One of the most confusing parts of booking a cruise is figuring out what you are actually paying for. Two cruises can appear to have similar fares at first glance, yet the final cost can be dramatically different once drinks,…
Hero of the Seas, debuting in August 2027, is Royal Caribbean’s fourth Icon-class cruise ship and one of the largest passenger vessels ever built. Constructed at Meyer Turku in Finland, the ship measures about 250,800 gross tons, with capacity for…
Wind Spirit is unlike almost every other cruise ship sailing today. Carrying just 148 guests, she offers an experience that feels far closer to a private yacht than a traditional cruise ship. Originally built in 1988 as one of a…
The sea route connecting New England to Nova Scotia is one of the oldest continuously contested ferry corridors in North America, and its story is really the story of seven different companies and vessels trying to solve the same problem:…
Next week, CruiseInd returns to Windstar Cruises for another voyage through the Mediterranean. While I had the opportunity to sail aboard the magnificent Wind Surf last year and produce a complete tour of the ship, this voyage marks my first…
If you’ve already read our guide on how to choose the right cabin, this is where things get interesting. If you’ve already read our guide to choosing the perfect cruise cabin, you’ve got the foundation. You know the difference between…
When the Carnival Dream entered service in September 2009, the cruise press celebrated it as Carnival’s biggest and boldest Fun Ship to date. Sixteen years on, that framing feels like it undersold what the ship actually was. Look closely at…
I recently had the opportunity to spend a day aboard Norwegian Breakaway and used the visit to document the ship from bottom to top. Throughout my time onboard, I photographed the vessel extensively, capturing everything from the major public venues…
We continue our Unbuilt Ships with a forgotten tail of what was intended to be a Baltic ferry and was later meant to become a cruise ship. She ended as scrap. In between lay three decades of misfortune, bankruptcy, and…
If You’ve Ever Wondered Why Some New Ships Feel a Little Different Than Others You’ve Cruised… When Fincantieri quietly unveiled Project Mille at Cruise Shipping Miami back in 2013, it read like a theoretical exercise. It was a shipbuilder’s white…