What is your favorite cruise line?

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My husband and I both loved Carnival and Norwegion.. Carnival was Puerto Rico ,St Thomas , and Tortola.. beautiful and Norwegion was St Thomas (I love it there) Tortola and Bermuda... ST Thomas and Tortola was my favorite...
Hope you have a great time..
susan

I have only went on Norwegian, but it was a crappy experience. My girlfriend kept telling me the entire time "this is not how all cruises are!" The people I went with have been on every major cruise line and they all say that Royal Carribean is the best. Supposedly Carnival has a bit larger cabins, but the service, food, and experience are best on Royal Carribean. My next cruise is on RC!

I'm 25 and just took a 2 week Mediterranean Cruise with Princess this past fall. I honestly chose the cruise bc of the ports of call (Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Pisa/Florence, Rome, Naples, Athens, Mykonos, Ephesus, Istanbul, and Venice). The crowd was a bit older, but I still had a blast. The night clubs/bars were fun and the food was great! A pool is a pool and a beer is a beer no matter who is around you haha.
Everything was very clean and our steward and waiter for the cruise were awesome. Great wine tastings to do during the days at sea. I happened to win a massage and got to experience the spa which again, was amazing. I was very impressed and would choose again.

I have only been on Royal Caribbean. I have done 3 cruises; Mexico, Alaska, and Caribbean. If you are going to Grand Cayman, definately do the tour to "Sting Ray City", it was probably the best part of our cruise....amazing! In this tour we also went to the turtle farm, rum cake factory, and "Hell" (a town). In Jamaica we did the Dunns River Falls, a lot of fun! In Cozemel we did the clear kayaking/snorkling.....wouldn't suggest this, not nearly as good as the pictures have you believe it is! In Haiti we just spent the day on the beach. We had a lot of time at each place to do a tour and then shopping as well as time at the beach. We love cruising!! Hope you have a wonderful vacation!

My parents go on a few cruises a year... all with Princess. They love all of the ships in the line, but prefer the
Golden and the Coral because they have the same basic layout. We have gone on one, on the Golden, to Alaska.
Was amazing.

We are frequent cruisers. Royal Carribbean by far has the best adult ambiance. Next is the Norwegian Cruise line- I prefer formal dining. I did not care too much for freestyle dining. Carnival is the pits-too much of a young set ( we went on three different Carnival ships and it was the same being overrun by young people- too loud and the entertainment was very lacking).

Royal Caribbean, any of their ships and any ports are beautiful! Don't miss out on the Jetski's, Snorkeling, Dolphin swims, Sting ray encounters, and Parasailing!

Btw, i went on a 7 day and hit places like St Thomas(US Virgin Islands), Bahamas private island, Tortolla (British VI), and Samana in the Dominican. St Thomas sucked for the most part. The entire place was jewelry stores and crap. I went on a great sea lion excursion there that was fantastic, but the island itself sucked. It's like being in a poor area of America with a bunch of stores selling American products that you can buy here. Tortolla was nice, had more art, and again the excursions make the island so it's up to you what you do. I went snorkelling and had a blast. Samana is a very poor place. I never actually touched land there because I was on a kayaking excursion into mangrove forests that was AMAZING (best excursion ever), but everyone I talked to that went to Samana said people were begging all over and it was very unpleasant. Beware of "private islands" in the Bahamas. Basically, there is an empty island with one restaurant, 1-2 bars, and beach. So don't take a cruise with more than one day on a private island unless you honestly just want to sit on the beach all day. You can still do an excursion like parasailing, but that is only a small fraction of your day. When I was on NCL, I spent over 1 hour in a never-ending line to get on the island, and then the same to get off of it. Other than the excursion, I wished I had stayed on the ship.
If I were to go again, the places I would look for are: Tortolla, Samana(i say this because their mangrove kayaking is so amazing), and Jamaica. If there is a Bahamas stop, try to find a cruise that hits a large port as opposed to a private island. I can't speak for the best part of the year, but when I went in December it was so beautiful. It was warm and beautiful but not too hot during the day, but it was brisk in the early morning (which I personally like).

I've been on Carnival and Royal Carb I would say they are all basically teh same, except Disney which is far more expensive, but you get a ton of things with Disney.

Now you get what you pay for, the "new ships" are bigger and better and it shows, the smaller ships you get more bang for your buck.

So this is my take, If you want to go on a cruise for cheap, and just really "chill" drink and unwind, not do a whole lot in terms of things on the ship, like simply sit poolside and drink or read....go smaller.

If you like to do things while on the ship and very active, so you are not a fan of just laying in a lounge chair reading and having a cocktail for a day or two, you need activiities to keep you occupied, then go "larger" and all cruise lines have bigger newer ships, do the research.

there is a website called Cruisecritic, join that, it's free, good info there and you canget to know people who are going on your cruise before you depart if you guys are social.

Enjoy, you really can't go wrong on any cruise ship.

Thank you, did the Princess Alaska Cruise with our grandparents, loved it but we were the youngest on the boat by about 30 years:) Carnival seemed like a spring break in Mexico...So please let me know how Royal Caribbean is! Also Celebrity looks fun!

Will do! We were looking at Celebrity but the cruise I wanted wasn't round-trip. So we'd leave from NY and wind up somewhere with no way home. I was sad.

I'm really excited!

One that doesn't sink the ship.

He speaks wisdom!

I've had nothing but GREAT experience with Royal Caribbean. Not too expensive either. It is a good idea to stay away from the Sovereign Class (Majesty of The Sea, Monarch of the Sea) as these ships are quite old, and despite numerous refits, they are showing their age. The Voyager class are awesome ships, and their new Oasis Class looks to be awesome!

JM

Cruises are for everyone. It's just a matter of picking the right ship and destinations for your age group and interests.
Best vacations ever.