Poll: What River is Your Favorite for Cruising?

It’s not a major surprises the Danube is topping our River Poll, with more than a third of you saying that is your river of choice for 2013. The Rhine comes in a fairly close second, with a quarter of you choosing it. The Seine was a respectable 16 percent, good enough for third place, [...]

Weird Cruise Ship Art: “What Does It Mean?!” Contest

Editor’s note: Congratulations to Adrian, who went a little dark with his interpretation of Reflection’s art. His thoughtful explanation: “Murder by ceramics – You’ve got the murderer on the left hand side – the victim on the right, and a looker on, or possibly an angel in the middle.” For his winning entry, Adrian will [...]

Snorkeling Through the Southern Caribbean

Snorkel aficionado slabeaume adored her port-intensive 10th cruise, which offered tours of luscious islands and bubbly reefs. Watching sunrises and sunsets over ports including St. Maarten, St. Lucia, Dominica and Half Moon Cay, slabeaume and her husband reveled in their days in port and at sea, onboard Holland America’s Noordam. From the beaches of Martinique, [...]

Adventure of the Seas Family Cruise Packs in Halloween Fun

Nelbr‘s, Canary Islands cruise aboard Adventure of the Seas was a great fit for his family — kids and all. In fact, going into his sailing he had read some unfavorable reviews only to hop onboard and discover that despite a bad cabin description, the ship was “well maintained, clean and gorgeous” and that service [...]

Contest: This Ship Snap Needs Your Clever Captions

Update: Thanks to everyone for their submissions. Our winner, as selected by editors here at Cruise Critic, was Tony Fout, who wrote: Sign on the bridge of the Divina: “objects in mirror are smaller than they appear!” For his caption, Tony will receive a prize pack from Cruise Critic. Thanks to everyone for participating. We [...]

Cruiser Captures Carnival Destiny Rescue at Sea

As Cruise Critic reported last week, a Carnival Destiny passenger jumped overboard October 21 into waters off the Florida coast. While rescue is rare when it comes to man-overboard incidents, Destiny’s crew coordinated an effort that led to the 29-year-old woman being brought back onboard alive, where she received treatment before being left in Key [...]

Carnival Legend Round Two: Roll Call Rally

Video: 1 Cruise Ship Collision, 2 Angles

When strong winds hit Bermuda‘s King’s Wharf on September 14, techie bystanders wasted no time in whipping out their video cameras. The foul weather caused Norwegian Star to break from its moorings and collide with Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas, docked nearby. A passenger aboard Explorer of the Seas filmed as Star slowly drifted [...]