Whenever I encounter a person who loudly proclaims “I wouldn’t be caught dead on a cruise ship!!”, my response is “boy, do I have a cruise for you!”  I steer them towards small ships. 
While the behemoths make the news — “bigger is better!” — small cruise ships carrying 200 and fewer passengers deserve special praise.  They [...]

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Cruise West Introduces “Family Friendly Fares” on Alaska Cruises. Cruise West, which operates a fleet of small cruise ships designed for people who want an upclose Alaska experience, offers special pricing for kids ages 18 and under on all 2008 Glacier Bay Highlights departures. Savings of up to 75% off adult fares in a AAA [...]

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If you take enough cruises, eventually you’ll run into a real dud.  Moreover, I think the chances of having a lousy vacation increase exponentially when traveling with a little-known company in a exotic location. 
My worst cruise experience was in China, a ten day Yangtze River cruise aboard a Victoria Cruises boat.   When I visited in 1999 Victoria Cruises was purported [...]

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This is the luckiest photo I’ve ever taken, captured on the best cruise of my life to Antarctica a dozen years ago.  Our 12-day voyage aboard the 150-passenger Hanseatic, a German ship with ice-strengthened hull, was charted by Radisson Seven Seas Cruises (since renamed Regent Seven Seas Cruises) departed from Ushuaia, Argentina.  After departing Ft. Stanley in the Falklands we [...]

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Since I love open seating dining, spacious cabins, casual dress and small ships, Cruise West’s new South Pacific cruises make my mouth water.   The company’s flag ship, Spirit of Oceanus, will visit some of the most exotic isles in the South Pacific on 11- to 16-night voyages to unspoiled places like Tahiti, Fiji, the Solomon [...]

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I’m not suggesting that it’s time to begin disembarking from that great journey known as life. But the world is a large place, and I’m passing along my top six cruise itineraries, just in case you want make sure you don’t miss the highlights. Too many cruisers limit their focus to the Caribbean, Mexico and [...]

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