mrsgthatsme
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2011
Our family loves DCL and has taken several cruises with them. For price reasons, we have been considering trying a short cruise with Royal Caribbean to see if it might be something we enjoy as well. However, I am not a risk taker when it comes to travel and like to stick with the tried and true, so I am struggling with making the leap. We have two kids, ages 12 and 9 and they love kids activities on DCL such as the potato car building, animation classes, swimming/waterslides, etc.. They do not use the kids clubs. Even though they like to have choices of activities onboard, we are not huge fans of a chaotic, party type ship and like time to relax and unwind. My son wants to be a cruise ship designer, so he likes a ship where he can really see and enjoy the ocean with a nice balcony view.
Since this is a DIS board, I am guessing many of you have been in our situation in terms of loving DCL but looking to branch out. Do you think we will be disappointed with RCCI or do you feel it is a great company as well? Which ships would you suggest for our type of family? Which itineraries do you enjoy? In the time frame we are looking, there are several options we have looked at .
1) 4 day Mariner sailing in early April that stops in CoCo Cay and Nassau. My concern is that I am hearing from posters that the CoCo Cay stop is often cancelled due to weather conditions. If this happened, it would be a huge bummer to end up with only Nassau, since this is our least favorite port. Also wondered if it would be worth holding out for May when the waterpark is finished at CoCo Cay... would just rather go when the weather is cooler here at home and not at the very end of the school year for the kids. Also wondering if there is a good chance the waterpark opening will be delayed and we wouldn't be able to use it anyway.
2) 5 day Independence sailing in early April that stops in Falmouth and Labadee
3)5 Day on Anthem to Bermuda (this is in May, which is a little less desirable of time for me, since our weather at home is finally getting nice! I know nothing about Bermuda, but have always thought it would be a fun place to visit.
4) 6 day on Adventure in April stopping at Grand Cayman, Cozumel, and Puerto Costa Maya
Also open to any suggestions of itinerary from the DIS board experts! Thanks so much!
Since this is a DIS board, I am guessing many of you have been in our situation in terms of loving DCL but looking to branch out. Do you think we will be disappointed with RCCI or do you feel it is a great company as well? Which ships would you suggest for our type of family? Which itineraries do you enjoy? In the time frame we are looking, there are several options we have looked at .
1) 4 day Mariner sailing in early April that stops in CoCo Cay and Nassau. My concern is that I am hearing from posters that the CoCo Cay stop is often cancelled due to weather conditions. If this happened, it would be a huge bummer to end up with only Nassau, since this is our least favorite port. Also wondered if it would be worth holding out for May when the waterpark is finished at CoCo Cay... would just rather go when the weather is cooler here at home and not at the very end of the school year for the kids. Also wondering if there is a good chance the waterpark opening will be delayed and we wouldn't be able to use it anyway.
2) 5 day Independence sailing in early April that stops in Falmouth and Labadee
3)5 Day on Anthem to Bermuda (this is in May, which is a little less desirable of time for me, since our weather at home is finally getting nice! I know nothing about Bermuda, but have always thought it would be a fun place to visit.
4) 6 day on Adventure in April stopping at Grand Cayman, Cozumel, and Puerto Costa Maya
Also open to any suggestions of itinerary from the DIS board experts! Thanks so much!
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