Cruising with a 10 month old

[brendanspop]

Trying to decide whether or not to cruise on RCI or Carnival with a 10 month old son. I know that RCI offers a special program for infants, but not sure if Carnival does or not. We've got a balcony room reserved on RCI - rear corner of ship - was told it's a larger balcony than most rooms in the category. Should we continue with RCI or consider Carnival?

[4boys4mom]

We took or 12 month old on Carnival last year and had no problems. They (Carnival) do not have a "program" for infants. Camp Carnival is open to children 2 years and up. They do offer babysitting for four hours (8-12) on port days and from 10pm-3am each night for $6.00 an hour. Good luck.

[brendanspop]

thanks for the reply! Also wanted to ask about sitting at a larger dinner table rather than a table for just us - I guess if our table mates didn't mind the baby there it wouldn't be a big deal, but it's not as social when you're on your own - thoughts?

[4boys4mom]

We had 10 in our last group so I didn't have table mates. For the most part I believe most people like children and as well as they are well behaved I shouldn't think you would have a problem. I have noticed that they seem to try to seat the people with children in one area.