Mary and Vincent Finelli return to the Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas for the third time. Excellent detailed description of life onboard this mega-cruise ship.

Carnival Cruise Lines' 2,056-passenger Fantasy recently underwent a multi-million-dollar refurbishment and emerged with many new or updated features and facilities, including new photo and art galleries, a nine-hole miniature golf ... Read More

Guests of Silversea Cruises will soon be surfing the Internet faster and more conveniently as the ultra-luxury line launches remote wireless Internet access (also known as Wi Fi) in designated ... Read More

The Seven Seas Voyager will sail from Ft. Lauderdale on January 9, 2007 and return to the United States 111 days later, having visited 45 ports of call in 26 ... Read More

Sailing to Antarctica on a luxury ship like the Hanseatic is a dream of many cruise lovers. We sailed last winter on the Hanseatic, and the luxury explorer ship ... Read More

My mother and I cruised on the Silversea Silver Cloud in July on a cruise to Scandinavia and the Baltic. Join me on a pictorial tour of the public areas ... Read More

Luxury cruise line Crystal Cruises has just released its second vintage of C Wines, the proprietary label it debuted last year. The six new 2004 California wines - three premium ... Read More

Patti and her family cruise Hawaii on the NCL Pride of America. They thought the ship was beautiful, but found several areas needing improvement.

Want to sail "Italian Style"? A Costa cruise might just be what you are looking for. Check out the latest cruise specials for the Mediterranean and the Caribbean on Costa ... Read More

Based on the projected path of Hurricane Rita and closure of the Port of Galveston, Carnival Cruise Lines will alter the itineraries of two of its Galveston-based cruise ships, Elation ... Read More

The 296-passenger Silversea Silver Cloud has six categories of cabins, all of which are suites ranging in size from 240 square feet to over 1,300 square feet. Each cruise ship ... Read More

Cruise the eastern Caribbean on the Holland America Zuiderdam with Steve David and his wife.

I just received the beautiful Summer & Autumn 2006 brochure for Hebridean Cruises this week. The "Small Ship Cruise Company" certainly has some exciting cruises planned for next year. This ... Read More

British cruise line Swan Hellenic, which specializes in discovery cruises with the mid-sized cruise ship Minerva II, has sold out all of its 2005 cruises. As a result, Swan Hellenic ... Read More

Oceania Cruises has announced their new 2006-2007 Winter Collection of sailings to Asia, South America and the Caribbean. Oceania's winter collection of cruises is comprised of 29 sailings that range ... Read More

Passenger expectations are high on a small luxury ship like the Silversea Silver Cloud. On our recent cruise on the Silver Cloud, mealtime was always a special treat. The chefs ... Read More

Cruise specials for 2005 and 2006 to the Caribbean, Bermuda, or Alaska on Celebrity Cruises. Special Offers from Celebrity Cruises

Budget conscious travelers who want to see Europe and avoid high-season crowds might enjoy a November or December Viking River cruise in Germany. The river cruise line is currently offering ... Read More

Join Bill and his wife on a birthday cruise to the Baltic on the Star Princess. Comprehensive review, with lots of useful information on the Star Princess and the northern ... Read More

I have always been a photography buff, so when digital cameras came along, I was delighted. Now, Princess Cruises is making it easier for passengers to print their digital photos ... Read More

Stockholm's City Hall was completed in 1923, but its design fits perfectly with the rest of the old part of the city. The City Hall is the site of the ... Read More

Join Marge and her husband on a "wonderful and fascinating" Beijing to Bangkok cruise on the Pacific Princess. Comprehensive review of the ports of call on this cruise to an ... Read More

A new digital video editing course invites Crystal cruisers to try their hand at creating 'mini-documentaries' of their worldly travels. The class is the newest addition to the extensive curriculum ... Read More

The small ship the Paul Gauguin has received many accolades for the ship and her South Pacific itineraries. In 2006, cruise lovers can experience luxury cruising on the Paul Gauguin ... Read More

A cruise is a wonderful way to spend your family holidays. Most people think about warm weather and sunny beaches for a Christmas holiday cruise. However, for those looking for ... Read More

Viking River Cruises recently released its 2006 sailing schedule for Europe, Russia and China. In addition to introducing a new ship on the Yangtze River, Viking River Cruises also added ... Read More

Royal Caribbean International was the first cruise line to feature rock climbing and ice skating onboard its mega-cruise ships. Now, the Freedom of the Seas, which is scheduled to be ... Read More

Cruise specials for 2005 and 2006 to the Mexican Riviera, Europe, the Caribbean, Panama Canal, and New England/Canada on Crystal Cruises. Crystal also is featuring discount prices on Crystal Harmony's ... Read More

Profile of ultra-luxury, small ship cruise line Silversea Cruises. Silversea has four small ships ranging from 296 passenger to 382 passengers. The cruise line excels in all elements of cruising ... Read More

Due to the tragic recent hurricane in New Orleans, the National D-Day Museum, which had chartered Seabourn Legend for a commemorative voyage to Italy departing October 16, 2005, has had ... Read More

Norwegian Cruise Line (“NCL”) announced late last week that Norwegian Sun will move to Houston beginning October 16 to operate its Western Caribbean cruises through the January 8, 2006 cruise. ... Read More

How about crossing the Atlantic on a luxury ship with your own private balcony? Cunard has premium balcony category B6 cabins for only $1,599 on some October and early November ... Read More

Cruise West, a small ship cruise line, has announced two new Alaska cruise itineraries for 2006. The Glacier Bay Highlights cruise gives passengers a small taste of Alaska with its ... Read More

Celebrity Cruises will "swap ships" for its 2006 sailings in South America to avoid disruption of guests' vacations and keep both ships on track for scheduled drydock periods. Celebrity's Millennium ... Read More

Want a great idea for celebrating your 40th birthday? These ten "girlfriends" took a cruise to Baja Mexico and California on the RCI Monarch of the Seas. I think these ... Read More

The ms Amsterdam will circle the globe and the ms Prinsendam will explore select regions when Holland America Line expands its Grand Voyage program to two ships and three epic ... Read More

Frequent visitors to this site know how much we enjoyed our adventure cruise to Antarctica last January. Now, Hapag-Lloyd has come up with four 2006 exciting itineraries for the Hanseatic ... Read More

Peter Deilmann Cruises is now accepting reservations, two months earlier than usual, for its 2006 European river cruises on nine deluxe ships that operate on the Danube, Rhine, Moselle, Rhône, ... Read More

This holiday season, travelers will have the unusual opportunity to celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year's Eve on a single two-week tropical cruise aboard the luxurious ships of Crystal Cruises. ... Read More

Carnival Cruise Lines will move the homeport of the Carnival Conquest from New Orleans to Galveston, Texas beginning September 11. The Carnival Conquest will be in dry dock until then. ... Read More

A cruise is a great way to spend the Thanksgiving or December holidays. Cruise lovers know that a cruising and holidays are a perfect combination. Radisson Seven Seas cruises has ... Read More

The intimate, all-suite Seabourn Pride will host its Third Annual Great American Food & Wine Festival on a 14-day cruise departing New York on October 16, 2005 bound for Nassau. Guests ... Read More

Every winter (from December to April) thousands of tourists come from around the world to Hawaii with hopes of catching a glimpse of the great Humpback whales. One of Hawaii's ... Read More

Have you ever wanted to spend time gazing at billowing white sails on a luxury sailing ship? If so, now is a good time to book a cruise with Windstar ... Read More

Carnival Cruise Lines has announced that the U.S. government has chartered three luxury cruise liners — Ecstasy, Sensation and Holiday — for the next six months to provide temporary housing ... Read More

Princess has announced that a full season of Southeast Asia cruises aboard Pacific Sky, operated by sister company P&O Cruises Australia, will be marketed in North America. The February through ... Read More

The small luxury Peter Deilmann cruise ship the MS Deutschland will feature several different interesting itineraries in 2006. The Deutschland will begin the year in the Indian Ocean and Africa ... Read More

NCL America has given away thousands of red, white and blue wristbands to commemorate the Pride of America's inaugural voyage in Hawai`i. The ship is the largest U.S.-flagged ship ever ... Read More

This week we have all been absorbed with the horrific stories of Hurricane Katrina from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and Alabama. If you are looking for ... Read More

With more 10-day cruises than ever before, four convenient homeport departure cities and 22 different itineraries, Holland America Line offers travelers many choices to explore the Caribbean in 2006. ... Read More

One piece of good news from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina--Carnival Cruise Lines will resume operations from Mobile’s Alabama Cruise Terminal with a five-day voyage departing Saturday, September 3. ... Read More

Carnival Cruise Lines has been effected more than any other cruise line by Hurricane Katrina. Here is the latest news from Carnival on its cruises from New Orleans, Mobile, and ... Read More

There has been a lot of discussion and confusion about the new U.S. passport requirements that will be phased in over the next couple of years. The Western Hemisphere Travel ... Read More

Carly Simon will perform a pair of filmed concerts onboard the Queen Mary 2. The QM2 is the only ocean liner providing regularly scheduled transatlantic service and will depart New ... Read More