The Late Delivery Effect: When Cruise Ships Are Not Built On Time

Scenic Cruises recently made an announcement we don’t hear very often: the new ship they are building will not be ready on time.  More commonly reported on this topic: lots of ships across nearly all cruise brands are coming our way Read More …

Cunard Crowdfunding Brings New Statue of Liberty Museum

Cunard has partnered with The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation to help build a new Statue of Liberty Museum on Liberty Island.  Scheduled to open in 2019, the new attraction will celebrate the Lady’s story, explore how she has evolved from national Read More …

Tiny Star Legend Largest Ship To Transit Locks

This week, Windstar Cruises tiny Star Legend became the largest cruise ship ever to transit the Ballard Locks and sail onto Lake Union in Seattle, Washington. Star Legend’s inaugural visit to was especially significant because Seattle is the home of Windstar Cruises.  Onboard, Windstar Read More …

Luxury Expedition Cruises Bring Deep Touring

Abercrombie & Kent has been defining luxury adventure travel since 1962. Over the decades, A&K travel services have been extended to over 100 countries around the world on all seven continents by land and air.  This top travel company also Read More …

Cruise Unexpected Enabled By Windstar Focus On Crew Family

We last left off with Star Legend just about to sail off into the sunset.  The Unexpected Windstar Family Day highlighted Windstar’s 180° From Ordinary thought to honor crew and their families.  We captured a lot of images that day. Read More …

The Unexpected Windstar Cruises Family Day

People who work on water lead a life quite unlike their land-based counterparts. Hotels that float are like that. It’s a different life but one they signed on for. Still, leaving family behind can’t be easy. We get that. But Read More …

Unique Windstar Feature: Hugging Upon Boarding

Refection after travel is a good idea.  It makes sense to compare what we were promised before travel to the reality that resolved before our eyes.  Whatever the plan was, there were probably triumphant moments along the way. I’d like Read More …