sponsored Best UnCruise Alaska Cruises The Alaska season is upon us! Time to dive into UnCruise’s version of Alaska — active and curious cruise adventures that are all about exploring and serendipity. Commune with Alaska’s natural bounty while hiking, kayaking and...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
sponsored Scottish Wildlife Cruises The family-operated St Hilda Sea Adventures has been offering scenic cruises to the beautiful Scottish islands for more than 15 years. Their trio of vessels carry just 6 to 11 passengers each on a variety of 5- to 10-night cruises...
Review of Ortelius Antarctica Expedition. Reviewer Patrick Cantwell from Australia. Cruise Line Oceanwide. Ship Ortelius. Destination Antarctica. # of Nights 20. Departure Port Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Date of Cruise October, 2022. Overall Experience Rating 1 out of...
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UnCruise Adventures Alaska Review By Heidi Sarna After a short skiff ride to the mudflats at the terminus of Lamplugh Glacier, a massive eight-mile-long tongue of tidewater ice located in Glacier Bay National Park at the entrance to John Hopkins Inlet, a group of...
Island Windjammers Greek Isles Cruise By Alison Abbott My first introduction to Greece took place during my college years. Imagine getting course credit for one month of cultural study in the Greek isles. Yes, my father said the same thing! There were quirky cruises...
American Cruise Lines New Ships By Anne Kalosh American Cruise Lines, which acquired the four river vessels of defunct American Queen Voyages only to quickly scrap two of them, continues its building spree. The line's orderbook went to seven with three newly...
Cruise Mekong Laos Review Reviewer Adriano Muratori from Italy. Cruise Line Cruise Mekong / Lernidee. Ship 28-passenger Mekong Sun. Destination Laos. # of Nights 10. Departure Port Bangkok/Vientiane, Laos. Date of Cruise February 2023. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very...
Criterion Travel Cruises By Anne Kalosh Imagine being able to sail on small ships where you're engaging with noted professors and alumni from elite universities with a deep interest in the destinations visited. You get to hear great lectures and take special-interest...
John Waggoner's Victory By Anne Kalosh Good news for Great Lakes cruisers — there will soon be another choice with the rebirth of Victory Cruise Lines in 2025. Its former owner, John Waggoner, picked up the coastal vessels Victory I and Victory II at the bankruptcy...
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...
