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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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Write a Review! Contribute to our pool of honest reviews by real passengers. QuirkyCruise wants to hear about your latest small ship cruise for our new Reader Reviews sitelet, a growing reservoir of opinions by small ship cruise lovers around the world. We don't edit...

Chasing Autumn: Fall Foliage Small Ship Cruises

Chasing Autumn: Fall Foliage Small Ship Cruises

Fall Foliage Small Ship Cruises By Ted Scull. In the northern U.S. and the Canadian-American St. Lawrence River Valley, deciduous trees turn from the mostly green of summer to a dazzling display of yellow, orange, burgundy, scarlet and purple. And fall foliage small...

SAFARI QUEST in San Juan Islands (UnCruise Adventures) by Mara L.

SAFARI QUEST in San Juan Islands (UnCruise Adventures) by Mara L.

REVIEWER Mara Loftman from the USA. CRUISE LINE UnCruise. SHIP Safari Quest. DESTINATION San Juan Islands and British Columbia. # OF NIGHTS 8. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS April 2018, from Seattle (Fishermans Wharf). OVERALL RATING 5 out of 5 stars (5=excellent, 4=very...

DEEP Blue Holidays YASAWA PRINCESS

DEEP Blue Holidays YASAWA PRINCESS

Deep Blue Holidays YASAWA PRINCESS The firm, based in the Maldive Islands, an archipelago republic since 1965 and located south southwest of India in the Indian Ocean, got started in 2008. Deep Blue Holidays' YASAWA PRINCESS was added in 2012 offering weekly cruises...

13 Reasons to Do a CroisiEurope Bordeaux River Cruise

13 Reasons to Do a CroisiEurope Bordeaux River Cruise

Bordeaux River Cruise with CroisiEurope By Heidi Sarna. Aug 2024 Update: This review has been updated to reflect current pricing. Bordeaux is the heart of the world’s most famous wine region. It's set beautifully on a bend in the Garonne River in...

Tauck Riverboats Get Larger Rooms & Reduced Capacity

Tauck Riverboats Get Larger Rooms & Reduced Capacity

By Anne Kalosh. One big ship trend is adding cabins during refurbishment projects to pack in more people and increase profitability. Small ship and river cruise provider Tauck is doing the opposite. Tauck riverboats TREASURES and ESPRIT recently resumed sailing from...

Victory Cruise Lines Cuba Circumnavigations Give Two Days in Ports

Victory Cruise Lines Cuba Circumnavigations Give Two Days in Ports

By Anne Kalosh. Victory Cruise Lines' 13- and 14-night Cuba circumnavigations on VICTORY I between January and April 2019 are among the most comprehensive ways to explore this intriguing island. The circumnavigations are round-trip PortMiami, with five departing Jan....

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