Although most cruise reviewers say there are five, there are strictly speaking only two cruise lines that truly have a “ship-within-a-ship”. A fully self-contained world where passengers paying at lea

Four years ago, Royal Caribbean, best known for huge, good value resort ships, surprised many by buying Silversea known for ultra-luxury small ship cruising. Having cruised on it before the takeover,

There are five things I took for granted last year as a cruiser that have unexpectedly disappeared this year, the first massive one I experienced first-hand on a recent cruise. I was on the first leg

I used to think of myself as a considerate cruise passenger, trying to be polite and help make the crews jobs simpler, easier, and more pleasant. But Ive had to reappraise what I was doing after a c

Cunard has the reputation of being the most class-based cruise line sailing today, keeping alive the tradition of grand old ocean liners from the Titanic era had of giving First-Class passengers, or w

Cruise lines charge less per day for repositioning cruises than ANY of their other cruises, making them some of the most inexpensive and appealing to many cruisers. But Ive met so many people on them

I met so many regular Norwegian cruisers on my Norwegian Viva cruise that disliked this new Prima class of Norwegian Cruise Line ships that I started wondering if Norwegian had actually gone out of th

Just before my much anticipated and costly $1,800 a night cruise in Norwegian Vivas all-suite Haven, Cruise with Ben and David, one of the leading YouTube cruise channels, released a critical revie

While Cruise lines make it easy and convenient to book and buy most things for a cruise directly with them, have you stopped to ask if its in your best interest? I have! Cruise lines are banking on u

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