Celebrity Cruise Line

Celebrity offers the best of two worlds: If you like elegance without stuffiness, fun without bad taste, and pampering without a high price, Celebrity is king.

With the most elegant big ships in the industry, Celebrity offers a refined cruise experience, yet one that is fun and active. Each of the line's ships is spacious, glamorous, and comfortable, mixing sleekly modern and vaguely art-deco styles and throwing in an astoundingly cutting-edge art collection to boot. Service is exceptional: An exceedingly polite and professional staff contributes greatly to the elegant mood. Dining-wise, Celebrity shines, offering cuisine and dining service that's a cut above all the other mainstream lines. Like all the big-ship lines, Celebrity offers lots for its passengers to do, but its focus on mellower pursuits and innovative programming sets it apart. Niceties such as roving a cappella bands lend a warmly personal touch, while expert-led seminars on personal investing, divorce-coping strategies, and handwriting analysis offer a little more cerebral meat than the usual. Celebrity gets the "best of" nod in a lot of categories: The AquaSpas on the line's megaships are the best at sea, the art collections are fleet-wide the most compelling, the cigar bars the most plush, and the onboard activities among the most varied. Celebrity pampers suite guests with butler service, and treats all guests to in-cabin pizza delivery.

Spectacular spas. Beautiful and well equipped, the spas on the Summit, Infinity, Millennium, Century, Galaxy, and Mercury are the best at sea today.

Above-average food. High-rated cuisine is tops in the mainstream category; in Millennium's Olympic restaurant it's truly unmatched.

Innovative everything. Celebrity's entertainment, art, cigar bars, service, spas, and cuisine are some of the most innovative in the industry.

Limited amenities on their older vessels: Horizon and Zenith.