There is no time like today to start dreaming about your next cruise vacation. 

Celebrity Cruises just announced their Spring into Summer Sale, which is good for most itineraries between May 3, 2023 and April 30, 2025. 

In early 2023, my whole family went on our first cruises with Celebrity. I went on a 4-day Key West and Bahamas cruise with my sister Allie onboard Celebrity Silhouette whereas my mom and dad went on an 11-day Panama Canal and Southern Caribbean cruise onboard Celebrity Edge.

While the main purpose of any vacation is to take a break from your everyday life, you cannot forget to act with common courtesy. 

During your cruise vacation, it may seem obvious to show respect and consideration for other passengers and crew members. There are, however, some other rules of cruise ship etiquette that are good to know prior to getting on the ship. 

Here are 20 rules of cruise ship behavior to prepare you for your next cruise. 

A suite with no balcony, does that even make sense? This was my initial question when I learned that MSC Cruises has inside cabins in their Yacht Club section. The European cruise line has developed a premium ship within a ship concept that they describe as an onboard sanctuary that provides an all-inclusive experience. And the interior cabin option has tons of unique benefits at a lower cost than a traditional suite. I was intrigued, to say the least. 

Norwegian Cruise Line is one of the most popular mainstream cruise lines in the industry. This cruise line has a large fleet with 18 vessels sailing around the world.

While I’ve mostly sailed with Royal Caribbean in my life, I’ve been intrigued more recently by Norwegian Cruise Line. The cruise line’s focus on accessible luxury and exotic itineraries is very appealing to me. For example, Norwegian Cruise Line is the only mainstream cruise line to offer frequent sailings around Africa - and I’d love to try one of these soon!

Cruising is one of the best ways to travel. Not only can you see multiple destinations without ever needing to unpack your suitcase, but cruising is an affordable, nearly all-inclusive style of vacation.

A standard cruise features seven-night itineraries, but you can find a variety of sailings that are both longer and shorter than this. You can even take cruises that sail around the world for hundreds of days!

Florida has five cruise ports that see millions of passengers each year, all of which are within four hours of Orlando, where you can find eight major theme parks.

Norwegian Cruise Line is one of the most popular mainstream North American cruise lines and offer cruises to destinations across the world on their fleet comprised of 18 ships. 

If you are sailing on a Norwegian cruise in the upcoming future, you might be debating on purchasing one of their drink packages. 

Looking to book a cheap cruise but do not know where to start?

Thanks to the internet, there are seemingly endless resources to help you plan a cruise vacation. There are ship tours on YouTube, Reddit forums, shore excursion reviews, Facebook groups, and more. These, however, do not really help when it comes to the initial booking process.