Spring break

[esper10]

Hi all, we are planning a cruise for 4 days in the Inspration out of Long Beach. We are seniors and don’t want to during spring break. We plan on going from April 9 to April 13 is it spring break time especially in California? Thanks

[Saint Greg]

A good way to tell is by the prices. If the prices are really low it's probably not spring break.

[famof4togo]

Spring Break can vary all thru March and April...hard to say...plus college is different then HS etc....my own kid is in So Cal and his spring break is from Marc. - 23 - April 10th but a friend who is in the very next town has totally different weeks so its hard to say....that being said we cruised Spring Break last year and had no problems and are cruising Spring Break again this year....

[Saint Greg]

A good way to tell is by the prices. If the prices are really low it's probably not spring break.

 

 

Example. I'm cruising the week before our spring break. If you look at a basic interior for 3/4 on the Breeze it's $479pp. If you look at the next week it jumps up to $869...spring break.

[SadieN]

That time of year there will be more kids. There will be quiet areas but you’ll have to hunt them out. The little decks behind the buffet are usually ok, as is the deck above the Lido. Stay away from the pool, it’ll be crazy there.

Best time for no kids would be from after Thanksgiving thru February, excluding holidays.

 

These cruises are called booze cruises for a reason.

 

Ensenada will be wild. There will be many places to avoid the crowd.

 

 

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[Madhatter12]

I live in LA area and my boys are on spring break the week of April 1. I know the junior colleges around the LA area are on spring break the same week as my boys. We are doing our spring break cruise out of Galveston that week. .

[Melcoug]

My kids have 2 weeks off starting March 17. Some of out friends get out the following week. Others, in April. I would say that it's pretty staggered throughout SoCal. You are likely hitting the tail end of it.

[ParrotRob]

Cruised during spring break one time. Will never, EVER make that mistake again.

[Nevada Jen]

I think you are going to find that you are generally after west coast spring break with those dates. Phoenix schools are in March this year.

[Knights Templar]

Did it once a few years ago (out of Fl, not Cali)....i have to say, i had alot of fun....if quiet is your thing, it probably wont be the cruise for you, but that doesnt mean its not fun. I am quite a bit older than the college age crowd, but i spent a sea day up by the main pool, in a lounger people watching. I have to say there are some very beautiful sights this world has to offer, and you can see many of them on the Lido deck during a spring break cruise. :)

[NCbmwmom]

That’s the week of our spring break.

[shipbound2]

I've cruised many times during spring break when I was younger. I'd say the week of March 15th is the most busiest. As April approaches the crowds quite down. I will be going on the Vista April 21 2018, however if I was younger I'd go during March what a blast.

 

Gary

[Tampa Bay Irish]

The overwhelming vast majority of our cruises were in our home state of Florida and during Spring Break. We never experienced any aberrant behavior on board the ship. What you do see is a lot of families traveling with younger children. The college age kids tend to do land vacations for Spring Break. The state of Florida has run off most that crowd over the years. Cancun, Mexico is their preferred destination.

[famof4togo]

The overwhelming vast majority of our cruises were in our home state of Florida and during Spring Break. We never experienced any aberrant behavior on board the ship. What you do see is a lot of families traveling with younger children. The college age kids tend to do land vacations for Spring Break. The state of Florida has run off most that crowd over the years. Cancun, Mexico is their preferred destination.

 

That's a good point, when I was in college I don't remember a single fraternity or sorority or any group of Friends taking a cruise for spring break...it was always a land based resort....

[riclop]

Hi all, we are planning a cruise for 4 days in the Inspration out of Long Beach. We are seniors and don’t want to during spring break. We plan on going from April 9 to April 13 is it spring break time especially in California? Thanks

Still spring break.Go at the end of April .