Going on a cruise this year? Check out the 2014 Cruise Ship Report Card

[Playinghardball]

Don’t let your vacation ruin the destination

Millions of Americans take cruise vacations every year. Yet, most travelers don’t realize that taking a cruise is more harmful to the environment and human health than many other forms of travel.

The 2014 Cruise Ship Report Card lets vacationers decide which cruise to take based on a cruise ship or cruise line’s environmental and human health impacts.

What can you do about it? You can choose a greener cruise!

All cruise lines are not the same. With our report card, you can choose a greener cruise! With new ships that can carry more than 8,000 passengers and crew, these floating cities pollute the air we breathe and the water we use and enjoy.

Friends of the Earth’s Cruise Ship Report Card compares the environmental footprint of 16 major cruise lines and 167 cruise ships.

View a PDF of the report card here: http://libcloud.s3.amazonaws.com/93/ac/7/4988/Cruise_Ship_Report_Card_2014.pdf

[hollysmom]

1. Sailed on the Harvey Gamage many years ago and I can rate it

It was very clean except the roaches in my room which was the hospitality room the day before. Put down some borax and they were gone.
The food was fantastic, You could sit in the kitchen and watch them cook it, well, the dining room, kitchen was the same room. Toilets were pumped out at the docks, the boats were registered in the US, we had to wear life preservers on deck when sailing at night, We sailed not motored most places, so little air pollution, Spent most of the time talking to the crew, so it was pretty transparent. I think there was a crew of 5 and 26 passengers on my trip. So much better than a big boat,

[CTyankee]

2. I did do a Vantage river cruise in Provence last year but the ship couldn't get past

Macon due to that storm in the Mediterranean and we had to be bused the rest of the trip due to the high levels of water (couldn't go under the bridges). No problems on the ship at all. It was very nice. Great crew and staff. The entertainment was lots of fun every night. They sent an offer of $500 off another cruise with them but I was done...trips just too expensive in the first place...

[still_one]

3. It is a strange report card since every cruise line evaluated gets an F for transperancy, how can

the other data be relied on as accurate?