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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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Best 5 Small Ship Cruise Regions for Families

Best 5 Small Ship Cruise Regions for Families

5 Best Small Ship Cruise Regions for Families By Heidi Sarna. Small ships don't have playrooms, video arcades and waterslides like the mega ships do. In some cases there aren't even TVs in the cabins and an Internet connection may be spotty or non-existent. Small...

Sporty New Zealand Cruise with Ponant & Backroads

Sporty New Zealand Cruise with Ponant & Backroads

New Zealand Cruise Adventure By John Roberts. I arrive at the meeting point for the start of our New Zealand cruise and multi-sport adventure a bit bedraggled after about 22 straight hours of travel from New Jersey to Auckland, New Zealand. (Note to self: Next time,...

10 Great Places Only Small Ship Cruises Go (Sorry Biggies!)

10 Great Places Only Small Ship Cruises Go (Sorry Biggies!)

10 Great Places Only Small Ship Cruises Go by Ted Scull & Heidi Sarna. If you love traveling by water, here are 10 neat places around the world only accessible by our wee quirky fleet of ships, from North America to South America and Europe out to the Far East....

Reader Review: LEGACY in Alaska (UnCruise)

Reader Review: LEGACY in Alaska (UnCruise)

Legacy in Alaska. REVIEWER Lawrence from Canada. CRUISE LINE UnCruise. SHIP SS Legacy. DESTINATION Alaska Inside Passage from Juneau, Alaska. # OF NIGHTS 7. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS May 2019, from Juneau. OVERALL RATING 5 out of 5 stars (5=excellent, 4=very good,...

A Look Inside the Lavish New Scenic Eclipse

A Look Inside the Lavish New Scenic Eclipse

The New Scenic Eclipse By Anne Kalosh. Expedition cruising is getting glamorous. While the adventures outside may still be rugged, once travelers are back on board they'll have every creature comfort on a growing number of vessels. Take a look at Scenic's newly...

QuirkyCruise News: Ponant Buys Paul Gauguin Cruises

QuirkyCruise News: Ponant Buys Paul Gauguin Cruises

Ponant Buys Paul Gauguin Cruises By Anne Kalosh. French cruise line Ponant is acquiring Paul Gauguin Cruises, a one-ship brand that sails mainly in French Polynesia. The 332-passenger Paul Gauguin is a favorite of couples and honeymooners. Its trademark itineraries...

Arctic Cruise Aboard the Brand-New Expedition Ship Hondius

Arctic Cruise Aboard the Brand-New Expedition Ship Hondius

Arctic Cruise. By William J. Mayes, Editor of Sea Lines, The Ocean Liner Society (UK). Oceanwide Expeditions, a company that has been providing expedition cruises on its own converted ships or on chartered ships for 25 years, finally got its first new ship in May...

Reader Review: NAT GEO VENTURE in Alaska (Lindblad Expeditions)

Reader Review: NAT GEO VENTURE in Alaska (Lindblad Expeditions)

NAT GEO VENTURE in Alaska. REVIEWER Laura Virkler  from the USA. CRUISE LINE Lindblad Expeditions. SHIP National Geographic Venture. DESTINATION Southeast Alaska. # OF NIGHTS 7. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS July 2019, from Sitka, Alaska. OVERALL RATING 5 out of 5 stars...

Danube River Cruise on AmaWaterways’ new AmaMagna

Danube River Cruise on AmaWaterways’ new AmaMagna

Danube River Cruise on the New AmaMagna. By Gene Sloan. Like other passengers who have traveled before on European river ships, I am stunned when I first walk onto AmaMagna. The lobby of the new AmaWaterways vessel on the Danube seems to go on forever, and it’s not...

Reader Review: Scenic Spirit on the Mekong (SCENIC)

Reader Review: Scenic Spirit on the Mekong (SCENIC)

Reader Review: Scenic Spirit. REVIEWER Walt Bruyns/Jan Hayes from Canada. CRUISE LINE Scenic. SHIP Scenic Spirit. DESTINATION Cambodia/Vietnam. # OF NIGHTS 7. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS October 2018, from Siem Reap, Cambodia. OVERALL RATING 5 out of 5 stars...

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