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Caribbean

Royal Caribbean Cancels More Calls at Labadee

Caution is in order due to surging unrest in Haiti, so Royal Caribbean Group has extended the suspension of cruise visits to Labadee. The company’s private beach resort is on a peninsula of Haiti that [...]
Alaska

What Happens When Your Cruise Ship Can’t Sail?

The Alaska cruise season from Vancouver has launched, but one ship was left at the starting gate. Royal Caribbean International cancelled the April 26 sailing of Radiance of the Seas after 1,900 passengers had already [...]
Alaska

Holland America Puts Spotlight on Alaska’s Glaciers

Holland America Line is debuting Glacier Days on its Alaska cruises with expanded We Love Alaska on-board experiences. HAL’s six ships doing cruises from Vancouver and Seattle are featuring more cultural enrichment and culinary and [...]
Cruise Lines

Cunard Ramps Up Pomp as Queen Anne Delivered

Cunard is honoring its long history with plans to name its newest ship Queen Anne in its spiritual home, Liverpool. The gala event will take place on the world-famous Mersey waterfront on June 3 during [...]
Abercrombie & Kent

New Ship to Explore Peru’s Amazon in Style

A new riverboat described as a floating boutique hotel will start exploring the Amazon in 2025 as Abercrombie & Kent’s first South American ship. Featuring 10 double cabins and two single cabins, the as-yet unnamed [...]

Divers from Star Flyer Drop In on a Fishy Orgy in Costa Rica

by Wallace Immen in Central America Comments Off on Divers from Star Flyer Drop In on a Fishy Orgy in Costa Rica

It’s party time along the coast of Costa Rica. Beneath the waves, the action is as hot and heavy as it can get at Spring Break time above water on the beaches of Cancun or [...]

Shined Up Carnival Victory Renamed Carnival Radiance

September 23, 2021 Comments Off

Carnival Cruise Line has officially changed the name of Carnival Victory to Carnival Radiance as the ship completes a $200 million bow-to-stern makeover in Cadiz, Spain. The third in the line’s Sunshine-class series, Carnival Radiance […]

Norwegian’s New Harvest Caye: An Island You Can Call Your Own

March 24, 2016 Comments Off

Think you’ve got a problem finding a parking space? Try figuring out where to tie up a cruise ship as long as a football field at a popular Caribbean island and then finding beach space […]

Azamara is Making a Sea Change

June 23, 2019 Comments Off

Azamara is adding an exclusive range of land options in a rebranding and refocusing of their cruise options. “We’re venturing beyond the sea,” said Larry Pimetel, president and CEO of Azamara, which is part of […]

AmaLea: 7 Factors that Make an AmaWaterways Ship Feel like Home

July 16, 2018 Comments Off

The AmaWaterways experience begins the moment you arrive. Friendly crew members of AmaLea greet us at the dock to make sure we don’t even have to roll our own carry-ons aboard. We’re escorted through a […]

The Catch: Chef Rudi’s Seafood Coming to Princess Cruises

April 11, 2023 Comments Off

Princess Cruises is reeling in a new specialty seafood restaurant, The Catch by Rudi, a joint partnership with Chef Rudi Sodamin, head of culinary arts for Princess and for Holland America Line. The Catch by […]