To date our best ever cruise was the north cape on NCL Jade. June 2008

A number of factors contributed to make this special.

Itinerary was mostly new to us and on the must do list.
It was the last cruise with my parents(although not planned that way)
We went with a group of great cruise friends.
We all stayed in suites(NCL suite perks are great)
It was reasonable cost even in the suites(£1500pp 12night).

We don't fixate on dates to remain flexable, that one fitted close to a Bday and parents delayed(1y+) 50th anniversary.

We still like the "us" cruises where we just jump on any ship and get on with it but one thing that cruise and a few other cruises have taught us is that the best most memorable special cruises combine multiple elements and that people are a very important to the ultimate success for us.

We continue lookng for that cruise of a lifetime but that one will be hard to better.