Avalon Waterways will expand its river cruising fleet with the dual naming of two new "Suite Ships," the Avalon Vista and Avalon Visionary, in May. The 66-suite, 17-cabin Avalon Vista will be a sister ...

Travel Weekly's Michelle Baran is aboard the new Avalon Panorama. Her second dispatch follows. Click to read her first dispatch. There’s no better feeling than having everything work out. When we ...

Sporting 200-square-foot Panorama suites that feature an 11-foot-wide wall of glass that slides open seven feet, the new Avalon Waterways Panorama is drawing 166 river cruisers per voyage eager to ...

The year-old Panorama has bigger cabins and windows and more outdoor lounging areas. On the downside, Avalon promotes the à la carte extras (after-dinner liqueurs, optional shore excursions) more ...

ABOARD THE AVALON TAPESTRY II -- Could the best cabins in European river cruising these days be the ones without balconies? The executives at Avalon Waterways seem to think so, and after trying out ...

HER nickname is the Suite Ship, and Avalon Waterways' brand-spanking-new European river cruise ship Avalon Panorama is a sweet ride indeed. On her maiden voyage from Frankfurt to Amsterdam this month ...

Avalon Waterways said Avalon Panorama, the industry's first "Suite Ship," will make its debut in 2011. With this new river cruise vessel, Avalon is introducing a proprietary Panorama Suite design to ...

The rivers are getting more and more crowded—and that's a good thing for river cruise lines. The vessels are being filled. In 2011, Avalon Waterways will welcome a new ship of its own, which, it says, ...

ABOARD THE AVALON TAPESTRY II — Thinking about a river cruise through France's Normandy region? Our latest Cruise Ship Tour, in the carousel above, offers a deck-by-deck look at the newest vessel on ...