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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
Tr e n d i n g
NEXT-
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