MSC Seashore recently returned from dry dock with something cruisers will actually care about: more free food. The ship, which sails from Port Canaveral, now has two new complimentary quick-service restaurants onboard: The Chicken Man and Red Cactus BBQ & Ribs. Both are walk-up spots, both have their own shaded…

There are certain ports that make cruisers excited the moment they see them on an itinerary. Nassau is usually not one of them. That may sound harsh, but spend five minutes in any cruise group, forum, or comment section and you’ll see it pretty quickly. Nassau is consistently one of…

There are few things cruise passengers complain about more consistently than chair hogs.  No, it's not the so called "smart" elevators, or Carnival only offering bacon every other day at the buffet, and it's not even the insane prices for WiFi. It’s the people who head to the pool deck…

Holland America’s Project Evolution is officially moving from just a press release to "here's a deck plan to look at," and today we're getting our first look at just how massive an undertaking this is by checking out the first ship to go under the knife, Oosterdam. On May 6,…

Well, Carnival has finally put the terms and conditions out there for its new Carnival Rewards program which everyone must agree to and accept, and if you’ve been anywhere near cruise social media lately, you already know this new program has not exactly been met with a warm round of…

Well, I don’t know about you, but “suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship” was not on my 2026 bingo card. Norovirus? Sure. That one makes the cruise news cycle every couple months. Somebody uses the bathroom, skips the handwashing station, heads straight for the buffet tongs, and suddenly half…

If your cruise is stopping in Nassau on Tuesday, May 12, there’s one important thing you need to know before you start planning your day ashore. The Bahamas is going dry. Well, temporarily dry. As part of The Bahamas’ general election day, alcohol sales will be prohibited nationwide during election…

Cruise lines have gotten very good at finding new ways to charge for things, and Royal Caribbean may have just found one of the more creative ones. The latest is called Early Access, and it applies to guests who booked a guarantee stateroom. For a $30 fee per cabin, Royal…

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…