Photo Highlights of the New Celebrity Ascent Cruise Ship

Art auctions are a mainstay of big-ship cruise lines—and they usually run in a similar format: show up, drink a few glasses of free Champagne, take a numbered bid card, and peruse the artwork to be auctioned off. Make the right bid, and you'll go home with travel memories and a new piece to add to your collection.

New year, same old outbreak: 100 people aboard Celebrity Cruises' recent Celebrity Constellation sailing reported norovirus symptoms, making it the first cruise ship outbreak of 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

There's one thing that can make or break a cruise ship experience, and it's not dining, entertainment or cabins.

A highly anticipated newcomer towers along the hustle, bustle, and traffic of Miami's busy coast. And for good reason: PortMiami's newest 1,198-foot-long resident was recently crowned the world's largest cruise ship.

The biggest cruise ship ever built is finally in position for its first sailings with paying passengers.

On Dec. 10, 2023, Royal Caribbean's Serenade of the Seas departed on the Ultimate World Cruise, the line's first-ever around-the-world sailing – a 274-night voyage that's set to call on 60 countries. Because the sailing is one of the longest cruises in the industry's history, it's understandable that people who aren't regular cruisers might be curious, particularly if they didn't know voyages like this one were a thing.

In December 2023, my partner and I embarked on our first Caribbean cruise on P&O's Arvia, one of the largest cruise ships in the world.

It’s fashionable, if lazy, shorthand to call Portugal’s Azores the Hawaii of the Atlantic. That’s not wrong—the nine islands have gorgeous rainforests, black lava beaches and wildflowers aplenty—but the description leaves a lot out. The archipelago is still in the relatively early stages of international discovery, but still with the potential to keep its brand of nature tourism sustainable.

I never knew two weeks could be filled with such highs and lows.

When my partner and I booked a vacation on one of the world's largest cruise ships last year, we couldn't have been more excited — or clueless.

Travelers who've dreamt of living on a cruise ship could soon try out the lifestyle with a two-month sailing aboard Oceania Cruises' upscale 1,250-guest Riviera.

Strikes are a regular occurrence in Europe, as employees withhold their labour to fight for better pay and conditions.