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Cruising for Newbies: Is that Spa Treatment Worth It?
Courtesy Tara Angkor Hotel A friend who likes the life-changing aspect of destination spa vacations asked me if she should try a cruise. The question gave me pause. Cruise ships do have spas, some...
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Cruising for Newbies: I Get Seasick. Should I Avoid Cruises?
flickr/pbkwee Confession: I am a cruise ship writer who gets seasick. Fear of seasickness is an excuse I hear often from people who don’t cruise but want to. However, there are ways to avoid it. First...
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Cruise News: The Panama Canal Expansion Is Complete. Here’s How to See It.
Miraflores locks, Panama Canal/flickr/Marquicio Pagola With much local fanfare, the $5.4 billion expansion of the Panama Canal opened on Sunday — a project that took some 40,000 workers and a decade...
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Cruising for Newbies: How to Travel the World on a Cruise Ship
Great Wall of China/flickr/Colin Capelle It’s one thing to take a one-week or even two-week cruise. It’s another to set out to sea for six months, stopping on several continents and visiting dozens of...
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Cruise News: Oceania & Regent Ships Will Travel to Cuba
Havana/flickr/Marika Bortolami Frank Del Rio, president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, is expecting a call any day giving final approval from the Cuban government for several of the...
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Cruising for Newbies: How to Choose the Best Room on a Cruise Ship
Travelmarvel/flickr/Roderick Eime You’re going on a cruise. Life is good… until you arrive at your cabin and find your ocean view is blocked by a giant orange lifeboat. Or you discover your state room...
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Cruising for Newbies: To Eat Free or Not to Eat Free
Disney Fantasy’s Remy When you buy a cruise, the fare includes food. And there is a lot of free food — in the dining room, at the buffet (both day and night), and in other venues such as the pizzeria...
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Cruising for Newbies: Are Balcony Cabins Worth the Splurge?
flickr/Joe Ross Some people would never cruise without booking a cabin with a balcony. Others would argue balconies are not worth the money. Both sides have valid points. Balcony fans like the idea of...
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Cruise News: A Trio of Brand-Name Services & Shows Arrive at Sea
“Freezing the Night Away with Anna, Elsa and Friends”/Disney Cruise Line/Kent Phillips Name brands keep popping up on cruise ships and there’s a reason: Brands excite people, which means they may...
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Cruising for Newbies: How to Get Free Drinks on a Cruise
flickr/R. While all-inclusive luxury cruise lines pour complimentary drinks, most ships charge extra for booze. And when you’re lounging under the hot Caribbean sun and spot one of those frosty piña...
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The 411 on Music-Themed Cruises
Facebook/The Rock Boat Fifteen years ago, Atlanta-based Sixthman launched The Rock Boat, the first music festival at sea. The idea took off, and the company has gone on to organize 94 music-themed...
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Cruising for Newbies: Fall is the Best Time to Book Cheap Cruises
Norwegian Cruise Line/Norwegian Escape Labor Day is fast approaching, and kids are either back in school or heading there soon. In the cruise world that means cruise deals for grownups are on the...
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Cruise News: Is Bigger Better? Carnival Thinks So
Carnival Cruise Line/Facebook Carnival Cruise Line just signed a deal to build its two largest ships ever — twin 180,000-ton behemoths that will carry more than 5,200 passengers. To put that in...
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Cruise News: Royal Caribbean’s Dynamic Dining is (Finally) Ending
Coastal Kitchen/Danielle Contray Cruise lines such as Royal Caribbean are trying to attract more Gen-X and millennial vacationers, and in doing so they sometimes come up with crazy, over-the-top ideas...
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Cruising for Newbies: What’s Entertainment Like at Sea?
Grease on Harmony of the Seas/Royal Caribbean International Tired Las Vegas-style revues and cabaret shows may have been the norm on cruise ships 20 years ago, but shipboard entertainment offerings...
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October Is the Best Time to Book a Cruise
CLIA – Cruise Lines International Association/Facebook October is National Plan a Cruise Month, as proclaimed by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). Before you let out a collective...
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Cruise News: Non-Smokers Prevail on Cruise Ships
Holland America Line/Facebook This week, Holland America Line said it would implement a new smoking policy, which should have non-smoking cruisers breathing a (clean) sigh of relief. The cruise line...
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Cruise News: 4 New Sailings for Nerds
Illuminations Planetarium/Queen Mary 2 I just received the info packet for Star Trek: The Cruise, departing in January from Miami. The first official cruise themed after the science-fiction franchise...
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Cruise News: Book Your 2017 Alaska Cruise Now
Princess Cruises/Facebook If you’re thinking about booking an Alaska cruise in 2017 and want a decent price and a good choice of ships and cabins, you ought to start planning now. The market was red...
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Cruise News: Major Lines Are Going Green
Virgin Voyages/Facebook A trend is emerging as cruise lines place orders for ships to debut in the third decade of the 21st century: they are attempting to go green. The move may be partly altruistic,...
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