Kids/teens on July Med cruise?

[Tinytinkmom]

We are planning on booking a Med cruise for July 2020, and love the itinerary of the Constellation 9-night on July 11th.  We have two girls, who will be 10 and 16 at that time.  The main idea of the trip is the ports, but it would certainly be a bonus if there are other kids/teens around the ship for them to hang out with.  Are the typically very many kids/teens on the Celebrity summer European cruises?

[ScubesDad]

Rest assured there will be kids.  most North American schools will be out for the summer, and a large percentage of European schools as well.  At that time in July not a large presence from the UK..  August will have many more children on board. We cruised the western Med this past July and there was a significant number of children  but not as many as previously in August.

[jashah]

I am looking at the same cruise.  From my research, Celebrity is the best choice for a luxury cruise that is still family friendly. Thus, I imagine there will be plenty of kids on the ship.

 

I am wondering what others think is the best setup for a family of four?  Either connecting rooms or a suite?  A suite would be more expensive although would come with many perks not available if I book two connecting rooms.  The "suite class" benefits look nice although not sure how useful they are for kids.  By the date of this cruise, the Constellation will have gone through its dry dock/refit so the new "suite class" amenities would be available.

[dkjretired]

42 minutes ago, jashah said:

I am looking at the same cruise.  From my research, Celebrity is the best choice for a luxury cruise that is still family friendly. Thus, I imagine there will be plenty of kids on the ship.

 

I am wondering what others think is the best setup for a family of four?  Either connecting rooms or a suite?  A suite would be more expensive although would come with many perks not available if I book two connecting rooms.  The "suite class" benefits look nice although not sure how useful they are for kids.  By the date of this cruise, the Constellation will have gone through its dry dock/refit so the new "suite class" amenities would be available.

 

When we traveled with the kids always tried to do the option with two bathrooms.

 

Also, it does not appear that the M ships are going to have a separate pool in the suite area.

Edited December 16, 2018 by dkjretired

[Blockschip]

We cruised Caribbean on Celebrty this past April with our two teen boys (14 and 16 at the time), and are doing it again this coming April. We booked adjoining, but not connecting rooms this past April and connecting rooms this coming April. It worked out fine and the boys had a great time.

[PoolSlider]

With our teens, we go with connecting rooms because two bathrooms is much better than one. Luxury is defined as not having to wait for 4 people to go through morning absolutions in one tiny cruise ship bathroom.  If those are sold out or prohibitive, we go with side by side rooms where we can open the balcony divider (HAL). 

[Fogfog]

On 12/16/2018 at 12:41 PM, Tinytinkmom said:

We are planning on booking a Med cruise for July 2020, and love the itinerary of the Constellation 9-night on July 11th.  We have two girls, who will be 10 and 16 at that time.  The main idea of the trip is the ports, but it would certainly be a bonus if there are other kids/teens around the ship for them to hang out with.  Are the typically very many kids/teens on the Celebrity summer European cruises?

Definitely will have families on that sailing. We did the Baltics during summer with our "kids" (ages 21 and 18) and there were tons of high school kids, middle schoolers and young adults/college age. They all find eachother and the Cleberity Youth programs were busy --and the clubs were busy with the 18-20s as well. Rest assured the Celebrity Staff prevents kids under 18 from being in Quaasar .with the older ones after a certain hour.