Cruise Critic is the leader in shopping, planning and researching cruises. As the industry's top pricing authority, it offers more than 60,000 cruise deals and pricing options paired with over 1,200 professional cruise ship reviews. The site hosts the world's largest online cruise community, boasting more than 2 million members, 60M+ forum posts, and 700,000+ reviews and photos from cruisers themselves.
In 2008, Cruise Critic launched its U.K. site, CruiseCritic.co.uk. It launched its Australia site, CruiseCritic.com.au, in 2015.[3][4]
In 2025, the site averaged 5.6 million+ visits per month with over 2 million members.[5]
The General Manager is Mark Patscher and the Editor in Chief is Colleen McDaniel.[6]
Community
Cruise Critic developed the first online community in which cruise travelers could meet virtually to share tips, help each other plan and ask questions of fellow cruisers. The community has been active and growing since 1995.[7]
Cruise Critic's Roll Call tool, established in the early 2000's, was the first that allowed cruisers on the same cruise to meet virtually before sailing and plan for onboard get togethers. Its Meet & Mingle onboard events, in conjunction with cruise lines were also the first of their kind.
Cruise Critic's community includes more than 55 million opinions, reviews and photos from actual cruisers around the globe.[8]
Influence
Cruise Critic is the world's largest consumer cruise website, offering expert advice alongside tips from real cruisers.[9]
Its team of authoritative editors routinely speak about cruising with media including Good Morning America[10], TODAY[11], CNN[12], Fox Business[13], The Washington Post[14], The New York Times[15], Forbes[16] and AARP[17].
Cruise Critic frequently speaks at cruise industry and consumer travel conferences[18].
Developed in 2008, Cruise Critic's annual awards, The Best in Cruise Awards, were the first awards in the cruise industry to be decided based solely on review scores from cruisers. Since then, they have continued to grow and develop to include awards picked by its editors. The Best in Cruise Awards are among the most prestigious in the cruise industry.[19][20]
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