Children on board?

[M5M]

We are considering Adventure Of The Seas in October, up the New England Coast and a little of Canada.  I'm wondering how many children tend to be on a fall sailing when school is in process?  Most of our sailings have been on Celebrity, not in summer, and typically there are few children. Is RCL different since their demographic tends to skew younger?

[smokeykat]

Not many school age kids but you may have families with babies on board.

[topnole]

38 minutes ago, Magar said:

We are considering Adventure Of The Seas in October, up the New England Coast and a little of Canada.  I'm wondering how many children tend to be on a fall sailing when school is in process?  Most of our sailings have been on Celebrity, not in summer, and typically there are few children. Is RCL different since their demographic tends to skew younger?

There will always be some.  But not many relatively speaking.  

[Morecruisesplz]

49 minutes ago, Magar said:

We are considering Adventure Of The Seas in October, up the New England Coast and a little of Canada.  I'm wondering how many children tend to be on a fall sailing when school is in process?  Most of our sailings have been on Celebrity, not in summer, and typically there are few children. Is RCL different since their demographic tends to skew younger?

In today's world, there is no way to know. With so many kids being home schooled and doing remote, I think you are seeing way more children at times you might not expect. 

[Lane Hog]

Correct... We were just on a cruise out of Galveston while schools are largely in session, and there were a couple dozen school age kids there, presumably home schooled as the TX cruises tend to swing heavily towards the local drive market vs. fly-in.

Can I ask why you're concerned?

[cruisegal40]

Here in NE, most if not all kids are back in school.  However, Columbus Day weekend may be different as it's a long weekend.

[DukeASUGirl]

Depends when in October you're talking about.

 

Fall Break for my kids and most of the districts around us in my state is Sept 30-Oct 10 (although some districts continue Fall Break through Oct 16). So early October there may be a fair number of kids on board (since that overlaps with Columbus Day weekend), but second half of the month should be relatively empty.

Edited March 8, 2022 by DukeASUGirl