Kids on Caribbean Cruise in January

[halifaxcruising]

We have never cruised Holland American and are looking at a Caribbean cruise in January out of Fort Lauderdale.

 

It seems that parents take their children out of a school at any given time these days and we we were wondering if anyone can comment on whether we are likely to encounter kids on one of these cruises that time of year.

 

We are looking for an adult vacation.

 

Thank you.

[CruiserBruce]

If it is a 7 day cruise, kids are a definite possibility. Greater than 7 days, the chances decrease.

[candbgirl]

But since it's in January, after the holidays, you probably won't have too many.

 

 

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[Tananda]

We did a spring break cruise on the NA this year. I was prepared for lots of kids but only saw a handful who were extremely well behaved. I would assume there would be even fewer in January.

 

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[Krazy Kruizers]

Many children are now home schooled.

We have cruised in January -- only about 4 or 5 children on the ship.

[ski ww]

We had our 7 yr old great grand daughter on a 21 day New Years cruise & there were lots of kids on the ship. The kids spent all their time at Club HAL during sea days, in port we went ashore. The Lido pool, inside is for kids. The Sea View Pool out back is for adults only.

Allan

[Jacqueline]

In January, no.

[Keith1010]

Once you get past around January 7 you should not see a lot of children on board for the rest of the month. Yes, some that are not in school and some that are being home schooled but overall not many.

 

Keith

[DCLCrazy]

We have never cruised Holland American and are looking at a Caribbean cruise in January out of Fort Lauderdale.

 

 

 

It seems that parents take their children out of a school at any given time these days and we we were wondering if anyone can comment on whether we are likely to encounter kids on one of these cruises that time of year.

 

 

 

We are looking for an adult vacation.

 

 

 

Thank you.

 

 

 

87,000+ children in Florida alone are homeschooled (including mine). We love the ability to travel on off peak seasons. With that being said, we would never choose HAL to sail on. So if you are not a fan of cruising with kids, then I definitely recommend cruising a line that doesn't encourage kids to join them, aka has a very small if not any kind of kids club at all on board.

 

 

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[blizzardboy]

We have never cruised Holland American and are looking at a Caribbean cruise in January out of Fort Lauderdale.

 

It seems that parents take their children out of a school at any given time these days and we we were wondering if anyone can comment on whether we are likely to encounter kids on one of these cruises that time of year.

 

We are looking for an adult vacation.

 

Thank you.

We have cruised several Januarys in a row, usually in the last two weeks of the month. We have seen very few school age kids, although it seems to me that there were some Canadian kids due to their school schedules differing from those in the USA. I agree with previous poster, it was no more than a handful.