Compare Yangtze River Cruises by Ship Size
Our ship size comparison of Yangtze River cruises are mainly based on ships’ cabin size and passenger capacity. In fact, sometimes the larger ship doesn’t mean a larger cabin you can get for there may be more passengers onboard, sharing the space with you.
Quit smaller than ocean cruising ships, ships served on the Yangtze are all designed according to fit the river condition, like the water level and river span through the gorgers. In this case, Three Gorgers Dam really plays an important role on ship design. For the water level raised higher after the Dam finished in 2006, the tonnage of Yangtze cruise ships turns to be larger than 10,000 tons.
So we divided Yangtze cruise ships into the following groups: the large ships built after 2006, and the middle-sized ships built before 2006, to show you the merits and demerits of the two kinds of ships.
The Middle-sized Yangtze Ships
- Ship lengths are mostly less than 100 meters.
- Gross Tonnages are mostly less than 6000T.
- Fewer passengers onboard with the capacity around 150 to 270 persons.
- None or only one elevator.
- With 5 or less than 5 deckplans onboard.
- Not all the ships have private cabins in every stateroom.
- The average cabin size (based on standard cabin): 18.615 sq.m.
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- Luxury middle-sized Ships
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Victoria Katarina
(5-star)
- Budget Middle-sized Ships
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Yangtze 1
(4.5-star)
The Large Yangtze Ships
- Ship lengths are mostly larger than 100 meters.
- Gross Tonnages are mostly more than 6000T.
- More passengers onboard with the capacity around 270 to 560 persons.
- Two or more elevators onboard.
- All the ships have private cabins in every stateroom.
- All are 5-star luxury Yangtze cruise ships.
- More public entertainment facilities like swimming pool, lounges and restaurants onboard.
- The average cabin size (based on standard cabin): 22.867 sq.m
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- The Largest Cruise Ships
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Century Legend
(5-star)
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Century Paragon
(5-star)
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President No.7
(5-star)
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President No.8
(5-star)
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Victoria Jenna
(5-star)
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Yangtze Gold 7
(5-star)
- The Ship with Largest Cabins
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Yangtze Explorer
(5-star)
- Other deluxe large ships
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Victoria Anna
(5-star)
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Yangtze 2
(5-star)
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Yangtze Gold 1
(5-star)
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Yangtze Gold 2
(5-star)
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Yangtze Gold 3
(5-star)
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Yangtze Gold 5
(5-star)
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Yangtze Gold 6
(5-star)
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