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CroisiEurope Rhine River Cruise — Peter Knego Reviews A Week Aboard Croisi’s 106-Passenger Symphonie

by Peter Knego | Dec 21, 2024 | Germany, French Rivers/Canals, Holland, Peter Knego Reviews | 0

CroisiEurope Rhine River Cruise Review By Peter Knego On various journeys with a wide range of...

Eastern Europe Viking Cruise Review — Rediscovering My Mother’s Hungarian Roots on a Journey of Tastes and Heritage

by Judi Cohen | Nov 24, 2024 | Europe, Feature Articles, Hungary, Judi Cohen Reviews, Theme Cruises | 0

Eastern Europe Viking Cruise By Judi Cohen The moment our Viking longship, Viking Ullur, arrived...

Majestic’s Glen Etive — Scotsman Robin McKelvie Reviews the 12-Pax Glen Etive, 8 Years After He Sailed on the Inaugural Voyage

by QuirkyCruise | Oct 15, 2024 | Charters, Europe, Feature Articles, Micro Cruise Liners — Expert Reviews & Articles, Robin McKelvie Reviews, Scotland | 0

Majestic’s Glen Etive By Robin McKelvie When The Majestic Line launched their first...

New Owners for The Majestic Line — Scotsman Robin McKelvie Takes a Look at the Direction of Scotland’s Largest Small-Ship Cruise Operator

by Robin McKelvie | Oct 15, 2024 | Atlantic Ocean, Charters, Feature Articles, Robin McKelvie Reviews, Scotland | 1

New Owners for The Majestic Line By Robin McKelvie It’s hard to overemphasize the role that The...

AmaWaterways Soulful Experience Cruise on France’s Rhône River — Paul C. Thornton Reviews a 10-Night Cruise & Paris Combo

by QuirkyCruise | Sep 27, 2024 | Europe, Feature Articles, French Rivers/Canals, Theme Cruises, Wine Cruise | 0

AmaWaterways Soulful Experience Cruise By Paul C. Thornton I recently checked a river cruise off...

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American Cruise Lines New Ships — The Domestic Cruise Line Continues Its Small-Ship Building Spree

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 READER REVIEW from Adriano Muratori

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 — Educational Small-Ship Trips

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 is Cruising’s Latest Comeback Story

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 — Vandalism Behind the Levees of the Old Miss

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 — My Favorite Yacht…As I’ve Never Experienced Her Before

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...

5 Reasons You’ll Love a Small-Ship Japan Cruise

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...

Another Antarctica Air Bridge Option Would Let Cruisers Skip The ‘Drake Shake’

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...

Tiptoeing Through Tulips on an AmaSerena Tulip Time Cruise in Belgium and the Netherlands

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 Small Ship Cruise News

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 To Its Fleet In 2025 & 2026, One A New Build

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...

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