Niniloo

Me and my husband are well cruised with Princess and we can’t wait to take our baby with us on her first cruise next year when she will be 14 months old! It’s a time for us to spend quality time together as a family, exploring the world, showing her the world and enjoying all the Princess amenities! They cater very well for babies, including providing baby food if requested, and the new Splash Zone on the Caribbean Princess looks amazing - Princess are extremely family friendly, they just don’t flaunt it publicly as much as other cruise lines so as to appeal to all audiences! We can’t wait to continue to enjoy our Princess cruises!

Maybe you should choose an adults only cruise line like Virgin Voyages instead of family friendly cruise lines like Princess if you are concerned children may ruin your experience 😏 Thank you to all those that have been extremely helpful in helping us to make our cruising experience wonderful with our baby! I can’t wait to show her the world and feel very lucky to allow her to experience things that other young children may be less fortunate to do so. Nina

Does anyone have any experience travelling on Princess Cruises with a baby and can share their experience? We are well cruised with Princess as a couple however we will be taking our baby on her first cruise in 2023 around the Mediterranean! She will be 15 months old. How are Princess with taking ready-to-drink milk on board? I sterilise bottles in a microwave, how do we go about this on the ship? How do you bath a baby in the shower cubicle (we have a balcony deluxe stateroom with shower only)? Can highchairs be provided in the dining rooms? Can pram/strollers be taken on Princess organised excursions (I believe I can use it around the ship)? Where did parents put their travel cot/crib in the stateroom (I have requested a travel cot/crib from Princess)? If there is anyone who is able to shed some light on these and their experience that would really help so I can be organised for our cruise! Very excited to take our little one on board! For some context, we live in the UK and will be embarking on the Enchanted Princess in Athens. Many thanks! Nina

Thanks for everyone’s help so far! Please do continue to provide me with your advice and guidance! My plans were going to be as follows: Milk - She will only be drinking milk in the mornings and at nighttime for bed. Otherwise she will be on food at other times. I will bring milk with me from home and luckily as we are from the UK and cruising around Europe, her milk is widely available if I need to buy it (as are her nappies/diapers) and bring it back onboard (which hopefully I can?). I want to bring supermarket baby food for her in jars and dry baby snacks from home which hopefully Princess will allow me to bring on board too? I may need to email them to confirm. I know everything can come with us from the UK to Greece where we embark, it’s whether the ship will then allow me to bring all of it onboard for her. For sterilising bottles, I may bring a UV sterilising bag if there’s no microwave available. I will bring a sippy cup too for water which I will get boiled already from a bar/restaurant on board and leave to cool myself. Bath - I may purchase the inflatable bath that “cr8tiv1” recommended. Sadly “dog”, upgrading to a mini-suite with a bath for us is rather expensive and a massive jump up in price from a Balcony Deluxe in the UK! Cruises are much more expensive in the UK than the other side of the pond we have found! Bed - Princess do provide a crib which I have already requested and I will use the Princess towels as a mattress cover/sheet and will bring blankets from home. Where we will put this crib in the stateroom I have no idea, perhaps near the sofa as there is more room and will be near me. Pram/stroller - Our pram/stroller is collapsible so hopefully will be ok on excursions and we will book many of the Discovery Family excursions via Princess. Surely Princess is very used to catering for babies in prams/strollers and I can always speak to the Shore Excursions desk when on board to confirm and ask if there will be any issues on the excursions. In Europe, infants sit on a parents lap in taxis/coaches/buses so no additional seat from me will be required. Shouldn’t be a problem on a tender too surely as they have to cater for wheelchair users too? It’s whether there’s any security or safety issues of a baby being in a pram/stroller on a tender. We can always collapse it and carry her on the tender if required. If anyone thinks I may have missed something from their experience please let me know! Thanks! Nina

Does anyone have any experience travelling on Princess Cruises with a baby and can share their experience? We are well cruised with Princess as a couple however we will be taking our baby on her first cruise in 2023 around the Mediterranean! She will be 15 months old. Can we use a pram/stroller on board and in the dining rooms? How are Princess with taking ready-to-drink milk on board? I sterilise bottles in a microwave, how do we go about this on the ship? How do you bath a baby in the shower cubicle (we have a balcony deluxe stateroom with shower only)? Can highchairs be provided in the dining rooms? Can pram/strollers be taken on Princess organised excursions? If there is anyone who is able to shed some light on these and their experience that would really help so I can be organised for our cruise! Very excited to take our little one on board! Many thanks! Nina