Designed for both sponsors and consumers, the following collection of cruise resources includes everything from traditional paper magazines and popular websites to social media-savvy podcasts, blogs, vlogs, YouTube channels, and apps sponsored by cruise lines, professional cruise associations, travel companies, travel writers, and a host of budding cruise entrepreneurs trying to become influencers, experts, and social media stars on the cruise world. Since much of this resource complex is feed by the same PR and news feeds, these resources exhibit a high degree of duplication and redundancy. Almost everything you ever wanted to know about cruise companies, ships, itineraries, destinations, and experiences can be found here.

The following resources define the current state of information, news, advice, and action in the cruise industry. This industry is segmented into different types of cruising experiences — ocean, river, and expedition/exploration – and it appeals to well defined age, income, and style audiences – youth, families, multigenerational, seniors, budget, luxury, super yacht, and small, intermediate, large, mega ship segments.

Ocean Cruise Line Websites

Carnival Corporation (world’s largest cruise company)

• AIDA Cruises(German)
• Carnival Cruise Line
• Costa Cruises
• Cunard
• P&O Cruises (Australia)
• P&O Cruises (UK)
• Princess Cruises
• Holland America Line
• Seabourn

Royal Caribbean International (world’s second largest cruise company)

• Royal Caribbean International
• Celebrity Cruises
• Silversea Cruises
• TUI Cruises (British-German joint venture — 50% ownership)

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings(world’s third largest cruise company)

• Norwegian Cruise Line
• Oceania Cruises
• Regent Seven Seas Cruises

MSC Cruises (world’s fourth largest cruise company)

23 Smaller Ocean and Expedition Cruise Companies

River Cruise Companies

River Cruise Websites and Blogs

Aggregator Cruise Websites

Cruise Booking Websites

Discount Travel Clubs

Mileage/Point Programs for Cruises

American Airlines Cruises
American Express
Capital One® Venture® Rewards Card
Capital One® VentureOne® Rewards Card
Chase Freedom Flex℠
Chase Freedom Unlimited® Card
Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card
Ink Business Cash® Credit Card
Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card
Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card
Delta SkyMiles Cruises
Discover it® Miles Card
Forbes (analysis)
Marriott Cruises
ThePointsGuy (analysis)
United Cruises
US News & World Report (analysis)

Cruise Line Loyalty Programs

Azamara Circle Program
Carnival Cruise Line: VIFP Club
Celebrity Cruises: Captain’s Club
Crystal Society
Cunard: World Club
Disney Cruise Line: Castaway Club
Holland America Line: Mariner Society
MSC Cruises: Voyagers Club
Norwegian Cruise Line: Latitudes Rewards
Oceania Club
Princess Captain’s Circle
Regent Cruises: Seven Seas Society
Royal Caribbean: Crown & Anchor Society
Seabourn Club
Viking: Explorer Club
Windstar: Yacht Club

24 Cruise Vlog/Video Influencers

11 Cruise Magazines

74 Cruise Websites and Blogs

AboutLuxuryCruising
AllThingsCruise
BritsOnAShip
Carnival-news
ChrisCruises
CruiseAddict
CruiseAddicts
CruiseBe
CruiseBlog
CruiseCaptain
CruiseCompete
CruiseCotterill
CruiseCritic
CruiseDiva
CruiseDivaBlog
CruiseEveryday
CruiseFever
CruiseHive
CruiseInd
Cruise Industry News
CruiseLawNews
CruiseLifestyle
CruiseMapper
CruiseMarsh
CruiseMaven
CruiseMiss
CruisePanorama
CruisePortAdvisor
CruiseRadio
CruiseReport
CruiseTools
CruiseTravelTips
CruiseWeb
CruiseWithKarina
Cruises-info
CruisingBaker
CruisingFulltime
CruisingKids
CruisingWithHoney
Cruzely
Cruzus
DisneyCruiselineBlog
DisneyCruiseMomBlog
EatSleepCruise
EmmaCruises
Fodor’s Cruises
ForeverKaren
TheFortySomethingTraveller
Frommer’s Cruises
GalvestonCruiseReviews
GoldRingTravel (specialized in luxury cruises of Seabourn, Silversea, Crystal  & SeaDream
HootCruises
IgluCruise
LifeWellCruised
MalcolmOliver
MundyCruising
MundyAdventures
MusingAboutCruising
OfficialCruiseGuru
PopularCruising
ProfCruise
RoyalCaribbeanBlog
ShipsAndChampagne
ShouldBeCruising
Sparkx
TheCruiseBlogger
TheCruiseGenius
TheCruiseLine
ThePointsGuy
TipsForTravellers
WheelieGoodCruises
WindstarCruisesBlog
WorldofCruising
YourCruiseGirl

21 Cruise Podcasts

Always Be Booked Cruise Podcast
Avid Travel With Britton Frost
Behind the Crew Door Podcast
Big Cruise Podcast
CLIA Cruise Podcast
The Cruise Dudes Podcast
Cruise Life Experience
Cruise News
Cruise Radio News Briefs
Cruise Radio Podcast
CruiseTips TV Unplugged
Disney Cruise Line Blog
Disney Cruise Line Dude Podcast
Disney Cruise Line Podcast
Essential Cruise Tips Podcast with Gary Bembridge
Fintastic Cruising Podcast
Just Cruisin’ With Larry Podcast
Keeping Afloat Podcast from Cruise Director Kabir
La Lido Loca Cruise Podcast
Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast
Shipping Podcast

45 YouTube Cruise Channels

Alanna Zingano
Alex Chambers Cruise
AmaWaterways River Cruises
American Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Line Miami Blog
Costi Cruise
Cruise Addict
Cruise.com
Cruise Fever
Cruise Hive
Cruise Passion
Cruise Radio
Cruise Reviews
Cruise Ship Karen
Cruise Ship Weather Man
Cruise Specialists
CruiseTipsTV
Cruises & Travel Blogs
Cruise Village
CruisingTheCut
Cruising With Wheels
Crystal Cruises
Dana’s Cruise Adventures
Dream Blog Cruise Magazine
Edward Travels
Emma Cruises
Fred Olson Cruise Line
Heather Loves Cruising
I Like Cruise Ships
La Lido Loca
Lüftner Cruises
MSC Cruises USA
Nautical Wanderers
Oceania Cruises
PONANT Cruises
Popular Cruising
Princess Cruisers
Rainforest Cruises
Sea Cruisers
Summit Push
Talking Cruise
Traveling With Bruce
Viking River Cruises
Vision Cruise
WaterWorld

52 Cruise and Travel Apps

Cruise Deals App
Cruise Shipmate & Cruise Excursions App
CruiseFinder App
Cruise Itinerary & Planner App
CruiseMapper App

The following apps should also be included in your electronic cruise-travel portfolio:

• Passport for re-entering the U.S. MobilePassport
• Health passports (TBA) CommonPass & The Travel Pass
• Travel packing PackPoint
• Trip organizer TripIt
• Travel planner TripAdvisor & Skyscanner
• Flight tracker FlightAware
• Cruising and cruisers CruiseCritic Forums
• Best airline prices Hopper
• Hotel bookings Booking.com & Hotels.com
• Home rentals Airbnb
• Maps/directions City Mapper & Google Maps
• Travel guidebooks Triposo
• Ground transportation Uber
• Currency/money transfers XE Currency
• Restaurants Yelp, TheFork, TripAdvisor
• Weather WeatherBug & AccuWeather
• Time zones Circa
• Messaging/chats WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype
• WiFi hotspots WiFi Finder
• Foreign languages/translations Duolingo, Google Translate, TripLingo
• Tipping customs GlobeTips & Piper
• International calls (cheap) Rebtel
• 24/7 airport security info MyTSA
• News aggregators Feedly, Inoreader, News360
• Connecting/networking Meetup
• Music/relaxation/sleep Relax Melodies & Calm
• Workouts/fitness plans Nike Training Club
• Mobile scanners Google Drive & CamScanner
• Password managers Myki & LogMeOnce
• Cruise card game Solitaire Cruise

Thepointsguy (coming soon)

Radio Programs

13 TV Cruise Programs/Series

Travel Agencies Specializing in Cruises

Movies/TV/Streaming Video

The African Queen
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
An Affair to Remember (Queen Mary)
Assault on a Queen
Boat Trip
Bon Voyage!
Death on the Nile
The Diamond Arm (Russian)
Gentlemen Prefer Blonds
Ghost Ship
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Jack and Jill
Legend of 1900
Let Them All Talk (Queen Mary 2)
Like Father
Love Boat (TV series)
Mighty Cruise Ships (Streaming video)
Monkey Business
Out to Sea
Parent Trap
Royal Wedding
A Ship of Fools
Shall We Dance
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Table for Five
Titanic

Books About Ships and Cruising