Cruising site Cruise Critic held its first annual Cruise Critic Cruisers' Choice Awards, where it polled its readers on a number of topics related to cruising and Royal Caribbean did exceptionally well, especially in the large ship category.
Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas proved to be a real winner with fans as it swept the large-ship class with three category wins, as well as the top ranking for the overall category of Best Large Cruise Ship.
Royal Caribbean's winnings weren't limited to just Oasis of the Seas, it did very well in a number of category including the "Best Overall Cruisers' Choice Award", where four out of the top five ships were Royal Caribbean ships.
Here are the results where Royal Caribbean finished well in
Best Large Cruise Ships – 2,000+ passengers
- Oasis of the Seas
- Serenade of the Seas
- Celebrity Equinox
- Allure of the Seas
- Freedom of the Seas
- Celebrity Solstice
- Celebrity Eclipse
- Golden Princess
- Liberty of the Seas
- Jewel of the Seas
- Freedom of the Seas (5th)
- Liberty of the Seas (8th)
Best for Dining– 2,000+ passengers
- Oasis of the Seas (4th)
- Serenade of the Seas (6th)
Best for Embarkation - 2,000+ passengers
- Oasis of the Seas (1st)
- Serenade of the Seas (2nd)
- Allure of the Seas (6th)
Best for Entertainment - 2,000+ passengers
- Oasis of the Seas (1st)
- Allure of the Seas (2nd)
- Freedom of the Seas (4th)
- Voyager of the Seas (9th)
- Liberty of the Seas (10th)
Best for Families - 2,000+ passengers
- Oasis of the Seas (1st)
- Liberty of the Seas (2nd)
- Mariner of the Seas (6th)
Best for Fitness - 2,000+ passengers
- Liberty of the Seas (1st)
- Freedom of the Seas (2nd)
- Oasis of the Seas (3rd)
- Independence of the Seas (4th)
- Serenade of the Seas (7th)
- Mariner of the Seas (8th)
- Jewel of the Seas (10th)
Best for Public Rooms - 2,000+ passengers
- Oasis of the Seas (2nd)
- Serenade of the Seas (3rd)
- Freedom of the Seas (6th)
- Allure of the Seas (7th)
Best for Service - 2,000+ passengers
- Serenade of the Seas (1st)
- Oasis of the Seas (3rd)
- Freedom of the Seas (4th)
- Allure of the Seas (7th)
- Mariner of the Seas (8th)
- Voyager of the Seas (9th)
- Jewel of the Seas (10th)
Best for Shore Excursions - 2,000+ passengers
- Serenade of the Seas (6th)
- Voyager of the Seas (10th)
Best for Value - 2,000+ passengers
- Monarch of the Seas (5th)
- Radiance of the Seas (6th)
- Majesty of the Seas (10th)
