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Does it seem like everyone you know is going on a cruise? Here’s why

05/27/24

(This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News) Lots of people will be getting their sea legs this summer. Ports have been packed with cruise ships over the last few years, as vacationers flock to ever larger vessels and operators race to accommodate a surge in post-pandemic bookings — many →

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Travel Tidbits: Fly to Paris, cruise the Seine

04/15/24

The Stuck at The Airport cruise team recently sailed as a guest on the Viking Radgrid on Viking’s Paris & the Heart of Normandy itinerary. Here are some snaps and notes from the trip in case you’re thinking of heading that way once all the stories start flowing about the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics and →

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Way slower than flying

10/26/22

The Stuck at the Airport cruise review team has been on assignment on a ship for the past two weeks making our first transatlantic voyage from Rotterdam, The Netherlands to New York City. We’ve been on Holland America Line’s Rotterdam, which is recreating the line’s very first voyage, which took place exactly 150 years ago. →

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Museum Monday highlights from Viking.TV

06/14/21

We’re setting off for Iceland in a few weeks to join Viking for one of their Welcome Back cruises. So we have been poking around the company’s website. One impressive resource there for the general public is Viking.TV. It was created in response to the pandemic and this channel is chock full of videos about →

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World’s first hybrid electric-powered cruise ship arrives in North America

10/06/19

When it comes to the environment and sustainability, cruise ships and many cruise ship operators get failing grades when it comes to controlling carbon emissions, recycling and treating water, waste and sewage. But thanks to new technology and the scrutiny of passengers, government agencies and environmental groups, the tide is beginning to turn in favor →

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Cruising with astronauts in Italy

06/15/18

Cruising with astronuats on the shakedown voyage of the new Viking Orion ocean ship. →

North to Alaska? The rush is on.

08/19/14

North to Alaska? The rush is on. →

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