I'm currently on a 27 night European cruise in the Caribbean Princess. It's my 8th cruise on this ship and my 16th cruise on Princess.
As others have said, it is very subjective when it comes to rating a cruise. We enjoy Princess because it's not a party ship or children's playground. The food in the dinning room is good, not great. After the 3rd week it seems to be repeating the menu. Princess still services the staterooms twice a day, while several of the other cruise lines have gone to only once a day. They don't charge if you want an extra meal at dinner, something some other cruise lines are now doing. The cruising now is different than it was before COVID. The Cruise lines lost billions of dollars and their stock still hasn't recovered. I guess it's understandable that they have to recoup their losses some way.
If food is important than Celebrity is a good choice. Their Edge class ships are amazing. If your a true foody, Oceania is a great choice.
Virgin is unique in that everything except booze is included in the price. That includes gratitites, internet, specialty dining and some physical fitness classes. They are adult only. Don't let the hype fool you. The average age of people on my cruise were more over 50 than under. They don't have formal dining rooms. All their restaurants are specially restaurants. Everything from Italian, Mexican, Seafood, Steak, even Vegetarian/Vegan. We found every meal to be outstanding.
As you can see there are many things that makeup a cruise. I've only touched on a few of them.
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