MORRISTOWN, N.J., Feb. 23 -- The world's first completely
smoke-free cruise ship, Carnival Cruise Lines' Paradise, offers an outstanding
value for bargain-hunting vacationers, based on its review in the February
issue of CruiseReports newsletter. The Paradise scored a record-high 10.9
score on the newsletter's signature Value Index.

In fact, the Paradise is the first cruise liner to break the 10-point mark
in the Value Index, which weighs some 30 attributes against published cruise
prices for the ship. Scores for comparable ships reviewed in the Resort
Cruise category have ranged from 6.2 to 8.2 points.

The CruiseReports Quality Rating for the Paradise, representing the average
of the 13 qualitative evaluations by passengers, was 8.8 points out of a
possible 10. Quality Ratings of previously reviewed ships in the Resort
Cruise category have ranged from 7.9 to 9.2 points.

The latest issue of CruiseReports also includes reviews of the paddlewheel
river cruiser American Queen in the Tour Cruise category, and the luxurious
Silver Cloud in the Lifestyle Cruise category.

CruiseReports bases its ship reviews on evaluations from multiple volunteer
(unpaid) reviewers, who rate the ship on 13 specific points and provide
written comments about their cruise experiences. The newsletter averages the
numerical ratings received to produce the composite ratings published in each
issue along with verbatim quotes from the reviewers' comments.

Each monthly issue of CruiseReports features full reviews of ships
representing each of the three primary categories of cruise vacations --
Resort Cruises; Tour Cruises; and Lifestyle Cruises. Each review also
includes benchmark ratings comparisons with two previously reviewed ships in
the same category.

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recommendations and commentary from award-winning cruise experts and insiders.

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