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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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I'm up to 78 countries and 110+ cruises worldwide, and it's the small ship journeys that I love writing about most. And so QuirkyCruise.com was born, an excellent research tool for planning your own unforgettable small ship trip.

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5 Reasons Small Ships are Better than Big Ships

5 Reasons Small Ships are Better than Big Ships

Why Small Ships are Better than Big Ships by Heidi Sarna. We're biased here at QuirkyCruise.com. We have a passion for small-ship cruising and that's why Ted and I hatched the site, to sing the praises of small-scale, intimate travel. No two ways about it, we just...

Slowly Down the Mekong aboard a Pandaw River Boat

Slowly Down the Mekong aboard a Pandaw River Boat

Pandaw River Boat By Heidi Sarna. When an old high school friend decided to visit me in Singapore to catch up and travel together somewhere in the region, I put on my thinking cap to come up with something really special and interesting.  I surfed around and came up...

Americans (Yanks) Cruising Aboard European Ships

Americans (Yanks) Cruising Aboard European Ships

Americans Cruising Aboard European Ships By Theodore W. Scull. I would like to share some of my varied experiences as an American traveling aboard European ships. When cruising European waters, Americans can choose a small oceangoing ship or riverboat that caters...

We Loved Our Star Clippers Greek Isles Cruise with the Kids!

We Loved Our Star Clippers Greek Isles Cruise with the Kids!

Star Clippers Greek Isles Cruise By Heidi Sarna Updated March 2025 After 30 some cruises on the megas enjoying the playrooms and video arcades, my 12-year-old twin sons were finally old enough for a small-ship cruise. We booked a 7-night sailing round-trip from Athens...

Exploring Svalbard on Lindblad's National Geographic Explorer

Exploring Svalbard on Lindblad's National Geographic Explorer

Exploring Svalbard By Ted Scull. Leafing through a small stack of brochures touting expedition cruises, I stopped short at the name Svalbard. Looking at the map more closely, I also saw the more familiar Spitsbergen, recognizing that place as somewhere in the High...

Hurtigruten's Classic Time Machine: MS Lofoten

Hurtigruten's Classic Time Machine: MS Lofoten

MS Lofoten By Ted Scull. The enchantingly scenic Norwegian coastal voyage, officially known as the Hurtigruten (translating to Fast Route in Norwegian), ranks as my all-time favorite ship trip. The venerable passenger and cargo service dating back to 1893 sends out a...

Mother Russia River Cruising with Viking River Cruises

Mother Russia River Cruising with Viking River Cruises

By Ted Scull. In the aftermath of two cruise-ship visits to St. Petersburg, my wife and I longed to plunge deeper into Mother Russia. While I had visited and stayed in several Black Sea ports, I had not traveled inland since the Soviet era, and my wife had never been...

Cruising France's Rhone & Saone River

Cruising France's Rhone & Saone River

By Ted Scull. River cruising has developed into a delightful way to travel Europe’s waterways, and for jolly good reasons. The riverboat serves as your hotel and restaurant while cruising through some of the Old World’s finest scenic river valleys and tying up...

Cruising Baja California & the Sea of Cortes — An Overview

Cruising Baja California & the Sea of Cortes — An Overview

By Ted Scull. The geography and nomenclature of Mexico south of the California border is a bit confusing. Most people know the term Mexican Riviera, the name for the country’s popular west coast cruising region dotted with cruising and jet-set resort ports. Further...

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