Cruise Operations 'Pause' for Coronavirus By Anne Kalosh. (Note: Anne is the Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review, and we share some of her breaking Seatrade coverage below.) Big cruise ships have been in the headlines...
Le Champlain to Mexico. REVIEWER Michael Clay from England. CRUISE LINE Ponant. SHIP Le Champlain. DESTINATION Mexico. # OF NIGHTS 16. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS October 2019, from Boston. OVERALL RATING 1 out of 5 stars (5=excellent, 4=very good, 3=good, 2=poor,...
Amazon Clipper Cruises. REVIEWER Elaine Andrews from the UK. CRUISE LINE Amazon Clipper Cruises. SHIP Premium by Amazon Clipper. DESTINATION Amazon and Rio Negro, Brazil. # OF NIGHTS 5. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS February 2020 from Manaus, Brazil. OVERALL RATING 4 out...
Albatros Expeditions Albatros Expeditions is a well-established Danish firm specializing in Nordic travel and more recently to many other parts of the world. Notice the Danish spelling of albatros with a single “s” — the bird is a globe-trotter with a big wingspan....
Pacific Catalyst Pacific Catalyst operates a handsome pair of historic wooden ships that have amazingly long and complex histories. Each carries no more than 12 passengers on primarily Southeast Alaskan itineraries, May to September, to remote locations along the...
International Cruising By Ted Scull. Years ago before I settled down to gainful employment, I planned a seven-month west-about trip around the world using eight scheduled passenger vessels that flew the flags of a half-dozen countries. Passenger counts ranged from 25...
Silver Cloud in Antarctica. REVIEWER Sue Bennett from New Zealand. CRUISE LINE Silversea Expeditions. SHIP Silver Cloud. DESTINATION Antarctica and Falkland Islands. # OF NIGHTS 15. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS December 2019 from Ushuaia, Argentina. OVERALL RATING 5 out...
AmaKristina on Rhine River. REVIEWER Sue Piergallini from the USA. CRUISE LINE Ama Waterways. SHIP AmaKristina. DESTINATION Rhine River to Switzerland, France, Germany & Netherlands. # OF NIGHTS 7. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS December 2019/January 2020, from Basel,...
Barge Lady Cruises: Small Boat Cruise Review COVID-19 UPDATE Barge Lady Cruises operate from Aoril to October. The family-run Barge Lady Cruises represents roughly 50 luxury small-ship hotel barges, has been around for more than three decades expanding its reach...
Alaska Expedition Style By Cele & Lynn Seldon. We have cruised in Alaska quite a bit over the years, but we had never done it expedition-style, on a small ship with few passengers, exploring the nooks and crannies of Alaska’s Inside Passage. So, we decided to...
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Review of Star Clippers Star Clippers offers the perfect marriage of adventure, romance and comfort, not to mention the thrill of sailing on a gorgeous replica of a 19th-century clipper ship. The company’s trio of swashbucklers feels like they belong in the Caribbean,...
An Emerald Azzurra Cruise Review By Jason Frye On my recent sailing aboard Emerald Cruises’ new Emerald Azzurra super-yacht, there was something special in the air. It wasn’t the anticipation of the inaugural sailing — we were on its second (in March 2022), though our...
Four Seasons Yachts By Anne Kalosh Four Seasons is the latest luxury hotel group to venture into cruising with the launch of Four Seasons Yachts. They'll be fabulously spacious, with just 95 suites in a 207-meter/679 foot, 33,000-gross-ton vessel. The first of three...
Luxury Liveaboard Dive Schooner Dewi Nusantara Review by Jerrol Golden I admit it took a Google search to locate Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, as it’s pretty much out in the middle of nowhere and takes effort to get there (at least from the USA). Indonesia...
Le Boating on Canada's Rideau Canal Again By Judi Cohen In 2021 my husband and I, our daughter Alison and her playful Samoyed puppy Joni, enjoyed captaining a luxury houseboat with Le Boat Vacations on the Canada's Rideau Canal so much, that for Father’s Day in 2022,...
4 New Yacht Cruises in 2023 by Anne Kalosh We love yachts at QuirkyCruise. Here are some standout 2023 itineraries, from the Adriatic's Dalmatian Coast to the Sea of Cortez, the Caribbean and a special Belize eclipse cruise. They sail on a variety of different yacht...
Small-Ship Cruise Lines Ease COVID-19 Protocols by Anne Kalosh More and more small-ship cruise lines are easing COVID-19 protocols. Mainly, lines are eliminating pre-cruise testing where allowed by the destination and mandatory masking. Some are doing away with their...
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...
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 ...
Danube River by Ted Scull. The Danube River has provided a river route for human migration, invasion, and trade since Celtic, Greek, Roman, Mongol, Turkish, and modern times, in effect linking the Occident and Orient, Christianity and Islam. The layers of civilization...
