Cruise Ship Report is an independent news service launched by a former reporter and editor for The Washington Post and Newsweek magazine. We also publish The Savvy Cruiser (www.Savvy-Cruiser.com) and Cruise Casinos guide (www.Cruise-Casinos.com). The Savvy Cruiser® provides reports and commentary designed to help you gain a better understanding of the cruise experience that awaits you before you book your cruise. The Cruise Casinos guide provides tips and helpful advice aimed at enabling casino players to find ships that best combine the cruising and gaming experience.

The goal of Cruise Ship Report is to provide objective news and commentary, updated daily, about cruise ships, cruise lines, cruise travel agencies and cruiseship home ports and ports of call.

Most of the internet sources of news about cruising are either sites run by cruise fans, or sites hoping to sell you a cruise. We have nothing to sell. And while we are on the whole cruise enthusiasts, we do not believe it helps either cruisers or cruise lines to pretend there never are problems -- or to build impossibly high expectations.

We will try in Cruise Ship Report to provide you with both the good news and the bad news about cruise ships.