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Celebrity
Celebrity is another cruise line I rather like, despite the fact that its ships are considerably bigger than the smaller, more traditional ships I've mentioned elsewhere. Somehow, though, Celebrity manages to make the size work.
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Celestyal
Now for something rather different. Celestyal is a much smaller cruise line than Cunard or P&O, and its ships have a rather different feel. They are former car ferries, which might not sound terribly glamorous, but actually gives them a more intimate and informal atmosphere. This is cruising without too much fuss.
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Costa
And now we come down towards the budget end of cruising with Costa. This is a cruise line where you need to adjust your expectations a little, but if you do that, you can have a perfectly acceptable holiday without spending a fortune.
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Cunard
For me, Cunard is probably the closest thing to how I always imagined cruising should be. Before cruising became almost a form of mass tourism, I pictured ships that were a decent size rather than enormous floating cities, with a bit of style and occasion about them, but without having to spend the entire holiday dressed up and behaving like you've wandered into a five-star hotel.
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MSC
We come to the Marmite of cruising: MSC.
Some people absolutely love MSC. Others, like me, wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. In fact, there is a phrase that seems to crop up regularly among its detractors: MSC – Must Steer Clear. Make of that what you will!
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P&O
If Cunard is my idea of how cruising should be, then P&O is probably the next step down the ladder. It still retains some of that traditional British cruise feel, but is generally a little less formal and a bit easier to take as you find it.
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