Cruise-Related Links
Cruise Lines
Generally categorized as contemporary, premium or luxury cruises lines as well as the specialty cruise lines
- AMA Waterways - river cruises in Europe
- American Cruise Lines - small ship cruising rivers/lakes of northeastern US
- American Safari Cruises - yacht cruises in Alaska, Mexico, Hawaii and the Pacific Northwest (12, 16 and 22 passengers)
- Azamara Club Cruises - premium cruising
- Blount Small Ship Adventures - small ships in the northeastern US, Great Lakes and Caribbean (formerly American Canadian Caribbean Line)
- Carnival Cruise Lines
- contemporary cruising
- Celebrity Cruises - premium cruising
- Compagnie du Ponant Cruises - luxury small-ship cruising
- Costa Cruises - contemporary cruising with an Italian flavor
- Crystal Cruises - luxury cruising
- Cunard Line - luxury cruising
- Disney Cruise Line - family-oriented contemporary cruising
- Holland America Line - premium cruising
- Inner Sea Discoveries - small-ship cruising in Alaska (66 and 80 passengers)
- Louis Cruises - sailing from Greece, Italy, France, Cyprus and India (12 ships, 700-1100 passengers)
- MSC Cruises - contemporary cruising
- Norwegian Cruise Line - contemporary cruising
- Oceania Cruises - premium cruising
- Orion Expeditions - luxury expedition cruises in the South Pacific, Asia and Antarctica
- Paul Gauguin Cruises - luxury South Pacific cruising
- Princess Cruises - contemporary cruising
- Regent Seven Seas Cruises - luxury cruising
- Royal Caribbean International - contemporary cruising
- SeaDream Yacht Club - luxury small-ship cruising ("It's yachting, not cruising")
- Scenic Tours - river cruises in Europe (4 ships)
- Silversea Cruises - luxury cruising
- Uniworld River Cruises - river cruises in Europe, Asia, and Egypt
- Variety Cruises - mega-yacht cruises in the eastern Mediterranean
- Viking River Cruises - river cruises in Europe
- Voyages to Antiquity - 1 ship in the Mediterranean, on educational journeys
- Windstar Cruises - unique itineraries on large motor-sail-yachts
- Yachts of Seabourn - luxury cruising
- Zegrahm & Eco-Expeditions - luxury expedition cruising
Cruise Information
- Best Blogs at Sea - blogs written by ship captains, cruise directors and executive pursers.
- Cruise Critic - the largest cruise review site and the most active cruise Forum.
- Cruise Report community summaries and "ships in port" for thousands of ports around the world. The "Cruise Lines" pages of the site have very good ship information.
- Cruise TT - worldwide port schedules by day, port or ship.
- Kroooz-cams.com - cruise port webcams and ship bridgecams.
- sailwx.info - track ships around the world, as well as detailed weather and tide reports.
- seascanner.com - ship pages give all deck plans on one page, and the current position of the ship.
- Tropical Ports - cruise ship port schedules for ports around the world.
- MarineTraffic.com - see all the current marine traffic in many regions of the world, with information on the ships being recorded.
Cruise Embarkation Ports: North America
- Alaska Ports - schedules & docking positions
- Baltimore, MD
- Bangor, ME
- Bayonne, NJ (Cape Liberty)
- Boston, MA
- Cape Canaveral (Port Canaveral)
- Fort Lauderdale, FL (Port Everglades)
- Galveston, TX
- Honolulu, HI
- Los Angeles, CA (San Pedro)
- Miami, FL
- Mobile, AL