Help us select a cruise

My family has narrowed down our choices to three. We plan to go on a cruise to the Bahamas in March. It will be my wife, 3 year old son and myself. The options are as follows:

1) 3 night Norwegain Epic. In a family Junior Suite.

2) 3 night Disney Dream. In a Family State Room.

3) 4 night Carnival Elation. In a Grand Suite.

I should note, we are season pass holders to Disney. So my son has interacted with the characters many times. I am not sure how long that might hold his attention on the ship as we visit often.

Many thanks for your advice.

4 night Carnival since its an extra day.

Are you taking a short cruise due to work commitments, cruising trial or price? If its price it may be worth going on a longer cruise in a balcony cabin or similar for the same price as a suite. Just a thought.

March is spring break for many collages.

3 and 4 day cruises tend to attract a lot of spring break cruisers thus many people call these cruises "booze cruises".

JMO -- I would not take a short cruise at that time or any time for that matter.

I would do Disney and that is because the other two because of time of year and such a short duration will be party cruisers and I wouldn't care for that.

A three year old would enjoy Disney and I think the parents would too.

Keith

I'd go for the longer one as well. Three days is too short.

If it must be a very short cruise , and must be in March , I would go with the Disney Dream to reduce the possibility of partyers as previously stated .

It is the newest by far of the 3 ships .

Also , a 3 day cruise is 4 days too short .

The most unpleasant days of a cruise for us are embarkation day (less than 12 hrs onboard ) and debarkation day (less than 10 hrs onboard )

That leaves you only 1 full day of onboard cruise experience on a 3 day cruise .

I agree with the others that the cruise will be too short. But if that is what you want then I would choose Disney. Without a doubt Carnival will be full of drunk spring breakers and I suspect Norwegian will be too.

We did a 7 day in March with Carnival and I think we were the only people that were ever sober on board. We are usually among the heavier drinkers....not that cruise even though we drank our usual amount.

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I would also go Disney. I don't think the extra day is worth it to go on the Elation. A 4 day cruise on Carnival during Spring Break is something I would never do.

Having taken our 3 year old grandson on two cruises so far, I would certainly choose Disney!;p

Another vote for Disney if this is the only time you can cruise and can only go for such a short time. If you have more flexibility, you might want to look at some other itineraries and/or cruise lines.