Small Ship Cruises to the Norwegian Fjords By Ted Scull & Heidi Sarna Updated February 2025 by Jackie Sheckler Finch The coast of Norway is long and beautiful. If you include all the shorelines of the bays, fjords, and myriad of islands — coastal Norway adds up to...
Cruising Solo By Theodore W. Scull I married a woman several decades ago who loved travel but had never been on anything like a traditional cruise ship of any size. She was ever so eager to try one. To stay with the within the parameters of QuirkyCruise, which did not...
Murray River Cruise By Ted Scull For Australia, the mention of river cruises would probably result in blank stares from most people, leaving them in the dark. Such cruises are plentiful in Europe, North America, Asia, and to a lesser extent in South America (Amazon,...
8 Rough Cruising Regions By Ted Scull. Updated Oct 2024 🎧Would you rather listen to this article about the roughest cruising regions? Below Ted shares his rough sailing stories and tips. (15.35 mins) Now let’s begin with the good news. Advance weather...
Colombia’s Magdalena River By Ted Scull Updated Sept 2024 — The inaugural sailing of AmaWaterways’ AmaMagdalena on Colombia’s Magdalena River has been delayed again and moved to March 15, 2025. AMA Waterways takes a bold new leap into river cruising along one that...
Le Boat's New Skipper for Hire Program — What a Great Idea by Ted Scull Let’s get underway. A self-drive boat that explores the interlocking waterways of southern France is a most appealing vacation concept. The maps show a network of canals and rivers slicing...
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...
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...
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...
American Queen Voyages Shut Down Operations by Ted Scull, Karl Zimmermann, Anne Kalosh & Heidi Sarna Update March 22, 2024 — Bids close March 25 for American Queen Voyages' vessels. More details from Anne Kalosh's Seatrade Cruise News reporting HERE. A deep-felt...
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By Jackie Sheckler Finch Cruising the mighty Mississippi and its tributaries has been my pleasure since 1976. Someone asked me once if it doesn’t get tiresome watching the river day after day. For me, definitely not. As America’s first highway, the Mississippi River...
Sponsored Since its founding, St Lawrence Cruise Lines (SLCL) has been a company supported by both Americans and Canadians. “In light of the current environment, we have certainly had some calls from our American friends wondering if we are upset with them. That is...
By Jerrol Golden Let’s go! That’s what our guide, Fadi, says when it’s time to move on to the next location. The banks of the Nile River in Egypt contain some of the world’s most historic sites and we were there to learn as much as we could about the ancient...
Reviewer Aliza Knox from Singapore & Sydney. Cruise Line Mutiara Laut. Ship A classic Indonesian two-mast schooner, the 14-passenger Mutiara Laut. Destination Northern area of Raja Ampat, in West Papua, Indonesia. # of Nights 7. Departure Port Sorong Bay, West...
Cycling & Europe River Cruising By Ralph Grizzle I am not your typical river cruiser. While no one loves river cruising more than I do, my approach is somewhat different. After more than 50 European river cruises, I’ve seen the sights and done the tours. I’m not...
American Cruise Lines's American Revolution Cruise Review Reviewer Deb D. from USA. Cruise Line American Cruise Lines. Ship The 100-passenger American Glory. Destination Chesapeake Bay (American Revolution itinerary) # of Nights 10. Departure Port Washington DC. Date...
Ocean Endeavor Antarctica Review Reviewer Uma Veras from USA. Cruise Line Intrepid Travel. Ship Ocean Endeavour. Destination Antarctica. # of Nights 10. Departure Port Ushuaia, Argentina. Date of Cruise Dec 18, 2024. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good, 3=good, 2=poor,...
Island Windjammers Packing Tips & Cruise Insights By Sarretta McCaslin My husband and I love to travel, and cruises have become a favored way to do so — we’ve been on over 25 cruises in 33 years of marriage. We appreciate being able to see many different areas or...
Small Ship Cruises to the Norwegian Fjords By Ted Scull & Heidi Sarna Updated February 2025 by Jackie Sheckler Finch The coast of Norway is long and beautiful. If you include all the shorelines of the bays, fjords, and myriad of islands — coastal Norway adds up to...
Celebrity River Boats By Anne Kalosh Branching into European river cruising, Celebrity Cruises ordered 10 vessels of a new design with plans to begin sailing in 2027. And — look out Viking, AmaWaterways, Avalon, Scenic and others — that is only a start. New Design The...
Planning Your Own Shore Excursions May Be Cheaper & More Tailored to Your Interests Than Booking the Cruise Lines' Tours By Judi Cuervo, with Heidi Sarna The dream of a flight with Napa Valley Balloons couldn’t have been better timed. A cruise was on the horizon,...
