Author: Cruiser Evan
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Whale Watching Cruises in Alaska: A Guide
Given its enormous shoreline and the pristine waters off its coast, Alaska is a natural place for whale watching. If you are near the coast and some sign of civilization, there is a decent chance that a company nearby is operating whale watching cruises. However, Alaska is a massive state whose shoreline is exposed to a vast swath of the Pacific Ocean, so it is hard to keep track of all the whale watching opportunities in the state. A search for “whale watching cruises in Alaska” will bring up a crippling flood of information. For this reason, we thought it would be helpful to organize some of the basics about whale watching in Alaska in one brief article, covering what whales you can see and some of the general places you can whale watch. Read more […] -
Dining Cruises in Corpus Christi: A Guide
Technically, there are dining cruises in Corpus Christi, but the situation is complicated. Hornblower Cruises, one of the nation’s largest dining cruise operators, has a ship based in Corpus Christi, but it isn’t used for regularly scheduled dining cruises, like the brunch, lunch, and dinner cruises that you can take in other cities in which Hornblower Cruises operates. Instead, the ship can be chartered for private events, which can include a dining component. There is also a somewhat undefinable entity called Harrison’s Landing that offers a few things that are kind of like dining cruises, but not exactly. Below we have presented all these options in our guide to dining cruises in Corpus Christi. Read more […] -
Dining Cruises in Long Beach: A Guide
Even though the large dining cruise company Hornblower Cruises has a branch in the city, there are no regularly scheduled dining cruises in Long Beach. That is, there are no brunch, lunch, or dinner cruises in Long Beach that are open for public booking. However, Hornblower, along with a couple of other companies, allows you to rent ships for private dining cruises, and there are also some dining cruises that depart near Long Beach, and below we explore these different possibilities in more depth. Read more […] -
Dining Cruises in Newport Beach: A Guide
There are a number of dining cruises, including brunch, dinner, and holiday cruises, in New Port Beach, and thanks to the city’s year-round Mediterranean climate, these cruises are offered throughout the year. Essentially all the dining cruises are offered by Hornblower Cruises, which is one of the nation’s major providers of dining cruises, one that happens to have a particularly heavy presence in California. However, there are other dining cruise providers if you include companies that charter boats for private events. Below we have compiled a guide to dining cruises in Newport Beach, which focuses on Hornblower, but a couple of the boat chartering companies are touched on as well. Read more […] -
Dining Cruises in Marina del Rey: A Guide
Given that its very name includes the word “marina,” it shouldn’t be too surprising that Marina del Rey is a good place for ship-related activities, like dining cruises. Thanks to Hornblower Cruises’ fairly extensive presence in the harbor, there are dinner cruises and brunch cruises offered regularly throughout the year. Hornblower also offers cruises on holidays, and they have created some other specialty cruises that aren’t connected to any particular event too. To sort out all the offerings, we have compiled a guide to dining cruises in Marina Del Rey, which also includes some advice for booking these cruises. Read more […] -
Dining Cruises in New York City: A Guide
New York City, being a massive city that is in some ways built around water, has a number of different dining cruises – probably more than any other place in the United States, in fact. There are five major companies that offer dining cruises in NYC, and they offer them with regularity. Thus, on most days in New York, there are a number of different places to eat brunch, lunch, or dinner on a boat. Below we have compiled a concise guide to the dining cruises of New York City, listing the companies that offer them and what to expect on board. Read more […]
