Going on a Cruise with Kids ?

[bestinshow]

We're thinking of going on a cruise with child ( 10 years old ), neither of us have been on one bedfore. A couple of questions / opinions please - suitable for a child, and cost ? Is it a case of spending a lot whilst onboard or are most thing included ?

Any experiences or recomendations appreciated
Thanks

[DavidY]

Get a modern ship, like the NCL Epic, and they will be fine, pools, slides, kids clubs, kids entertainment, all included, and more importantly one of the restaurants is open 24/7 allowing any hunger pangs at any time to be sorted.

[J1JPE]

Dont do it.

Cruise ship is a floating germ box

Unlikely to be many / any other English speaking kids on board

Days at see with a 10 yo bored, running around, bombing the bathtub size pool with no (very expensive) wifi

Hell for you & the kid

Wait until late teens ...

[DavidY]

Disagree!!

Has two fantastic cruise holidays with 11/9 yr old and 12/10 yr old,plenty of English speaking kids on board (Caribbean and Med Cruises)

[smifffymoto]

Never been on a cruise but how about Disney cruises?

[bestinshow]

Thanks for the pointers, ~I'm still interested in one and I've heard Royal Caribbean are what r are looking for.

Thanks again

[COLONEL_SMITH]

Went on a P&O cruise last year with my niece and nephew ages 15 & 12..Never saw them for after day 2 unless they wanted a drink or food...loads for them to do..I was the one who was bored

[Aydogflipper]

J1JPE said:

Dont do it.

Cruise ship is a floating germ box

Unlikely to be many / any other English speaking kids on board

Days at see with a 10 yo bored, running around, bombing the bathtub size pool with no (very expensive) wifi

Hell for you & the kid

Wait until late teens ...

Even if cruising out of the uk? Haha

Do it, i did two cruises with my son, both with P&O albeit he is a lot younger than yours.

There were loads of kids on board, plenty to do at sea and really couldnt complain at all with kids facilities.

[llewop]

bestinshow said:

Thanks for the pointers, ~I'm still interested in one and I've heard Royal Caribbean are what r are looking for.

Thanks again

I've been on a few Royal Caribbean ships - they have areas set aside for the kids, part of the entertainment team concentrate on looking after the kids, programmes for them, for all ages.

Can't comment on how the kids enjoyed it, we don't have any! But they see certainly seem to go out of their way to ensure the kids have a good time.

Even without the above, pools, entertainment decks and (on their larger ships) ice rinks, I'm sure you're kids would be fine.

As for the comment on how many might speak English - on a British based ship there will be plenty of Brits; if it's a US cruise line, there will be plenty of Yanks too. besides, in my experience, kids seem to cope without a common language better than we do - they just get on with it!