While rankings can reflect a matter of taste and preference as well as percieved quality, Condé Nast Traveler readers again ranked the top cruise lines in the world, from mega ships to river cruises, as follows (published October 7, 2019):

MEGA-SHIPS (more than 4000 passengers):

  1. Royal Caribbean International 88.51
  2. MSC Cruises 88.09
  3. Norwegian Cruise Line 86.45

LARGE SHIPS (2500-4000 passengers):

  1. Disney Cruise Line 91.72
  2. Cunard 90.39
  3. Holland America Line 89.55
  4. Princess Cruises 88.00
  5. Celebrity Cruises 86.44
  6. Carnival 83.57
  7. Royal Caribbean International 83.18

MEDIUM SHIPS (500-2499 passengers):

  1. Crystal Ocean Cruises 97.27
  2. Viking Ocean Cruises 94.47
  3. Seabourn Cruise Lines 93.35
  4. Regent Seven Seas Cruises 91.28
  5. Cunard 91.16
  6. Oceania Cruises 90.55
  7. Azamara Club Cruises 90.35
  8. Silversea Cruises 87.82
  9. Disney Cruise Line 88.72
  10. Silversea Cruises 87.82
  11. Holland America Line 87.75
  12. Celebrity Cruises 82.84
  13. P&O Cruises 82.30
  14. MSC Cruises 81.43
  15. Princess Cruises 80.86
  16. Norwegian Cruise Line 80.50

SMALL SHIPS (fewer than 500 passengers):

  1. Crystal Ocean Cruises 98.71
  2. Windstar Cruises 98.60
  3. Lindblad Expeditions – National Geographic 97.23
  4. Paul Gauguin Cruises 96.27
  5. Regent Seven Seas Cruises 96.12
  6. PONANT 95.00
  7. Celebrity Cruises 94.86
  8. Seabourn Cruise Line 94.50
  9. Ecoventura 93.64
  10. Quasar Expeditions 93.45
  11. Star Clippers 91.42
  12. SeaDream Yacht Club 88.07
  13. Silversea Cruises 87.09

RIVER SHIPS:

  1. Crystal River Cruises 98.90
  2. Viking River Cruises 98.74
  3. Uniworld Boutique River Cruises 98.65
  4. AmaWaterways 97.81
  5. Grand Circle Cruise Line 97.29
  6. Tauck River Cruises 96.65

Crystal Cruises won Conde’ Nast Traveler’s Reader’s Choice awards in three categories in 2019

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