{"id":172263,"date":"2025-11-18T06:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/the-best-cruise-lines-for-families-couples-and-more-according-to-us-news-world-report-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T06:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:39:08","slug":"the-best-cruise-lines-for-families-couples-and-more-according-to-us-news-world-report-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/the-best-cruise-lines-for-families-couples-and-more-according-to-us-news-world-report-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"The best cruise lines for families, couples and more according to US News &amp; World Report &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When booking a cruise, <a href=\/story\/travel\/cruises\/2024\/06\/20\/best-cruise-lines-families-expeditions-river\/74126341007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>picking a cruise line<\/a> can be as important a decision as the destination.<br \/>U.S. News &#038; World Report\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.usnews.com\/cruises\/?src=usn_pr\" target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>2026 Best Cruise Lines<\/a> rankings offer a solid place to start. The media company rounded up the top brands across 10 categories, including operators catering to families, solo travelers and more.<br \/>&#8220;U.S. News Travel\u2019s offerings are continuously evolving to meet consumers where they are as they consider new destinations, adventures and experiences,&#8221; Nicola Wood, senior travel editor at U.S. News, said in a news release. &#8220;The 2026 Best Cruise Lines rankings recognize the top cruise lines in a variety of categories, allowing travelers to compare features, amenities and itineraries across multiple lines. Now, four brand-new ranking lists give even more comprehensive choices for cruisers to create their ideal experiences at sea.&#8221;<br \/>The list <a href=https:\/\/travel.usnews.com\/methodology\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>is based on<\/a> U.S. News editors\u2019 expert ratings, health ratings based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s Vessel Sanitation Program inspection scores and traveler ratings under license from Cruiseline.com and (with other criteria and cutoff points to identify qualifying lines and ships).<br \/>Here are the top three from each category.<br \/><em>Nathan Diller is a consumer travel reporter for USA TODAY based in Nashville. You can reach him at ndiller@usatoday.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxOYjFHVzcya3d4UTRlRTRIdWxTV2VRd0Y4RElBWHVHdklSZ2pyR21FRDlocU0xRXFJaFRJUVlscnNtUkFqU0xWZnRVaHlRbThtck5lcllHQTNoVEtTMFN6WDRRMGlFLVEtRy0yYlVKQ1YyYWswa203MjdGbl85a1BxQ0poeUFibEhlVUVfQXBuWlE0OU50SklYUHhCSmtxYjN6YWZrNkJQZVZoTlpHZ0lvM1VHSUpnZmd0WTIyNEhDaFZhcmRPLWc?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When booking a cruise, picking a cruise line can be as important a decision as the destination.U.S. News &#038; World Report\u2019s 2026 Best Cruise Lines rankings offer a solid place to start. The media company rounded up the top brands across 10 categories, including operators catering to families, solo travelers and more.&#8220;U.S. News Travel\u2019s offerings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}