Cruisemama81

47 minutes ago, Nolanoel said:

I have never had an issue with kids in the Haven....how many times have you actually sailed in the Haven?  And what time of year?  I tend to sail Jan and Dec after Thanksgiving.....no kids at all!  The deal is that if you are going on a "fun ship"  - there will be kids. I can empathize with your frustration over not getting the experience you had hoped for - however, it is entirely possible you just went at a bad time of the year.  I am doing a family cruise Thanksgiving week....not staying in the Haven!  I know there will be tons of kids and nobody in my traveling party is doing the Haven...so it would be a huge waste of money for me.  For me...the cruising draw is that everything is taken care of - meals, cleaning my room, DRINKS!  LOL  I am good with no entertainment (I think the entertainment is so so anyway).  I don't need a go cart or laser tag (do like the slides....BTW....I have never stood in line for the slides - no kids - booking at the right time of year!)  The only problem I have with Regent is that I don't want to have to dress up all the time.  Other than that would love to have the bucks to drop on it...at least once!!

Exactly! It's all about the time of year you go for the Haven! We also rarely do to entertainment any more. As long as I have good food, DRINKS, service, & company I am HAPPY!

It's all about perspective - what are YOU looking for on your vacation.

In January we were in our first inside room on the Breakaway & still had a blast on our trip. Prior to that we had only done the suites & haven on all of our trips. We really enjoyed the extra space & perks. The service was always incredible!

Once we realized we had just as much fun paying a lot less I think we will continue to book lower rooms unless there is some incredible deal or a good priced bid option.

We are working on budgeting here with a kid starting college this fall lol. If we didn't have all these upcoming expense we would continue to book higher rooms (suites/haven).