Carnival with a baby???

[jimdicap]

Hello! I have been on 6 cruises so far....none with carnival. My wife and I are considering carnival, but we have a 1 year old (at cruise time). Does anyone have good information to share concerning the view of carnival as a "party ship". Anyone have inappropriate stories? Positive ones? Anything to help aid in my decision......also, we are considering Liberty, in case anyone has ship specific stories.

Thanks!

[jam82]

We took our almost one year old on the Carnival Ecstasy and I will say that it was a learning experience. However, our son is not yet three and he has been on 7 cruises. All in all, we had a great time. You just can't expect the same cruise as you did before having a child. It was a party ship. I think I will be more concered with that as he gets older.

 

As far as inappropriate, the 4th night of the cruise our drunk table mates said, "Oh &^%$*, there's a baby over there." Our baby had been to dinner every night and we had been friendly with the people. Since our baby was in the stroller asleep every night I guess they hadn't noticed that he was there. Our son slept through it and we had fun. Inappropriate, yes, but the baby didn't know any different. Go and have fun.

[A&Jfamily]

I have cruised with my kids on CCL since my youngest was 2 and oldest 8. I think CCL is a "fun ship" not a "party ship" as their old reputation suggests. Personally, I prefer them over RCCL. And what I love about CCL is they take the 2 yo, potty trained or not, into camp. My son had a blast.

 

Personally, I waited until my DS was 2, just so I could use camp for some adult time, and he had plenty of things to entertain him. Before that, we stuck to things like a beach house or hotel where we had more space.