Viking Cruises is not your typical cruise liner. If you are looking for casinos, children running wild, crazy entertainment options, formal nights, and white-gloved butlers, sadly, you won’t find it here.

Viking Cruises is more of what can be describe as a “thinking person’s cruise”. Rather than offering entertainment-centred cruises, Viking caters to “curious travellers with true explorer spirits.”

Royal Caribbean has announced Serenade of the Seas is set to call Sydney home in 2020. The announcement of the home port out of Sydney comes a day after the announcement of the homeporting of it's older sister Radiance of the Seas out of Brisbane for 2020.

Serenade will sail out of Sydney's Overseas Passenger Terminal from October 2020 through to April 2021, whilst Radiance will operate from the new Brisbane International Cruise Terminal from November 2020 until April 2021.

If you’re a smoker going onboard a cruise ship for the first time, it is worth studying the smoking policy of the ship you will be boarding to avoid getting into unwanted inconvenience. Although most cruise ships will allow smoking, most, if not all, have designated spots for you to smoke on … and that is for the enjoyment and welfare of everyone. So, to save you the trouble, here is a list of cruise ships where smoking is allowed.

Carnival is set to feature the first rollercoaster at sea when it launches it's latest ship Carnival Mardi Gras in 2020. Nicknamed "BOLT Ultimate Sea Coaster", the all electric roller coaster will take two riders in a motorcycle like vehicle along a 50m track above the ocean.

Photos released from Carnival show the rollercoaster travelling around Carnival's distinctive red, white and blue funnel.

It'll be a sad day for many Australian cruisers with the departure of Pacific Jewel from the P&O Australia fleet. Many a good time has been spent on this grand liner - countless holiday memories and special occasions from Weddings, Anniversaries, Engagements, to Birthday and Sporting Celebrations. Imagine if her walls could talk!

Little do some people know that she's had an interesting past having been transferred, renamed, repositioned and refitted multiple times. She's also featured on the hit Australian soapie "Neighbours" back in 2010.