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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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Small Ship Cruise News: A New Cruise Line for the St. Lawrence River

Small Ship Cruise News: A New Cruise Line for the St. Lawrence River

St. Lawrence River A new cruise line, Croisières M/S Jacques-Cartier Inc., will begin cruise service on the St. Lawrence River in summer of 2018, using a ship called M/S JACQUES CARTIER named after the 16th-century French explorer who claimed Canada for France. The...

Definitely an UnCruise Adventure, Safari Endeavour to Alaska

Definitely an UnCruise Adventure, Safari Endeavour to Alaska

Safari Endeavour to Alaska By Ben Lyons. It was with some trepidation that I pushed off from the stern of my anchored ship, UnCruise Adventures' Safari Endeavour, wearing only a bathing suit and shirt. I was making my first attempt ever at paddle boarding, and a few...

QuirkyCruise Q&A with Rhine River Boat Captain Henk Jan Plaatje

QuirkyCruise Q&A with Rhine River Boat Captain Henk Jan Plaatje

Rhine River Boat Captain Henk Jan Plaatje by Heidi Sarna. A young man in a white uniform appeared with a welcoming smile to help us with our suitcases the moment our taxi arrived at the pier. What excellent service we thought and such a great start to our week-long...

Traffic to Double in Tierra del Fuego

Traffic to Double in Tierra del Fuego

Traffic to Double in Tierra del Fuego Chile-based Australis is the only line doing regularly scheduled cruises in the waters of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego and they offer the voyages aboard their one ship, the 210-passenger STELLA AUSTRALIS. But that’s about to...

ALASKAN Dream Cruises Review (DEFUNCT 2026)

ALASKAN Dream Cruises Review (DEFUNCT 2026)

Alaskan Dream Cruises Updated February 2026 NOTE: Alaskan Dream Cruises ceased operations in early 2026. Their website briefly shared the news, HERE. And there are more details in a story published in the Juneau Independent newspaper. Alaskan Dream Cruises is owned...

CRYSTAL RIVER Cruises (DEFUNCT)

CRYSTAL RIVER Cruises (DEFUNCT)

Crystal River Cruises Update February 2022 Crystal Cruises' operations — river, deep-sea, and expedition — have completely shut down due to bankruptcy. All vessels are out of service. The cruise industry has lost a once much-loved cruise option. RELATED: More details...

Expedition Cruising to Tierra del Fuego on Stella Australis

Expedition Cruising to Tierra del Fuego on Stella Australis

Tierre del Fuego Stella Australis Expedition Cruise By Randy Mink. To anyone smitten with wanderlust and dogged by a desire to travel to the ends of the earth, the maze of fjord-indented islands at the tip of South America beckons with undeniable allure. As one of the...

10 Things to Expect on Small Ship Cruises

10 Things to Expect on Small Ship Cruises

10 Things to Expect on Small Ship Cruises By Heidi Sarna. Small ship cruises have big advantages and that’s why we and lots of other people love them. But for small-ship newbies who aren’t sure what to expect, here are 10 things to expect on small ship cruises. 1....

ST HELENA Line (DEFUNCT Royal Mail Ship)

ST HELENA Line (DEFUNCT Royal Mail Ship)

Royal Mail Ship St. Helena Update (Feb 2018) By Ted Scull Now Hear This! The Royal Mail Ship service from South Africa to the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena was officially withdrawn in early 2018 as a replacement air service had been approved. The last...

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