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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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JetSetSarah Circumnavigates Iceland on Windstar's Star Pride

JetSetSarah Circumnavigates Iceland on Windstar's Star Pride

JetSetSarah Circumnavigates Iceland By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon. Updated Sept 2024 The mountain range, as jagged as an electrocardiogram readout, is the color of chocolate pudding. Rising sharply from a navy blue sea, each peak is capped with an ivory crown of snow and...

QuirkyCruise News: Sleep Under The Stars on These Small Ships

QuirkyCruise News: Sleep Under The Stars on These Small Ships

Sleep Under The Stars on These Small Ships By Anne Kalosh. Who hasn't yearned to spend the night on deck, a skyful of stars overhead, the sound of water gently splashing against the hull, moonlight glittering on the waves? Some small-ship lines make that dream come...

MAGNA Carta Steamship Company — DEFUNCT

MAGNA Carta Steamship Company — DEFUNCT

Updated 2020 — The Lord of the Glens was purchased by HP Shipping, joining the beloved Hebridean Princess. Founded in 1999, the Magna Carta Steamship Company the LORD OF THE GLENS, a 27-cabin mini cruiser outfitted with classic interiors, on five- and seven-night...

QuirkyCruise News: Sea Cloud Building Another Tall Ship

QuirkyCruise News: Sea Cloud Building Another Tall Ship

Sea Cloud Building Another Tall Ship By Anne Kalosh. Sea Cloud Cruises plans to expand its tall ship fleet in summer 2020 with the 136-passenger Sea Cloud Spirit. The vessel is designed with a similar style and philosophy as Sea Cloud and Sea Cloud II, and will be...

CELEBRITY Cruises Galapagos Fleet

CELEBRITY Cruises Galapagos Fleet

Celebrity Cruises Galapagos If you've cruised on the biggies, you'll feel right at home on these sporty miniature versions. Many feel at ease knowing that the well-established Celebrity Cruises, a line that otherwise keeps busy with its fleet of giant 2,000 to...

Barge Cruising in France — A First Timer's Take

Barge Cruising in France — A First Timer's Take

Barge Cruising in France By Ben Lyons. Casting off from the quaint French town of Chateau Thierry, it was immediately apparent our barge trip would be at a different pace — literally and figuratively — from other cruises. Once up to ‘full speed,’ I scanned the shore...

Yangtze River Cruise FAQs

Yangtze River Cruise FAQs

Yangtze River Cruise FAQs By Tony Anderton. Thinking about a Yangtze River Cruise, but not sure what to expect? Here are some helpful tips and photos to set the mood. To read about Tony Anderton's recent Yangtze River cruise with Victoria Cruises aboard the...

Quirky Island Windjammers Theme Cruises in the Caribbean for 2019

Quirky Island Windjammers Theme Cruises in the Caribbean for 2019

Island Windjammers Theme Cruises By Heidi Sarna. For the past decade, Island Windjammers has been tootling around the Caribbean with its trio of 10-, 24- and 26-passenger sailing ships in all their wonderfully quirky glory. The vibe is laid-back, wind-in-your-hair,...

Yangtze River Cruise Adventure with Victoria Cruises in China

Yangtze River Cruise Adventure with Victoria Cruises in China

Yangtze River Cruise Adventure By Anthony Anderton. It is one of the great river journeys of the world. For centuries travellers have marvelled at the scenic grandeur of the Yangtze gorges. Still, in over 30 years of living, working and travelling across China, and...

BLUE Lagoon Cruises

BLUE Lagoon Cruises

Blue Lagoon Cruises Blue Lagoon Cruises operates a spiffy small 68-passenger/34 cabin catamaran on informal three-, four-, and seven-night cruises to a string of tropical islands in the Fijian chain. While the company was established over a half-century ago, its...

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