What do you expect in a cruise?

Question

Boring? Fun?

How are the activities be organized? I am planning to go on cruise on spring break. What kind of activities my kids can have in cruise besides swimming pool, arcade? How will they be organized or arranged?

Answer 1

There are all kinds of activities for kids on cruises. Ships have their own on-board TV channel and every day they will go through scheduled activities and the time and place for them. If your bringing kids along I highly recomend Disney cruises. For adults, its the same. There is always something to do, from activities to just sitting and watching the sea go by. I took a week long cruise and just relaxed for the most part, but was never bored

Answer 2

There are two factors to consider when planning a cruise (1) what activities are on ship, and (2) what port stops will be made that I will enjoy.

The activities on the cruise ship can be the most fun.  You did not say what cruise line or ship you are considering going on but regardless just about every line and ship has established FREE programs for kids. The cruise lines have professionally trained staff who develop and run programs for kids by age groups. These staff people supervise the kids in activities on ship all day and sometimes into the early evenings. The kids are grouped by age. Some ships have special areas where the kids go to participate in the activities. ALL OF THIS IS FREE !!

Royal Caribbean Cruise line calls their kids programs "Adventure Ocean". Carnival, for example, calls its kids programs for 10 year olds "Camp Carnival". Norwegian calls its kids programs for 10 year olds "Navigators". Other cruise lines also have programs for kids as long as there are at least about 20 kids cruising.

In addition to the supervised programs, many ships have special areas just for kids including shallower pools, water slides and play areas. ALL OF THIS IS FREE. Royal Caribbean cruise line has some of the best on board activities for kids including on various ships, ice skating or roller blading, mini-golf, table tennis, rock climbing wall, basketball court and on the new Freedom class ships, Liberty, Freedom and Independence of the Seas the flowrider where kids can body surf right on ship. These ships also have a special water park area just for kids called the H2O Zone which has a mini lazy river, a small pool, water cannons and lots of fun stuff just for kids.

You can read about the kids programs on each cruise line's web site; just click on the "On Board Activities" tab or link and look for kids and family stuff. The best cruise lines to go on for kids activities would be Disney, Royal Caribbean and Carnival. My recommendation would be Royal Caribbean.

For adults there are always pools and hot tubs and many ship have a Solarium (a cover area) with a pool and hot tubs for adults only.  This is in addition to the regular pool and hot tubs for everyone.  Some ships have water slides.

Ships have great gymnasiums with a variety of equipment.  The RC's Freedom and Liberty have THE best gyms I have ever seen on ships.

The cruise director will organize games and activities around the pool, especially on "at sea" days when there is no port stop.  They may also have a midnight party on the pool deck with a buffet, music and dancing one night.  Each night there will be a show and it is usually run twice so that no matter what time you go to dinner you can see the show.  If you go on the Royal Caribbean ships with the ice skating rink they will have a free ice show that is fabulous.

If you are a gambler there will be a casino, except on Disney ships.  Each day you will receive a "newsletter" type flier in your cabin that details the time and location of all of the activities on ship the next day.  So you will know what is happening and where.  Also, most ships will have a channel on the TV in the room that recaps activities for the current and next day.  If there is a port stop the next day most ships will have a presentation in the show room or a lounge that talks about where to shop; then this is repeated on TV.

Most ships these day have 2,000 to 4,000 passengers so things on ship are very well organized and in most cases the ship does not even feel crowded.

When you select a cruise consider that those going to the Caribbean will feature a lot of beach time and water sports related activities like snorkel, jet ski, para-sailing, or just swimming and relaxing on a beach.  If you go to Cozumel there is the opportunity to buy a tour to see Mayan ruins, if that's your interest.  If you go to Jamaica the two main attractions are a river raft float trip (not rapids) and the Dunn's River Falls climb.  If you want to do a lot of shopping then pick a cruise with St Thomas as one of the port stops.  Most Caribbean cruises have a private island stop where the ship takes food ashore for an all day beach party with games and entertainment.  Royal Caribbean has THE best private island I have ever been to at Labadee, Haiti.  Its a huge place that has multiple beaches and many activities.  RC's ships the Freedom and The Liberty which do both the Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries both have stops at Labadee.

Answer 3

What I expect is to get from point A to B, descent food & agood time. As for you kids each cruise line has a staff for actuvites for kids as well as adults. Each morning you will find a newsletter with the days activities as for ports of call as well as on the ship. You can also check with the staff members who plan things for kids they can give you a daily break down. Some cruise even give you a pager so that they can contact you. They are well organized and keep the kids saftey at the top of their list. It is always the adults who drink too much that cause problems not the kids.

Enjoy.

Answer 4

a lot of food

Answer 5

Yu dont  Expect Enything Just To Relax Basicly