Crisp sails angle against a sky, blue as a dream. Teak decks warm the soles of your
bare feet. A staff member, gracious yet unobtrusive, seems to magically appear with an
ice-cold rum punch or an extra fluffy pillow just as you've thought of it. Your dress is
casually elegant - a style unique to Windstar where no jackets or ties are required. A
perfectly prepared salmon fillet is whisked onto the linen cloth before you, followed by a heavenly crème brulee'. Whether you select the 312 passenger Wind Surf or the 148 passenger Wind Star, Wind Spirit or Wind Song, you are in for a rare treat.
With a Top 3 ranking among all cruise lines (and #1 for destinations), in Condé Nast
Traveler's annual readers' survey, and a "Best of the Best" rating by Travel Holiday, Windstar offers all the reassuring comforts and amenities that luxury cruise passengers seek. In addition, readers of Travel & Leisure Magazine consistently rate Windstar Cruises as one of the best cruise lines in the world.
Crystal
Crystal's elegant ships, Crystal Harmony and Crystal Symphony are
uncommonly spacious, and offer a level of gracious and personalized service that is the equal of the world’s finest hotels. They offer a remarkable choice of worldwide cruise itineraries, as well as an unprecedented array of dining options, award-winning entertainment and unique onboard enrichment programs like the Crystal Visions Enrichment Lecture Series, Crystal Wine & Food Festival and Computer University@Sea.
Cunard
The Cunard Tradition, starting with Samuel Cunard, and stretching back almost 160 years to the first steam ships, is one of courage, integrity and great style. It follows the rise of the Industrial Age, the expansion of America and the growth of World Trade. Present though the
great conflicts of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Cunard Tradition has graced the lives of the great and famous and touched the hearts of the common man. To travel on one of the Cunard ships today is to experience a part of that heritage and return to an era of unabashed opulence from the golden age of ocean travel. Imagine it. Across the oceans, in the lap of luxury to fabled cities and idyllic islands on a voyage bound only for pleasure. Cunard, the tradition continues.
Maiden Voyage: 1969 (Southampton to New York)
Refurbished: 1999
Launched by: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Tonnage: 70,327 tons Length: 963 feet
Passenger capacity: 1,778
Suites - 2 Grand Suite and 185 Suites.
Grand Suites (2): 1,184 sq. ft.
QE2's two ultra-luxurious split-level apartments - 1,184 sq ft. Grand Suites, named after the most
illustrious Cunarders (Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth), are among the largest and most lavish suites afloat. Each Grand Suite features a bedroom with private verandah, walk-in closet, marble bathroom with both tub and shower. A double door leads to a dining area, which in turn adjoins a raised lounge, leading to a glass-covered conservatory and private, forward-facing deck area.
Christened 1973 as the Vistafjord. Refitted and renamed 1999.
Tonnage: 24,492 tons. Length: 627 feet. Passenger capacity:665
Single seating dining.
Caronia (Vistafjord) holds the coveted five-star rating from the 1999 Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising and Cruise Ships, five black ribbons from 1999 Stern's Guide to the Cruise Vacation, and a five-star rating from Fielding's Guide to Worldwide Cruises 1998.
Radisson Seven Seas
Radisson Seven Seas Cruises is the fourth largest luxury line, operating and marketing the six-star, 350-guest ssc Radisson Diamond, the six-star, 180-guest m/s Song of Flower, and the 320-guest m/s Paul Gauguin, which entered service in January 1998 as the most deluxe cruise ship ever based in Tahiti and French Polynesia year-round. The line also markets the five-star, 188-guest m/s Hanseatic, one of the most luxurious adventure cruise ships in the world. And, in September 1999, Radisson Seven Seas launched its newest ship, the m/s Seven Seas Navigator, in the same six-star tradition. Only Radisson Seven Seas Cruises offers such a broad spectrum of distinctive vessels and voyages, while upholding an uncompromising
standard of cruising excellence. Radisson Seven Seas Cruises is voted the "World's Best Small Cruise Line" for 1999, according to readers of Travel & Leisure magazine. The Radisson Diamond and Song of Flower have been awarded a six-star rating by Fielding's Worldwide Cruises, 1999. Song of Flower has been voted "Best Cruise Value" in luxury cruising for eight consecutive years by Ocean & Cruise News (1992 - 1999), and the Paul Gauguin has been given a six-ribbon rating by Stern's Guide to the Cruise Vacation for 1999. Radisson Seven Seas Cruises was also voted the "World's Best CruiseLine" for 1995 by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine.
Windstar
180 Degrees from Ordinary
Silversea
Breathtaking in every respect. Excellence in
every detail. Aboard Silver Cloud and Silver
Wind, the two most beautiful yacht-like ships
ever launched, you will discover a journey
beyond your expectations. A world of
easygoing elegance without an ounce of
pretension.
Perhaps that is why Silversea has received the
very highest awards from authoritative
guidebooks and publications: "Number One"
three consecutive years in Conde Nast
Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards; "World's
Best Small Ship Cruise Line" for two years in
Travel & Leisure's World's Best Awards; and a
coveted "Six Stars" from Fielding's Guide to
Worldwide Cruises for three years in a row.