You might be surprised by some of the results.<\/p>\n
Instead of saving the best for last, let's reveal right off the top that the best cruise line is…Carnival. It's not exactly like winning Best Picture at the Oscars, but it's a feather in the cap of a cruise line that doesn't do much more than put its toe in the water in Europe. That makes it a curious choice.<\/p>\n
Either Brits like to cross the ocean and sail on Carnival<\/a> ships, or they're enamored with the British humor in the world according to John Heald<\/a>, Carnival's blogger-in-chief. If you don't think that's possible, you should know that Best Cruise Blogger<\/em> was one of the magazine awards, and Heald won it.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, elsewhere on the red carpet…<\/p>\n Best Food<\/strong> — Cunard<\/a>, with an honorable mention to Holland America<\/a><\/p>\n Best for Activities<\/strong> — Royal Caribbean<\/a>, followed by Celebrity<\/p>\n Best Innovation<\/strong> — Carnival's 5D Cinema<\/em>, ahead of Norwegian's Ice Bar<\/em> on the Epic<\/a><\/p>\n Best for Learning<\/strong> — Fred.Olsen<\/a> first, Cunard second<\/p>\n Best Luxury Cruise Line<\/strong> — Seabourn<\/a> number one, Oceania<\/a> second<\/p>\n Best Entertainment<\/strong> — Princess<\/a>, followed by Carnival, with nary a mention of Norwegian<\/a><\/p>\n Best Shore Excursions<\/strong> — Uniworld<\/a>, and honorable mention for Fred.Olsen<\/p>\n Best for Kids<\/strong> — Disney<\/a>, with Carnival best of the others<\/p>\n Best Destination (Europe)<\/strong> — Norway, then Stockholm<\/a>, even though one is a country and the other a city<\/p>\n Best Destination (Rest of World)<\/strong> — Alaska<\/a>, then Jamaica<\/p>\n And in the event you think any of those are strange choices, this has to be the strangest…<\/p>\n Best River Cruise Line<\/strong> — Viking<\/a> first, Uniworld second<\/p>\n Best Luxury River Cruise Line<\/strong> — Uniworld first, Viking second<\/p>\n There are so many cruise lines, passengers, critics and assorted opinions in North America that it's easy to forget about what the rest of the world thinks about cruise lines. Today, we bring you a sampling. It comes from the United Kingdom, where readers of Cruise International Magazine cast 20,000 ballots to pick the best… Continue reading Cruise Awards from the UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[45,705,154,782,138,912,72,1062,35,150,28,29,120,23,461,273,394,881,126,336,64,33,152,1063,148,1064,833,282],"class_list":["post-14515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories","tag-alaska","tag-barcelona","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-breeze","tag-celebrity-cruises","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-international-magazine","tag-cruises","tag-cunard","tag-disney","tag-epic","tag-fred-olsen","tag-holland-america","tag-jamaica","tag-john-heald","tag-miami","tag-norway","tag-norwegian","tag-oceania","tag-princess-cruise","tag-royal-caribbean","tag-seabourn","tag-stockholm","tag-transatlantic-cruises","tag-united-kingdom","tag-uniworld","tag-viking-river-cruises","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" "\\"DailyDeal-2\\"")
\n\tCarnival Breeze<\/a>
\n\t15 nights
\n\tNovember 6, 2012
\n\tBarcelona<\/a>, Palma de Mallorca<\/a>, Malaga<\/a>, Las Palmas, Antigua<\/a>, St. Maarten<\/a>, Miami<\/a>
\n\tInside: $799
\n\tCost per day: $53<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.carnival.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"