NYCNomNom

Royal Caribbean. He will most likely sleep in bed with us or on the floor.

Hi there! I just found this forum and you guys have been so helpful! I tried searching for this but had no luck:

We have an uneven distribution of travelers in our cabin. We are a couple with a 2-year-old baby (at sailing time) and we will also be sailing with my father, who is solo. I hate the idea of paying for both my son as an almost full person (since he won't be partaking in so much of what we pay for) AND my father to be solo in a cabin and paying for a FULL second person in that room.

Should I purchase as if my son is in my father's room so that satisfies the 2 people in there even if he sleeps in our room? (And chances are he may sleep in other family rooms on some nights depending on if they are babysitting while my husband and I have a night out).

I'm sure that's frowned upon by the cruise industry but I was curious if anyone else has done this and if it's common?

I understand your concern but I think this situation would be unlikely in Alaska. It doesn't attract families in the same volumes as Caribbean cruises over a holiday time. Plus people are usually off the ship as much as possible.

 

 

 

Good to know. Thank you for the insight!

The fear of being surrounded by kids is from a Christmas cruise we did to the Caribbean many years ago when it was, I hate to say, overrun by very rude kids who took over every common, pool, and dining space on the ship. It was actually quite terrible, and that's coming from someone who loves kids and worked in a nursery school at the time.

After that ordeal he said "never again" so this took some convincing.

We are taking our father to Alaska for his 60th birthday (plan to cruise ~July 2017). He is an outdoorsy adventurer who wants to see as much wildlife as possible. He isn't a fan of cruising (no interest in cruise ship activities) but knows it's the best way to see as much of Alaska as possible.

We have a son who will be just over 2-years-old at the time. :eek:

Our son right now is very well behaved and goes everywhere we go, but who knows what will happen as he journeys from 18 months to 2-years-old. We know we will be limited in terms of what we can do and plan to send our father and siblings off on their own adventures while we hang back with the baby. But we also don't want to be stuck in our room trying to keep our 2-year-old entertained.

My question is: Which cruise ship will be best for containing a 2-year-old while also not making our father feel like he is surrounded by kids? Any tips for making everyone a happy as possible?