Travel Insurance Tips from Charlie and Sherrie Funk By Charlie & Sherrie Funk Sherrie Funk started the first cruise-only travel agency in Tennessee in 1988. Her husband, Charlie Funk, joined her full-time in 1993. The pair ran Just Cruisin’ Plus for 40 years. They...
Scenic Opal River Cruise By Terri Colby Cruising smoothly on a crisp but sunny Sunday morning on the Rhine River, church bells ring, birdsong blends with rippling water sounds and passengers on the Scenic Opal river boat cross the top sundeck from side to side to see...
SeaDream II Cruise Review. Reviewer Rudy from the US. Cruise Line Sea Dream Yacht Club. Ship Sea Dream II. Destination Transatlantic. # of Nights 16. Departure Port West Palm Beach, FLA. Date of Cruise April, 2023. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good, 3=good, 2=poor,...
St Hilda Sea Adventures' New Ship By Ted Scull The largest fleet of small Quirky Cruise ships in Europe roams the waters west of Scotland. At one time, to visit Scotland's widespread archipelagos and some individual islands, the local ferries were just about the only...
World Traveller Cruise Review. Reviewer C.J. Young from USA. Cruise Line Atlas Ocean Voyages. Ship World Traveller. Destination Mediterranean, to Nice, France. # of Nights 7. Departure Port Barcelona, Spain. Date of Cruise May, 2023. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good,...
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...
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...
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American Queen Takes Final Bow By Ted Scull We may be seeing the end of the best replica steamboat that money could buy as the 1995-built American Queen makes a final bow after giving the modern steamboat era a substantial boost into the past. This reporter made three...
SeaDream Transatlantic Crossing By Judi Cuervo I feel as if I’ve just walked into a private club, well-heeled men and women turning from their conversations to size me up, questioning with their eyes my very right to be there. This is embarkation day aboard SeaDream...
Small-Ship Japan Cruise Roundup By John Roberts I’m not sure when it started, but Colleen and I had become enthralled with idea of traveling to Japan sometime during the past decade. We excitedly made plans to finally do a small-ship Japan cruise around with Windstar...
Antarctica Air Bridge Option By Anne Kalosh Reaching the otherworldly wonders of Antarctica from South America means crossing the Drake Passage, a notoriously rough patch of sea. This usually takes two days each way on an expedition cruise ship. I've done it several...
Tulip Time Cruise By Katherine Rodeghier After a cold winter, I anxiously await welcoming signs of spring: the first robin, more daylight hours, flowers poking their heads from bulbs growing in slowly warming soil. I especially look for my favorite — tulips — and...
Seatrade Miami Convention 2024 News By Anne Kalosh From newbuilds to a new expedition brand, plenty of small-ship news emerged from cruising's biggest annual B2B event, Seatrade Cruise Global, this month. The Seatrade Miami Convention 2024, with a jam-packed...
Windstar Adding 2 Ships By Ted Scull, with reporting by Anne Kalosh Windstar broke the mold 40 years ago when in 1984 the new firm launched its first of what would be a trio of sleek combination motor sailers. Now, decades later, Windstar is adding a new build, the...
Biking River Cruise With Backroads & AmaWaterways By John Roberts You can have it all as a cycling enthusiast who wants to explore Europe on a highly curated, hassle-free vacation. In fact, I took a river cruise bike tour that combines the best elements of sailing...
7 Alaska Small Ship Cruises By M.T. Schwartzman I took my first cruise to Alaska in 1988 aboard the old Noordam — an ocean-liner-type ship with over 1,200 passengers aboard, which was considered big back in those days. The next year, I boarded my first small-ship...
American Cruise Lines Buys American Queen By Ted Scull. If you are old enough to recall the nightly newscaster Gabriel Heatter, he began his nightly news broadcast with “Good evening everyone, there’s good news tonight.” Indeed, there is great news for those cruisers...
sponsored New UnCruise Itineraries As usual, UnCruise keeps things fresh and exciting! Check out this cool new UnCruise itinerary debuting in 2025, in the Aleutian Islands. New UnCruise Itineraries for 2025 — Aleutian Islands Adventure with Kodiak, Katmai & Kenai...
