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I'm not a troll, but the strong options this brought out were...intimidating. I kinda figured 6 decks away was a bad idea, but I've never cruised before, so figured I'd ask. Obviously not going that route.

I'm going to try to call NCL once a week to see if I can get someone who can actually help me with this. The idea to use one room to sleep in (all 4 of us) and the other for an extra shower/quiet space might not be terrible, although kinda expensive. :) Hopefully someone at NCL can help me resolve this. I don't want to cancel, but I'm really not sure that my adult sized 14 year olds will fit with us, even in a family cabin.

Thanks for the input.

My kids will not be 6 decks away. I kinda figured it was a big deal, (hence all the follow up questions) but definitely got the message here as well.

Still waffling between the family cabin and canceling altogether if they can't get us close together. My 14 year olds are adult sized (and smelling!) so 4 of us in a single cabin will be tight. One call to NCL (I didn't use a TA) was not helpful. I'll give it a couple more tries hoping to find someone who can really resolve this for me before I go the cancel route.

Thanks for all the feedback

Six decks apart? Even if you have total trust in your kids, that's some seriously laissez faire parenting in terms of any emergency situation. It's a teeny-tiny risk that you'll actually run into an evacuation event, but could you live with yourself should anything happen? Would you be happy on a land vacation if your kids were 6 floors up from you? Your fellow pax don't all magically become perfect, non-criminal types just because you're on a ship...

 

Plus, you are 100% in breach of the rules of carriage so if anyone onboard finds out and decides to make an issue of it, they could chuck you off at the next port...

I have never been on a cruise before (hence the posting on the FIRST TIMER board) which is why I'm asking. I didn't intentionally book it this way, as I said initially. Your snarky response is rude and uncalled for.

Originally posted on the First Timer board, but folks there thought you all might have better insights...

My family (2 adults, 2 14yo kids) is scheduled to go on our first cruise this summer, taking NCL Bliss to Alaska. We're really excited to take the Bliss (kids really want to go-kart on top of a ship). At the time we booked, I was not able to choose cabins because it was already close to sold out. We've been assigned cabins on deck 5 and deck 11. The idea is to have the kids in one cabin and the adults in the other (although we had to book an adult in each cabin).

Having never been on a cruise before, having the kids so far away seems like it might be an issue, but I'm not really sure. My kids are very well behaved in public and pretty well behaved in private so I'm not worried about their ability to act appropriately on their own.

Questions

1. Is this a big deal? Or will we be fine to be on different decks?

2. If this is a big deal, any tips to getting cabins moved? I've tried calling and they said to check again at 120 days out which is when some passenger payments are due, and then again at 90 when the remainder of payments are due.

3. If I can't get cabins moved, should I try for a different sailing? I've only paid the deposit so far - should I see if any other sailing is a possibility? The prices have gone up since I initially booked. I assume I'd be on the hook for the difference?

4. One of the cabins that is booked is a larger family cabin. While we wanted the kids in a different cabin, could we just cancel the extra cabin and have the 4 of us in the larger cabin?

Of course, we could just stay as booked (1 kid + 1 adult per room) but that's really my last resort.

Thanks!

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My family (2 adults, 2 14yo kids) is scheduled to go on our first cruise this summer, taking NCL Bliss to Alaska. We're really excited to take the Bliss (kids really want to go-kart on top of a ship). At the time we booked, I was not able to choose cabins because it was already close to sold out. We've been assigned cabins on deck 5 and deck 11. The idea is to have the kids in one cabin and the adults in the other (although we had to book an adult in each cabin).

Having never been on a cruise before, having the kids so far away seems like it might be an issue, but I'm not really sure. My kids are very well behaved in public and pretty well behaved in private so I'm not worried about their ability to act appropriately on their own.

Questions

1. Is this a big deal? Or will we be fine to be on different decks?

2. If this is a big deal, any tips to getting cabins moved? I've tried calling and they said to check again at 120 days out which is when some passenger payments are due, and then again at 90 when the remainder of payments are due.

3. If I can't get cabins moved, should I try for a different sailing? I've only paid the deposit so far - should I see if any other sailing is a possibility? The prices have gone up since I initially booked. I assume I'd be on the hook for the difference?

4. One of the cabins that is booked is a larger family cabin. While we wanted the kids in a different cabin, could we just cancel the extra cabin and have the 4 of us in the larger cabin?

Of course, we could just stay as booked (1 kid + 1 adult per room) but that's really my last resort.

Thanks!