| icholakov : Fotolia.com The Texas fleet Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas will return to Texas in December for a series of 18 cruises. Carnival's ships, meanwhile, moved from Galveston to Houston's Bayport after Hurricane Ike but will return in November. Click on a ship below to learn |
| | ONBOARD THE DISNEY WONDER | | | GREEK ISLANDS A mother-daughter odyssey —"I'm sure this will be my last trip abroad,'' my 97-year-old reminded me firmly as we brought the suitcases in from the garage and attached the cruiseline baggage tags. READ STORY | | | ADVENTURE CRUISING Taking it to extremes —We stood between a sentinel of Inuit guides armed with rifles on Akpatok Island, an uninhabited outcropping of 700-foot-high cliffs seemingly in the middle of nowhere. READ STORY | | | ALASKA By land and sea —Can’t decide whether to experience all that wondrous scenery and spectacular wildlife by ship, rail or plane? A Princess 'cruisetour' includes Denali National Park, Glacier Bay and the state’s southeast coast. READ STORY | | | NEW ENGLAND AND CANADA Abandon ship —Trek through Acadia National Park, tour Martha's Vineyard, admire Boston and Newport, and explore Nova Scotia on a cruise from New York. READ STORY |
The top 10 large-ship cruise lines, based on Travel + Leisure magazine's "World's Best Awards" reader survey for 2008. | 1 | Crystal | | 2 | Regent Seven Seas | | 3 | Disney | | 4 | Oceania | | 5 | Cunard
| | | 6 | Celebrity | | 7 | Holland America | | 8 | Princess | | 9 | Royal Caribbean | | 10 | Norwegian | |
The top 10 small-ship cruise lines, according to Travel + Leisure's 2008 reader poll. | 1 | Silversea | | 2 | SeaDream Yacht Club | | 3 | The Yachts of Seabourn | | 4 | Grand Circle | | 5 | Lindblad Expeditions | | | 6 | Windstar | | 7 | Viking River Cruises | | 8 | Uniworld Boutique
| | 9 | Peter Deilmann
| | 10 | Star Clippers | |
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