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Avoid Cruise Ship Port Crowds By Using These Websites and Strategies

ArchiveMay 4, 202480Views

Some places lose their charm when they're inundated with cruise ship passengers. Use these tools to know when the quiet days are. Now you see them, now you don’t. Like flash mobs, cruise crowds can seemingly pop out of nowhere, flooding down gangplanks and transforming serene port…

UnCruise in Alaska: Seeing the State’s Wild Splendor by Small Ship

I’ve cruised to Alaska more than half a dozen times on ships of all sizes and have always preferred smaller vessels for the intimate access they provide to the state’s supercharged scenery. (That preference is one reason I cofounded QuirkyCruise.com to share news and reviews about these offbeat travel experiences.) Last month I spent a…

May 1, 2024216Views

The Pleasures and Pain of Earth’s Largest Cruise Ship

Royal Caribbean’s newest ship, Icon of the Seas, is a floating list of superlatives: biggest cruise ship ever. Biggest swim-up bar on a cruise ship ever. It is the first ship ever to have a suspended infinity pool, the first ship ever to have six waterslides, and the first ship to have a 16-piece live…

April 27, 202499Views

No, That Norwegian Cruise Line Ship Never Had Cholera Aboard

You might have seen headlines like this earlier in the week about Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Dawn, which reported that some 20 passengers were feeling ill: "Thousands stranded on Norwegian Dawn cruise ship hit by possible cholera outbreak" (CBS News) "Norwegian Dawn: Mauritius says cruise ship can dock after cholera scare" (BBC News) "2,000 cruise…

April 25, 2024113Views