THE CRUISE INSIDER

Part II: Rise of a Region In early 1893 wealthy American entrepreneur Henry B. Plant dipped his toe in the previously untapped leisure...

Part I: The Halifax Experiment Welcome to the Caribbean, Mon! According to Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) the region is...

It’s been 180 years, people! That’s almost three lifetimes .. in current average life spans, that is. Or about 7-8 generations ago. Do...

As a self-professed cruise history geek, I often lament the lack of tangible artefacts from cruise history. Cruise ships never get turned...

0,1oz (0,3cl) lemon juice 2oz (6cl) dark rum 6oz (18cl) Hawaiian Punch 1tsp sugar Dip rim of hurricane glass first in lemon juice, then...

Friday, 2 May, 1952 At London Airport (as Heathrow was once called) it is a cool and drizzly afternoon, but by 3pm the rain has let up...

Tuesday 25 August, 1964 Off the coast of Copenhagen, Denmark: A sleek, snow-white cargoliner makes its way South down the Øresund – the...

‘Hello? .. Yes, good evening! My name is Ted Arison and I’m calling from Miami, USA. We’ve never met but boy, do I have a great business...

Look around the twentieth century Western cruisescape and what do you see? Norwegians, right?! Norwegians everywhere! You may not have...

Some pages in cruise history beg to be read not for their satisfying resolution or long-lasting contributions to the evolution of the...

Hip hip Hooray! My blog has come of age! Only one year in and sixteen colorful stories from cruise history down already. That only goes...

It was like American cruising but the buffets had a lot more borscht and cabbage in them. It was like American cruising but the bars had...

For more than 40 years a 'covert' cruise operation was running on the border of Europe and Asia Minor – a large one with a substantial...

Imagine a school where you learn French one day and the next you are in downtown Marseille putting your new skills to the test. Learn...

In the 1930’s arose a cruise company – literally out of nowhere – that went on to dominate the European cruise market in terms of volume....