2018 Cruisers’ Choice Awards

Get to know the best cruise ships in a variety of categories, based on member review ratings for cruises taken in the last year.

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Best Cruise Ships for Value

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Comfortable ship with excellent entertainment options, delicious food, and good value for money.

Member Review: John&JulieH

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...this Celebrity cruise has been the best overall experience and I felt it was a great value for my vacation investment.

Member Review: 765VZA

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Royal Caribbean cruise line is the way to go for value, variety and exceptional service.

Member Review: caprice3

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Value for Money: ...I'll cruise with Celebrity likely exclusively moving forward.

Member Review: cherylxox

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Overall the RC cruise brand is consistent with great value on destinations, on board activities and cordial customer service from the entire crew.

Member Review: Ddeane

Photo by Cruise Critic member brprod

The Breeze is one of the best values for [your] vacation dollar.

Member Review: Ib2man

Photo by Cruise Critic member maynas

We have cruised on almost a dozen lines and both of us conclude that Celebrity offers the best value of any other.

Member Review: melk

Photo by Cruise Critic member hla0002

Great value... The ship is clean, food is great, the crew will go out of their way to insure you are having a good time.

Member Review: ThomasAndSally

Photo by Cruise Critic member gingersvp

For the value of it all, the price could not be beat for the experience we had.

Member Review: WickedGlitch

Photo by Cruise Critic member wtang

Good value for money.

Member Review: capsplace

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