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Norwegian Bliss Settling In At Home, For Now
Norwegian Cruise Line’s new Norwegian Bliss, is now sailing from Miami on Eastern Caribbean cruises. Not alternating Eastern/Western as you may be accustomed to with most other cruise lines that sail regularly in the Caribbean. Norwegian Bliss’s inaugural season surpassed anything we could have imagined, Read More …
Ten Unordinary Things Learned On My Windstar Cruise
Along the way on a 7-day Panama Canal & Costa Rica sailing with Windstar Cruises, we learned a great many things. The first time sailing with the luxury line, first time through the Panama Canal and first time on a Read More …
Carnival San Diego 2020 Booking Season Open, Choosing Difficult
Carnival Cruise Line returns to the Port of San Diego for the first time in seven years when Carnival Miracle arrives in late 2019. 2,124-passenger Carnival Miracle will sail a schedule of three- to 15-day voyages from San Diego from December 2019 to February 2020 starting Read More …
Carnival Journeys Collection Expands, Visits Asia
Carnival Cruise Line showcases longer sailings in the Carnival Journeys collection. Starting with itineraries of nine days, simply gathering them all in one place makes sense. Not everyone is interested or has the time to take a long cruise. Apparently, Read More …
Carnival Legend Tampa Deployment
Carnival Legend gets around. We fell in love with the Spirit-class ship long ago, embracing the decorative urn decor with glee. It seemed toned down at the time. And the next time. And the next. Carnival Legend is one of Read More …
2017: An Interesting Year Of Travel
2017 was an interesting year for travel in many ways. Our personal travel anyway. On rivers, we toured Europe revisiting a favorite classic itinerary. In the oceans, we stayed closer to home. A full transit of the Panama Canal to begin Read More …
Viking Sun World Cruise: Talk About A Great Christmas Gift
Viking Cruises new Viking Sun sailed off from Miami this week on a World Cruise that will visit five continents, 35 countries and 64 ports in five months. During the 141-day journey from Miami to London, Viking Sun will first explore Cuba and Read More …
Update: Windstar President San Juan Visit Underscores Unique Small Ship Advantage In Big Way
Recently, travel agents have been fielding calls, emails and/or texts asking “Will any of the Caribbean ports be open by the time I sail?” For the most part, the answer is a resounding “Yes!” without hesitation. Cruise lines, local governments, Read More …
Brilliant: Ocean Cruise Tours Led By Crew In Their Own Country
The industry-wide focus on cruise destinations continues to resolve a number of ways. Taking travelers up close at places they visit, local life is explored in depth. Special access is granted to one cruise line here and another there, adding Read More …