About CruiseReport

Since 2002, CruiseReport has helped travelers make informed decisions about cruise vacations through independent, experience-based journalism. Over more than two decades, CruiseReport journalists Chris Dikmen and Rickee Richardson have sailed aboard more than 150 cruises representing 44 cruise lines, from intimate expedition vessels carrying fewer than 20 guests to the world's largest cruise ships. Those experiences span contemporary, premium, luxury, ultra-luxury, river, and expedition cruising across every major cruise region of the world.

Today, CruiseReport specializes in luxury and premium cruise travel for adults who travel as a couple.

We believe a cruise is more than a vacation—it's a significant investment of both time and money. Our readers often spend months researching before making a booking, and our mission is to provide the depth, context, and honest reporting they need to book with confidence.

Chris Dikmen and Rickee Richardson

Our Editorial Mission

CruiseReport helps adults who travel as a couple make informed decisions about cruise vacations and the premium travel experiences that surround them.

Through comprehensive buyer's guides, firsthand reporting, and objective editorial standards, we provide the practical insights experienced travelers need before investing in their next journey.

The CruiseReport Standard

Every CruiseReport Buyer's Guide follows a consistent editorial philosophy.

  • We evaluate real guest experiences, not promotional events.

  • We generally review regularly scheduled revenue sailings rather than short preview cruises because

  • they more accurately reflect the experience our readers can expect.

  • Every review is based on firsthand experience.

  • We explain not only what we observed, but why it happened.

  • We present both strengths and shortcomings so readers can make informed decisions based on

  • their own priorities.

  • We write for travelers who research before they book—not those looking for marketing copy.

More Than the Cruise

Exceptional journeys don't begin at the gangway.

That's why CruiseReport also covers the premium travel experiences that shape the overall vacation, including business-class air travel, luxury hotels, destination experiences, private transfers, rail travel, and carefully selected travel products.

Our goal is simple:

To help our readers create extraordinary journeys from the moment they leave home until they return.

Whether you're planning your first luxury cruise or your fiftieth voyage, CruiseReport is committed to providing the independent journalism and practical guidance you need to travel with confidence.

Cruise Lines covered since 2002

  • Seabourn Cruises

  • Sea Dream Yacht Club

  • Silversea Cruises

  • Swan Hellenic

  • Tauck River Cruises

  • Tauck Small Ship Cruising

  • UnCruise Adventures

  • Uniworld

  • Viking Ocean Cruises

  • Viking River Cruises

  • Virgin Voyages

  • Voyages of Discovery

  • Windstar Cruises

  • Abercrombie & Kent

  • AMA Waterways

  • America West

  • Aranui

  • Avalon Waterways

  • Azamara

  • Canondros

  • Carnival

  • Celebrity Cruises

  • Cruise West

  • Crystal

  • Cunard Line

  • Delta Queen Steamboat Company

  • Disney Cruise Line

  • Emerald Cruises

  • Great American Steamboat Company

  • Hebridean Island Cruises

  • Holland America

  • Innsersea Discoveries

  • Majestic America

  • MSC Cruises

  • Norwegian Cruise Line

  • Oceania Cruises

  • Paul Gauguin Cruises

  • Princess Cruises

  • Regent Seven Seas

  • Royal Caribbean

  • Royal Olympia