Not like any other place on earth, Alaska is vast kingdom of snow encrusted mountains, expansive glaciers and wide open tundra that is home to an incredible variety of wildlife. Visitors typically experience first hand viewing of grizzly bears fishing in clear mountain streams, humpback whales migrating south for the winter, Orcas stalking their prey contained within ...

Antarctica is one of the coldest, windiest and perhaps opposite to most people’s intuition, driest places anywhere. At the same time, Antarctica harbors some of the most dramatic landscape and prolific wildlife found on Earth and is the land mass least touched by humans. For the majority, the only way to visit Antarctica is by cruise ship as there is no real inf...

Jules Verne wrote about floating in a balloon while attempting to travel around the world in 80 days to win a bet. Astronauts periodically whiz around the entire circumference of the planet in a matter of hours. By whatever method, a trip around the world is a dream for many but recognized by only a relative few. A journey around the globe with visits to wonderful and...

Aruba is a tropical island in the Lesser Antilles archipelago located in the deepest part of the South Caribbean Sea. Aruba’s official motto is “One Happy Island” and visits to Aruba only serve to prove the slogan correct. Considered the Caribbean’s theme park, Aruba provides more than two dozen dive sites, famous shipwrecks, a championship gol...

The island countries of Australia and New Zealand make perfect destinations for cruise ships whether as part of an extended cruise covering vast portions of the world or localized cruises with their beginning and end in either country. Because Australia and New Zealand are located a good distance from most major population centers, the countries maintain an air of mys...

Bound to the west by the Scandinavian Peninsula separating the region from the rest of the continent, The Baltic Sea played an important role in the development of Northern Europe having been mentioned in Roman history dating back to the 1stCentury. The Sea was as an integral trade route used by the Vikings, then became a gateway for Christianity’s Crusaders in ...

Moving through quaint small villages and scenic landscapes, the Canal De Bourgogne, or Burgundy Canal, connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea covering a distance of 242 kilometers through the historic region of Burgundy in the center of eastern France. The famous Burgundian vineyards of the Cotes de Nuits and Cotes de Beaune lie in close proximity to the...

The more than 6,000 islands, islets, reefs and cays of the Caribbean Sea, sometimes referred to as the West Indies, stretch 3,200 kilometres between North and South America in the far western Atlantic Ocean. Year round good weather and the idyllic scenery of the archipelago have long made visiting the islands of the Caribbean a popular pursuit of travelers, whether to...

Carnival Breezeis a Dream-class cruise ship of Carnival Cruise Line which entered service on June 3, 2012. From June to November 2012 she sailed out of Barcelona and Venice on Mediterranean cruises, and afterwards from Miami to the Caribbean and Bahamas. In May 2016, she will be moving to Galveston to replace the Carnival Magic. Carnival Breeze and her sisters have th...

Chao Phraya River is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. The Chao Phraya begins at the confluence of the Ping and Nan rivers at Nakhon Sawan (also called Pak Nam Pho) in Nakhon Sawan Province. After this it flows south for 372 kilometres (231 mi) from ...

The Circle Line is the collective name given to two sightseeing ferry operations in Manhattan: Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises at 42nd Street which circles Manhattan from its base at Pier 83 in Manhattan Circle Line Downtown operates out of Pier 16, South Street Seaport. The company name is Circle Line Harbor Cruises, LLC. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Circle Li...

Disney Cruise Line is the trading name of Magical Cruise Company Limited, which operates as a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is domiciled in London, UK, with their operational headquarters located in Celebration, Florida, USA. The President is Karl Holz. Disney Cruise Line currently operates four ships:Disney Magic,Disn...

Do you yearn for the solitude and relaxation of being at sea for weeks at a time without the commotion and formality of the typical cruise ship? Is your idea of nirvana spending weeks on end with complete freedom from clocks doing exactly what you want when you want to do it? If so, then perhaps a Cruise on a Freighter is just the type of adventure you have been dream...

Monte Carlo, Monaco, Cannes, Saint Tropez, Nice; Ports of Call on the French Riviera that conjure visions of fabulous nightlife, white sand beaches, extravagant shopping experiences and the possibility of rubbing elbows with the rich and famous in one of their favorite playgrounds. Cruising in the French Riviera provides opportunities for a broad spectrum of experienc...

The Galapagos Archipelago was first discovered by Spaniards in the 16thcentury and was the location for many of the famous studies by Charles Darwin that led to the publication of his thesis “The Origin of the Species” relative to his theory about evolution. It is a collection of islands where many one-of-a-kind species abound and possesses incredible, uns...