Jon65retired Posted January 13, 2010 #1 Share Posted January 13, 2010 DH and I are considering several cruises in the next couple of months. What dates should we not book so that we're not on a ship full of kids during spring break? Thanks in advance for your answers. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted January 13, 2010 #2 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Feb 1 to Apr 15. May 15 to Sept 10. This assumes you want a cruise a week or less that hits a US port. If you go to Europe, Asia, South America, etc. you can go anytime and have few kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjs323x Posted January 13, 2010 #3 Share Posted January 13, 2010 You may also want to consider avoiding cruise lines that target young families like Carnival and of course Disney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruznliz Posted January 13, 2010 #4 Share Posted January 13, 2010 The longer the cruise, the less kids.:eek: Particularly stay away from the week before Easter and the week after Easter. Leaving from a foreign port is also a very good idea. Maybe one of the San Juan departures or a full Panama Canal cruise. Be creative with your planning. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamcruzin Posted January 13, 2010 #5 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I have always found mid May to be a good time to sail in the Caribbean with few kids onboard. I have actually taken mine out of school for a week at this time of year. They don't enjoy the trip if there are too many kids either. Last year there were only 19 teens sailing on the Caribbean Princess the week we went. Mine would have made it 21 if we would have brought them. I don't think I saw 10 children the entire week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 HappyCruiser Posted January 13, 2010 #6 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Even mid May seems to be an OK time since not to many kids are out of school at that point. During Thanksgiving we had 70+ kids of all ages on-board (10 day cruise) & you could hardly notice them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted January 13, 2010 #7 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Even mid May seems to be an OK time since not to many kids are out of school at that point. During Thanksgiving we had 70+ kids of all ages on-board (10 day cruise) & you could hardly notice them. Over Xmas we had about 550 kids under 18 on board and we could hardly notice them. A very nice surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon65retired Posted January 14, 2010 Author #8 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Thanks everyone for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adk0425 Posted January 14, 2010 #9 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Do NOT go in mid-February. We went on a Valentine cruise on RCI last year, left on the 14th and there were 700 children on board! :-( It seems that the NE schools get a winter break and mid-February is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosoxI Posted January 15, 2010 #10 Share Posted January 15, 2010 We were on the Crown over Thanksgiving with plenty of kids. They were not a problem at all. The snotty nosed 20 somethings were a different story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatka Posted January 15, 2010 #11 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Feb 1 to Apr 15. May 15 to Sept 10. This assumes you want a cruise a week or less that hits a US port. If you go to Europe, Asia, South America, etc. you can go anytime and have few kids. School vacation in New England this year will be during the third week of April. On the other hand Princess is very good with handling kids. We sailed twice during school vacation in hardly saw kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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