Day 6 on MSC World America was another sea day as we made our way toward the final port of call on this cruise, MSC Ocean Cay Marine Reserve in The Bahamas. So far, the weather has been more than cooperative, and on a ship this size that really matters.…

Day 5 on MSC World America is the first of two back-to-back sea days as we make our way to our final port of call on this cruise, MSC Ocean Cay Marine Reserve in The Bahamas, where we’ll be spending the day on Friday. One thing about MSC’s 7-night Eastern…

Day 4 on MSC World America sees us visiting one of my favorite ports of call in the Caribbean, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and what makes today even better is that we’re here until 11 p.m. World America arrived around 8:00 this morning, the all clear to go ashore was…

Day 3 on MSC World America brought us to our first port of call on this 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise, Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. And before getting into what there is to do here, let’s clear up one thing that cruise websites and ship tracking sites love to…

Day 2 on MSC World America is being spent the way cruise ships were intended to be judged: at sea. With no port call today as we make our way to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, this is the kind of day that really puts a ship to the…

Virgin Voyages has teamed up with TikTok for what it says is the biggest creator activation in the brand’s history, putting more than 1,000 creators and their guests onboard Scarlet Lady for a Miami to Bimini sailing running April 19 through April 22, 2026. Virgin says the voyage is built…

After just getting off Holland America Line’s Koningsdam, I’m back at it again, this time revisiting a ship I sailed exactly one year ago on its inaugural voyage: MSC World America. When World America debuted in Miami last year, it not only became the first World Class ship to homeport…

If it feels like cruise lines keep announcing new ships faster than ports can figure out where to park everybody, you’re not imagining things. This week, Princess Cruises became the latest line to jump into the future with the announcement of three new ships that will eventually become the largest…

Princess Cruises just announced an order for three brand-new ships that will introduce an all-new Voyager class to the fleet. And while the cruise line is clearly very excited about what’s coming, it’s also keeping most of the details to themselves for now. What we do know is that these…

If you spend any time lurking around cruise Facebook groups, forums, or post-cruise review threads, you’ll notice people complain about a lot of the same things. Buffet lines, chair hogs, kids running wild in the hallway at midnight and somebody always has to complain about the passing shower that completely…