As someone who has been on more than a dozen cruises in recent years, one of my biggest problems is that my sailings start to blur together with time. After a while, the specific ports I visited slowly but surely became gray spots in my memory.
The Cruise Globe solves this problem. For the first time ever, cruisers can record every single one of their sailings in one digital online hub – making it fun and easy to relive and share their vacation memories.
Since its launch earlier this year, The Cruise Globe has become a major sensation among cruise fans and it’s easy to see why.
When The Cruise Globe Was Founded – and How It’s Grown
If you’re wondering why you haven’t heard about The Cruise Globe sooner, it’s because this digital platform is still brand new. The Cruise Globe only just launched on February 12, 2025.
But in just about six months, the platform has grown exponentially. As of August 25, 2025, The Cruise Globe has reached 58,000 users who come from more than 102 different countries (and counting!).
In just the first two weeks after launch, more than 57,000 cruises were logged in the platform – and that number has only grown in the months since.
Who Founded The Cruise Globe?
So, who are the masterminds behind The Cruise Globe? It is none other than Emma Le Teace, Matthew Jones, and Will Ellison.
You may already know Le Teace as an avid cruiser and the face of the Emma Cruises brand. Her YouTube channel has 405,000 followers as of the time of publication and she has hundreds of thousands of followers on her different social media platforms.
Jones is in charge of all marketing and partnerships at The Cruise Globe, and its sister company, The Cruise Maps. He also has a background in cruising (both of his parents worked on Cunard Line ships), as well as publishing and geography.
Ellison is a naval architect with over 15 years of experience working with AIS satellite data, which is used to track cruise ships.
The three co-founders and friends have combined their experience to fill the gap in the cruise industry with the introduction of The Cruise Globe.
Revolutionizing Cruise Ship Tracking
What makes The Cruise Globe really special is that cruise fans are able to revisit their sailings as far back as 2015, free of charge. No other cruise trackers offer this feature.
“For years, I’ve felt as though the cruise industry has been left behind when it comes to technology. I’ve always kept a written list of my cruises, but I knew that there had to be a better way,” Co-Founder Emma Le Teace told Cruise Hive.
“The response to The Cruise Globe so far has been phenomenal. It’s clear that I wasn’t the only person who wanted a way to track and relive my cruises, keeping everything together in one place. This is just the start and I am so excited about the future,” Le Teace added.
Using AIS tracking data, the platform can pull the exact route a cruise ship took during a specific sailing in virtually no time at all.
This can then be explored using 3D maps and detailed satellite views of ports of call, allowing cruise lovers to relive their favorite experiences and show off to friends and family at home.
One of my personal favorite features is the Cruise Replay option, which plays your cruise route in a 3D video exactly as it happened during your sailing.
While guests often know the ports of call, they may not know the exact course that their ship charted (and how close to major landmarks they may have been), so it’s also an opportunity to learn something new about your travels potentially years later.
You can also view digital cruise cards of your voyage, which are easy to download or share on social media, that show the dates of your sailing, where you embarked and disembarked, and how many nautical miles you traveled.
I tried this feature for my British Isles cruise onboard Regal Princess in 2023, and learned that I sailed 2,492 nautical miles over 12 days – which is much more than I realized at the time.
What I found even more fun is that I could look at my entire cruise history collectively in my Globe Passport.
Based on the four sailings I entered into my account, I have sailed 3,625 nautical miles, spent 22 days at sea, and visited 16 cruise ports across six countries and two continents. How cool is that!
Of course, The Cruise Globe does offer live 3D tracking of cruise ships’ current locations.
All you have to do is search for a specific ship to find out everything you could possibly want to know about where it is, where it’s been, where it’s heading, and how fast it’s sailing.
It also shares useful stats about the ship’s size, when it launched, and how long the vessel is.
For easy access, you can also favorite specific ships – which I know will be useful for people like me who like to track my ships in the weeks and days leading up to my next sailing.
How to Use The Cruise Globe
The Cruise Globe is very innovative, but it’s not complicated to use at all, even for someone who isn’t particularly tech savvy like me.
To start, all you have to do is make a free account using your email address. If you have one, you can even use your existing Apple or Google account to make the process quicker and easier. The sign-up process takes minutes, if that.
Then, all you have to do to start logging your cruises is go to “My Cruises” and select “Add a Cruise” on the left hand side of your computer screen.
You’ll be prompted to fill in your ship’s name, the dates of your sailing, and your embarkation and disembarkation ports.
After that, all you have to do is click submit and your exact cruise route populates in a matter of seconds.
The platform is very intuitive and easy to use. Once you add your cruise, simply select your sailing and click on buttons that say “cruise card” and “cruise replay” to explore your voyage in new ways.
Turning Memories Into Keepsakes
Again, The Cruise Globe platform is entirely free to use.
But for extra special sailings, cruisers might want to opt to have their voyage map printed and framed – which makes a great gift for birthdays or for the holiday season.
In The Cruise Globe, you will have the option to select “Buy This Map” on the bottom right hand corner of your screen when a specific sailing is selected.
This will take you to The Cruise Maps, which is The Cruise Globe’s sister website that launched in 2024, where you can have your custom map printed for as little as $67.
Starting the process in The Cruise Globe allows you to preview your cruise map before printing, and then autopopulates the cruise information fields (i.e., sailing dates) for you.
There are a variety of options in terms of map types (satellite or classic), layout (landscape or portrait), sizes, and frame options to choose from.
As another unique keepsake, you can also have the cruise cards that The Cruise Globe generates sent to The Cruise Maps for printing.
Pricing starts at $20 per card, but discounts are given as more cards are added to your order.
The cards can be printed individually, or you can upgrade to a custom cruise card album that holds up to 60 cruise cards and is entirely handcrafted by professional bookbinders in the UK. This upgrade costs $97 as of the time of publication.
What’s Coming Next For The Cruise Globe?
It’s only up from here! The team behind The Cruise Globe has many plans to continue to improve the experience.
By early September, an IOS and Android App that allows cruise fans to access The Cruise Globe from their smartphones will be available in the App Store.
Additionally, the team is working hard on adding a new feature called “Cruise Discovery,” which will allow users to explore possible future cruises on the map interface as they think about where they want to sail to next.
Cruise Hive will be eagerly watching as The Cruise Globe continues to innovate and grow.
