TotallyNotARobot

I'm 32 and my wife is 30, I'm in aviation and my wife is in property management those are our demographics. We have cruised Royal, Carnival and NCL. What's your definition of right crowd? We like meeting and hanging out with people or age, we drink a lot, we enjoy the shows and the comedy routine. I think that Royal and Carnival both do a great job at this. I'm pretty loyal to Royal, my wife, before she met me as all Carnival. I think any ship from the Freedom class on will suit you just fine. I find that my favorite time of the year to cruise is Sept-early December or January through April. Hope this helps.

What you are describing seems like our scene. We dont drink a lot, but I typically like to enjoy at least a couple drinks each night. I was initially thinking about booking something for February 2018.

7 day Caribbean cruises with Royal will have small children up to adults in their 80's. Can't be avoided.

Just to clarify, I dont want there to be none of them. I just dont want to be on a cruise where I am overwhelmed by either. I have been told that comes down to picking the ship/itinerary/time of year, but I dont know what to pick.

Hello Everyone!

I know this gets asked, but I couldn't find a good thread in my initial search. My wife and I are both 30 and are looking to do our first cruise on Royal Caribbean. I have only done one other cruise, which was on Disney Cruise Line. Disney had WAY too many kids and they don't seem to enforce the kids staying out of the 18+ areas, so never again.

I am overwhelmed with the number of ships and cruises offered by RCL. I am currently looking to spend $2-4K for the two of us. We want to take a week-long Caribbean cruise. My main objective is finding a ship/date/itinerary which will have the right type of crowd. We are looking for something that would be a good balance of people in their 20's-50s, trying avoid raging parties/kids/elderly.

If anyone has experience with Disney Cruises as well, please let me know of anything major I should be aware of that is different. As I have only been on that one other cruise, I am a bit clueless.

We are flexible to travel any time of the year. What would be the best ships and time of year for us?

Thanks!

Having worked in sales in what feels like a past life, the fastest way to escape the "overcoming objections" cycle is to make yourself ineligible.

For example, at a timeshare pitch they will always keep trying to turn a no into a yes. That's literally what they get paid for, the space between your first "no thanks" and the sale. If you ask them something like "can I still get timeshare financing while I'm in my chapter 7 bankruptcy?", you will dust flying as they run away from you.

The same concept works for any salesperson. Make yourself ineligible to buy what they are selling and they will stop bothering you.

I would also ask this on the RC forum, where you will reach more folks with direct experience on RC: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=83.

 

I also wanted to welcome you to Cruise Critic.

Thanks! I'll post it over there as well.

Ok so I'm new to cruising. My wife and I recently went on our first cruise for our honeymoon. We did a Disney cruise because we both love Disney world, and they had great reviews for guest service, entertainment, etc.

I should have known better, but I didn't prepare for the amount of kids on the ship. The internet made me think the adult spaces were more secluded than they were in reality. I was also dissapointed in the entertainment. There wasn't ANYTHING adult appropriate before 10pm on the Disney ships, and people had their babies in the 18+ bars all day. We won't be doing Disney again.

I am trying to find the right cruise line replacement. We are both 30. We're fun, but not crazy partiers. I would love to be cruising with mostly 25-45yr old people that like to have a few drinks and dance and such, but I'm not looking for a frat party.

How do royal Caribbean oasis ships compare to Disney in terms of number of kids and adult entertainment?

Any other advice is helpful for us to find a cruise that would suit us better.