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Variety Cruises Galileo Review by QuirkyCruise Reader Jay Katz

by QuirkyCruise | Nov 4, 2024 | Reader Reviews | 0

Variety Cruises Galileo Reviewer Jay Katz from USA. Cruise Line Variety Cruises. Ship The...

Viking Eastern Seaboard Explorer Cruise, Including the St. Lawrence Seaway — Peter Knego Reviews the Viking Polaris

by Peter Knego | Nov 3, 2024 | Expedition Feature Articles, American and Canadian Waterways, Coastal America, Feature Articles, North America, Oceangoing Feature Articles, Peter Knego Reviews | 0

Viking Eastern Seaboard Explorer Cruise By Peter Knego It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of...

More Murray River Cruise Options as Australia’s Murray River Adds a New Sidewheeler to its Fleet

by Theodore Scull | Oct 31, 2024 | Australia, Murray River | 0

Murray River Cruise By Ted Scull For Australia, the mention of river cruises would probably result...

Celebrating Victory Cruise Lines Return to the Great Lakes

by QuirkyCruise | Oct 16, 2024 | Coastal Feature Articles, American and Canadian Waterways, Coastal America, New Ships, North America | 0

Victory Cruise Lines Return By Peter Barnes As an occasional Quirky Cruise contributor, I was...

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...

Inside Windstar Cruises’ New Star Seeker — Anne Kalosh Shares Some Details of Windstar’s Upcoming New Ship

by Anne Kalosh | Oct 15, 2024 | Japan, Anne Kalosh Reviews, New Ships, NEWS | 0

Inside Windstar Cruises’ New Star Seeker By Anne Kalosh Bookings are open for Windstar...

14 Europe River Cruise Packing Tips — Heidi Shares Her Expert Advice Based on More Than 125 Cruises

by Heidi Sarna | Oct 10, 2024 | Packing Tips & Hacks | 0

Europe River Cruise Packing Tips By Heidi Sarna I’ve taken more than 125 cruises all over...

4 Small Sailing Ship Cruises in the Caribbean to Consider — Our Experts Weigh in on Sea Cloud, Star Clippers, Windstar & Island Windjammers

by Heidi Sarna | Oct 3, 2024 | Caribbean Islands, Judi CUERVO Stories, sailing, Sailing Feature Articles | 0

Small Sailing Ship Cruises in the Caribbean By Judi Cuervo & Heidi Sarna It was probably about...

Sea Cloud Cruise: Expert Review (2024) — Writer Peter Knego Reunites With A Floating Legend

by Peter Knego | Oct 2, 2024 | Heritage Ships, Peter Knego Reviews, sailing, Sailing Feature Articles | 0

Sea Cloud Cruise Review By Peter Knego Every now and then, a dream comes true twice. For me, that...

Colombia’s Magdalena River — AMA Waterways Newest River Cruise Region … Inaugural Delayed Until March 15, 2025

by Theodore Scull | Oct 1, 2024 | Colombia, Feature Articles, New Ships, NEWS, South America | 1

Colombia’s Magdalena River By Ted Scull Updated Sept 2024 — The inaugural sailing of AmaWaterways’...

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...

East Greenland Ocean Albatros Cruises — Anne Kalosh Reviews a Glorious Adventure in an Immense, Wildly Beautiful Place Like No Other

by Anne Kalosh | Sep 24, 2024 | Arctic | 2

Ocean Albatros Cruises to East Greenland By Anne Kalosh Now is the time of year when a handful of...

Quasar Evolution Galapagos Cruise Adventure READER REVIEW by Holly Quinn

by QuirkyCruise | Sep 16, 2024 | Galapagos, Peru, Reader Reviews | 0

Quasar Evolution Galapagos Cruise Reviewer Holly Quinn from USA. Cruise Line Quasar. Ship...

Aqua Expeditions Amazon READER REVIEW by Holly Quinn

by QuirkyCruise | Sep 16, 2024 | Reader Reviews | 0

Aqua Expeditions Amazon Reviewer Holly Quinn from USA. Cruise Line Aqua Expeditions. Ship...

Croatia Yacht Cruise with the Small Cruise Ship Collection — An Expert Review of a Cruise in the Adriatic Between Split and Dubrovnik

by Alison Abbott | Sep 15, 2024 | Alison Abbott Stories, Charter This, Charters, Croatia/Adriatic, Europe, the Mediterranean, sailing, Sailing Feature Articles, Small Boat Sailing Cruises — Expert Reviews & Articles | 0

Croatia Yacht Cruise By Alison Abbott I must be one of the few visitors to Croatia without Game of...

3 Reasons a First Time River Cruiser Delighted in a Uniworld Douro River Cruise

by QuirkyCruise | Sep 13, 2024 | Europe, Portugal, Wine Cruise | 0

Uniworld Douro River Cruise By Georgiana Verdonk-Sim When my best friend Heidi suggested a cruise...

4 Nile River Cruises You Should Know About — From Viking, Nour El Nil & Lindblad

by Judi Cuervo | Sep 8, 2024 | Alison Abbott Stories, Feature Articles, John Roberts Reviews, Judi CUERVO Stories, Ted's Reviews & Stories | 0

Nile River Cruises By Judi Cuervo & Heidi Sarna The Nile River IS Egypt. This 4,132-mile...

Riverside Mozart Danube River Cruise Cut Short by High River Levels — Navigating Unpredictable Waters on Europe River Cruises

by QuirkyCruise | Sep 2, 2024 | Austria, Czech Republic, Europe, Feature Articles, River Feature Articles, Sharon Kurtz Reviews, Slovenia, Small Ship River & Canal Cruises — Expert Reviews & Articles | 0

Riverside Mozart Danube River Cruise By Sharon Kurtz Embarking on a luxurious river cruise along...

River Levels in Europe — Understanding the Causes & Implications of Fluctuating River Levels That Can Throw a Wrench into your Travel Plans

by QuirkyCruise | Aug 26, 2024 | Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Europe, Feature Articles, French Rivers/Canals, Germany, Holland, How to Choose articles, Hungary, NEWS, River Feature Articles, Sharon Kurtz Reviews, Switzerland | 0

River Levels in Europe By Sharon Kurtz Navigating Europe’s rivers is not without challenges,...

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I'm up to 78 countries and 110+ cruises worldwide, and it's the small ship journeys that I love writing about most. And so QuirkyCruise.com was born, an excellent research tool for planning your own unforgettable small ship trip.

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An Unusual 11-Night Viking River Cruise Land Combo in France, Luxembourg, Germany & the Czech Republic

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 — “Invitation to a Voyage” on France’s Historic Canal Du Midi

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? 5 Useful Things to Consider Before Buying a Townhouse

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 With New Ship

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...

St. Lawrence Cruise Lines 2025 News & Cruise Schedule

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...

My UnCruise Adventures Alaska Review — Bears, Glacier Hikes, New Friends & More … 5 Reasons You’ll Love UnCruising in Alaska Too

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...

Mythology Comes Alive on an Island Windjammers Greek Isles Cruise

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 — 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...

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