The highly respected media source, US News and World Report, released the results of an intensive survey of industry experts and passengers on which lines are the best in the six major categories.
The things they looked at: Quality, reputation, CDC assessments (think Norwalk and Norovirus), price and itineraries.
Here you go!
Category
Price
- Celebrity Cruises
- Royal Caribbean International
- Norwegian Cruise Line
Luxury
- Crystal Cruises
- Regent Seven Seas Cruises
- Oceania Cruises
Family friendly
- Disney Cruise Line
- Royal Caribbean International
- Carnival Cruise Lines
For Couples
- Crystal Cruises
- Regent Seven Seas Cruises
- Azamara Club Cruises
Mediterranean Voyages
- Celebrity Cruises
- Regent Seven Seas Cruises
- Oceania Cruises
Caribbean trips
- Disney Cruise Line
- Celebrity Cruises
- Crystal Cruises
These are the top of the bunch. I’ve sailed for free, by speaking, on many of them. Ships not listed are very good also, but you can only list three as the top. $41 Billion will be spent on cruising in 2016. That comes from over 22 million people – world-wide. An estimated 11 million of those are from North America.
The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) is the world’s largest cruise industry trade association. They classify ships as Ultra-luxury, Luxury, Contemporary and Premium. We’ll discuss those in a future blog. Keep checking back. Read about the good work that CLIA does.
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Rick & Bill – Founders: SpeakOnCruises