Alaska | Quad Cabins with Curtains | 2 Young Children

[sassenach.girl]

Hi folks,

 

Other than the HAL Outside Staterooms (2 twin beds with a sofa and overhead pullman in separate sitting area), are there any other Alaska cruise lines with kids clubs that have quad rooms with a curtain separating 2 beds from the other two beds?

 

We are planning to cruise Alaska in August 2010 for DH's 40th birthday with two girls aged 5 and 3.5 years, and a quad room seems to be the most affordable option for us on a cruise with a dedicated Kids Club for 3-6 year olds.

 

Thanks

Kylie

[KRN]

Celebrity has a few Family Veranda staterooms. They are on the back of the ship and have HUGE verandas. There is a sliding partition separating the beds from the sitting area, which has 2 sofas which turn into beds. We were in one with our kids when they were 6 and 10 and it was wonderful.

 

We were also very happy with the kids program on Celebrity. In fact, we're going back this year, on Celebrity again.

[Cruisin Kay D]

Another line you might consider is Royal Caribbean, as it has nice quad cabins; however, I much prefer the HAL itineraries to Glacier Bay or Hubbard Glacier over RCCL. We like Princess ships alot and especially for Alaska, but the cabins are just too small --you would not be happy with a quad on Princess unless you get a mini-suite.

 

I think you would be very very happy with the HAL cabins -- which ship are you looking at?

 

We are generally balcony people, but we really liked the "outside" cabin we had on the Lower Promenade deck on Veendam last summer going from Vancouver to Seward. We were only 3 cabins away from a door to the outside walking deck. Although we had booked "category HH obstructed view", the obstruction was a only a wide post on outside railing of the promenade. We could easily look at the water & scenery to the left and right of the post. By the way, no-one walking on the deck could look into our cabin because of the mirrored glass.

The design of the sofa/couch is such that when it is made up as a bed, your young children could end up both sleeping on it with a head at each end.

 

Another good factor to consider is that there would most likely be fewer children on a HAL ship, and so yours would get alot of close attention from the children's program counselors!!! And they're not at an age where they want to meet alot of others their same age. (We were just on a Carnival ship with 975 children & camp counselors were strained to keep up with everyone!!)