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Here we share the latest small-ship cruise news and first-person cruise reviews and round-ups from our team of globetrotting writers. If you've got a penchant for small-scale travel aboard boats, yachts, tall ships and mini cruisers, then enjoy the ride through our sea of stories about small-ship cruising.

UnCruise Alaska — Review of Their Wild & Woolly Cruise Aboard Wilderness Legacy (2026)

UnCruise Alaska — Review of Their Wild & Woolly Cruise Aboard Wilderness Legacy (2026)

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Wilderness Legacy Cruise Ship Review By Peter Knego (Photo Above: The handsome Wilderness Legacy,...

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Bella Desgagnés Cargo Passenger Cruise Review (2026) — Exploring the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Bella Desgagnés Cargo Passenger Cruise Review (2026) — Exploring the Gulf of St. Lawrence

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Bella Desgagnés Cargo Passenger Cruise By Aimée Laberge Natashquan, Harrington Harbour,...

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PACIFIC Catalyst

PACIFIC Catalyst

Pacific Catalyst Pacific Catalyst operates a handsome pair of historic wooden ships that have amazingly long and complex histories. Each carries no more than 12 passengers on primarily Southeast Alaskan itineraries, May to September, to remote locations along the...

Hawaii Cruise Expedition with UnCruise Adventures

Hawaii Cruise Expedition with UnCruise Adventures

Hawaii Cruise Expedition By John Roberts. Hawaii is a destination that invites and instills a spirt of playfulness, wonder and awe. And I’m convinced that a small-ship expedition is one of the best ways to experience this tropical paradise. So this is how I spent my...

Introducing Emerald Azzurra

Introducing Emerald Azzurra

Introducing Emerald Azzurra By Anne Kalosh Scenic, the luxury tour operator that made a big splash with the super-yacht Scenic Eclipse in 2019, is at it again. This time the company plans a yacht for its newly formed Emerald Yacht Cruises. The 100-passenger Emerald...

International Cruising — One Yank On Board

International Cruising — One Yank On Board

International Cruising By Ted Scull. Years ago before I settled down to gainful employment, I planned a seven-month west-about trip around the world using eight scheduled passenger vessels that flew the flags of a half-dozen countries. Passenger counts ranged from 25...

Viking Jupiter, a “Small Big-Ship” in the Baltic

Viking Jupiter, a “Small Big-Ship” in the Baltic

Viking Jupiter By Judi Cohen. I am a small-ship “connoisseur” accustomed to ships under 300 passengers, which is how QuirkyCruise.com defines a small-ship cruise. However, when presented with the opportunity to cruise on Viking's new 930-passenger Viking Jupiter in...

New Atlas Ocean Voyages Promises Luxe Adventure

New Atlas Ocean Voyages Promises Luxe Adventure

Atlas Ocean Voyages By Anne Kalosh. A new brand has burst onto the small-ship cruising scene. Atlas Ocean Voyages is set to field five 200-passenger expedition-style vessels. All are polar-class new builds, but Atlas eschews the expedition label in favor of “luxe...

BARGE Lady Cruises Reviews

BARGE Lady Cruises Reviews

Barge Lady Cruises: Small Boat Cruise Review COVID-19 UPDATE Barge Lady Cruises operate from Aoril to October. The family-run Barge Lady Cruises represents roughly 50 luxury small-ship hotel barges, has been around for more than three decades expanding its reach...

The New Scenic Eclipse

The New Scenic Eclipse

New Scenic Eclipse By Peter Knego. During a blast of social media posts covering the debut of Scenic Cruises’ six-star luxury expedition ship Scenic Eclipse, what stood out in my feed were the comments from friends who are generally indifferent to cruising and cruise...

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