wampuscat7

I would do some research on Carnival and Royal Caribbean. I feel they have the best options for a multigenerational cruise that includes children.

In the app, menus show up for our cruise on one deck of the MDR but not the other decks. No idea why. There are also PDFs on the web if you google.

What time were the slides listed as open in the cruise compass/app? Just curious as to whether it was planned prior to the cruise or if that was a schedule change once on board.

Thank you all for your responses! We’ve looked at the menus with your daughter. If we feel like 150 CP will be too fancy, maybe we’ll make that a parents’ date night instead, but that was definitely the menu we were all the most excited about. I really appreciate all of the input.

The cheapest I saw for our upcoming Oasis cruise (7 nights over spring break) was $70.99.

I have a couple of questions about our upcoming Oasis cruise related to the specialty restaurants. My daughter is 9, and our cruise is over Spring Break, so I assume we will see kids everywhere. However, are there any venues that are more upscale and kids might feel uncomfortable (150 Central Park perhaps)? Our most recent cruise was in NCL’s Haven and we ate at the Haven restaurant most evenings but no specialty restaurants. Also, I know there is a kids menu, but my daughter is an adventurous eater. She loves steak, venison, lamb, seafood, etc. Can we pay the adult price for her and/or could she order the kids food but also share some of my food? Would this also be possible with the dining packages?

We sailed in Haven two years ago and considered it for our upcoming cruise. Honestly, for two adults and one child, we found options in Haven that were cheaper less than a Royal balcony room plus alcohol package, depending on the ship and sailing. On our upcoming sailing, we have reserved the deluxe drinks package for $70.99 per person per day and the 3-meal specialty dining package for $131 per person. We felt there were enough other options that we did not need the ultimate dining package. Haven was a wonderful treat, and if it was just DH and I going, we would likely choose Haven. However, for a family vacation, we feel Royal has many more benefits than the NCL ships. Also if you like things like priority embarkation and wifi, you can get The Key. The cheapest I’ve seen it for our cruise was $35 per person per day. I will miss the designated Haven check-in line.

I’ve been on 4 Carnival sailings, one on Royal and one on NCL. I would say this is a very fair review. Carnival’s casual eateries are way better than Royal’s, especially the pizza and burgers. We had better food and service in Royal’s buffet than Carnival’s but better food and service in Carnival’s MDR. Our next cruise is booked on Royal despite the price difference, which is considerable. Why? We only travel via cruise once every two or three years and want the best vacation rather than the best value. The Oasis class ships are amazing. We love the aqua show, the ice skating show, the wide variety of family and kid activities, and the neighborhoods. Central Park is one of my favorite locations on any ship, and we love the different pool areas. We also prefer Royal’s private islands to Carnival’s.