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Disney Cruise Line Recognized as the Top Large Ship Cruise Line in Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2025

Condé Nast Traveler readers ranked the best cruise lines in the world for the magazine’s 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards survey which received votes from over 757,000 readers. Disney Cruise Line retuned to the top of the list as the top Large Cruise Line in the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards for 2025. In the cruise category, voters evaluated more hundreds of cruise ships across multiple cruises lines.

Condé Nast says there’s one thing Disney Cruise Line does well, it’s hospitality. The company has taken every lesson it’s learned from its parks and resort operations and implemented that into its five cruise ships, including the 4,000-passenger ships Disney Dream, Disney Fantasy, and Disney Wish, which launched in 2022. The ships are designed for families through and through—there are numerous themed activities every day, from meet-and-greets to full-blown parties with Disney characters—but there are plenty of adults-only areas that provide a respite from little ones. The fleet currently sails the Caribbean, Bermuda, and Bahamas (where they make port at Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay), as well as Alaska, Canada, Europe, the Pacific Coast, and the Panama Canal. The newest ship in the fleet is Disney Treasure, which first set sail in December 2024, soon to be followed by Disney Destiny, debuting with a unique “heroes and villains” theme in November 2025.

According to Disney Cruise Line, the Readers’ Choice Awards, with their unparalleled legacy as the travel industry’s longest-running and most prestigious accolades from readers, remain the ultimate symbol and acknowledgment of excellence within the travel sector.

The full list of cruise line awards can be found here, some categories have more than 10 lines ranked. (the URL references 2014, but the content was published on October 7th)

Mega Ships (more than 4,000 passengers)

  1. Princess Cruises 88.71
  2. MSC Cruises 87.66
  3. Norwegian Cruise Line 87.48
  4. Line Royal Caribbean International 85.48
  5. Carnival Cruises 77.48

Large Ships (2,500 to 4,000 passengers)

  1. Disney Cruise Line 89.24
  2. Holland America Line 87.98
  3. Virgin Voyages 87.93
  4. Cunard 87.11
  5. Celebrity Cruises 86.74
  6. Norwegian Cruise Line 86.55
  7. Princess Cruises 84.11
  8. MSC Cruises 81.62
  9. Royal Caribbean International 79.56
  10. Carnival Cruise Line 76.19
  11. Costa Cruises 64.56

Medium Ships (500 to 2,500 passengers)

  1. Viking 94.66
  2. Crystal Cruises 93.09
  3. Silversea 91.78
  4. Havila Voyages 91.63
  5. Explora 91.58
  6. Regent Seven Seas Cruises 91.53
  7. Seabourn 91.19
  8. Hapag-Lloyd Cruises 91.17
  9. Oceania Cruises 88.3
  10. Hurtigruten 87.49
  11. Cunard 87.47
  12. Azamara 87.29
  13. AIDA 86.5
  14. Marella Cruises 85.51
  15. Holland America Line 85.06
  16. Disney Cruise Line 84.54
  17. MSC Cruises 84.17
  18. Norwegian Cruise Line 83.23
  19. Celebrity Cruises 82.36
  20. Princess Cruises 81.26
  21. Royal Caribbean International 78.34
  22. Costa Cruises 78.33
  23. Carnival Cruise Line 74.42

Small Ships (fewer than 500 passengers)

  1. Paul Gauguin Cruises 95.14
  2. Grand Circle Cruise Line 94.94
  3. Sea Cloud Cruises 94.32
  4. Windstar Cruises 93.86
  5. Ponant 93.26
  6. Heritage Line 93.71
  7. Cruise Croatia 93.12
  8. The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection 92.77
  9. Variety Cruises 92.16
  10. American Cruise Lines 92.02
  11. Sail Croatia 90.78
  12. SeaDream Yacht Club 90.26
  13. Seabourn 89.86
  14. Pearl Seas Cruises 88
  15. Star Clippers 86.39
  16. Emerald Cruises 85.33
  17. Silversea 84.77
  18. Regent Seven Seas Cruises 84.67
  19. Aranui 81.33

River Ships

  1. Viking 97.36
  2. Heritage Line 96.97
  3. Oberoi 95.71
  4. Tauck River Cruising 95.59
  5. Riviera River Cruises 95.21
  6. Grand Circle Cruise Line 93.94
  7. Pandaw Cruises 93.5
  8. AmaWaterways 93.34
  9. Avalon Waterways 93.24
  10. Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours 93.17
  11. European Waterways 93.09
  12. Delfin Amazon Cruises 92.99
  13. Uniworld River Cruises 92.8
  14. American Cruise Lines 91.39
  15. Aqua Expeditions 90.66
  16. Les Bateaux Belmond 88
  17. A-ROSA 79.8
  18. Emerald Cruises 79.25

Expedition Ships

  1. Metropolitan Touring 98.18
  2. Ecoventura 95.69
  3. Quark Expeditions 95.52
  4. Viking 95.51
  5. Aurora Expeditions 95.32
  6. Quasar Expeditions 95.28
  7. Overseas Adventure Travel 95.1
  8. UnCruise Adventures 94.84
  9. National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions 94.49
  10. &Beyond 94
  11. HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions) 93.68
  12. Seabourn 93.44
  13. Atlas Ocean Voyages 92.92
  14. Silversea 92.68
  15. Ponant 92.37
  16. Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours 92.33
  17. Australis 91.33
  18. Hapag-Lloyd Cruises 91.33
  19. Antarctica21 86.67
  20. Aqua Expeditions 84.63
  21. Alaskan Dream Cruises 83.94
  22. Celebrity Cruises 83

The Readers’ Choice Awards are announced in the November issue of Condé Nast Traveler, which can be found on news stands nationwide. For more on the Readers Choice Awards page and a complete list of awards visit www.CNTraveler.com/rca.
Appeared first on: Disneycruiselineblog.com

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