Thinking of a extended family cruise

[Clintshare]

Need help on this one. Thinking of a cruise for our extended family and have limited knowledge of ship cabin accomodations. There would be 4 families. Family #1 of 6 with 4 boys 13 down to 5. Family #2 of 4 with girl 7 and boy 5. Family #3 of 7 with adults in in early 20s, and three 13 year olds. Not knowing cabin space I assume 2 humans per cabin. Is that a valid assumption?

 

Cabin 1 for two adults (that would be us)

Cabin 2 for family #1 parents

Cabin 3 Family #1 children two of them

Cabin 4 Family #1 other 2 children

 

Cabins 5 and 6 for family #2

Cabins 7, 8 and 9 for family #3

 

Any other thoughts on arrangements?

 

And suggestions on how to set this up are solicited. Thanks

[DG2007]

You can have up to 4-5 people in a stateroom depending on the number of beds usually. Usually the rate is cheaper for passenger 3-5 than it is for #1 & 2, therefore cheaper to put as many people as possible (per the rules) in one cabin.

[kestrel]

I assume you are not talking about river cruises, which only have 2-person cabins. Ocean cruises have cabins for 3 or 4 persons. Some cruises even have cabins for 5.

 

We are a family of 5. When the kids were younger, we preferred connected cabins. Those are cabins next to each other with inside doors connecting them. We put the 3 kids in their own room, but kept the connecting doors open all the time. It was just like a large cabin but with 2 bathrooms.

 

Cruise lines probably won't let you book a cabin with all passengers under 18 (or 21). You may have to put each parent in a room during the booking. However, once you are on board, you can ask for extra room keys, and no one will check who actually stay in which room.

 

Therefore,

 

Family #1: Book 2 cabins with one parent in each cabin and 2 kids each. Try to see whether you can get connected cabins.

 

Family #2: Book 1 cabin or 2 connected cabins.

 

Family #3: Book 2 or 3 cabins.

[pacmom]

Most cruise lines demand an adult in the cabin with a child or children, so you might have to rethink your configuration. Good luck--it looks like a large project logistically.

[cb at sea]

If you need more cabins than you have adults, book over the phone....this happens alot and it's allowable, but you can't do it online. They really don't care who is in which cabin...they simply want to be assured that parents don't book rooms for a family, then the adults cancel out and leave the kids aboard! (I'm sure this has happened with older teens...parents trying to give their kids a cruise without them having to be there!!!)

[boulders]

Family #1: 2 connecting cabins with one being quad occupancy. Have the boys sleep in that room with the parents in a connecting cabin.

 

Family #2: One quad occupancy cabin. The kids are too young for their own cabin.

 

Family #3: One cabin for adults in early 20's . One cabin for older adults. One cabin for 13 year olds. Again, the 13 year olds should have a cabin connecting to or adjacent to (adjoining in cruise-speak) the adults. Total of 3 cabins.

 

You need a total of 7 cabins. Two of them need to be quads. One needs to be a triple or quad. One triple and one quad should be connecting to (or at least adjoining) the corresponding parents double occupancy cabin.

 

 

Need help on this one. Thinking of a cruise for our extended family and have limited knowledge of ship cabin accomodations. There would be 4 families. Family #1 of 6 with 4 boys 13 down to 5. Family #2 of 4 with girl 7 and boy 5. Family #3 of 7 with adults in in early 20s, and three 13 year olds. Not knowing cabin space I assume 2 humans per cabin. Is that a valid assumption?

 

Cabin 1 for two adults (that would be us)

Cabin 2 for family #1 parents

Cabin 3 Family #1 children two of them

Cabin 4 Family #1 other 2 children

 

Cabins 5 and 6 for family #2

Cabins 7, 8 and 9 for family #3

 

Any other thoughts on arrangements?

 

And suggestions on how to set this up are solicited. Thanks