Sailing with Windstar Cruises, the 7-day itinerary provides a full transit of the Panama Canal, a travel experience requiring 14 or more days on other cruise lines. Here are scenes from our day with Windstar Cruises going through the canal. Read More …
Sailing for the first time with any cruise line is always an interesting experience. As hard as passengers might try to prepare, actually being there brings the best answers to questions asked in advance. Sailing with Windstar Cruises, I came to define the feel Read More …
Viking has been voted the Best River Cruise Line by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler in the 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards. That’s a consistent win, something they have done every year since the river cruise category was introduced. Viking was also Read More …
Reflecting on travel after the fact is something we might not pay enough attention to. We get back from our fabulous cruise vacation, somehow make the transition back to real life and move along, giving each trip a thumbs up Read More …
The 2018 Windstar President’s Cruise has come to a close as 14 days of live coverage from aboard Windstar Cruises 212-passenger Star Legend end in Hong Kong. As I write this, thousands of photos are racing up into the cloud Read More …
Once on the cruise ship, we have a high degree of confidence in the ability of cruise lines to take good care of travelers. But we have to get there first and that often means flying. After trying a number of Read More …
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 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 …
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 …