What would you do if you arrived in a place and knew you might never get back there again? This should be the logic every cruise, vacation flier or business travelers should adopt when visiting a foreign city for the first time. Your approach should be structured, not thought up on the fly. Think about it: Airlines tend to fly into world business centers. New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and Frankfurt are a few examples. Cruise ... Read more The post 10 Tips on How to Explore a Major Cruise Port City appeared first on All Things Cruise ..read more

One of the wonderful features about cruising is market segmentation. Different cruise lines target different age categories. You have heard about YUPPIES (Young Urban Professionals.)  You have heard about NINJAS (No Income, No Job, No Assets.) Have you heard about WOOFs? (Well Off Older Folks) Let us look at 14 reasons why your older friend (or their parents) might find a cruise so much fun, one cruise will lead to multiple cruise vacations every year. Cruise with ... Read more The post Why Cruising is the Ideal Vacation for All Ages appeared first on All Things Cruise ..read more

As Humphrey Bogart said to Ingrid Bergman on that airport runway in Casablanca, “We’ll always have Paris” … … so an invitation to board one of Viking’s Longships in the City Of Light had me at ‘hello’ VIKING PRACTICALLY INVENTED RIVER CRUISING It seems impossible to believe that Viking sailed its first river cruises just 27 years ago. It’s true! In 1997, chartering 4 Russian river cruise ships. In no time at all, Viking invented its ‘Longships’ ... Read more The post REVIEW: VIKING RIVER CRUISE, ‘PARIS TO THE HEART OF NORMANDY,’ HAD ME AT HELLO appeared first on All Things Cruise ..read more

Inaugural calls by Celebrity Reflection and Celebrity Beyond usher in offering of short, premium Caribbean getaways COURTESY Celebrity Cruises: MIAMI, (April 23, 2024) – Celebrity Cruises® guests visited Perfect Day at CocoCay, the number one destination in Royal Caribbean Group, for the first time, traveling aboard Celebrity Reflection® Monday, April 22nd and Celebrity BeyondSM Tuesday, April 23rd. The award-winning private destination introduced by sister brand Royal Caribbean International is part of Celebrity Cruises’ new short Caribbean itinerary ... Read more The post FIRST CELEBRITY CRU ..read more

I saw the original Star Wars movie seven times. This was not over a 40-year period, this was in the first couple of years following its 1977 release. It was a great movie. You saw additional details on each subsequent viewing. My future wife and I were dating at the time. She never understood my fascination with seeing the same movie over and over. Cunard has a similar success with the transatlantic crossing. The seven-night sailing from ... Read more The post Why People Repeat Cunard’s Transatlantic Crossing appeared first on All Things Cruise ..read more

Jim Stewart was a part-time fiddle player and bank teller who wanted to make music. His sister, Estelle Axton, was a schoolteacher who wanted to run a record store. Together they formed Stax Records — the “St” for Stewart, the “ax” for Axton. And the sounds from their modest recording studio set the music world on its ear. Their unique blend of soul revolutionized music and made their Memphis facility a mecca for musicians of all colors, ... Read more The post Stax Museum of American Soul Music a Memphis Musical Landmark appeared first on All Things Cruise ..read more

The cruise industry and cruise travel is booming. For further evidence, consider the just-concluded conference in Miami Beach, where over 11,000 people from 120 countries came together for four days. With the pandemic firmly in the rear-view mirror, optimism ran high as over 600 exhibitors showcased the latest in tourism, technology and innovative new products.   This is the 39th edition of the conference, the 29th held in Miami Beach, and, as usually the case, the highlight was ... Read more The post Seatrade Cruise Global: Optimism Running High in the Cruise Industry and for Cruise ..read more

A Tina Turner song puts the Holland America Line audience in high gear. Following are more songs by Enya, Kylie Minogue and former Las Vegas entertainer Lola Falana as sung by cruise line performers. Holland America Line is adding to its award-winning entertainment lineup with the introduction of four new mainstage shows in 2024. The concert-style productions are fronted by multi-talented headliners supported by an ensemble of singers and dancers. “We are excited to have a set ... Read more The post Holland America Line Debuts New Stage Shows on Cruise Ships appeared first on All Things Cruise ..read more

Swan Hellenic Announces Completion of Record-Breaking Antarctic Season with 90% occupancy, and Releases Details of 2025-2026 “Incredible Antarctica” Cruises Ending its near sell-out Antarctic season with a 20-night voyage from Ushuaia to Cape Town, the cultural expedition cruise pioneer announces what’s in store for explorers of the “White Continent” in 2025-2026. COURTESY SWAN HELLENIC: March 25, 2024 – Today, the ice-class Swan Hellenic cruise ship SH Vega sailed into Cape Town from Ushuaia, bringing the cultural expedition ... Read more The post appeared first on All Things Cruise ..read more

SILVER RAY IS FLOATED OUT – JOINING HER WILDLY POPULAR SISTER SHIP, SILVER NOVA. SILVER RAY IS SILVERSEA’S SIXTH ADDITION TO ITS FLEET IN JUST 3 YEARS. In Papenburg, Germany, on February 25th. Silversea marked another significant milestone with the float out of Silver Ray at the Meyer Werft shipyard. This signals the ship’s moving into its final stages of construction.  The steel-cutting ceremony just 15 months ago, the ship is now approaching completion.  Silver Ray is ... Read more The post SILVERSEA’S SILVER RAY FLOAT OUT appeared first on All Things Cruise ..read more