In a global recession, the opportunity to relive one of the world's deadliest peacetime disasters might seem a tough sell. Yet tickets have been sold out for months.

Leena Tailor parties the days and nights away while she cruises around the Bahamas.

Shandelle Battersby finds herself propelled into a world of outlandish decor.

For 50 years, the Aranui III has serviced the remote islands of French Polynesia.

Sydney has welcomed the Cunard luxury liner Queen Mary 2 for its first overnight stay in in the city.

Chris Pritchard hitches a ride on Sydney's last remaining riverboat postal service.

British cruise retailer Six Star Cruises has created a 124-day vacation which drips with excess while visiting New Zealand and 27 other countries.

Bryce Johns marvels at the beauty of Fiordland's triple crown.

A manta ray provided a rare but welcome sight for a number of people cruising around the Bay of Islands at the weekend.

Giant cruise ships carrying thousands of passengers are an increasingly familiar site in the Port of Tauranga.

Amanda Linnell finds a taste of the good life in the beautiful Bay of Islands.

Those with children are increasingly looking to cruises for family-friendly holidays.

Susan Buckland delights in floating down an Irish canal in a home away from home.

John Gardner finds that to be really in the swim on a luxury superliner, you need to have an ample stock of cruise stories.

When we told my son, who was trained as a biologist, that we were going on a cruise, he muttered darkly about norovirus.

Pretty much only one thing has remained constant during the debate over a cruise-ship terminal appropriate for Auckland.

Delightful locals and sustainability on a shoestring make the tiny island of Pele a dream destination, finds Isobel Marriner.

A cruise down the Rhine and Moselle rivers in Germany turns up some awe-inspiring sights, writes Catherine Masters.

At 2375km long, the Murray River is Australia's longest watercourse.

The 90,000-tonne superliner Radiance of the Seas makes its first call to Auckland today.

China's revolution is unveiled on a cruise into the enigma that is Chongqing.

People thinking of getting away for a relaxing holiday at sea are being warned to take extra care following revelations of sexual assault on cruise ships.

Rick McKinley searches the Caribbean to see if it can top the seaside pleasures of home... and comes close.

The latest exotic expedition for the moneyed traveller is being organised for the centenary of the Titanic disaster.