CruiseMates Readers Poll: The Results are In.Business Editors & Travel Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2002 Crystal Cruises ranks tops in the luxury category, Orient Lines is the highest-ranked mid-market company, and Radisson Seven Seas Cruises' Song of Flower is the top-rated individual ship, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. ratings of major U.S.-based cruise lines
Name Headquarters A'rosa Europe NCL America America AIDA Cruises Europe American Cruise Lines America by readers of CruiseMates (www.cruisemates.com), the popular online cruise magazine. More than 5,000 cruise passengers participated in CruiseMates' online poll, rating ships and major lines on a variety of criteria including overall value, food, service levels, cabins, entertainment, shore excursions, children's programs and appearance. According to Anne Campbell, editor of CruiseMates, "Respondents' answers also provided some significant passenger impressions of the cruise industry as a whole. They see a cruise vacation as an excellent value for the cost, especially praising the quality of shipboard ship·board n. 1. The condition of being aboard a ship: on shipboard. 2. Archaic The side of a ship. adj. food and service." They tend to give their highest ratings to newer ships, although some older vessels scored quite well in the poll, especially Radisson Seven Seas' Song of Flower, Cunard Line's QE2 and Caronia, and Orient Lines' Marco Polo. Based on their poll responses, passengers seem to appreciate the industry's ongoing efforts to add more onboard activities and entertainment options as new ships are constructed, but they seem somewhat cool toward the trend at some lines to initiate a more casual onboard ambience. The complete poll results are available at www.cruisemates.com including a 20-page summation of the results. The top 10 cruise lines in the CruiseMates reader poll, and their overall composite ratings, are: 1. Crystal Cruises 9.33 (10 being the highest score possible) 2. Silversea Cruises 9.17 3. Radisson Seven Seas Cruises 9.00 4. Seabourn Cruise Line 8.83 5. Orient Lines 8.82 6. Celebrity Cruises 8.42 7. Windstar Cruises 8.38 8. Disney Cruise Line 8.34 9. Holland America Line 8.27 10. Cunard Line 8.04 Royal Caribbean International Royal Caribbean International (OSE: RCL NYSE: RCL) is a Norwegian-American cruise ship company based in Miami, Florida. It is a brand of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., with 21 ships in service and one more under construction. All the ships have names ending in "of the Seas. ranked just above the industry average, in 11th place. Companies ranking below the average score for the industry were (in descending order) Princess Cruises (12), Carnival Cruise Lines This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (13), Costa Cruises(14), Windjammer (15), Regal Cruises (16), Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is a company operating cruise ships, headquartered in Miami, Florida. It is most well known for its Freestyle Cruising, which means that there are no set times or seating arrangements for meals, nor is formal attire required. (17) and Royal Olympic Cruises (18). Top-ranked ships and/or cruise lines in specific categories included: Food: Celebrity Cruises' Summit Service: Crystal Cruises Staterooms: Seabourn's Legend/Pride/Spirit; Radisson Seven Seas' Seven Seas Navigator/Seven Seas Mariner (note: all five are all-suite vessels) Overall Appearance: Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas Completed in 2001, Adventure of the Seas is the third Voyager-class cruise ship from Royal Caribbean International. Voyager-class ships are the third largest passenger ships in the world; currently, only Cunard's Queen Mary 2 and Royal Caribbean International's Freedom class ships ; Radisson Seven Seas' Radisson Diamond Entertainment: Crystal Cruises Children's Programs: Disney Cruise Line Disney Cruise Line is owned by The Walt Disney Company and headquartered in Celebration, Florida. The business is run by President Tom McAlpin as part of the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division. Shore Excursions: Orient Lines' Marco Polo Value: Celebrity Cruises' Summit Best Ship Overall: Radisson Seven Seas' Song of Flower CruiseMates.com (www.cruisemates.com) is the leading Internet cruise magazine providing cruise line and ship reviews, cruise news and feature articles about cruising. CruiseMates is an established, authoritative editorial resource for unbiased information about cruising, and has been cited in leading consumer media including the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, Washington Post, CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. Television, Travel + Leisure Magazine, Consumer Reports, and USA Today. The web site is visited by approximately 10,000 people per day. |
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