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Celebrity announced that it has ordered 10 ships that will ply European rivers starting in 2027.
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Think of an event cruise as a floating convention. You take all the normal trappings of a regular cruise, then add another layer of entertainment and social events that aren't usually available. Event cruises are a good way to try out cruising if you've never done it before. After all, if you're not sure that…
I had signed up for an all-day activity, a tour of three cities in France by bus in just 8 hours. The tour was standard shore excursion stuff: on the bus, off the bus, herded like cattle, released into the wilds of the French Riviera to graze on croissants and buy “I Love France” t-shirts. …
If you’re among the 52% of Americans without a passport, you might think that taking a cruise is out of the question for you. But that’s not true—and we’re not only referring to sailings within U.S. waters (though, of course, passengers without passports can absolutely board cruises on U.S. rivers and coastlines as well as…
Virgin Voyages made a splashy entrance into the cruise market a few years ago, but at the worst moment imaginable: The line's first cruise was originally scheduled for April 1, 2020. Certain world events that we have all apparently agreed to rarely speak of delayed that debut voyage to October 2021, when the Scarlet Lady…
In casino lingo, a "whale" is a high roller—and whales can sail on the major cruise lines for next to nothing. How to win an invitation to their little-known subculture
If you’re the kind of cruise passenger who loves finding generous discounts, you might want to take a…
All cruise itineraries that include one or more stops in Mexico will soon cost an additional $42. Countries frequently adjust the arrival fees charged to tourists. Mexico has decided now is the time to enforce an existing tourist tax that previously excluded cruise vacationers. The move by the Mexican legislature came just after incoming U.S.…
These are boom times for cruises. Demand has surpassed where it was before the pandemic, according to the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), with nearly 35 million passengers estimated to have set sail in 2024, up from an already staggering 31.7 million in 2023. The surge is expected to continue in 2025, and an increasingly…