected. The line's three existing vessels now docked at the company's HQ are for sale: Grande Caribe, Grande Mariner, and Niagara Prince....
Lord of the Glens Sold By Ted Scull. The Magna Carta Steamship Company (UK) has sold the 48-passenger Lord of the Glens to HP Shipping Ltd. It will sail in tandem with Hebridean Island Cruises’ famed 50-passenger “country hotel-style” Hebridean Princess. The firm had...
The Majestic Line Update July 2024 The Majestic Line was acquired by Craig of Campbeltown recently. As part of the restructuring, the Majestic Line fleet will no longer include the Glen Rosa or Glen Orchy, as the new owners wish to focus on the four larger ships —...
European Waterways This provider of intimate barge cruises offers a portfolio of small-ship experiences that take travelers along historic inland waterways. European Waterways sails extensively throughout France, and features immersive itineraries in Germany,...
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European River Cruise Cycling Tips By Heidi Sarna Last fall I spent a week aboard the 156-pax AMA Stella round-trip from Amsterdam to explore the waterways of the Netherlands and Belgium. We chose this itinerary because of the many opportunities for us to sightsee by...
UnCruise Sea of Cortez Cruise Review by John Roberts Crowds are assembled along the esplanade (or malecon known locally) at the seaside town of La Paz, which is still ablaze in the early evening with the last strains of the tangerine glow from another legendary Sea...
sponsored Cruise Director Trevor Houle Takes Us Behind the Scenes By Heidi Sarna. I had an e-chat with Trevor Houle, cruise director and purser for St. Lawrence Cruise Lines to find what it’s like to be the glue that holds a cruise together. Wearing many hats, a...
Our Romantic Windstar Cruise By Cele and Lynn Seldon Thirty years of marriage is quite the milestone. Fortunately, it’s been more joy than work and something we wanted to celebrate in a big way. Something filled with sunshine (we married in late-January in Richmond,...
Heidi’s No Nonsense Cruise Packing Tips By Heidi Sarna I travel for pleasure and I also travel for a living. As a freelance writer for many years and co-founder of QuirkyCruise.com, a review site focused on the small-ship cruising experience, I’m a globetrotter who...
Viking Viking River Cruises (now Viking), established by former officials of the old Royal Viking Line, has grown by leaps and bounds, including introducing more ships in one year than has ever occurred before. More than a score of itineraries covers the European...
Kerala Houseboat Cruise on Lotus. Reviewer Elaine Andrews from the UK. Cruise Line ABChapri Retreats. Boat Lotus Houseboat. Destination Northern Kerala backwaters. # of Nights 2. Departure Port Neeleshwar, India. Date of Cruise February, 2023. Subscribe to our monthly...
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...
Vaikundam River Cruise Review. Reviewer Elaine Andrews from the UK. Cruise Line Adventure River Cruises. Boat RV Vaikundam. Destination Kerala, India. # of Nights 7. Departure Port Kochi, India. Date of Cruise January, 2023. Subscribe to our monthly 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...
Seine River Cruise Review By Toby Saltzman When the Eiffel Tower sent sparkles across the indigo sky, it illuminated my feelings as I bid a fond adieu to Paris. Toasting Champagne to the City of Light from the top deck of Viking Skaga on the last night of a river...
