Oceanwide Expeditions Review Oceanwide Expeditions, based in the Netherlands, offers some of the most active and creative onshore adventures in the industry, almost exclusively in the Arctic and Antarctica regions. The ships are comfortable and efficient conveyances,...
Small Ship Captain George Coughlin Interview by Ted Scull. George Coughlin has been sailing in navigating roles from mate to pilot to captain for many small ship firms such as Coastwise Cruise Line, Exploration Cruise Lines, Clipper Cruise Line, Cruise West, St....
Blount Small Ship Adventures Bows Out By Theodore W. Scull. Once “The World is Our Oyster” literally as well as figuratively contributed to the start of Blount Small Ships Adventures. So, it is with great sadness that this pioneering U.S.-flag cruise line has called...
Yangtze Cruising, A Quarter Century Ago by Theodore W. Scull. Looking out from the 27th floor of the Jinjiang Tower hotel, Shanghai's burgeoning new skyline looms over the shabby, low-rise river city I last visited in 1979. Shanghai represents new China on the move....
Polar Expedition Cruise Expert Steve Wellmeier Quirky's Ted Scull has an e-chat with with polar expedition cruise expert Steve Wellmeier, managing director for Poseidon Expeditions USA. QuirkyCruise.com: Where were you born and how big was your family? Steve W: I was...
Cruising Scotland’s Western Isles By Ted Scull. Think Scotland geographically and its Highlands and Islands, Lowlands and Lochs, and people with heavy accents, some darn hard to understand at first, or even after a few days, straining and training your ears. They are...
Swiss Steamboat Cruise By Ted Scull. Danube and Rhine river cruises often start or finish up at a city just a few hours by train from the Swiss lakes. Or maybe you're in Europe on a land-based trip. No matter why, consider a Swiss steamboat cruise. The oldest...
Arctic vs Antarctic By Ted Scull. If you are in a quandary over booking an expedition cruise to the Arctic or Antarctic, here are some thoughts about both polar destinations based on a half dozen trips to the two regions. Cruises generally take place in June, July and...
Ted's First Small-Ship Cruise By Ted Scull. Heading into my senior year in college, I had one empty slot to round out my final academic schedule. Sitting with a good friend one day, we both decided to study Russian, the language. We were bound for Europe in the months...
Mississippi & Ohio River Cruising By Ted Scull. Why Go? Mississippi & Ohio River Cruising: The Past into the Present River cruises are now all the rage, from A for Amazon to Z for Zambezi and dozens of rivers in between. Steaming back in time, the largest...
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Viking and Tauck River Cruise Comparison By Sandra & John Nowlan Both Viking and Tauck have enviable reputations for a quality and thorough river cruise experience. We’ve sailed on both lines over the past nine months. Viking is by far the bigger company with many...
Sea Cloud II Expert Review By Peter Knego To fully love and appreciate the splendid, three masted deluxe cruise bark Sea Cloud II, it helps to understand her origins. She exists because her namesake, the original Sea Cloud, became such a success as a deluxe cruise...
Viking River Cruise Land Combo in Europe By John and Sandra Nowlan It wasn't your typical river cruise, and that's why we were curious to give this Viking river cruise land combo a try. The Viking itinerary started in Paris and ended in Prague, but there was no...
Roi Soleil Barge Cruise Review By Karl Zimmermann “Luxe, calme et volupté” is the refrain in a work by nineteenth-century French poet Charles Baudelaire titled “L’Invitation aux Voyage.” Into English that translates as “luxury, peace and exquisite pleasure.” This...
Buying a Townhouse By Heidi Sarna If you're thinking about buying a townhouse, there are many things to consider before you bite the bullet as they say. There are all of the more obvious things to noodle on. How many bedrooms and bathrooms are there? How many floors?...
Windstar Cruises Will Return to Alaska and Japan By Anne Kalosh Windstar Cruises will send a new ship, the 224-passenger Star Seeker, to Alaska and Japan when it joins the fleet in 2026. The line last sailed in those areas in 2023 before it redeployed Star Breeze to...
sponsored St. Lawrence Cruise Lines 2025 St. Lawrence Cruise Lines (SLCL) is glad to report its 2024 season is underway (after an unfortunate delay due to the closure of the LaSalle Causeway in Kingston by the Canadian federal government due to damage to the lifting...
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...
