Children on cruises?

I am sure you will all have a brilliant Disney cruise n&g and everyone onboard ,whatever their age ,will be expecting lots of excited children and be excited themselves probably. Have a wonderful time.
* granjura* you sound like my sort of person.

Thanks Synonymous I'm sure our little ones can be a pain but rarely outside ( they know better :-) ) . Even my girls (30 & 35) can be quelled with a look still lol

I like you already from that list Granjura !!

@Grandjura .have you no redeeming flaws?

Short, chubby, short silver hair, massive grin and wicked sense of humour- loves nature, wildlife, kids, young people, travel, rock, cultural mixes, liberal, free-thinker, positve fighter, open- stubborn, passionate ...

is that what you got ;)

You made you mind up quickly btw- or are you yet another 'recycled' member with a new name?

Ah how lovely Dandibelle- I feel all warm and fuzzy, thanks ;)

N&G you will have a great time and it sounds ideal and clearly 'horses for courses'. Anyone on a Disney cruise will expect excitement and will probably enjoy watching the children enjoying themselves.
If you are hoping to not be a bother to others it is a clear indication that you will not be a bother and everyone will have a lovely time.

Oh crikey !! And here we are in the process of planning a cruise with little ones.

In our defence , its a Disney Cruise so the children's facilities are excellent. Having said that our 2 will only be 4 and 6 so they wont be going anywhere on their own, even to kids clubs. On our watch , they're our responsibility so we will be enjoying the kids facilities too no doubt.

Ours are not the sort to run around willy nilly and upset people who are looking for a quiet time ( they don't do it here so why should they do it elsewhere?). Obviously in moments of high excitement they forget their 'indoor voices' but generally I hope we wouldn't be a bother to others.

BUT that IS why we have chosen a very child friendly cruise line.

Oh my goodness, that wasn't pleasant at all and quite unnecessary! Talk about getting the picture! Makes one wonder if there were actually problems and ticking off and this was a way of vicarious retaliation.

Yes I have the picture of you
Granjura ?
Over and out

Oh dear, 'those types' ? Fuddie duddies ? geriatrics' .? ..why is it not ok to give a
personal opinion based on personal experience. I am neither one of 'those types' , whatever that means, nor am I geriatric, not yet anyway , or a fuddie duddie, but we were on a cruise where there were no children's facilities yet nevertheless 150 children were onboard.
Of course all children are not hooligans and all parents do not sit drinking in bars all night and I did not say that. The children on our cruise had nothing to occupy them apart from running around with groups of other children, being noisy and overexcited as children can be, and not being careful of some of the less mobile passengers. I Have no doubt the adults were enjoying the cruise but they were not with their children all the time and were unaware of what was going on at times on other parts of the ship, generally in the evenings. No doubt the posters who have taken children on cruises and enjoyed themselves sensibly used those ships which provided for children, a different kettle of fish altogether.

We went to one holiday in Tenerife, making well sure we went mid September a long way from the end of school holidays. We had just looked after grand-children for 1 week, which we loved- but needed a good rest. We had kid's club doing the lambada and kareoke all day long next to and around the pool.

NO! We asked to be moved to another Hôtel - peace and quiet- bliss.

Our idea of a holiday with grandkids is to be in the woods, or by the sea- away from it all- exploring nature, looking at beach pools, doing sport and fun activities and games. Each to their own of course. If I ever di go on a cruise, it would be for a total cabbage holiday. For me, personally, a cruise with kids just does not compute.

No comment ?

Well yes- but. So when or rather if we ever take a cruise, we will make sure it's a 'no children' cruise. Especially if these days going out of term-time is no garantee.

And we are definitely not fuddy duddy, and we adore children.

Just annoyed me to presume all children are hooligans and parents are sat boozing all night.
Just saying .....

A bit below the belt that, really!

Agree with you grandmac. Our grandchildren are also well behaved and well supervised. Of course there are always 'those' types who should be on the fuddy duddy cruises. There's plenty of geriatric cruises to choose from ?

Have been on 2 cruises with children and grandchildren, the first time they were aged 9 months, 7 and 10, and the next time was 2 years later. Both holidays were a great success and the children were no trouble and had a fabulous time. The older ones joined the clubs and went there when they wanted to, the rest of the time they were swimming or doing other activities. The youngest one was spoiled by the staff and also enjoyed swimming in the little pools. Our children were well behaved and as far as I could see so were the many other children on board and I wasn't worried about their safety at all.

Remember they might be sea sick. We had friends who took children with them and this was the one thing they had not thought about and the kids were seasick.

Trouble is that the parents were upstairs in the bars while their children were running around unsupervised on other decks, affecting other passengers and parents appeared to be completely unaware of havock created, presumably thinking all were having a good time. This is our experience, others will have different views.

Children and cruise do not go together

My daughter, husband and 4 children ranging from 8 to 14 and my husband and me all went on a Caribbean cruise. We all had a fabulous holiday and we thoroughly enjoyed the company and fun of the family and grandchildren.

Other people's children on ANY holiday are a nightmare. I adore my 6 grandchildren but I make sure we take our breaks out of school holiday time as other people's children yelling & splashing are not my idea of a breaK!
If I take my GC away that is fine- I am expecting lots of children but I want a nice quiet beach/pool to read by all day & relaxing long evenings at lovely little local restaurants.
We do sometimes get Bulgarian (I think) families with smallish children but they are so well behaved & they tend to come out in the late afternoon when the heat is cooling down a bit & are delightful.
Never fancied a cruise (I like peace & quiet & not too many- if any-other British people)but I'm sure I'd spend all the time watching our for stray children in case of accidents & not relax. anyway.

We have cruised generally on ships which cater for older passengers with no children's clubs however some children are often aboard. The children formed up in age related groups and roamed the ship at will, running shouting and generally being a risk and nuisance to older passengers often with mobility and other problems. They seemed intensely bored and therefore got up to mischief. We didn't enjoy it either. The larger ships do have children's clubs and you often see them wandering around following a young person in charge but to my mind could easily get lost among the passengers. Choose cruise line carefully Ensure children are catered for onboard , but these are often the huge ships and personally I would not relax if my children/grandchildren were on board. In Terms of safety and also of everyone's enjoym,ent. I think they would be miles happier on dry land where they can safely run around and expend their endless energy.

Have been on many cruises. Royal Caribbean cater for all children's ages from nursery to teenagers. They have a wonderful time.
Princess cruises more for adults I would say.

It's a fantastic way to holiday. We always cruise and last year took our grandchildren (7 & 10). We all had a super time - choose a ship with a children's club (they nearly all have) and on days at sea you won't see them. We all enjoyed the ports of call (although grandson spent a lot of time shopping for Lego). They made lots of friends and cried when we had to say goodbye. 4 berth outside cabin if you can. Do it - you won't regret it.