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Galápagos Cruise Review — An Exciting Galápagos Islands Catamaran Cruise in the Land of Charles Darwin

by Alison Abbott | Jan 14, 2025 | Alison Abbott Stories, Charter This, Charters, Galapagos, South America, Wildlife | 0

Galápagos Cruise Review By Alison Abbott Swimming with sharks, snorkeling with penguins,...

Swan Hellenic Antarctica Review: Robin McKelvie Shares Details About his 10-night Expedition Aboard the 192-pax Diana

by Robin McKelvie | Dec 27, 2024 | Expedition Feature Articles, Antarctica, Robin McKelvie Reviews | 0

Swan Hellenic Antarctica Review by Robin McKelvie Half a dozen gentoo penguins bounce past the...

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...

Mississippi River Cruise: Expert Review of the American Melody on a Lower Mississippi River Cruise between Memphis and New Orleans

by Sandra and John Nowlan | Dec 9, 2024 | Feature Articles, American and Canadian Waterways, John & Sandra Nowlan Stories, North America | 0

Mississippi River Cruise By John and Sandra Nowlan Our first glance of our Mississippi riverboat...

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...

American Cruise Lines New England Cruise — Island Hopping Aboard the American Liberty, A Great Way to Travel

by Lynn-Cele Seldon | Nov 21, 2024 | Feature Articles, American and Canadian Waterways, Coastal America, North America, Seldons Reviews | 0

American Cruise Lines New England By Cele and Lynn Seldon As we’ve mentioned before in some of our...

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...

Variety Cruises Galileo Review by QuirkyCruise Reader Jay Katz

by QuirkyCruise | Oct 30, 2024 | Reader Reviews | 0

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

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...

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Prince William Sound Alaska Cruises — 5 Beautiful Things Active Travelers Will Love About UnCruise’s New Alaska Itinerary

Prince William Sound Alaska Cruises By John Roberts UnCruise Adventures long has been the clear leader in expedition cruising in Alaska, offering up-close encounters with glaciers, wildlife and remote rainforests. The small ship cruise company is leveling up the...

Hebridean Princess Turns 60 — The Queen of Ships Celebrates Big Birthday

Hebridean Princess Turns 60 By Robin McKelvie It’s not every day you dine next to a member of the British Royal family on a small ship. Nor every day you’re aboard a vessel that once had a top-secret Royal mission and has gone on to become Scotland’s most luxurious...

Lindblad Expeditions Expands Galápagos Fleet With Two Celebrity Ships

Lindblad Expeditions Expands Galápagos Fleet By Anne Kalosh Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic is adding a pair of purpose-built Galápagos vessels: the 48-passenger Celebrity Xpedition and 16-passenger Celebrity Xploration. They currently operate for Celebrity...

Consider a Prince William Sound UnCruise Adventure to Go Deep Into Wild Alaska

sponsored Prince William Sound UnCruise Adventure UnCruise loves going deep into wild Alaska, taking small groups of passengers to remote places to kayak, hike and skiff around the shoreline looking for animals and soaking up the natural beauty. There's no better way...

Viking and Tauck River Cruise Comparison by Travelers John & Sandra Nowlan Who Sampled Both

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 — Luxury Under Sail, Peter Knego’s Tall Ship Tale

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...

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...

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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...

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