CHURCHILL & TUREN LTD. AND THE EDITORS OF  WWW.CRUISETRUTH.COM TAKE PRIDE IN PRESENTING

 

THE 2017/18 “BEST AT SEA” AWARDS

Searching the internet does not enable the consumer to truly differentiate between the quality claims made by the top thirty cruise lines. Our “Best At Sea” Ratings have been designed to make this task easier. Our Awards are based on evaluations from the most respected industry and consumer media sources, our own personal Churchill & Turen Ltd. ship evaluations, and written evaluation reports from our exclusive CSI Inspection Corps, each of whom has sailed multiple top-tier lines. The opinions or comments of unknown or unqualified web site visitors are not used in any of our evaluations. Our ratings are not reader-generated opinion polls. We believe that they represent the best synthesis of professional industry evaluations and reports from a carefully selected roster of discerning worldwide travelers with five-star cruise experience.

THE WARMEST/MOST FRIENDLY CREW

 # 1 –        SEA DREAM YACHT CLUB

 # 2 –         CRYSTAL CRUISES

 

THE BEST OVERALL DINING AT SEA

# 1 –        REGENT SEVEN SEAS

# 2 –         OCEANIA CRUISES

 

THE BEST OVERALL SPECIALTY DINING AT SEA

# 1 –     CRYSTAL CRUISES

# 2 –      REGENT SEVEN SEAS

 

THE BEST RESTAURANT AT SEA

# 1 –      REGENT SEVEN SEAS PACIFIC RIM

# 2 –      SEABOURN CRUISES THE GRILL BY THOMAS KELLER

 

 THE BEST ENTERTAINMENT AT SEA

 # 1 –        CRYSTAL CRUISES

# 2 –         DISNEY CRUISE LINE

 

 THE BEST ON-BOARD ‘MAKE IT HAPPEN’ CONCIERGE SERVICE

# 1 –     SILVERSEA CRUISES

# 2 –      CRYSTAL CRUISES

 

THE BEST STANDARD CABINS

# 1 –      REGENT SEVEN SEAS

# 2 –       YACHTS OF SEABOURN

 

THE BEST ‘OVER THE TOP” SUITES

# 1 –        SEABOURN CRUISE LINE

# 2 –         REGENT SEVEN SEAS

 

THE BEST ONBOARD LECTURE PROGRAM LUXURY CATEGORY

# 1 –         CRYSTAL CRUISES

# 2 –         REGENT SEVEN SEAS

 

THE BEST ON-BOARD LECTURE PROGRAM EXPEDITION CATEGORY

# 1 –         LINDBLAD/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC        

# 2 –         SILVERSEA EXPEDITIONS

 

THE BEST LUXURY EXPEDITION CRUISE LINE

# 1 –          SILVERSEA

# 2 –          CRYSTAL YACHT EXPEDITION CRUISES

 

THE MOST CREATIVE ITINERARY PLANNING

# 1 –         CRYSTAL YACHT EXPEDITION CRUISES

# 2 –         YACHTS OF SEABOURN

 

 THE BEST OVERALL FOUR STAR PLUS EXPERIENCE AT SEA

 # 1 –         OCEANIA CRUISES

 # 2 –         AZAMARA CRUISES

 

THE BEST OVERALL AIR/SEA PROGRAM

# 1 –         REGENT SEVEN SEAS

# 2 –         CRYSTAL CRUISES

 

 THE MOST YACHT-LIKE CRUISE EXPERIENCE

# 1 –     SEA DREAM YACHT CLUB

# 2 –      SEABOURN

 

THE BEST ISLAND ITINERARIES AT SEA

 # 1 –     SEA DREAM YACHT CLUB

 # 2 –      CRYSTAL YACHT EXPEDITION CRUISES

 

THE CRUISE LINE WITH THE HIGHEST SOPHISTICATION RATING

# 1 –         SILVERSEA CRUISES

# 2 –         YACHTS OF SEABOURN

 

THE BEST OVERALL VALUE IN THE FOUR-STAR CATEGORY

# 1 –         OCEANIA  CRUISES

# 2 –          AZAMARA CRUISES

 

THE BEST OVERALL VALUE IN THE FIVE-STAR CATEGORY

 # 1 –         REGENT SEVEN SEAS

 # 2 –         Crystal Cruises

 

THE BEST CRUISE LINE IN THE WORLD OVERALL

 # 1 –          HAPAG – LLOYD (Europa 1 and Europa 2)

 # 2 –          CRYSTAL YACHT EXPEDITION CRUISES

Research Assistants:  G. Beuseling and S. Gerlach  – The “BEST AT SEA AWARDS: are protected by copyright. Media Inquiries: Betsy Latus 630-717-7777