Ship reviews
- ★★★★½
- Cruises
Giant ship’s premium section may have ruined all future cruising for me
This is one of the largest cruise ships in the world, but thanks to MSC’s Yacht Club, a weeklong voyage around the Mediterranean is experienced in a lap of luxury.
- Michael Ruffles
- ★★★★
- Cruises
Bigger, bolder and still affordable. The new star of the seas
Elegant and stylish, but always approachable and comfortable: that’s Princess Cruises in a nutshell. It’s not a “hip and sexy” cruise line, nor is it trying to be.
- Kristie Kellahan
- ★★★★ ½
- Cruises
The verdict on luxury hotel brand’s new ship (or should that be yacht?)
If ever there was a ship – sorry yacht – designed to appease cruise-sceptics, or even cruise-despisers, Luminara is it.
- Anthony Dennis
- ★★★★
- Cruises
Cruise line’s new ship is a leap forward in luxury
You’ll rarely queue for anything on this ship that hits the sweet spot – it never feels too big, or too small.
- Sue Williams
- ★★★★½
- Adventure holidays
New Australian ship is a perfect match for our wildest waters
The first cruise of Aurora Expeditions’ Douglas Mawson was meant to circumnavigate Tasmania, but wild weather led the expeditioners on a different, but just as eventful, route.
- Julie Miller
- ★★★★½
- Ocean cruises
Here’s what happens when you let 140,000 passengers help design a ship
From a hidden 1920s speakeasy to a high-tech theatre and expanded suites, Celebrity Cruises’ fifth Edge-class ship has arrived.
- Fiona Carruthers
Former P&O ship has a new name, but needs a proper makeover
The ship is older and some areas remind you of visiting your parents’ place: everything is neat, clean, and in good condition, but it’s also increasingly dated.
- Shaney Hudson
- ★★★★
- River cruises
This Aussie ‘space-ship’ is the definition of smooth sailing
Solid, reliable, service-oriented and all-inclusive, the Scenic Pearl delivers.
- Justine Costigan
- ★★★★½
- Cruises
French-designed ship is a floating masterpiece cruising our waters
A marina that folds down like the roof of a smart sports car? Here’s a ship where adventure meets luxury, and each is delighted with the other’s company.
- Jim Darby
- ★★★★★
- Luxury holidays
This Australian ship takes European river cruising to a new level
An almost a century-old hand at international and domestic travel has unquestionably raised the level and quality of design for river ships with this new offering.
- Anthony Dennis