CruiseCompete offers family suggestions
When it comes to children, some cruise lines are friendlier than others. So CruiseCompete has issued some basic guidelines not only for family vacationers but also useful to agents and others planning cruises. They include:
• In general, 6 months is the minimum age for cruising on most lines; but expect it to be 12 months on TransAtlantic and some other voyages.
• Disney allows the youngest children aboard at 3 months, while Viking River requires a minimum age of 12 years to cruise. The rest of the lines’ age requirements fall at various spots within this spectrum.
• The majority of cruise lines offer children’s programs or amenities in some form, but several do not. They include Azamara Club Cruises, Oceania Cruises, Sea Dream Yacht Club0, Silversea Cruises, Seabourn, and others.
• Those lines that offer children’s activity programs generally begin them at age two, but Cunard starts programs at age one, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises programs are forl ages 6 and over.
• Babysitting services are available on some, but not all, lines. Parents should expect to pay premium price for these services in most cases; for example, Crystal Cruises are $10 per hour for one child, $15 per hour for two children and $20 per hour for three children.
By David Wilkening
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