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The Viking Advantage: We Would Gladly Repeat Our Experience
In the second of two parts, we detail our experience with Viking River Cruises sailing a modified itinerary on the Elbe River in Germany, parting thoughts that will prove helpful to other travelers in a similar future situation. We Would Do Read More …
Sailing Viking: Elegant Elbe River Cruise Journal
We’re back with a personal favorite, Viking River Cruises for one of their new itineraries for 2015. The Elegant Elbe promises that we will discover the natural beauty of former East Germany’s dramatic landscape, tour the opulent palaces of Saxon monarchs Read More …
A Sailing With Azamara Club Cruises
Our 12-night sailing with Azamara Club Cruises aboard Azamara Journey, in journal form, aimed to accurately describe what sailing with Azamara is like right here at ChrisCruises and on Azamara’s Destination Immersion blog, where the focus is on providing “the home of insider Read More …
Connecting Locally On A Cruise: No Backpack Needed
Sailing with Holland America Line to Alaska feels a bit like the fashionable “like a local” focus that has become so popular these days. A bit deeper and more ingrained in what Holland America does up there though (as opposed Read More …
Ventures By Seabourn Intensifies Destination Focus
On the Seabourn Food And Wine Cruise we defined Seabourn Sense as a genuinely keen interest in offering cruise travelers more. Seabourn Sense on that special themed sailing brought intense culinary experiences like no other we have ever experienced or know Read More …
Ketchikan Takes Back Seat To Sip Sail Savor Events, Briefly
One of the best parts of a themed cruise vacation is the extra layer of content both on and off the ship. In addition to a normal hotel operation that caters daily to the needs of passengers, extra events are Read More …
A Day In Sitka With Holland America Line
Sitka, Alaska‘s history goes back to being under Russian rule from 1799 until 1867. Sitka was the site of the signing of the Alaska purchase and where the transfer of power took place on October 18, 1867. And that’s the Read More …
Seen While Cruising: Windows Of The World
I remember being in the restaurant business years ago, feeling ‘stuck’ in a job I did not think I could get out of. Feeling the weight of a new family and the financial responsibilities that went along with it, travel Read More …
Carnival Journeys To Bring Longer, More Exotic Itineraries
Probably the single most important reason we are in the business of cruise travel, the reason I became a travel agent and then began writing about them is a very simple one: Cruise vacations have opened up a world of travel to many Read More …