What is your favorite cruise line?

So far I have cruises on Royal, carnival, Norwegian and princess. I have to say princess is my favorite. They really treat you like royalty and they have very good shore excursion options. We went to the Baltic’s and Alaska with them and both were the best trips ever. Second I would say is Norwegian. Norwegian are the one to go to if you are looking for a good party cruise.

I have used celebrity a few times for the same reason, I like their free perks. I have found celebrity to be a cut above in the categories of food, service and public areas, but in the categories of things to do on board, and entertainment, I found celebrity lacking. The sports deck is limited to basketball, and there are no bells and whistles at the pools. There is no miniature golf, no ping pong tables, no Rockwall etc etc. A bit boring for a Young senior citizen. With all that said, I have a cruise booked with celebrity in October 20/20, going to New England and Canada. If you like a laid-back atmosphere, more relaxing then anything else, with great food and service, give celebrity a try. Celebrity is doing something right!!

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Not sure we found our favorite yet - it varies with time and experience. Sailed Disney, Costa, Carnival, Norwegian, Royal, and Celebrity, but we sail Celebrity most of the time. Elite status - but someday we'll save for a more inclusive line, like Viking or Seaborne and that will become our favorite. We got into cruising in the 90's because of its "inclusive" nature, but the industry has really become very a la carte with all the add-ons. Each line has its own character and price point and you need to find what best matches your personality and style.

Well said. we have two more actually booked on NCL, plus a couple of their certificates "banked". Having said that we have three booked on CCL, because of a variety of reasons that are beginning to kind of irk us on NCL. If it wasn't for an exclusive area on BREAKAWAY/GETAWAY class NCL ships, and the convenience of getting to the port, we'd probably have switched awhile ago. And that's after 23 cruises, the overwhelming majority on NCL. Came to the conclusion that platinum status is a hard thing to ignore. and the cruise lines know it, whatever perk game they play. We fully intend to try Galveston too. Been there a couple of times years ago, and they beat NO hands down. [

Not sure we found our favorite yet - it varies with time and experience. Sailed Disney, Costa, Carnival, Norwegian, Royal, and Celebrity, but we sail Celebrity most of the time. Elite status - but someday we'll save for a more inclusive line, like Viking or Seaborne and that will become our favorite. We got into cruising in the 90's because of its "inclusive" nature, but the industry has really become very a la carte with all the add-ons. Each line has its own character and price point and you need to find what best matches your personality and style.

carnival but I’ve only cruised with them

We are die hard Disney/ DCL fans and despite the cost, the quality of food and entertainment make up for the extra up front. Our friends ask if we’ll switch when our daughter gets older but at this point I think we’re hooked 😃

We’ve been on 95 cruises so far, on 14 different cruise lines (plus the next 5 booked!) and I don’t think we have a favorite cruise line. We do have favorite things on different cruise lines: Favorite stateroom, Avalon Waterways. Favorite entertainment, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean. Favorite service, AmaWaterways and Azamara. Favorite food, Carnival (guilty pleasure food at least). Favorite drink package, Viking River. Favorite buffet, Celebrity. Favorite shore excursions, Avalon Waterways Active & Discovery. Favorite room service, Princess. The list goes on and we discover new favorites all the time.

That’s why we love trying new ships and cruise lines whenever we can! We find they are all awesome in different ways. It entirely depends on what you’re looking for in your cruise, where you want to go and what type of vacation is right for you. Every cruise line is the best one for someone!

For the most cost effective, quality of food, ports, etc. it has to be Celebrity for us. We've done about 50 cruises on Princess, Royal Caribbean, Carnival Norwegian and Celebrity and and except for the entertainment on RCCL, Celebrity tops them all.

well said AuntPinkie!

The fact that several experienced cruisers choose different lines, tells a wonderful tale! There is a cruise line that fits every taste. While cruising isn't for everyone (sadly it's true), we can agree that each line has a nitch and we are lucky to be able to sample them as needed! Please keep the answers coming!