2025 has been… a year.
Nine cruises.
Seven ships.
Twenty awards up for grabs.
Welcome to the 2025 CruiseTubies — my incomplete, unofficial, highly subjective end-of-year awards show, celebrating the best, the worst, and the “how on earth did that happen?” moments from a full year at sea.
This is not a highlights reel.
This is not a brochure.
And it’s definitely not polite.
Inside you’ll find:
Shock winners I didn’t expect
Losers that physically pained me
Prestige awards that actually matter
One or two moments that nearly broke me
And a final category so prestigious it may never recover
No rankings.
No filler.
No mercy.
Some awards are glorious.
Some are brutal.
Some exist purely because I needed to talk about them.
And yes — one performance was so good it forced me to invent a new category.
Grab a drink, settle in, and let’s hand out some trophies.
Ladies and gentlemen… WE GO. 🚢🏆
00:00 Intro
00:18 Best Included Dining
00:49 Worst Passenger
01:43 Best Entertainment
02:18 Biggest Loser In Cruise Entertainment
02:39 Best Speciality Dining
03:09 Worst Speciality Dining
03:27 Best Buffet
03:34 Best Value
04:08 Worst Value
04:25 Best Venue
04:53 Best Crew Member
05:32 Best Gym
05:40 Best Prom Deck
05:48 Best Musical Performance
06:06 Worst Musical Performance
06:34 Worst Ship
06:54 Biggest Bullskip
07:14 Dullest Dishwater
07:30 Biggest Tearjerker
07:56 Best Cruisetuber