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A small-ship cruise operator is pursuing a comeback in the U.S.Victory Cruise Lines is relaunching in April with Great Lakes and Canada cruises. (more…)
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Victory Cruise Lines has unveiled itineraries for its 2026 season. Comprising 40 voyages that include several new ports and itineraries, the all-inclusive, small ship cruise line is set to take a deeper dive into the Great Lakes during the second season. (more…)
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More ships will be cruising the Great Lakes in summer 2025, carrying up to a few hundred passengers at a time to ports that include popular stops in Michigan. (more…)
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A visit by Ponant’s Le Bellot on Sunday, Oct. 13 – which docked at Pier Wisconsin not long after dawn and departed in the early evening – officially ended Milwaukee’s cruise ship season and Port Milwaukee says the number of passengers on cruises this year nearly matched a record amount. (more…)
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Currently, thousands of visitors are dropped off via cruise ships next to a wastewater treatment plant. A multi-million dollar plan to change that just got a big boost. (more…)
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Victory Cruise Lines has opened reservations for the 2025 inaugural season on The Great Lakes and Canadian Coasts onboard the line’s 190-guest Victory I and Victory II. (more…)
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The Victory Cruise Lines brand will be relaunched in July 2024. With a new website already online, the company is set to return with the Ocean Navigator and the Ocean Voyager. (more…)
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In the past decade, the popularity of Great Lakes cruises has been steadily increasing. (more…)
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It’s a chance to see what experts call the largest fresh water system on the planet: the Great Lakes. (more…)
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Pearl Seas Cruises is pleased to announce its biggest season ever on The Great Lakes, operating four different itineraries that visit 16 ports of call, and introducing a brand new 14-Night Great Lakes Explorer cruise between Duluth, Minnesota, and Toronto, Canada–delivering the opportunity to sail all five Great Lakes in a single journey. (more…)
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There will be a lot fewer cruise ships out on the Great Lakes this summer. This after a couple of the companies that were offering tours with multiple stops in northern Ontario have gone out of business. (more…)
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Viking cruise ships anchored in Thunder Bay and their passengers enjoying a day in Alpena have become common occurrences over the last several years. (more…)
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More than 20,000 passengers are expected to cruise the Great Lakes this season. (more…)
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Cruise passenger spending generated nearly $700,000 in economic impact for west Michigan in 2023, according to Visit Muskegon and the Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce. (more…)
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Cruise ship visits to Milwaukee were down slightly in 2023, compared to the record-breaking year in 2022. (more…)
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Around 20,000 cruise ship passengers visited Mackinac Island this year, making an economic impact of nearly $2 million, officials announced. (more…)
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Travelers on Lake Superior resulted in a $600,000 economic impact for the city, according to DECC officials. (more…)
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There were a lot of new faces at Yardstick Books in Algoma this summer. That was due in large part to regular stops made by cruise ships on the Great Lakes. (more…)
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The last American Queen Voyages cruise ship docked in Escanaba Monday. According to the company’s schedule, the October 2 arrival of the Ocean Voyager was the last scheduled docking in Escanaba for the 2023 season. (more…)
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Cruise ships provide a valuable commodity to the tourism areas of Georgian Bay, bringing in visitors to shop locally, as well as visibility and a spotlight on the global stage. (more…)
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Buffalo’s waterfront has seen a transformation over the past decade or so — bustling with people at Canalside and the revamped Outer Harbor. (more…)
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Three years ago, Viking, the luxury cruise line, struck a deal with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to launch passenger cruises on the Great Lakes with a scientific bent. (more…)
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It’s been talked about for a couple of months, but some progress is starting to be made on bringing Great Lakes cruise ships to Buffalo. (more…)
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You are about two weeks away from seeing the first cruise ship of the summer stop in Algoma for a quick visit to northeast Wisconsin. (more…)
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Driving over the Hoan Bridge Friday likely induced a sense of deja vu.If you looked left, you saw the massive Viking Octantis cruise ship, the largest on the Great Lakes. (more…)
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The Town of Parry Sound is preparing for a busy cruise ship season, with a record number of vessels set to arrive in port this year. (more…)
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When the DL&W railroad station was built in 1917 at the foot of Main Street, it brought passenger boats with travelers that bustled into the Queen City. (more…)
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PortsToronto welcomed its first cruise ship of the 2023 season on Friday, April 28. (more…)
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The Port of Montreal welcomed its first cruis ship of the season on Saturday and more than 1,000 people set sail for Boston. (more…)
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Mayor Cavalier Johnson welcomes the Viking Octantis, the first cruise ship to visit Port Milwaukee as part of the 2023 season. This passenger vessel is scheduled to dock in Milwaukee Harbor on May 4, 2023. (more…)
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With the COVID-19 pandemic waning, Milwaukee saw a big increase in cruise ship activity in 2022, according to a new city report. (more…)
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This summer, the Thunder Bay port will host 15 cruise ship arrivals from three cruise lines and four different vessels, and the numbers are expected to grow in 2024. (more…)
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Muskegon will be a port of call for three cruise ships that are scheduled to make 19 stops this year, three more than in 2022. (more…)
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The 2023 Great Lakes cruise ship season is poised to be record-breaking. Officials expect nearly 170,000 passenger visits – an increase of 15% over 2022 – and a total economic impact of $180 million. (more…)
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Can the Buffalo/Niagara region establish itself as an attractive port for the growing cruise ship industry on the Great Lakes? That’s the focus of a new study the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation is proposing. (more…)
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Steps away from the sound of the gentle waves of Lake Michigan, Escanaba offers the best of art and culture with live music, historic neighborhoods, wineries, breweries, art galleries and more. (more…)
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With a call by Ponant’s Le Bellot, the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority and Cruise the Great Lakes marked a record-breaking $125 million 2022 cruise ship season for Detroit and the Great Lakes region, according to a press release. (more…)
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Scott Kidd and his wife had always wanted to go on a cruise. But the 63-year-old Episcopal priest from the rural mountains of Georgia wanted something different. (more…)
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The Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority, with the help of the Detroit Historical Society (DHS), Visit Detroit and American Queen Voyages (AQV), hosted a successful Port Day on Saturday, July 9th, celebrating the return of Great Lakes Cruise Shipping. (more…)
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