Cruise reviews cover many different aspects of the cruises—dining, public rooms, cabins, entertainment, spa & fitness, family & children, shore excursions, embarkation, service rates, and overall opinion. Some form of cruise critic, whether it is online or through a travel agent, has the ability to rate all of these together, giving an honest opinion of what the cruise is all about. But if you are planning a particular journey on a cruise line, reading the cruise ship reviews will give you an idea what qualities the cruise has.

The cruise review is done by professionals and also by those who have been on the cruise, and have the opportunity to give a personal cruise review about it. And the cruise ship ratings make a difference also, but the personal ratings vote on what they individually enjoy—an example is a senior citizen may not vote as high on a spa and fitness areas as much as dining or family or service—therefore, a cruise rating done by a professional cruise critic may be more effective ratings.

The cruise critics review big name cruise lines, like the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, now known as Royal Caribbean International. The Royal Caribbean Cruise reviews this line as the world’s second largest cruise line originating in the late 1960s from the Norwegian ship owners. Their early ships basically became the prototype of all cruise ships after that, with the later Caribbean ships larger, more balconies added, more dining choices, public areas, and luxury.

The Carnival Cruise Lines were founded in 1972, and the Carnival Cruise reviews state that the Carnival Cruise lines has a 100,000 ton passenger allowance, in addition to it being one of the first major cruise ships to go smoke-free on its ship, Paradise. Now there is a limited-smoking policy in the casino, and some bars and lounges, with an excellent culinary addition to its ships.

Other cruise line reviews can be checked online, such as the Norwegian Cruise Line reviews, Holland America Cruise review, Holland America Cruise ratings, and Holland America Alaska Cruise review. Amsterdam Cruises also are reviewed as being one of the largest luxury cruise ships, with six lounges, three restaurants, health spa, movie theater, library, casino, beauty salon, tennis courts, with a sliding glass cover on one swimming pool, and another open up.