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,...
Expedition Cruise Expert Steve Wellmeier — Part 2 Quirky's Ted Scull continues his Q&A with polar expedition expert Steve Wellmeier, managing director for Poseidon Expeditions. QuirkyCruise: Any personal relationships enter the picture, and, if so, how did they...
Swan Hellenic Reborn by Anne Kalosh. One of the most storied small-ship brands, Swan Hellenic, is being revived with the goal of becoming the leader in cultural expedition cruising. So said CEO Andrea Zito, a veteran of Silversea Cruises and V.Ships Leisure, whose...
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sponsored Prince William Sound Cruise Looking for someplace different? Maybe you’ve cruised southeast Alaska, but chances are you haven’t done Prince William Sound in the Gulf of Alaska further north. Located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula, the largest port...
Canada River Cruises sponsored With global travel in full swing, the 64-passenger Canadian Empress is no exception, with the 2023 season nearly sold out. River cruising is incredibly popular right now and a St Lawrence Cruise Lines spokesperson confirms that bookings...
Best Luggage For Cruises By Heidi Sarna & the QC Team Readers often ask us about luggage recommendations; the latest query came from a woman booked on an upcoming small-ship Alaska cruise. It’s a great question, luggage is important. Small-ship cruises are...
Lord of the Highlands Cruise By Pat Dacey. As fans and frequent guests onboard Hebridean Island Cruises’ 50-passenger Hebridean Princess, my wife Denise and I were excited in 2022 to experience the new addition to their fleet, the Lord of the Highlands. For over 30...
By Elysa Leonard We’ve got big news from one of our favorite small-ship cruise lines, Island Windjammers (IWJ). Known by many as “the island girls,” IWJ's 26-pax classic clipper ship Vela and the 10-passenger Diamant schooner have been delighting passengers for years...
Assam Bengal Navigation Cruise Review. Reviewer David Falconer from Australia. Cruise Line Assam Bengal Navigation. Boat Charaidew II. Destination Brahmaputra River, India. # of Nights 10. Departure Port Neamati Ghat, India. Date of Cruise April, 2023. Subscribe to...
Adventure Canada Cruise Review. Reviewer David from Canada. Cruise Line Adventure Canada. Boat Panorama. Destination Costa Rica/Panama. # of Nights 10. Departure Port Panama City, Panama. Date of Cruise March, 2023. Subscribe to our monthly small ship cruise email...
Four New Small Ships By Anne Kalosh There are more choices for quirky-cruise fans with four new small ships delivered during April alone. Each carries fewer than 200 passengers. They are: Ocean Albatros for Albatros Expeditions SH Diana for Swan Hellenic Scenic...
Best Arctic Cruises to See Polar Bears By Heidi Sarna The Arctic season is just starting so we thought we’d go to straight to the source for some details on spotting polar bears. Seeing a great big polar bear in the wild is a dream for many adventurous travelers....
sponsored Arctic Secret Atlas Cruises By Heidi Sarna QuirkyCruise covers small-ship cruising on vessels under 300 passengers, but we especially like the super small “micro cruise ships” carrying just a fraction of that. One of those micro expedition cruise lines we...
Belgium & Netherlands River Cruise By Heidi Sarna Pedaling to the magnificent Castle de Haar along a sun-dappled bike path through leafy suburban neighborhoods and past wheat fields and grazing cattle, I knew this week was going to suit me just fine. This was the...
