Smart: Holland America Now THE Pickleball Cruise Line

Holland America Line has been exclusively named as the Official Cruise Line of the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) and is committed to expanding its pickleball experience at sea for guests. All ships in the Holland America Line fleet feature pickleball courts with Read More …

 Margaritaville at Sea ? Sounds Like Fun To Me !

 Margaritaville at Sea, the all-new floating island vacation, made a star-studded debut, welcoming several hundred VIPs, partners, community members and travel advisors for the official christening of its flagship vessel, Margaritaville at Sea Paradise.  The exciting one-night sailing included a traditional Read More …

10 Tips on Staying Sober While Traveling

Guest Post. Author: Sarah O’Brien is an Addiction Specialist with Ark Behavioral Health…because Chris obviously has no clue about this topic With the summer months approaching, vacation plans are in full swing. And as much as we’dlike vacations to be Read More …

Airline Passengers Flock to Dock in MKE as New Viking Octantis Makes Its Debut

Among passengers flying into MKE this year will be those ready to board luxury cruise ships destined forToronto and Thunder Bay, Ontario in Canada. Say the word “cruise” and what destinations do you think of? The Caribbean? Mexico? The Bahamas? Read More …

Carnival Taps Microorganisms To Handle Waste

 Carnival Corporation announced it has completed the installation of nearly 600 food waste bio-digesters across its fleet in support its overall commitment to environmental compliance (In this case, not dumping waste at sea). Not sure what a biodigester is? Biodigester Read More …

Photo Dump: Everything I Saw On Our Viking Rhine Getaway Cruise

I took another look and picked a number of photos representative of what we saw along the way on our Viking River Cruise Read More …

Now Sailing: Three More Princess Ships

A trio of Princess Cruises ships are returning to active service. Crown Princess, Island Princess and Royal Princess make a total of 12 ships, 80 percent of the fleet, that have resumed cruising since July 2021. Island Princess departed Ft. Read More …

Carnival Sails From San Francisco Now

Carnival Cruise Line recently sailed away for the first time ever from San Francisco with the 2,124 passenger Carnival Miracle.  The new itinerary expands its West Coast service offerings embarking more guests than any other operator from California. Following an initial Read More …