The Late Delivery Effect: When Cruise Ships Are Not Built On Time

Scenic Cruises recently made an announcement we don’t hear very often: the new ship they are building will not be ready on time.  More commonly reported on this topic: lots of ships across nearly all cruise brands are coming our way 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 …

Cruise Bored? Perhaps Something Different Is In Order

Developing local embarkation ports around North America, cruise lines have made it easier for cruise travelers to make it from home to the ship. Flying or driving from home to the embarkation port takes costs less and takes less time Read More …

Tiny Star Legend Largest Ship To Transit Locks

This week, Windstar Cruises tiny Star Legend became the largest cruise ship ever to transit the Ballard Locks and sail onto Lake Union in Seattle, Washington. Star Legend’s inaugural visit to was especially significant because Seattle is the home of Windstar Cruises.  Onboard, Windstar Read More …

Luxury Expedition Cruises Bring Deep Touring

Abercrombie & Kent has been defining luxury adventure travel since 1962. Over the decades, A&K travel services have been extended to over 100 countries around the world on all seven continents by land and air.  This top travel company also Read More …

Welcome Home: Enchantment Back To Port Canaveral

Enchantment of the Seas was welcomed back to Port Canaveral for the first time since being repositioned away from Florida’s Space Coast in 2016.  This week marked the launch of a new season of three- and four-night sailings to the Bahamas.  Read More …

Cruise Unexpected Enabled By Windstar Focus On Crew Family

We last left off with Star Legend just about to sail off into the sunset.  The Unexpected Windstar Family Day highlighted Windstar’s 180° From Ordinary thought to honor crew and their families.  We captured a lot of images that day. Read More …

The Unexpected Windstar Cruises Family Day

People who work on water lead a life quite unlike their land-based counterparts. Hotels that float are like that. It’s a different life but one they signed on for. Still, leaving family behind can’t be easy. We get that. But Read More …

18 Thousand Words About Windstar Cruises Visiting Coron

I’m going to make this easy.  Every single day of our 14-day sailing with Windstar Cruises has been crafted to showcase the destinations we are visiting along the way.  Check off all the boxes on what we might like to Read More …