hey everybody its Bruce here with traveling with Bruce today I have the
list of the top cruise lines as selected by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler
magazine these folks rated their favorite cruise lines from ship size the
mega ships to the smaller ships right down to the river ships and I can tell
you that the readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine can go anywhere they
want on any cruise ship they want so we're talking the best of the best and
let's get through the list right now and we'll start it all off with a mega
cruise ship Omega cruise ship is 4,000 passengers or more and so really we're
talking about ships from Royal Caribbean and Norwegian of course Royal Caribbean
has the symphony of the Seas the harmony of the Seas the Oasis of the Seas the
allure of the Seas these ships are holding six plus thousand people each
they've got everything you can imagine on board the ships are in effect
floating resorts you really don't even have to get off these ships to really
enjoy your cruise Royal Caribbean ranked number one number two Norwegian Cruise
Lines here's the brand new bliss that just launched this year Norwegian has
moved into the mega ship category the Bliss the joy and others are coming
they've got all the toys on board and the ships are being deployed at some of
the most popular locations in the world don't forget they've got the go kart
track you got to love that when it comes to large ships we're talking about 2,500
people to 4,000 people each the number one line in that category as selected by
Conde Nast traveler's is Disney the Disney line at least a five and a half
star line very popular with families especially with kids but also Disney
enthusiasts there are millions of people who are now full-blown adults that love
Disney anything and it's an absolute must they have to go on a Disney cruise
they are not disappointed when they go on these ships number two princess
cruise lines for large ships between two and a half thousand and four thousand
people princess great service great food beautiful ships great amenities and it's
a perfect place to go on a cruise to relax and see the world princess cruises
everywhere the third place winner is Cunard here's a shot of the Queen Mary
in Long Beach from the 30s and behind er the Queen Mary the brand-new one the
Queen Mary 2 and and others the Cunard Line has a rich heritage passengers from
around the world generations are loyal as can be for Kunar kyun art has got
ships on order to add to its fleet of three existing ships should be exciting
going forward the next category is medium sized ships 500 people to 2,500
people number one ship in this category Crystal Cruises six star luxury
all-inclusive absolutely gorgeous ships the ships aren't as large obviously as
the mega ships so these ships can get into smaller ports and be much more
intimate with their passengers just like you see here you're really going to have
a whole different experience if you ever go on a crystal Cruz number two Cruise
Line in this category Viking ocean cruises the ships are nine hundred and
thirty passengers each they have four hundred and sixty five crew members so
it's two passengers per crew member six star all-inclusive absolutely fantastic
Viking wins award after award after award from all kinds of publications and
surveys Viking passengers once they get on this these ships they don't go
anywhere else the third place finisher Seabourn beautiful Cruise Line fantastic
looking vessels and again the kind of cruise ships that are smaller in size
that allow for a more intimate setting these ships can go into
some of these ports of call around the world that's a large ships just can't go
into and so you'll just find fantastic shots the small ships less than 500
passengers same cast of characters Seaborn and crystal are the first and
second winners and then wind star is third place for small ships with less
than 500 people win star has a power power type ship and the sale type ship
very popular in the Caribbean and in Europe and again very intimate type
setting you can come off the pack of the ship get on a kayak and enjoy these
ships go to ports that the mega ships just don't go to now in the river ship
category we have three winners here as well the first place winner is Viking
River Cruises with 64 ships in its fleet they sail rivers in Europe and in China
the river the Viking River cruise company did so well with these cruises
they created the ocean division and this is where they have scored big-time
Viking is number one the number two cruise line Crystal River Cruises
Crystal River Cruises again six star luxury just like Viking it's
all-inclusive with tours meals drinks everything top-notch service and you are
seeing the best of Europe with one of these cruises with Viking and crystal
and with Uniworld by the way the third place finisher you're going to see all
that Europe has to offer here's one more shot of a crystal ship right here here's
Uniworld Uniworld boutique cruises allows you to get into places like Paris
Vienna Budapest all of France Netherlands Germany Switzerland Austria
absolutely luxurious all six star top-of-the-line the folks at Conde Nast
Traveler magazine they know a fantastic holiday when they see one they
can go anywhere they want any port they want the they can afford any cruise
that's out there so if you can get a deal on any of these cruises you may
want to consider scooping one of these deals because if it's good enough for
the Conde Nast Traveler it's good enough for me I'll tell you that right now this
is Bruce with traveling with Bruce thanks for joining me today on this 2008
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