firsttimecruiser9876 Posted February 16, 2018 #1 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Hi guys!! Looking at a 4 night cruise out of Jacksonville Thursday - Monday on March 15. Trying to figure out if this would be a big spring break cruise for either school age or college kids. Want to avoid spring break! Any advice here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLCfirsttimer Posted February 16, 2018 #2 Share Posted February 16, 2018 You will probably encounter spring breakers that time of the year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKIA Posted February 16, 2018 #3 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I think that would be right at the height of Spring Break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishka422 Posted February 16, 2018 #4 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Definitely college spring break. I made that mistake a couple of years ago thinking it was early enough. Nope! 5 days and never could get a lounge chair on any deck. They were there from sunup to sun down and drunk off their behinds Sent from my SM-G925V using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkneern Posted February 16, 2018 #5 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Prime spring break time, especially 3-5 nighter's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cccer Posted February 16, 2018 #6 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I agree, Spring Break time. A short cruise and spring break time would be a big party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2PinaColadas Posted February 16, 2018 #7 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Hi guys!! Looking at a 4 night cruise out of Jacksonville Thursday - Monday on March 15. Trying to figure out if this would be a big spring break cruise for either school age or college kids. Want to avoid spring break! Any advice here? Yes-- that is Spring Break for many. We have cruised on Spring Break and always had a great time. The college kids can be rowdy, but for the most part they sleep away most of the morning and party later at night. Worked for us as we are up early and go to bed earlier. We've never had problems with them. We have actually enjoyed several conversations with college kids and watched March Madness games with them on many occasions. The bigger issue for us has been kids that are not supervised. Eight to twelve year olds playing on the elevators, cutting in lines, taking over the pools, horse-playing in the hot tubs, running in the hallways etc... And the parents who think they have the right to do so. But we've never had problems so bad that we did not do it again. We are cruising for our 9th time on Spring Break in four weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firsttimecruiser9876 Posted February 16, 2018 Author #8 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Thank everyone! Just not sure how the atmosphere really is on a spring break cruise. We aren’t opposed to anyone partying....but not wanting to be trapped 4 nights in a frat house! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerin Posted February 16, 2018 #9 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Do activities such as Tea time, Chefs Table, art auction, morning talks and yoga and you won't see any frat house stuff. If your plan is to sit in the bars, clubs, pools and casino then you will probably encounter more of the party crowd. The weekend you've chosen is pretty much prime spring break. Any chance of changing your dates? Even by 2 weeks will make a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riclop Posted February 16, 2018 #10 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Hi guys!! Looking at a 4 night cruise out of Jacksonville Thursday - Monday on March 15. Trying to figure out if this would be a big spring break cruise for either school age or college kids. Want to avoid spring break! Any advice here? It's spring break with lots of drunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firsttimecruiser9876 Posted February 16, 2018 Author #11 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I was hoping for an early to mid April cruise, but all they offer is late April. Probably works well with spring break...just didn’t want to wait that long due to other circumstances :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klfrodo Posted February 16, 2018 #12 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Not even close to a frat house. The spring break we went on was a 7 day cruise. Was probably 5:1 girls to guys. Did they have fun? yes Did they party? Yes Were most of them broke by day 5? yes Did I see some adults acting worse? yes Overall it was a fun cruise and I would not hesitate to take another cruise during spring break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volmoma Posted February 16, 2018 #13 Share Posted February 16, 2018 If you cruise out of Jacksonville, PLEASE for all that’s holy in the world, my BFF and I disembarkation took 2 hours....please ask for help/porter pay $4-$5 dollars a bag and get through in less than 25 minutes. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkneern Posted February 16, 2018 #14 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Most spring breakers don't do the 7 day cruises. They mostly do the shorter 3-5 night cruises. We too have sailed with the college aged kids and has never been a problem. As someone else said its the tweens running in the halls banging on doors, playing in elevators, swimming in the hot tubs etc....but doesn't prevent us from doing it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sflanigan1110 Posted February 16, 2018 #15 Share Posted February 16, 2018 It's spring break with lots of drunks. Are you saying this based on YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE or just an assumption based on comments or ideas? Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drazil65 Posted February 16, 2018 #16 Share Posted February 16, 2018 You will no doubt run into someone's spring break at that time of year and especially on a 4 day, cheap short cruise that the college kids can actually afford. Drink fest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keys2Heaven Posted February 16, 2018 #17 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Don't cruise March through early April. Don't cruise short (3 - 5) day sailings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Jag Posted February 16, 2018 #18 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Spring break for Duval County (Jacksonville) Public Schools is March 16-23. While you may or may not be encountering an abundance of college students at this time, you will probably be cruising with a lot of high school, middle school, and elementary school students. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firsttimecruiser9876 Posted February 16, 2018 Author #19 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Oh man, so sounds like it would be full of young kids and college kids!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted February 16, 2018 #20 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I was hoping for an early to mid April cruise, but all they offer is late April. Probably works well with spring break...just didn’t want to wait that long due to other circumstances :/ I was on NCL sky 4 nighter that was like being in the frat house. Never again. There were college kids stumbling around the ship at all hours chanting their letters and other nonsense. i even saw one of the students in the MDR get up from their dinner table with his napkin, put it over his forearm as if he was a waiter and go up to an elderly couple pretending to take an order. Truly shocking. I will never make that mistake again. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRockCruiser Posted February 16, 2018 #21 Share Posted February 16, 2018 We're cruising 4-8 March, right in the heart of my daughter's college spring break - but she's not coming because of other commitments. We knew that going in, and it was the best week for us to select due to other schedule conflicts, so we'll just have to enjoy watching all those young folks running around in their bikinis and board shorts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firsttimecruiser9876 Posted February 16, 2018 Author #22 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I’m so torn. Seems as if some people say no big deal, and others say it’s pretty bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonely At The Top Posted February 16, 2018 #23 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I’m so torn. Seems as if some people say no big deal, and others say it’s pretty bad! I am 50+ and i guess it depends on what you are looking for....i have done 2 short cruises, both in late March/April (if memory serves me correctly, 4 nighters) and there were alot of Spring Breakers (college kids). Yes, you will get the drunk idiot every once in awhile puking over the rail (oh yea, saw that), but that is not the norm. The vast majority of them are looking to have a good time and it did create a fun type vibe on the ship. The second one had alot of college kids AND alot of families. The college kids you can get away from, the little "beasties" are like knats, they are all over the place and most of them dont have volume control. The college crowd wants to be out by the main pool bar where the music/action is, so if you wanted quieter you could escape to the Serenity. On the 2nd one, parents wanted to ignore the rules of Serenity and just let the snowflakes invade that area as well. It got to the point that the Security really had to crack down and tell the kids to leave (which resulted in the parents getting mad because somehow they think their kids shouldnt have to follow the rules :rolleyes:). I guess it depends on what you are looking for. If you want to party a bit and get a little crazy, you may have fun on the Spring Break cruise. If you want peace and quiet in a lounge chair, lol, yea, you probably wnt to look for another line or pick another timeframe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun4Me2Please Posted February 16, 2018 #24 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Hi guys!! Looking at a 4 night cruise out of Jacksonville Thursday - Monday on March 15. Trying to figure out if this would be a big spring break cruise for either school age or college kids. Want to avoid spring break! Any advice here? Yes, I think you are hitting spring break time. If you are trying to avoid it, I would look at end of April... this is our favorite time to cruise, what most call shoulder season. After spring breakers, and before kids are out of school for summer. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRockCruiser Posted February 16, 2018 #25 Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) I searched online for data on Spring Break dates, and found this site: https://www.studentcity.com/when-is-my-spring-break Now this is for colleges only, but gives you an idea of the start of the spring break season, since college starts before high school, in general. And "drunk college kids" seems to be a primary concern of this thread. I grabbed the data, slapped it into Excel, parsed out the start dates, created a pivot table, and voila: Start Date Total instances 2/10/2018 ... 1 2/17/2018 ... 7 2/24/2018 ... 19 3/03/2018 ... 219 3/10/2018 ... 401 3/17/2018 ... 153 3/24/2018 ... 91 3/31/2018 ... 23 4/07/2018 ... 4 4/14/2018 ... 8 So you can see that the second week of March is by far the worst, with the week before and the week after also being busy. Edited February 16, 2018 by ProgRockCruiser Forum doesn't like tables Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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