moonhearts

Thanks, everyone!

Hi again! Thank you both for your helpful comments. I am going to have a discussion with my parents later but I've been reading over our itinerary more and I think that I will have more fun than I originally thought. Who knows, I probably need the relaxation time anyways.

Also, I have just reread my discussion and I just want to add that I did not mean to sound so cynical. I think that I was just a bit annoyed that I wasn't included in on the planning process. As to all Oceania frequenters, I wasn't intending to bash the cruise line. If you were to catch me in 20-30 years, I bet I'd love all the activities. Anyways, I am becoming more optimistic about the cruise and am actually starting to get excited (even though it is still over a year away :rolleyes:). After all, if you think about it, the cruise is just a nicer form of transportation, haha.

Hi everyone,

So as you probably can tell from the title, I am a teenager, and my parents have put down a deposit for Oceania's "Greek Isles" Cruise next year. I have read as many threads as I can find about kids on Oceania Cruises, and the only thing I have really found is that they are not meant for people my age. When I think of a cruise, I think of a fun, loud, and exciting atmosphere. This cruise that we will be doing seems to cater to an older crowd, which (hate to be rude) is not exactly my idea of a fun time. I am interested in the places that this cruise will be going, but a huge part of the experience for me is the time on board. You can probably imagine that I am less than excited about the lack of fun teen activities on board. Usually I am ok hanging out with an older crowd, but knowing me, I will be bored to tears if I had to attend some lecture and not see anyone my own age.

My (probably not so great) approach to this problem was recommending other cruise lines (for example, Royal Caribbean and NCL) that are more family-friendly and are better suited for teens. I found itineraries for these cruises that would almost match the one we'd be doing on Rivera, and I even wrote my parents a 5-page essay on why I think that this choice would be right for our family (I'm an only child by the way). In this I did address the $750 deposit fee. Since the other cruises that I found would be cheaper, it could even itself out. If they didn't like this, I even offered to help pay some of it off. Well, my mom was not too happy with me for suggesting going on another cruise. I really don't want to seem ungrateful, but I just feel she doesn't understand that I will not have fun on the trip. :(

Anyways, my question for you all is: do you think I should just do the cruise? Do any of y'all have tips on how to maybe convince parents to not go? I know I sound like a pompous brat; that was not my intention. Also, sorry if this is the wrong forum! I'm new here and I had no idea where to post this. If any of you Oceania-travellers could give me some insight of teens/kids on board, that would be much appreciated. Anything would be useful!

Thank you so much everyone