{"id":20137,"date":"2014-02-28T01:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=20137"},"modified":"2014-02-28T01:00:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T09:00:33","slug":"friday-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=20137","title":{"rendered":"Which Ships Are Best\u2026And To Where?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because they're so subjective, cruise ship awards and surveys can be construed as somewhat meaningless, not to mention redundant. Whose "best cruise ship carrying more than 3,000 passengers in the Caribbean on the third Saturdays of January" means the most. (Weak attempt at humor.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So when Cruise Critic<\/a> reveals its latest Cruisers' Choice Awards<\/i>, as it did this week, you have to take it with a grain of salt…as our buddy Phil Reimer did at Ports and Bows<\/a> by pointing out in today's blog there's a "caveat" at play here.<\/span><\/p>\n

Having said all that, there's one category in the Cruise Critic awards that we hadn't seen before, which doesn't necessarily mean that it wasn't there.<\/span><\/p>\n

Destination ships.<\/span><\/p>\n

That's not which ships are destinations, as Oasis of the Seas<\/a> and Allure of the Seas<\/a> — and no doubt their followers — are sometimes called. It's which ships are considered the best ones to take going to or from different parts of the cruising universe. Clever. Helpful even, for the first time cruisers who would like something — anything — to help them decide on which ship to sail to the Caribbean.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Rhapsody<\/a>Going to Alaska<\/a>?<\/span><\/p>\n

Cruise Critic readers recommend Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas<\/a> (right).<\/span><\/p>\n

Bahamas?<\/span><\/p>\n

The Disney Dream<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Caribbean<\/a>?<\/span><\/p>\n

Disney Fantasy<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mediterranean?<\/span><\/p>\n

Celebrity Silhouette<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sailing from the Northeast?<\/span><\/p>\n

Try Explorer of the Seas<\/a>, from Bayonne<\/a>, New Jersey.<\/span><\/p>\n

Across the ocean out of England?<\/span><\/p>\n

Celebrity Eclipse<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

From Florida?<\/span><\/p>\n

Disney's Fantasy, again.<\/span><\/p>\n

From the West Coast?<\/span><\/p>\n

Sapphire Princess<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nobody says why these ships are the best ion category, of course, so if you buy into the thinking it's because so many people picked these ships.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just remember one thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is subjective.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Sapphire Princess<\/a>
\n\t4 nights<\/span>
\n\tMarch 19, 2014 <\/span>
\n\tLos Angeles<\/a> (return): <\/span>Catalina Island<\/a>, <\/span>Ensenada<\/a>
\n\tInside: $329<\/span>
\n\tCost per day: $82<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.princess.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because they're so subjective, cruise ship awards and surveys can be construed as somewhat meaningless, not to mention redundant. Whose "best cruise ship carrying more than 3,000 passengers in the Caribbean on the third Saturdays of January" means the most. (Weak attempt at humor.) So when Cruise Critic reveals its latest Cruisers' Choice Awards, as… Continue reading Which Ships Are Best\u2026And To Where?<\/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":[16,32,19,15],"tags":[451,459,912,427,72,819,1426,86,1562,35,48,172,856,563,542,102,957,631,683,65],"class_list":["post-20137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ships","category-stories","tag-celebrity-eclipse","tag-celebrity-silhouette","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-critic","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruise-ship-awards","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruisers-choice-awards","tag-cruises","tag-disney-dream","tag-disney-fantasy","tag-explorer-of-the-seas","tag-first-time-cruisers","tag-mexican-riviera","tag-mexico","tag-princess-cruises","tag-rating-ships","tag-rhapsody-of-the-seas","tag-sapphire-princess","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20137","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=20137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}