Favorite cruise line

[cruisetarp]

We have tried most of the major lines but always seem to come back to Royal Caribbean with Celebrity running a very close second. It depends on whether we want a fun, busy vacation (RC) or are looking to spend some quieter time together (Celebrity).

[cruiseduo]

We've cruised on NCL twice (Norway and Dream), MSC Lirica twice, RCI Mariner (once) and waiting to go on Costa's Magica.

We've enjoyed the Lirica more than the others. However, we tend to look at cruises as an opportunity to visit ports of call and view the ship as a floating hotel to get us to the various ports.

Our cruise choices are based more on where the ship goes and the number of days at sea versus the number of days in port. As an example, next months Lirica is 12 days with just three days at sea visiting San Juan, St. Maarten, Grenada, Barbados, St. Lucia, Tortola and Sanama (Dominican Republic).