Top Food & Beverage Trends Coming Soon to a Cruise Near You

If you’re like most people, dining and drinks are top factors when choosing a cruise. Cuisine is one of the cruise lines most important and expensive offerings, with the six...

Just in: This is How Many Stars Celebrity Cruises Earned in the Inaugural Cruise Category of Forbes Travel Guide

Celebrity Cruises has become the first ocean cruise line to ever earn Forbes Travel Guide (“FTG”) Star Awards in the publication's new cruise category. And we've just found out how...

This Cruise Will Give you Front-Row Seats to Baja’s 2024 Solar Eclipse

Imagine the wonder of a solar eclipse at sea, with no lights from land dimming the spectacle of the astronomical wonder in the skies overhead, with the waves lapping at...

The Centenary of the Discovery of King Tut’s Tomb Coincides with the Renaissance of Nile River Cruising

A hundred years after the discovery of the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, “King Tut” remains the most famous of all of ancient Egypt’s rulers – and one of...

Become a Certified "RumMaster" on the Caribbean Island with the Oldest Surviving Distillery

There’s enjoying tropical rum cocktails when you’re in the Caribbean on vacation… then there’s becoming an actual “RumMaster.” Now you can spend a day with kindred ‘spirits’ immersing yourself in...

How to Celebrate Year of the Rabbit in Hong Kong

Kung Hei Fat Choy! Millions of people around the world join in as many Asian countries celebrate the arrival of the Lunar or Chinese New Year, with colorful traditions designed...

Sneak Peak at Season 2: The Only Kennels at Sea!

Who wants to leave man's best friend at home while you sail the world? If you're making a transatlantic crossing on Cunard's flagship Queen Mary 2 between New York and...

Top 10 New Ships to Watch for in 2023

The New Year comes with the anticipation of another exciting 12 months of new ship inaugurals, which will introduce design, technology, cruise lifestyle and environmental innovations that will shape the...

American Cruise Lines Celebrates 50 Years; Charting New U.S. River and Coastal Waters in 2023

American Cruise Lines is the oldest U.S. cruise line exclusively sailing along the rivers, waterways and coasts of America, with 2023 marking a half-century of operations.The cruise line visits only...

Straighten Up! This Famous Tower's Claim to Fame May be Disappearing

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is one of the most popular shore excursions on cruises that call in Tuscany. But will cruise travelers pass on Pisa if its tower becomes......

Coming Soon: A New Cruise Line with the Largest Sailing Ships in the World

First Ritz-Carlton, then Four Seasons. Now another hotel company is making a splash with its entry into cruising, and Accor is really taking the concept to new heights, announcing it...

Sneak Peak at Season 2: Christmas Markets You Can't Miss on a Viking 'Christmas on the Rhine' River Cruise

We're filming Season 2 of World's Greatest Cruises, and here's just a taste of what you can look forward to! Viking’s new ‘Christmas on the Rhine' river cruise may be...

While Visions of Future Cruises Dance in Our Heads...

Wishing You and YoursHealth, HappinessandEvery Best Wish in 2023Merry Christmas!fromLynn Elmhirstand EveryoneatWorld's Greatest Cruises (Filmed on board the Viking Sigyn on our Christmas on the Rhine river cruise from Basel,...

Antarctic Cruise Tragedies Remind us 'Why' We Take Expedition Cruises

It is the remoteness, the wildness, the challenges of experiencing that raw environment - that draw us to expedition cruises. Expedition cruise travelers must understand that to have the reward...

Oceania Cruises Introduces Whisky and Rum Programs in 2023

You may be familiar with wine appreciation programs on a number of cruise lines. Oceania Cruises, known for its dining and culinary programs, is branching out from wine to two...

For the First Time, Foodies Have Star-Studded Reasons to Cruise in Canada

In fall of 2022, two popular Canadian cruise ports became the first destinations in the country to gain their own Michelin Guides to their culinary scenes. For the first time,...

Hong Kong Finally Reopening to Cruise Ships!

It was one of the world’s last holdout destinations with severe restrictions on arrivals, but as of the 14th of December, Hong Kong reopens to incoming air travellers - with...

Top Tips for Cruise Travelers to Avoid Baggage Blues

One of the best reasons to cruise is the ease of unpacking only once, while your 'floating hotel' transports you to fascinating ports of call. But your baggage has to...

Another Luxury Cruise Line Begins Expedition Cruising: Seabourn Venture Inaugural

Expedition cruising – and especially luxury expedition cruising - is one of the hottest trends in cruise travel. Expedition cruise ships take guests on voyages to remote regions of the planet,...

First Cruise Ever to Reach the North Pole

It's an historic date for cruise travel. On July 13, 2022, for the first time ever, guests on a cruise ship have traveled to the northern-most point of the Earth's...

One of the Best Wine River Cruises in the World is in the U.S.A.

One of the top reasons many travellers take a European river cruise is for the wine. The banks of many of Europe’s rivers provide the perfect combination of drainage and sun...

You Can Cruise to This Island's Summer Harvest Festival

You can cruise to the island that puts the summer heat into a harvest festival. Barbados' ‘Crop Over’ heats up summer with a distinctly ‘islands’ way of celebrating its traditional...

World First: Lie-Flat Sleeping Pods in Economy Class

The farther you have to travel, the more important comfort is on the way there. So it’s no surprise that the national airline of one of the most remote destinations in...

Top Souvenirs from a Cruise to England

2022 is a great year to be an anglophile! Queen Elizabeth II’s history-making Platinum Jubilee, marking her remarkable 70 years of service, plus a new Downton Abbey film, have brought...

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