| Title: | CRUISE TRAVEL |
| Moderator: | XANADU::FAMULARO |
| Created: | Thu Aug 04 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Dec 12 1996 |
| Last Successful Update: | Tue Dec 31 1996 |
| Number of topics: | 562 |
| Total number of notes: | 2834 |
Extended family members are trying to coerce my husband and I to taking
a seven day Carribean cruise with them next February. We have cruised
before and loved it but that was prior to two kids. If we went, we'd
want to take our children. Crazy perhaps? They would only be 3 1/2
and 1 1/2. Are we out of our minds? What ships would you recommend?
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 495.1 | I would wait, too young | MAY30::CULLISON | Fri May 20 1994 17:15 | 36 | |
We took our daughter just before she turned 3 on the Disney Cruise.
They really had nice programs for the kids but she was just a little
too young to stay with the program without us. Basically she was
with us all the time. I would say your 3 1/2 year old might be old
enough but the 1 1/2 year old will be with you all the time anyway.
Because of the young age there is not that big of advantage to a
cruise with a stronger kids program. These programs can work really
well with kids 4 and up and some a little younger.
If you do consider a cruise pay attention to the extra cost for
the two kids. Some cruise lines have very high add on prices for kids
and others are more reasonable, basically some discourage kids by
make the extra cost high. So what might be a great deal for the
other members of the party may be lousy for you.
A standard cabin with two extra bunks above is not my idea of
a great time with two little ones. It will be very busy in there all
the time.
You could probably have a pretty good time but it is likely to
be very expensive and will be nothing like your cruises before.
We only took our daughter once in 88 when 3, all of our other
cruises have been with her staying home with relatives or a close
friend who she liked a lot. She ends up having as much fun being
home with another family than going on a cruise. At 1 1/2 and 3 1/2
there is no value added to a kid to being on a ship except being
with mom and dad. Quite frankly I was nervous with my 3 year old
because there are places on ships where the railings have large
gaps and maybe I worried too much but I was afraid of my kid
falling through and overboard.
Harold C.
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| 495.2 | ASABET::TRUMPOLT | Liz Trumpolt - 223-7195, MSO2-2/F3 | Fri May 27 1994 11:45 | 17 | |
My husband and I took our son who at the time was 3 1/2 on a cruise to
the Western Carribean last year on RCCL's Majesty of the Sea's. RCCL
charged us half of what we paid for my son. He had a great time and we
kept him with us most of the time as he was still a little to young to
go off with the kids group they had. Most ships do offer babysitting
services at night so you and your husband can go off to a show or to
the casino or disco. My son also like visiting the different ports and
found them intersting. He still talks about it to this day.
The Disney cruise on the Big Red Boat is also nice and more geared
towards kids, even tho RCCL does have things for the kids to do. I
would suggest checking in with your travel agent to see what cruise
lines are good for kids. That is what my husband and I did and we
decided to go with RCCL mainly becasue my husband didn't want to spend
his whole cruise with Disney charecters.
Liz
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