Recent Updates
What we've been working on.
June 2026
Two new cruise lines
TUI Cruises (Mein Schiff) Disney Cruise Line now live full pricing. Brings us eight cruise lines total.
Browse TUI Cruises → · Browse Disney →
Shore excursions
Port pages now show bookable tours and excursions, ranked by traveller rating and drawn from Viator and Tripadvisor. Swipe through them in a carousel right on the port page.
Grouped search results
Same-itinerary sailings now collapse into single card showing how many departure dates available. New "Group similar" toggle turns it off when you want every sailing listed separately.
May 2026
Markdown versions of every page
Append .md to any URL to get a clean text version: no styling, just content. Handy for reading and saving, and AI agents can navigate it too. Internal links are rewritten to match.
Better route maps
Itinerary maps on cruise pages now trace real maritime routes around coastlines instead straight lines. Powered our own sea-routing engine.
April 2026
Ship photo carousels
Ship pages for Norwegian Cruise Line and Carnival Cruise Line now have image carousels. Swipe through photos of each ship (interiors, pools, dining, and more) right on the ship detail page.
New illustrations
Every destination and cruise line page got fresh custom illustrations. Hand-drawn artwork for all cruise regions and branded visuals for each cruise line.
Redesigned ship pages
Ship detail pages got a visual overhaul. Key stats are now front and centre, dining options are split by what's included vs. specialty, and the route map sticks to the sidebar as you scroll.
New booking page
When you click "book" on a cruise, you now land on a proper information page instead of being instantly redirected. It shows booking tips for that cruise line, your detected location, and lets you pick from travel agencies available in your country.
Ship comparison pages
You can now compare ships side by side. Simply click the compare icon on any ship page to add it to the comparison list. No limits on the number of ships you can compare!
Newsletter
Stay up to date with the latest cruise deals and new features. Sign up for the Cruisello newsletter from the footer on any page.
Faster page loads
Most pages have had a significant speed improvement. Moving away from querieng the database directly and using Meilisearch instead saw improvements of 10x in some cases.
March 2026
Princess Cruises added
Princess Cruises is now live. That brings us to six cruise lines with full cabin-level pricing: Royal Caribbean, MSC, Norwegian, Carnival, Celebrity, and Princess.
Ship detail pages
Every ship now has its own page with specs: year built, last refurbished, passenger capacity, crew size, number of restaurants, length/width, and onboard currency. Data is synced from public sources and kept up to date.
Interactive map
Browse all cruise itineraries on a full-screen interactive map. Zoom into any region to see where ships are going.
Port pages
Every cruise port now has its own page with weather data, peak season information, and nearby ports. You can also see all cruises departing from or stopping at that port.
Destination pages
Destination pages are live for all cruise regions: Caribbean, Mediterranean, Alaska, Northern Europe, and more. Each region page shows available sailings with filtering options.
llms.txt
We now serve a structured llms.txt file at cruisello.com/llms.txt for AI agents. It documents all available pages, filter parameters, and search capabilities so LLMs can navigate and query the site programmatically.
February 2026
Carnival Cruise Line added
Carnival is live with pricing across all cabin types and sailings.
Celebrity Cruises added
Celebrity Cruises joined the platform. Interior through suite, all categories covered.
Price alerts
Track any cruise and get email notifications when prices change. You can set a target price per person or opt into daily price updates. Works across all six cruise lines.
Federated search
The search page now queries across cruises, ships, ports, destinations, and cruise lines simultaneously using Meilisearch. Results are grouped by type with instant results as you type.
Multi-currency support
Prices can be displayed in EUR or USD. When a cruise line only publishes fares in one currency, we convert using daily exchange rates and clearly mark the price as an estimate.
Advanced cruise filters
The cruise listing now supports over 15 filter parameters: region, date range, duration, cabin type, max price, price per night, specific ships, departure/arrival/stopover ports, and trip type (roundtrip vs. one-way). All filters work via URL parameters too.
January 2026
Cruisello launch
We went live with Royal Caribbean, MSC Cruises, and Norwegian Cruise Line.
What shipped at launch:
- Cabin-level price comparison (interior, oceanview, balcony, suite)
- Detailed itineraries with port arrival/departure times and time-in-port calculations
- Natural-language date input: type "next summer" or "in March" and we parse it using chrono
- Direct booking links to the cruise line, with no markup and no intermediate booking flow
- Geo-restriction detection on booking redirects (shows alternative regional links when needed)
- Homepage with featured cruises and weekly price drops