Insight Guides Cruising & Cruise Ships 2025 -- formerly Berlitz Cruising and Cruise Ships -- features enhanced user-friendly design, extra images, new coverage of cruise history and ultimate cruising experiences, along with the expert reviews and ratings readers have trusted for over 40 years. Insight Guides Cruising & Cruise Ships 2025 (formerly Berlitz Cruising and Cruise Ships) is the world's most authoritative and longest-running guide to cruising and cruise ships. Fully revised and updated, this iconic, industry-leading bible for millions of cruise-goers and crew members now features larger font for greater readability, and more images, making for a fresher, more user-friendly experience. In addition, Insight Guides Cruising & Cruise Ships 2025 boasts an expanded section on the history of cruising, along with the author's hugely-anticipated evaluations and scores, with over 340 ships reviewed and rated. It also includes user-oriented features on different types of cruising, from exploring fjords and enjoying icy expeditions, to embarking on wildlife voyages and idyllic Caribbean cruises, plus a dedicated chapter on themed cruises. In this fully updated edition, Douglas Ward -- the world's foremost authority on cruising and cruise ships -- shares his top tips for choosing the right cruise, with recommendations for all kinds of travellers, from families and romantics, to solo voyagers, LGBTQ+ travellers, and cruise-goers with accessibility needs. Insight Guides Cruising & Cruise Ships 2025 also comes with a free eBook. Features of Insight Guides Cruising & Cruise Ships 2025 - Douglas Ward is the world's foremost authority on cruising and cruise ships. - 376 pages of information, with new sections covering cruise history, ultimate cruising experiences, and Author's Choice recommendations. - Features more full-colour images than ever before, and larger font for greater readability. - Over 340 ships reviewed and rated. - FREE eBook. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Regarded as the world's top authority on cruising and cruise ships, Douglas Ward has completed over 6,400 days on ships and riverships on more than 1,130 cruises, 160 transatlantic crossings, and countless Panama Canal transits, shipyard visits, ship-naming ceremonies and maiden voyages. Often described as a maritime Sherlock Holmes, Ward's reviews leave no stone unturned, examining everything from the fluffiness of the towels and the quality of china and silverware, to the welcome aboard and disembarkation process. PRAISE FOR BERLITZ CRUISE BOOKS 'No other annual guide charts the growth of the modern cruise industry the way Douglas Ward's authoritative annual Berlitz Cruising and Cruise Ships has done' The Business Travel News 'The author is the most feared critic in the business' The Times, London 'Read before cruising' Daily News, New York 'The serious cruise traveler's Bible' Cruisediva.com 'Legendary' USA Today 'Level of detail and rigorous research are unbelievable' BookPleasures.com 'This is the encyclopedia of cruising' The Times-Picayune, New Orleans