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TOP 10
Mega-Ship

Ocean
Cruise Lines

1 Cunard 87.70
2 Disney Cruise Line
87.55
3 Princess Cruises
86.64
4 Celebrity Cruises
83.67
5 Holland America
Line 83.60
6 Royal Caribbean
International
79.45
7 Carnival Cruise
Line 78.85
8 Norwegian Cruise
Line 78.16
9 MSC Cruises 78.00
10 Costa Cruises
75.63

TOP 10

Large-Ship

Ocean

Cruise Lines

1 Viking Cruises

95.99

2 Crystal Cruises

93.38

3 Regent Seven Seas

Cruises 91.90

4 Cunard 87.51

5 Oceania Cruises

87.29

6 Azamara Club

Cruises 86.89

7 Princess Cruises

86.19

8 Costa Cruises

84.38

9 Celebrity Cruises

81.55

10 Holland America

Line 81.28

TOP 5

Midsize-

Ship Ocean

Cruise

Lines

1 Paul Gauguin

Cruises 93.62

2 Seabourn 92.79

3 Windstar Cruises

92.77

4 Regent Seven Seas

Cruises 90.61

5 Silversea 87.27

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GENERATION

CRUISE SHIPS

One common thread

among this year’s

winning cruise lines:

they’re either growing

their fleets with new

vessels or

dramatically refitting

older ones. As part of a

multi-year expansion,

Crystal Cruises

debuted the Crystal

Esprit, a 68-passenger

yacht that sails to

Croatia and the

Caribbean, as well as

Crystal Mozart, a

154-passenger river

ship that plies the

Danube. Both are

mar ke d by cream, blue

and silver-gray

palettes that feel

smartly contemporary.

One year ago, Cunard’s

2,691-guest Queen

Mary 2 received a

US$132 million, Art

Deco–inspired revamp

of its public spaces,

cabins and

restaurants. “The

renovation is great,”

one reader said. “The

ship is the only way to

do the transatlantic.”

And in 2015, Viking

Cruises debuted

Viking Star,

a 930-passenger

vessel with a

Scandinavian-inspired

look—think blond

woods and Eames

chairs—that has few

precedents on the high

seas. The aesthetic

continued on

sister ships Viking Sea

and Viking Sky. “The

décor is so

harmoniously

assembled that it

added to the pleasure

of sailing,” said one fan.

Longtime favorite Crystal Cruises

enters two new categories—and

vaults straight to the top.

Cruise Lines

Reader s

appreciated the

old-school glamour of

Cunard’s Queen Mary 2,

which makes regular

transatlantic voyages

between Southampton,

England, and

New York City.

WORLD'S BEST AWARDS

TOP 5

Small-Ship

Ocean

Cruise Lines

1 Crystal Cruises

98.17

2 Ecoventura 97.26

3 Australis 95.44

4 Lindblad

Expeditions 94.12

5 SeaDream Yacht

Club 91.94

TOP 5

River-

Cruise Lines

1 Crystal Cruises

97.08

2 Uniworld Boutique

River Cruise

Collection

95.32

3 Viking Cruises

95.19

4 Aqua Expeditions

95.04

5 Tau c k 94.59

COURTESY OF CUNARD