{"id":22540,"date":"2014-12-04T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=22540"},"modified":"2014-12-04T01:00:14","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T09:00:14","slug":"thursday-112","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=22540","title":{"rendered":"Cruise Critic Editors' Best Of…Cruising"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Anybody who has been on more than a few cruises is inevitably going to be asked: “What’s your favorite…ship…destination…cruise…port…activity…restaurant…?”<\/p>\n

There are no correct answers, given that everybody’s cruising taste is different in every area. Sometimes, it’s incredible how much stock all of us put in recommendations of others, qualified or not.<\/p>\n

Cruise passengers pay attention to “awards” and that’s why we write about them. Among the most credible awards are Cruise Critic’s — some of them determined by cruisers, some by editors. The latter is the latest, announced this week.<\/p>\n

The editorial staff at Cruise Critic<\/a> is nameless, identified only as an ”international team of editors.” The awards they just announced — 18 of them —  cover everything from new ships to itineraries to romance, and we thought a sampling of them would be appropriate today. <\/p>\n

So…<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for the best new ship from 2014, head for Bayonne<\/a>, N.J. and board Quantum of the Seas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you’re into luxury, you have to go a little further…to France, because that’s where Ponant<\/a> is based (Marseille<\/a>) and where you can cruise on one of three small ships and enjoy authentic French cuisine, among other things.<\/p>\n

If you’re after the best bang for your buck, it’s Carnival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Best dining? Oceania<\/a>, which features Jacques Pepin and Kathryn Kelly.<\/p>\n

Best entertainment? Norwegian<\/a>…think Blue Man, Legends in Concert, Rock of Ages<\/i>.<\/p>\n

If a few more inches and a few more amenities in a standard stateroom is important, check out Holland America<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And if you wonder which cruise line has the best itineraries, Cruise Critic’s editors like Princess<\/a> — for the second year running.<\/p>\n

What it all adds up to is an educated guess at what you’re going to like best (or better), as long as your taste is similar to the critical eyes of Cruise Critic.<\/p>\n

Today at portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: <\/strong><\/em><\/span>Special news from Silversea<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Crown Princess<\/a>
\n\t3 nights<\/span>
\n\tJanuary 6, 2015<\/span>
\n\tLos Angeles<\/a> (return): <\/span>Ensenada<\/a>
\n\tInside: $129<\/span>
\n\tCost per day: $43<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.princess.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Anybody who has been on more than a few cruises is inevitably going to be asked: “What’s your favorite…ship…destination…cruise…port…activity…restaurant…?” There are no correct answers, given that everybody’s cruising taste is different in every area. Sometimes, it’s incredible how much stock all of us put in recommendations of others, qualified or not. Cruise passengers pay… Continue reading Cruise Critic Editors' Best Of…Cruising<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,36,19,15],"tags":[154,1047,648,633,912,427,72,819,86,35,23,900,126,336,1037,26,1814,27,957,1186],"class_list":["post-22540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-reviews","category-ships","category-stories","tag-carnival","tag-chef-kathryn-kelly","tag-crown-princess","tag-cruise-awards","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-critic","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-holland-america","tag-jacques-pepin","tag-norwegian","tag-oceania","tag-pacific-coast-cruises","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ponant","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-princess-cruises","tag-quantum-of-the-seas","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22540","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=22540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}