Viking, the world’s most popular river cruise line, expanded its fleet once again when the newest Longship was added to their fleet this week. Viking took delivery of Viking Dagur, a river ship that was built at Meyer’s Neptun Werft shipyard in Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany. The 190-guest Viking Dagur is the latest Viking Longship that will...

Carnival Cruise Line’s BlueIguana Cantina already offers some great complimentary options like breakfast burritos in the morning and tacos with roasted pork at lunch time. But what about that post lunch and pre dinner snack hankering that always hits? Since BlueIguana’s poolside dining venue has one of the best salsa bars at sea, Carnival has...

A cruise passenger was arrested this week after being accused of hitting children on a Carnival cruise ship during a weekend sailing out of Port Canaveral. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) said the intoxicated passenger, a 44-year old man by the name of David Crosby, is accused of hitting children in the face and...

MSC Cruises will have MSC Poesia sailing to Alaska for the third straight year in 2028, and these newly announced cruises are now open for bookings. MSC Cruises will kick off its 2028 Alaska cruise season on April 24 when MSC Poesia departs from Seattle on a seven-night cruise. The ship will spend the next...

Windstar Cruises will offer one of the most unique cruises in 2026. The cruise line’s Spanish Mystery Cruise will set sail aboard Star Legend, and guests will not be told which ports they will visit in advance. This third mystery cruise builds on the successful first two, which visited the Caribbean and Mediterranean. The November...

One of the more interesting nuggets from Royal Caribbean’s Q2 2026 earnings report this morning was the update on who is actually sailing with them these days. According to CEO Jason Liberty, millennials and younger guests now account for about half of Royal Caribbean’s passengers.  That flies in the face of the traditional thought that...

In late 2024, a company named Cruise Tails sent out a press release about a unique cruise that would allow up to 250 passengers to bring their dog with them on a ship to the Western Caribbean in 2025. Two weeks later, the company said that over 5,000 people applied for the right to bring...

Virgin Voyages, an adults-only cruise line, not only announced the return of their Season Pass for 2028 but also their first-ever cruises to Scandinavia and the Baltics. Virgin Voyages will travel to 71° North, above the Arctic Circle, for the first time in 2028. These cruises will leave from Amsterdam and offer an Arctic Circle...

Royal Caribbean’s Legend of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world, is currently on an 8-day sailing from Rome to Barcelona.  The ship was supposed to dock in Naples, Italy early Tuesday morning. But at the last minute, a port of call in Italy was canceled and the ship turned around when it...

These are the absolute cheapest cruises on Royal Caribbean ships available for booking right now, but only on a cost per day basis. And all but one have something very particular in common. As much as I love cruising, I’m all about saving as much money as possible in order to take that vacation at...