Category: Cruise Lines & Ships
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Seabourn Is the Luxury Line Most People Have Never Heard Of
Seabourn carries a few hundred guests when a big ship carries several thousand. That is the whole idea. You are not one of the crowd because there is no crowd. The ships are all suite and all ocean view. Every room has a window or a veranda. There is no such thing as a windowless…
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Star Princess Is Doing Alaska for the First Time This Summer
Princess put its newest big ship in Alaska this summer, and most people missed it. Star Princess is running 7-day Inside Passage cruises roundtrip from Seattle right now. It is the first Alaska season for this ship. Star Princess is the second Sphere-class ship from Princess. It is the sister to Sun Princess, and it…
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Cunard Queen Anne Is a Different Kind of Big Ship
Cunard added a new ship in 2024 for the first time in more than a decade. It is called Queen Anne. She is the fourth ship in the fleet, and she carries about 3,000 guests. That number matters. Queen Anne is not small. She is bigger than her sisters Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth by…
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The Disney Adventure Goes Everywhere and Stops Nowhere
Disney built its biggest ship yet, then parked it in Singapore and told it not to stop anywhere. The Disney Adventure runs three and four night sailings out of Marina Bay Cruise Centre, and none of them call at a port. It sails, it turns around, it comes back. This is the largest ship in…
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Oceania Cruises Just Made Itself Adults Only
Oceania Cruises is done with kids. As of January 7, 2026, the line only takes new bookings for guests 18 and older. That applies across all eight ships. If you booked before that date with someone under 18, you are fine. Those reservations still stand. But every new booking is adults only from here on.…
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Explora III Is About to Give MSC a Luxury Problem Worth Having
MSC owns a luxury cruise line. Most people have no idea. It is called Explora Journeys, and its third ship arrives this summer. Explora III sets sail in summer 2026. That is right now, more or less. It is the newest hardware in a fleet that is still very young, which matters more than it…
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Viking Ocean Cruises Is Not for Everyone and That Is the Point
Viking Ocean Cruises launched its first ship in 2015 and immediately made a lot of other cruise lines uncomfortable. They built a product around what they did not include, and somehow that became the selling point. No casinos. No kids under 18. No nickel-and-diming you for a glass of wine at dinner. Beer and wine…
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Viking Ocean Cruises Is Not for Everyone and That Is the Point
Viking Ocean Cruises does not have casinos. There are no water slides, no children under 18, and no nickel-and-dime drink packages to sort through. That is not an oversight. That is the entire business model. Viking launched its ocean division in 2015 after spending years dominating the river cruise market in Europe. They moved fast…
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Virgin Voyages Is Not for Everyone, and That Is the Point
Virgin Voyages launched with a bold claim: adults only, no kids, no buffets, all-inclusive dining, and a vibe closer to a boutique hotel than a cruise ship. A few years in, they have mostly delivered on that promise. Mostly. The line runs three ships right now, with Scarlet Lady being the flagship. The ships are…
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Celebrity Edge Class Ships Are Still the Best Thing Celebrity Has Done
Celebrity launched the Edge class in 2018 and somehow made cruise ships interesting again. The Edge, Apex, Beyond, and Ascent all feature the same brilliant design that makes other ships feel dated. The Magic Carpet alone justifies booking one of these ships. It’s a tennis court sized platform that moves up and down the side…