What are the best and worst cruise lines?

On 14 Mar 2006 23:24:11 -0800, wrote:

Which ones do you love and which ones don't you care for? If you can,
could you please rank them? I'm curious to see which cruise lines are
considered the best and which ones are at the botom of the barrel?


Thanks.


As retired seniors who cruises 5+ times a year, our preference is
Princess. We do not travel on the "deluxe lines" like Crystal, because
they are usually more than twice the price and we would prefer to do
two mid priced cruises instead of one high priced.

We prefer Princess because of their rewards based upon the number of
Princess cruises. The specifics are at:

https://book.princess.com/captaincir...orProspect.jsp

Particularly nice after 15 is: free laundry and dry cleaning, not
having to stand in line for tender tickets, 10% off Boutiques
purchases, one free bar stocking and free wine tasting. Plus you get
the same free internet access that you get after 5.

A distant second is Celebrity and third is Holland America. They have
never given me anything of significance for repeat cruises.

"foggydoggy" wrote in message
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Hi

Legend I really don't know.I thought I read somewhere that the southern
cruises tend towards an older crowd. Should we stick to the west/east
cruises? What's a Panama cruise like?



If you want younger families, travel when school is out on vacation.

Panama Canal cruises are usually at least ten day affairs, and
longer cruises attract older folks. Personally, we prefer the 50+
older crowds--and not having a lot of kids onboard. Not that we
dislike kids, but on our last Princess cruise they were over
running "adult" only pools while the parents watched.

Pete