Disney Announces Expansion in Cruises, Gaming and Parks

Alva Vanderbilt's 39th birthday present from her husband was a 140,000-square-foot summer "cottage" on the shores of Newport, Rhode Island.

The thing about Hawaii cruises is that there’s no bad time of year to take one. Thanks to its year-round sunshine and warm weather, Hawaii will be there for you whenever you’re ready to set sail.

Norwegian Cruise Line will launch trips from Finland in 2026, inaugurating a brand-new homeport for the company. 

Exciting news, Carnival Cruise Line fans: A visit to a massively revamped private island is in your future.

I'd never cruised before — but when 12 of my friends from high school hatched a plan to celebrate our 60th birthdays on a four-night Royal Caribbean cruise, I immediately said yes.

Between Sri Lanka’s eight UNESCO world heritage sites, its thriving wildlife, and pristine white sand beaches, the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean” has enough glimmer for everyone—and now, visiting the South Asia island nation, located off the coast of India, is about to get easier (and cheaper) for travelers from 35 countries.

The rapidly brightening sky was painted with swaths of orange, pink, and yellow. The early-morning light revealed a city that seemed to be little more than a patchwork of haphazardly planned mid-rise buildings in varying states of repair, punctuated with sprawling bushes, trees quivering in the morning breeze, and lawns sloping toward the nearby sea. The nocturnal beep-beep of tree frogs gave way to the insistent chirp of morning birds that rose from the trees to swoop across the sky like animated chevrons. As I watched the Senegalese sunrise on my first day in Africa, I was vibrating with anticipation. Dakar was waking up, and I was here to witness it.

Celebrity chef Ben Robinson will join an 8-day Emerald Cruises’ sailing in 2026.

Orlando, the Halloween Vacation Capital, invites visitors to celebrate the spooky season with a record 93 days of frightful and family friendly events. Highlights include the nation’s largest horror convention, extended theme park Halloween events, haunted botanical gardens, kid-friendly trick-or-treat trails, an all-new Halloween drone show, and adults-only horror-themed performing arts shows and even a Beetlejuice themed brunch. 

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Candice Gallagher, a 38-year-old British marketer and content creator . It has been edited for length and clarity.

Disney asked a court to dismiss a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by a widowed husband because he signed up for a free trial of Disney+ and purchased tickets to its theme park, according to court documents.

As a Florida-based journalist who writes about Disney World quite a bit, I've been taking my kids to the Central Florida theme parks for years.