Introduction North America East Coast--United States and Canada Crystal Cruises' Crystal Symphony--New York via New England to the St. Lawrence and Montreal Holland America Line's Maasdam--New England and Canada from Boston p. 4 Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Dawn--Year-round from New York to the Sunp. 7 p. xxxix p. 2 Scotia Prince Cruises' Scotia Prince--An Overnight Ferry Cruise: Maine to Nova Scotia p. 9 West Coast--Alaska and Canada Holland America Line's Ryndam and Statendam--Alaska's Glacier Discovery Cruises and Alaska/Yukon Land Tours Princess Cruises' Dawn Princess and Sun Princess--Big-Ship and Touring the Inside Passage, Gulf of Alaska, and National Parks p. 11 p. 13 Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Sky--Freestyle from Seattle to Alaska p. 15 Celebrity Cruises' Infinity--Alaska Round-Trip from Vancouver p. 17 Seven Seas Cruises' Seven Seas Mariner--Inside Passage from Vancouver to Alaska p. 19 Cruise West's Spirit of '98--Small-Ship Alaska's Inside Passage p. 22 Alaska Marine Highway's Columbia, Malaspina, Matanuska, Taku, and Kennicott--The Inside Passage: On Your Own p. 25 BC Ferries' Queen of the North and Queen of Prince Rupert--The Canadian Inside Passage p. 27 and Queen Charlotte Islands U.S and Canadian Coastal Rivers and Canals American Canadian Caribbean Line's Grande Caribe--Erie Canal, St. Lawrence Seaway, and Saguenay River p. 29 Mid-Lakes Navigation's Emita II-- the Canals of New York State p. 31 American Cruise Lines' American Eagle--Coastal Ship among the New England Islands p. 32 Clipper Cruise Line's Nantucket Clipper--New York, the Hudson Valley, and Chesapeake Bay American Canadian Caribbean Line's Grande Mariner--East Coast Inside Passage: New England to Florida p. 34 p. 36 Delta Queen Steamboat's Delta Queen--Upper Mississippi River: St. Louis to St. Paul p. 38 American Canadian Caribbean Line's Niagara Prince--An Intricate Maze of Waterways: Chicago to New Orleans p. 40 Delta Queen Steamboat's American Queen-- the Ohio River p. 42 Delta Queen Steamboat's Mississippi Queen--The Antebellum South p. 44 RiverBarge Excursion Lines' River Explorer--Louisiana Bayou Cajun and Creole p. 46 Clipper Cruise Line's Yorktown Clipper--Exploring California by River p. 48 Lindblad Expeditions' Sea Lion and Sea Bird--Columbia and Snake Rivers in the Wake of Lewis and Clark American West Steamboat Company's Queen of the West--Stern-wheeler Cruise up the Columbia and Snake p. 50 p. 52 St. Lawrence Cruise Lines' Canadian Empress--Steamboating the St. Lawrence River p. 54
Ontario Waterway Cruises' Kawartha Voyageur--Exploring the Trent-Severn Waterway p. 56 Atlantic Ocean Bermuda Celebrity Cruises' Zenith and Horizon--Bermuda p. 60 Seven Seas' Seven Seas Navigator--Bermuda-bound plus Norfolk--from Your Balcony p. 62 Transatlantic Crossings Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2--The Ultimate Crossing: New York to England on the Largest p. 64 Ship in the World Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth 2--A Cult Crossing for Winter-Weather Aficionados p. 67 Star Clippers' Royal Clipper--Mediterranean to the Caribbean under Sail p. 70 Canada Maritime's Canmar Fleet--Freighter Travel Crossing for Europhiles p. 72 The Bahamas and Caribbean Islands The Bahamas Disney Cruise Line's Disney Wonder--Bahamas for All Ages p. 76 Caribbean Islands Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2--The World's Greatest Ship from New York to the Caribbeanp. 78 Princess Cruises' Golden Princess--Eastern Caribbean Megaship p. 80 Carnival Cruise Lines' Carnival Victory--Eastern and Western Caribbean Megaship p. 82 Carnival Cruise Lines' Paradise--Smoke-free Caribbean p. 84 Disney Cruise Line's Disney Magic--A Full Week in the Caribbean p. 86 Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas--A Western Caribbean Loop p. 89 Celebrity Cruises' Galaxy--Stylish and Affordable Caribbean p. 91 Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas--The Western Caribbean's Largest Cruise Ship p. 93 Sea Cloud Cruises' Sea Cloud--Eastern Caribbean Island Hopping under Sail p. 95 Windstar Cruises' Wind Spirit--Motorsailing the Eastern Caribbean p. 97 Star Clippers' Star Clipper--Caribbean under Sail p. 99 Windjammer Barefoot Cruises' Legacy--Eastern Caribbean Sailing Fancy-Free p. 101 Latin America Central America Cruise West's Spirit of Endeavour--Small-Ship Adventure in the Sea of Cortez p. 104 Carnival Cruise Lines' Carnival Pride--Mexico and the Hotel Queen Mary p. 106 Royal Caribbean's Vision of the Seas--Megaship Mexican Riviera p. 108 Cruise West's Pacific Explorer--Costa Rica's Pacific Coast p. 110 Lindblad Expeditions' Sea Voyager--From Costa Rica to the Panama Canal p. 112 Panama Canal Crystal Cruises' Crystal Harmony--The Panama Canal and Caribbean p. 114 Holland America Line's Veendam--The Panama Canal and More p. 116 Princess Cruises' Coral Princess--The Western Caribbean and Panama Canal p. 117 South America
Amazon Tours & Cruises' Arca and Rio Amazonas--Upper Amazon Expedition-Style p. 120 Canodros' Galapagos Explorer II--The Galapagos Archipelago p. 122 Lindblad Expeditions' Polaris--The Galapagos Islands p. 124 Seabourn Cruise Line's Seabourn Pride--Down South America Way p. 125 Orient Lines' Marco Polo--Passages from the East to West Coast of South America p. 127 Silversea Cruises' Silver Wind--Around the Bottom of South America p. 130 Pacific Ocean Australia and New Zealand Captain Cook Cruises' Reef Endeavour--Australia's Great Barrier Reef p. 134 Silversea Cruises' Silver Shadow--New Zealand and Australia p. 136 Hawaiian Islands Holland America Line's Statendam--Southern California to Hawaii p. 138 South Pacific Compagnie Polynesienne de Transport Maritime's Aranui III--Freighter Travel to Paradise p. 140 Seven Seas Cruises' Paul Gauguin-- in Paradise p. 142 Europe Northern Europe Crystal Cruises' Crystal Symphony--Northern European Capital Cities p. 146 Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth 2--Norway, the North Cape, and Amsterdam p. 148 Cunard Line's Caronia--Classic Liner to the Baltic Capitals p. 150 Swan Hellenic's Minerva II--Highlands and Islands p. 155 Hebridean Island Cruises' Hebridean Princess--Scotland's Western Isles p. 157 Northlink Ferries' Hjaltland and Hrossey--To the Isles North of Scotland p. 159 Norwegian Coastal Voyage's Nordkapp--Norwegian Coastal Voyage p. 162 DFDS Seaways' Crown of Scandinavia--Ferry between Copenhagen and Oslo p. 164 Silja Line's Silja Serenade and Silja Symphony--Cruise Ferries in the Baltic p. 166 Swan Hellenic's Minerva II--Iberian Cultural Cruise: British Style p. 167 European Rivers and Canals Viking River Cruises' Viking Neptune and Viking Pride-- the Danube from Budapest to Nuremberg p. 169 Peter Deilmann's Mozart-- the Danube in Style p. 171 Peter Deilmann's Frederic Chopin--The River Elbe from Berlin to Prague p. 174 Abercrombie & Kent's L'Abercrombie--Barge Canal in Burgundy p. 176 Mediterranean Sea Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas--The Mediterranean Eastward from Barcelona p. 178 Seven Seas Cruises' Radisson Diamond--Two One-Week Port Hoppers p. 181 Star Clippers' Star Clipper--French and Italian Rivieras under Sail p. 183 SeaDream Yacht Club's SeaDream I and II--Mediterranean Living on a Yacht p. 186 Star Clippers' Royal Clipper--Circumnavigate Sicily aboard the World's Largest Sailing Ship p. 188
Royal Olympia's Olympia Explorer--The Concorde of Mediterranean Cruise Ships p. 190 Windstar Cruises' Wind Spirit--Greek Islands and Coastal Turkey p. 193 Silversea Cruises' Silver Whisper--Unusual Eastern Mediterranean p. 194 Minoan Lines' Ikarus Palace and Pasiphae Palace--A Minicruise from Venice to Greece p. 197 Africa and the Middle East Africa St. Helena Line's RMS St. Helena--Into the Remote South Atlantic via Royal Mail Ship p. 202 The Middle East Abercrombie & Kent's Sun Boat III--Egypt's Nile Valley p. 204 Southeast Asia and the Far East Southeast Asia Star Clippers' Star Flyer--Thailand's Islands in the Andaman Sea p. 205 Seabourn Cruise Line's Seabourn Spirit--Coastal Vietnam Sojourn p. 206 The Far East Victoria Cruises' Victoria Star and Victoria Queen-- the Yangtze p. 207 Polar Regions Clipper Cruise Line's Clipper Adventurer-- the White Continent p. 216 Lindblad Expeditions' Endeavour--Antarctica, Falklands, and South Georgia p. 216 Circumnavigations Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth 2--Around the World in 111 Days p. 222 Holland America Line's Prinsendam--Circumnavigating the Globe p. 224 P&O; Cruises' Aurora--Sailing around the World: British Style p. 226 Peter Deilmann's Deutschland--A National Flagship in the European Tradition p. 228 ResidenSea's The World--Apartment Living at Sea p. 230 Appendix Ships by Size Small Ships p. 234 Midsize Ships p. 234 Large Ships p. 234 Types of Cruises Expedition-style Cruises p. 235 Cultural Enrichment Cruises p. 235 under Sail p. 236 Super Luxury p. 236 with Children p. 236 Honeymooners and Romantics p. 236 with Foreigners p. 237 Cities at Sea p. 237 No Mal de Mer p. 237 Index p. 239
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