WORLD'S BEST CRUISE SHIPS

World's Best Large Ships

The numbers add up, with a minimum of 1,500 passengers on each of these ships. More of you enjoy cruising in this category than any other. Celebrity Cruises takes top honors with the new Infinity.

1. Infinity
   Celebrity Cruises, 85.8 overall
2. Sea Princess
   Princess Cruise Line, 82.5 overall
3. Mercury
   Celebrity Cruises, 81.8 overall
4. Dawn Princess
   Princess Cruise Line, 81.6 overall
5. Galaxy
   Celebrity Cruises, 81.1 overall
6. Enchantment of the Seas
   Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, 81.0 overall
7. Century
   Celebrity Cruises, 80.9 overall
7. Disney Wonder
   Disney Cruise Line, 80.9 overall
9. Star Princess
   Princess Cruise Line, 80.3 overall
10. Millennium
    Celebrity Cruises, 79.5 overall
11. Grand Princess
    Princess Cruise Line, 78.3 overall
12. Explorer of the Seas
    Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, 77.2 overall
13. Legend of the Seas
    Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, 76.8 overall
14. Sun Princess
    Princess Cruise Line, 76.7 overall
15. Rhapsody of the Seas
    Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, 75.8 overall
16. Voyager of the Seas
    Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, 73.8 overall
17. Splendour of the Seas
    Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, 73.7 overall
18. Grandeur of the Seas
    Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, 73.3 overall
19. Disney Magic
    Disney Cruise Line, 72.8 overall
20. Queen Elizabeth 2
    Cunard Cruise Line, 72.0 overall
21. Majesty of the Seas
    Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, 71.7 overall
22. Radiance of the Seas
    Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, 70.9 overall
23. Regal Princess
    Princess Cruise Line, 68.8 overall
24. CostaRomantica
    Costa Cruises, 68.3 overall
25. Vision of the Seas
    Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, 67.7 overall
26. Monarch of the Seas
    Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, 67.5 overall
27. Norwegian Sky
    Norwegian Cruise Line, 67.3 overall
27. Paradise
    Carnival Cruise Line, 67.3 overall

World's Best Medium Ships

Not large or small, but in no way a compromise, these ships—carrying from 500 to 1,500 passengers—strike a balance between grandeur and intimacy. The Seven Seas Mariner joins Crystal's two ships at the top.

1. Crystal Symphony
   Crystal Cruises, 94.5 overall
2. Seven Seas Mariner
   Radisson Seven Seas Cruise Line, 87.3 overall
3. Crystal Harmony
   Crystal Cruises, 87.2 overall
4. Ryndam
   Holland America Cruise Line, 86.0 overall
5. Amsterdam
   Holland America Cruise Line, 85.0 overall
6. Rotterdam
   Holland America Cruise Line, 84.9 overall
7. Zaandam
   Holland America Cruise Line, 84.8 overall
8. Prinsendam
   Holland America Cruise Line, 84.5 overall
9. Maasdam
   Holland America Cruise Line, 83.4 overall
10. Volendam
    Holland America Cruise Line, 82.4 overall
11. Statendam
    Holland America Cruise Line, 80.7 overall
12. Veendam
    Holland America Cruise Line, 80.5 overall
13. Horizon
    Celebrity Cruises, 79.4 overall
14. Royal Princess
    Princess Cruise Line, 78.0 overall
15. Caronia
    Cunard Cruise Line, 76.0 overall
16. Crown Odyssey
    Orient Lines, 75.0 overall
17. Marco Polo
    Orient Lines, 73.8 overall
18. Noordam
    Holland America Cruise Line, 73.6 overall
19. Zenith
    Zenith Cruise Line, 72.8 overall

World's Best Small Ships

"Shallow" is a compliment when it refers to harbors, as these 24 ships carrying no more than 500 passengers each prove. This category contains nine of the ten highest-rated ships, led by the peerless Seabourn Spirit.

1. Seabourn Spirit
   Seabourn Cruise Line, 95.1 overall
2. Silver Shadow
   Silversea Cruise Line, 94.5 overall
3. Silver Wind
   Silversea Cruise Line, 93.3 overall
4. Paul Gauguin
   Radisson Seven Seas Cruise Line, 92.4 overall
4. Wind Spirit
   Windstar Cruise Line, 92.4 overall
6. Silver Cloud
   Silversea Cruise Line, 91.6 overall
7. Seabourn Legend
   Seabourn Cruise Line, 89.9 overall
8. Hanseatic
   Radisson Seven Seas Cruise Line, 89.0 overall
8. Song of Flower
   Radisson Seven Seas Cruise Line, 89.0 overall
10. Seven Seas Navigator
    Radisson Seven Seas Cruise Line, 88.9 overall
11. Seabourn Pride
    Seabourn Cruise Line, 85.6 overall
12. Royal Clipper
    Star Clippers Cruise Line, 85.5 overall
13. Philae
    Oberoi Nile Cruises, 85.4 overall
14. Radisson Diamond
    Radisson Seven Seas Cruise Line, 85.0 overall
15. Wind Star
    Windstar Cruise Line, 84.3 overall
16. Wind Surf
    Windstar Cruise Line, 79.6 overall
17. Clipper Adventurer
    Clipper Cruise Line, 76.3 overall
17. Explorer
    Abercrombie & Kent Cruise Line, 76.3 overall
19. Yorktown Clipper
    Clipper Cruise Line, 76.0 overall
20. Odysseus
    Royal Olympic Cruises, 74.8 overall
21. Nantucket Clipper
    Clipper Cruise Line, 74.1 overall
    
22. Sea Lion
    Linblad Expeditions Cruise Line, 71.4 overall
23. American Queen
    Delta Queen Steamboat Co. Cruise Line, 70.2 overall
24. Mississippi Queen
    Delta Steamboat Co. Cruise Line, 68.1 overall

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