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 ...

Celebrity Xcel is the newest Edge Series ship, a 2025 premium megaship with the Magic Carpet, the multi level Eden venue, The Retreat suite class, and Celebrity’s latest design updates, sailing the ...

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

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.

Two giant pandas landed in Atlanta, tasked with pairing up to help ensure their species’ survival on Earth. A lot weighs on the bears — a 6-year-old male named Ping Ping and a 5-year-old female named ...

Two new giant pandas have arrived at Zoo Atlanta, just days after Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the pair would be coming to the United States. Ping Ping, a male, and Fu Shuang, a female, ...

Passengers aboard Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas got considerably more ocean than they probably paid for this weekend. Footage posted by the Royal Caribbean fan account Loyal to Royal shows the ...

With Hurricane Polo gaining strength off Mexico’s Pacific coast, cruise lines are making sure their cruise ships stay far away from any impact and keep guests safe. As of September 26, four cruise ...

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 ...

As a strong nor’easter churns along the East Coast, at least eight cruise ships have already had to make some changes. If you’re sailing out of New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, Norfolk, or Boston in ...

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 ...