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When I started the Cruise Addicts website in 1999, our cruise forums were a vital part of our community and continue to be today. I keep seeing articles about other cruise forums created besides ours. Could this be true? So, I searched the interwebs and found some I’d like to share with you.
Best Cruise Forums
With my hypercritical eye, I created what I feel is the best list of the top cruise forums today.
Cruise Forums are a great way to connect with fellow cruisers and learn the latest tips and tricks. Whether you’re a new or seasoned cruiser, a cruise forum is a great way to meet new people. You can ask specific questions related to a particular cruise brand on a sub-forum or general questions in a general topic forum.
Why Use Cruise Forums?
Some forums have sub-forums for roll calls, allowing cruisers to meet fellow cruisers on a specific cruise line’s sailing. For example, if you cruise aboard the Carnival Vista on a particular date in July, you can find this roll-call post, meet new fellow passengers online, and maybe meet up for a drink or get-together.
Here Are the Best Cruise Forums to Join:
1. Cruise Addicts
Cruise Addicts and its popular cruise forum were established in 1999 and are celebrating their 25th year as one of the original online communities on the Internet. The forums contain different categories of the major cruise lines and relevant topics. They have an incredible amount of information—over 1.7 million posts.
The Cruise Addicts site is also unique in that it asks if you would like to use the APP version of the site, making it easier to connect from your smartphone.
2. Cruise Critic
Cruise Critic started in 1995 on AOL and later moved to its current web-based home. The online community has become the largest and most popular cruise forum and one of the originators of the ‘roll-call’ forum and onboard meetups.
3. Royal Caribbean Blog
Royal Caribbean Blog and its forums are an unofficial site created to discuss everything about Royal Caribbean. The forums and site as a whole are trusted sources of information for fans of Royal Caribbean International cruises.
4. r/Cruise
In recent years, Reddit.com’s cruise-focused subreddit, r/Cruise, has grown to 595K plus members. So, we can’t ignore this incredible collection of cruisers sharing information via this forum-like platform.
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You can also check out other cruise line-focused subreddits on r/RoyalCaribbean or r/CarnivalCruiseFans.
5. Cruise Hive Boards
The Cruise Hive Boards is a great forum focused on the major cruise lines and another great option for meeting new cruises and learning from them. The site is also an excellent resource for cruise news and information.
6. DIS Boards
DIS Boards is an incredible message board focused on all things Disney. Of course, it has a section dedicated to Disney Cruise Line. You can find meet-ups, trip reports, and more. The forum has well over 63M messages and 601K members.
7. TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor.com has its cruise forums with many posts and active users. The page’s right sidebar also has a nice collection of “Top Questions about Cruises” that some users might find helpful.
8. Cruise Community (UK)
The Cruise Community Forum is heavily focused on UK cruising topics. The forum has become a leading resource for UK cruisers to share information and learn from fellow cruisers.
9. Fodor’s Cruise Forums
A trusted name in travel, the Fodor’s Travel site includes a cruise forum section that discusses cruise travel.
10. Cruiseline.com Forums
The Cruiseline.com forums is a very active community loaded with many forum topics that are a great resource.
Final Thoughts
Cruising is a remarkably social travel experience and a great way to meet new friends and socialize with friends and family. Cruise forums are an extension of this and have allowed fellow cruise travelers to continue their friendships and conversations once the cruise has ended and the planning for the next one begins. They also allow you to learn more about cruise travel from members of the forum and make great friends. I’ve seen it firsthand on the Cruise Addicts forums.
Forums have allowed members to share daily updates, breaking news, and trip reports directly from the ship years before social media existed. Forums have stood the test of time and are now well over 25 years old, with no end in sight. Forums and groups continue to be popular as people want to connect.
