What is your favorite cruise line and why?

We've sampled Disney, Norwegian, Costa, Holland America, Carnival, Celebrity and Royal Carribean. Will not sail Carnival again, but could sail any of the others. Costa - was good, except for the smoking - liked the food. Rate Holland and Norwegian also good deal, respectable service lines. We've selected to frequent the RCL family for loyalty points, specifically Celebrity - our favorite. Believe their "Perk" system tied to room category is the best deal for us. We've zoned in on Sky Suites when 4 perks are offered: Premium drinks, Gratuities, OBC, and internet. Like access to Luminae dining. Trying Aquaclass for first time next month (Classic drink package and Blu). Love RCL Oasis class. The floating family resorts, but you need to book a Grand to get some of the perks that come with Celebrity. Will definitely sail RCL again, and with the right offering, would go to any of the others except Carnival.

I am relatively new to cruising , starting recently, and have done only 3 cruises. One each on RC , Norwegian and P&O. My decision takes into account the ship and facilities, the ports of call and most important, the crowd you are sailing with. The RC Quantum will win hands down when it come to appearance and onboard facilities. My mistake when choosing the Quantum was that i was bedazzled by the ship , and didnt consider anything else. The majority crowd onboard emanated from the embarkation port Shanghai. It is a beautiful city. Unfortunately the behavior onboard of a large number of the guests disillusioned me. There was no respect for the other guests.There was no respect or consideration for lines or queues. The buffet dining halls was a scene of chaos during meal times.Food was eaten and disposed onto the floor. You were pushed aside at the elevators. We realised that we were in a strange environment and not our home , so we had to ignore every inconvenience or insult and try to make the best of the cruise Please dont misunderstand me. I am not judging or drawing conclusions from this experience. But , i will carefully consider destination, when choosing a cruise. I had written post cruise to RCL , but never received a response. This was my first cruise , but it didnt put me off. The subsequent 2 cruises were sublime.The Norwegian Spirit was comfortable, had beautiful ports of call on the Mediterranean iternary. Food was plentiful and service was outstanding.

The P&O Aurora was also comfortable, had good food options , excellent port options with the baltic cruise, and most important, the crowd that sailed with us. It was more suited towards the mature crowd , but you could talk , get into conversation with a stranger and enjoy the discussion. There was an element of respect.This is what made the cruise so enjoyable and awesome. We were a family with 2 upper teens sons , and all loved this cruise. Everyone behaving appropriately, and all out to enjoy a good cruise. I would use this criteria as one of the most important considerations , when choosing a cruise.

It's all personal preference. I've done Costa, Carnival, Celebrity, Princess, and Royal Caribbean. I like Celebrity/Royal Caribbean best because of the atmosphere and food. I like Princess as well.

I'm not a fan of Carnival or Costa but for different reasons. With Carnival, everything that could go wrong, did. Now my family isn't picky and we know some things will go wrong. We're not high maintenance, so we can roll with it if something doesn't go our way. But we had some serious health and safety issues with our last Carnival trip. Ramps weren't clearly marked, and we all kept tripping over them. That's just one of the many examples we had experienced on our last cruise with them. Not to mention, the ship was dark and dirty.

With Costa, it was just an issue with smoking. We're not smokers (in fact, cigarette or any kind of smoke makes me gag), and smoking was allowed everywhere on the ship. The only place I could get some relief was in my own cabin.

Celebrity and Royal Caribbean are both owned by the same company, and we've never had any of the above issues with them. The food and service has always been top notch.

Hope you enjoy RCCL. We too are trying it for the first time in 6 weeks and cannot wait

We’ve only cruised on Carnival, and really enjoyed it. The itinerary and price are what has kept us with them so far, but we found a great deal on Royal Caribbean for next March and are looking forward to trying that line. We are now seniors, and although we aren’t as fond of some of the activities on the Carnival ships such as the hairy chest contest, there’s so many other things to do or to pass on, for every age group. The food has always been really good, and room stewards and other crew/staff very friendly. With only 6 cruises behind us, we are still able to say we have never seen the drunks or partiers that others have seen on Carnival ships, and we cruise in March, which is spring break time.

We have cruised on Princess, Holland, NCL, Celebrity, RCCL and Carnival. Princess & Holland are my two favorite at this time. But my favorite is the one I’m on at the time!

HAL is my favorite. The crews makes it my favorite cruise line. I enjoy the great service and the food is fine, too. Also I like the variety of itineraries.

We have cruised with Celebrity, RCI, Princess, HAL, Norwegian and Thomson. Of these, our favourite is Celebrity with Princess a close second. We have no desire to cruise Norwegian or Thomson again, but would consider HAL or RCI. Our first decision is itinerary, then price followed closely by cruise line. We are retired, so the party type cruises in the Caribbean have little appeal. We want to visit interesting places, recently we have concentrated on Asia because as we get older the long flights may be a deterrent. Other people have different priorities and different needs from a cruise. If I was travelling with children, RCI has a lot to offer them. I don't think there is one best cruise line that will suit everyone.. We haven't tried the luxury lines like Regent or Seabourne because at the moment we want to take more and therefore less expensive cruises.

For me, my favorite cruise line is HAL. I like thier service on board and the crew members are very friend,ly. Food is good and I love the variety of ports of call. Younger people however would miss all the amenities found on the larger ships. It just depends of what you want from your cruise.

Retirement is grand as long as we are healthy enough to enjoy it! Fortunately we are currently in that category. We didn't have a tooth fairy or fairy godmother either!