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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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CROISIERES Jacques-Cartier

CROISIERES Jacques-Cartier

Croisières Jacques-Cartier Update 2019: The line suspended operations. Useful information highlights here outlines what makes the St. Lawrence River an attractive inland cruise option. Scroll down to Why Go? and When to Go? Then look into the other cruise lines that...

Lindblad Introduces National Geographic Quest

Lindblad Introduces National Geographic Quest

National Geographic Quest Lindblad Expeditions, one of the pioneering as well as most highly-rated expedition lines, introduced its brand-new, 100-passenger ship, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC QUEST, on July 29th. Built by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders located on Whidbey...

Expedition Cruising is Booming — For Better or Worse

Expedition Cruising is Booming — For Better or Worse

By Anne Kalosh. This story was first posted by Anne in Seatrade Cruise News and is reproduced by permission of Seatrade; click here for the full original article. Similar to the river cruise business several years ago, the expedition cruise sector is on the cusp of a...

PUFFER Steamboat Holidays VIC32: Review

PUFFER Steamboat Holidays VIC32: Review

A quirky cruise does not get any more offbeat than spending five days cruising canals, lochs and amongst islands aboard a tiny steam-powered, coal-fired Scottish coastal cargo boat built at the height of WWII maintaining the original design and concept that dates...

QuirkyCruise Reader Review: SCENIC JASPER Rhine River (Scenic)

QuirkyCruise Reader Review: SCENIC JASPER Rhine River (Scenic)

Reviewer: Kathi Savarese from the USA. Cruise Line: Scenic. Ship:  Scenic Jasper. Destination: Rhine River. # of Nights: 8. Departure Date & Ports: June 2017, from Basel, Switzerland to German and French ports along Rhine River. OVERALL RATING: 5 out of 5 stars...

QuirkyCruise News: Ritz-Carlton Wades into the Luxury Yacht Business

QuirkyCruise News: Ritz-Carlton Wades into the Luxury Yacht Business

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company just announced it's getting into luxury small-ship cruising with a trio of 298-passenger yachts that will ply the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Caribbean and Latin America on 7- to 10-night itineraries. The 190-meter vessels will have...

Expedition Cruising on the Silver Discoverer in French Polynesia

Expedition Cruising on the Silver Discoverer in French Polynesia

By Art Sbarsky. The Silver Discoverer cruise I took was titled “Peaks and Atolls of French Polynesia” and the 10-night voyage roundtrip from Papeete, Tahiti, was a perfect example of the far-out, off-the-beaten-path experience you get on a Silversea Expeditions trip....

QuirkyCruise News: New Restrictions on Travel to Cuba

QuirkyCruise News: New Restrictions on Travel to Cuba

By Ted Scull. The thrust of President Trump’s recent directives on travel by Americans to Cuba will close some doors and will likely slow down the visa permission process for those who will ultimately be allowed to go. The good news is that, for now, the cruise lines...

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