The results of the 2014 Conde Nast Readers poll have been tallied, and once again Disney Cruise Line commandeered the top 3 spots in the Large Cruise Ship category. Moving up from the number 8 spot in 2013, the Disney Fantasy was named the #1 large cruise ship in the world for 2014. The Disney Wonder and Disney Dream remained in the 2 and 3 spots. The re-imagined Disney Magic dropped from the top of the list to fifth place.
The Disney Fantasy finished almost a full point ahead of the the others. The Disney Dream and Disney Wonder were only separated by a two tenths of a point. Based on the 2013 Reader’s Poll, the Disney Fantasy had the most ground to make up, and she did so by improving in each category. While Disney’s newest ship topped the list, the flagship, Disney Magic fell four spots from the top this year. The Disney Magic saw an improvement in the food category, but dropped in almost every other category.
For the 2014 Readers Poll, Condé Nast Traveler readers rated 440 ships on a 100-point scale. Each ship was evaluated on seven criteria: Activities/ Facilities, Cabins, Crew/Service, Design/Layout, Food/Dining, Itineraries/Schedule, and Shore Excursions. Only ships that received a required minimum number of responses from the 79,268 participating readers were eligible to be included in these rankings.
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