Cruises are popular vacation options due to their convenience; you pay one price for unlimited food, entertainment, accommodation, and transportation between each port of call. 

Are cruises truly all inclusive, though? While you can certainly have a great vacation without paying extra for add-ons, the base fare of your cruise is usually not all inclusive. 

On several Celebrity cruise ships, you can find a very unique, animated dining experience called Le Petit Chef. This is a specialty dining restaurant onboard Celebrity’s cruise ships and features an immersive and visual dinner.

Le Petit Chef is not exclusive to Celebrity’s cruise ships; in fact, there are over 35 Le Petit Chef restaurants around the world. Celebrity created a partnership with the restaurant to feature this one-of-a-kind cruise ship dining experience.

Planning any vacation is exciting! You get to take time away from your normal routine and reconnect with family and friends. 

While cruises are popular for their convenience (I mean, there's nothing better than only unpacking once and visiting multiple different places in a single trip!), a little time spent preparing can help make sure that you have the best trip possible. 

Each cruise line aims to offer a unique and unparalleled onboard experience to compete in the cruise industry. Because of this, there are so many cruise lines that can fit the travel styles of almost anyone.

There are things to like and dislike about almost every cruise line. At the end of the day, you have to find the cruise line that not only fits your budget, but also your cruising style and priorities.

This month on March 9th 2023, Disney Cruise Line officially announced that their newest private island paradise will open next year, in summer 2024! Along with this announcement, Disney shared some concept art photos and revealed further details regarding the newest cruise line private island in the industry. 

We share lots of cruise updates and advice here, and this is a weekly roundup of everything you may have missed from this week.

If you're busy but want to keep up with all the helpful cruise advice we share, this is an easy-to-digest look at the recent articles and updates we've shared

Icon of the Seas will be Royal Caribbean’s first cruise ship from it’s brand-new Icon class, which makes her the first new type of vessel for the cruise line in nearly a decade.

Debuting in early 2024, Icon of the Seas will take the new title of largest cruise ship in the world. Once complete, the brand-new vessel for Royal Caribbean will clock in at 250,800 gross tons, making her 6% bigger than Wonder of the Seas, which is currently the biggest cruise ship in the world.

When it comes to choosing a cruise line for your next sailing adventure, one of the biggest factors is the destinations that the ships visits and the itineraries that the cruise line offers. 

A huge portion of cruising is the experience onboard the ship, however, arguably one of the most important factors of cruising is where the ship docks - transporting guests to new and exciting destinations and experiences in a truly unique way. 

Have you ever wondered what cruising will be like in 70 years? On March 29, the MEYER Group released a cruise ship concept for what they believe the future of the industry could look like in the year 2100. 

The MEYER Group is an international consortium that has three shipyards located in Papenburg and Rostock, Germany, as well as Turku, Finland.