Zagat's First Cruise Line Survey Results

[shygirl724]

Zagat, (Zagat.com) one of the world's most trusted source for information about where to eat, drink, stay, and play around the globe, and as such has become a symbol of quality, just released the results of their first Cruise Line survey.

The survey, conducted on ZAGAT.com, covers 22 major cruise lines as voted on by 2,379 regular cruise-goers who had taken 9.5 trips, each averaging nine days. All told the surveyors had taken a total of 22,700 separate cruises. Each line was then rated on Zagat's signature 30-point scale for five aspects of its performance:

(1) Cabins

(2) Service

(3) Dining

(4) Facilities

(5) Shipboard Activities

with an Overall Score based on an average of the five separate ratings.

The complete results of the survey can be viewed at:

http://www.zagat.com/downloads/pdf/pressStats/20091112_cruiseLines.pdf

Uniworld, which is a LL property (and one I HIGHLY recommend after taking a cruise with them last September) was the only river cruise company to be ranked on the entire Zagat Cruise Survey, and received honors in the categories of dining and cabins, and as such, shares these honors with some of the premiere ocean cruise companies in the world, such as Silverseas, Crystal, Cunard, Seaborn, and Windstar.

Message Edited by shygirl724 on 01-16-2010 11:30 AM

[omegaet]

shygirl724...interesting to look at the survey results. Apparently there was no room to include one of the most innovative cruise operators, which offers packages from time to time here on Luxury Link (guess the survey was focused only on major cruise lines).



What about Nomades of the Seas and their fabulous ship, Atmosphere http://www.nomadsoftheseas.com/



The Uniworld river cruise packages offered by LL continue to look interesting.