VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE CRUISE LINE

[alibaba1]

Have you seen this? I think there are 17 days left to vote for your favorite ocean cruise line.
There is also a tally - guess who's first? - Carnival. 

https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-ocean-cruise-line-2024/

[shepherd really]

Of course, Carnival is first, I suspect if it was a restaurant survey McDonalds would outperform the French Laundry.

[alibaba1]

Why not just enjoy the ride?

 

[ORV]

Don’t know if it still is but a few years ago Waffle House was the # 1 restaurant in Gulf Shores AL on Trip Advisor. 🤡

[alibaba1]

Oceania climbed one notch - from 12th to 11th. Yeah!

[Host Jazzbeau]

Vote early and often!!!

[Redtravel]

Those surveys are ridiculous. Bigger ships get more votes. My favorite is Windstar.

[pinotlover]

18 hours ago, ORV said:

Don’t know if it still is but a few years ago Waffle House was the # 1 restaurant in Gulf Shores AL on Trip Advisor. 🤡

On one of the wine boards a poster was complaining about a similar rating in his community outside of Chicago. They had a Michelin 1 star restaurant in town that was always booked up, and that people drove out to the burb to visit. So what was the #1 rated restaurant there in some faux poll? Cheddars! 

[shepherd really]

19 hours ago, ORV said:

Don’t know if it still is but a few years ago Waffle House was the # 1 restaurant in Gulf Shores AL on Trip Advisor. 🤡

Yes, but that happens to be correct, it edged out Golden Corral and the dumpster behind Jack-in-the-box.

[Hlitner]

The best food, by far, we have ever had on any ship or line (we have cruised on 17 lines) is on Explora Journey 1.  At the moment that line has one ship (900 passenger) and has been operating for less than a year.  No way they would win any popularity contest :).    Our best overall cruise line would be Seabourn.

 

Hank

[clo]

8 hours ago, pinotlover said:

On one of the wine boards a poster was complaining about a similar rating in his community outside of Chicago. They had a Michelin 1 star restaurant in town that was always booked up, and that people drove out to the burb to visit. So what was the #1 rated restaurant there in some faux poll? Cheddars! 

Oh she-gawd no! I've only been in Chicago when changing planes and it's on my bucket list...for great food. Not for Cheddars!

[Myrtle Ave. Mayhem]

I've been cruising 35 years & have experienced the changes for better & worse in the cruise travel industry.

 

Of any lines currently sailing, the hands down winner is Viking Ocean!

Reasons being - ship design, dining, service, onboard atmosphere, fine tuned attention to detail. 

 

Of former lines, it's a tie between Sitmar & Royal Viking Line. 

 

 

Edited January 22 by Myrtle Ave. Mayhem