You booked the balcony. You pictured sunsets, ocean air, and a week of perfect sleep. Then at dawn, something that sounds like furniture being dragged across your skull starts up right overhead. That ...

In this video, I explore a variety of cruise ship cabins, from the strangest cheapest options to the more expensive choices.

Most passengers assume the cabin they book is the cabin they’re stuck with until the ship docks again. That’s rarely the full picture. Behind the scenes, cruise lines run a handful of systems, some ...

A travel dispute at sea doesn't have to sink your vacation. Here's what cruise lines and psychologists recommend.

On Disney, I was part of a cast doing three different Broadway-style musicals: Twice Charmed, Tangled, and Disney Dreams. We ...

Cruise ship cabins are cleaned and prepared for new guests in a matter of hours on turnaround day. Housekeeping staff deep clean, sanitize, and restock each stateroom between sailings. Each stateroom ...

Kristy Tolley is a writer and editor with nearly three decades of experience covering travel, cruising, reviews, and food. She has written for Travel + Leisure, The Points Guy, Lonely Planet, AAA, and ...

A cruise vacation took a frightening turn when a passenger experiencing a medical emergency had to be airlifted recently from a ship sailing near Canada. The passenger was aboard the Celebrity ...

For anyone contemplating their first cruise, visiting multiple countries in one trip can sound exhausting. But for me, there’s no better way to sample a variety of cultures, coastlines, and cuisines.

The US Coast Guard has suspended its search for a California father of three who went overboard from a cruise ship during an anniversary trip — and the 56-year-old is now presumed dead. Thomas Gigler ...

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. The missing passenger who jumped from a cruise ship off Mexico last week has ...

A passenger traveling on a Carnival Panorama cruise jumped overboard as the ship was wrapping up the last full day of a week-long sailing. The cruise departed Long Beach, California, on September 13 ...