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Checkmate on a Black Sea Cruise by Ted Scull. Back in my college days, I signed up for a year of Russian and on the first day of class, the professor gave us our assignment — learn the Cyrillic alphabet overnight or don’t bother to come to class tomorrow. So, a friend...
First Modern-Style Riverboat for Mississippi River By Anne Kalosh. American Cruise Lines' American Song, the first modern-looking riverboat in the United States, has just begun its inaugural season from the Port of New Orleans. Until now, the U.S. rivers have been...
Lindblad's First Polar New Build. By Anne Kalosh. Scandinavian-style interiors, vast expanses of glass, plenty of perches for wildlife-viewing and a bundle of exploration tools characterize Lindblad Expeditions' first polar-class new build, National Geographic...
Yoko Ono Encounter By Elise Lentz. Ever wonder what it would be like to work on cruise ships? Small cruise ships? For 15 years? Elise & Tim Lentz have worked on ships big and small as cruise directors, shore excursion managers, tour directors and event managers...
QuirkyCruise's Ben Lyons is Named to Seatrade's '20 under 40' By Anne Kalosh. QuirkyCruise.com contributor Ben Lyons has been named to a prestigious list of 20 people under 40 who are making an outstanding contribution to the global cruise industry. Lyons, a maritime...
Patricia Cruises by Karl Zimmermann & Ted Scull Update: Trinity House ceased its cruise business sideline in Oct 2020. The Trinity House Vessel PATRICIA serves as a working ship for Trinity House, the British agency that looks after lighthouses and buoys in the...
Biking & Beer on the Danube River By John Roberts. It’s just after sunrise in the town of Durnstein, Austria, a place known for the castle ruins looming high above the village that served as the prison for Richard the Lionhearted in the late 12th century. For...
Victory II to French Canada & Great Lakes REVIEWER Marla from Canada. CRUISE LINE Victory Cruise Lines. SHIP Victory II. DESTINATION French Canada and Great Lakes. # OF NIGHTS 9. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS July 2018, from Montreal. OVERALL RATING 5 out of 5 stars...
Quark Expeditions Quark Expeditions has been in business since 1991 offering lots of creative itineraries in the Polar Regions (Arctic, North Pole, & Antarctica) using a fleet of chartered ships including a pair of Russia’s finest icebreakers. The firm was the...
New Paddle Wheeler By Anne Kalosh. American Queen Steamboat Co. announced an agreement with Gulf Island shipyard in Louisiana to build a 245-passenger riverboat that will become the fourth vessel in its U.S.-flag fleet. The new paddle wheeler will be built using the...
SeaDream Yacht Club SeaDream was created for lovers of luxury who shun formality and stiff upper lips and instead embrace a casual “no-jackets-required” elegance on route to the British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Italian Riviera, Adriatic Sea, and other chic pockets of the...
Silversea Cruises Originally family-owned and operated by the Lefebvres of Rome, Royal Caribbean now has a 67% stake in Silversea Cruises. The line has been offering high-end cruises since the early 1990s when it first launched the SILVER CLOUD, joining Seabourn as...
Heidi & Ted, along with their team of expert travel writers, have reviewed and traveled their way around the world, seeking out the very best in small-ship cruising. We have organized our reviews in six small buckets — river & canal, sailing, micro, coastal, oceangoing and expedition small-ship cruises.
If you can imagine it, we’ve cruised it! With reviews, articles and destination overviews, we’ve got you covered.
