Windstar Destination Domination Plan Detailed

Small ship cruise line Windstar Cruises has doubled its number of Concierge Collection shore excursions in 2018. Part of an ongoing quest to go beyond simply delivering Windstar travelers to interesting places. They do that too.  No, this is the Windstar destination Read More …

Starfleet Command Moves To Miami, Includes Carnival Ships Too

Carnival Cruise Line has a new Fleet Operations Center (FOC) in Miami.  The largest and most advanced in the cruise industry, we’re pretty sure they can handle a whole lot of Fun aboard the 26 Carnival ships. The 35,000-square-foot facility Read More …

Windstar Sommeliers: Beyond The Corkscrew

Windstar Cruises has a team of sommeliers ready to serve guests on sailings in 270 ports around the world.  Those Windstar sommeliers aim to elevate the at-sea travel experience, drawing on the line’s hotel operations team and their sincere desire to Read More …

No Joke: NCL Suggested Gratuities Increase April 1

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is raising the amount of their suggested idaily service charges.  Effective April 1, 2018. NCL suggested gratuities increase, a little bit. Not much. AKA ‘suggested daily service charges’, the program aims to make it easy for Read More …

Our Last Trip, The Windstar Instagram Version

Windstar Cruises Best Of The Philippines & Borneo cruise sailed from Singapore to Hong Kong on a 14-night adventure packed full of authentic destination experiences. As we sailed, every day also brought a new tour of a land we fell Read More …

18 Ventures By Seabourn To Like As Much As Their Lovely Cruise Ships

Seabourn is headed back to Alaska and British Columbia this year with an exciting lineup of guided Ventures by Seabourn. The new excursions for 2018 invite cruise travelers to explore the natural beauty and wildlife of The Last Frontier and Read More …

Windstar Small Ship Asia Cruising Evolves

Windstar Cruises returns to Asia for the 2018/19 season with Star Legend after her inaugural Alaska season this summer. The 2018/19 Windstar Asia season will bring four new cruises on top of the most popular sailings including a comprehensive exploration of Read More …

Windstar Award Sweep Impressive, Tasty

Now, Windstar Cruises begins 2018 on a high note with a staggering total of 20 travel awards in the 2018 Cruise Critic Cruisers’ Choice Awards. The Windstar award sweep brings first place in categories that focus exclusively on small ship Read More …

Windstar Culinary Collaboration: Extended. Enhanced. Unexpected.

Windstar Cruises current partnership with the James Beard Foundation resolved as a nice fit for the cruise unexpected line.  We saw that first hand recently while sailing Star Legend for the 2018 Windstar President’s Cruise, a 14-night sailing from Singapore Read More …