Taking two year-old twins on the Pride

[alreadypacked]

An "AIRCRAFT" is not serving you food, desalinating water, cleaning your toilet, providing you a shower, emptying your trash, etc. for days and days at a time, and your children are sitting on your lap if they are not paying for seats.

 

You can keep after this issue all you want, you are not going to get your children on board for free.

 

Have to agree.

 

Everyone is charged the cruise fare no matter the age or use/non use of a bed.

 

The cruise fare is a loss-leader. Cruise lines rely on back-end passenger spending to make a profit--alcohol, casino, and shopping. Babies and toddlers don't drink booze or gamble--though, I suppose their parents may buy things for them. But the profit margin on retail gifts and such is probably not as high.

 

Some cruise lines have kids-sail-free promos from time to time (MSC, Costa, Disney), though the 1st/2nd passenger rates may be higher than Carnival, so it may be a wash.

[LexAnima@aol.com]

Okay, here's to all of you Ol' Salts and Veteran Cruisers --

 

I had originally posted about four of us traveling. I learned A LOT from all of you.

 

Then, there was good news -- Pops-in-Law, and Mums-in-Law were traveling with us.

 

Now it is even MORE DIFFICULT to find the right cabins because Sister-in-Law is coming along, too.

 

So now we are a party of SEVEN! Youngest: two two-year old twins. Eldest: retirement age. Inbetweenest: 20-something.

 

Any recommendations on cabins now -- maybe I have finally stumped the panel!

 

Thanks again for all your help so far!

[crusinpsychRN]

You book 2 adults in one cabin with long balcony, 2 adults and 1 child in another, 1 adult, 1 child in another. You board, you keep your kids in cabin w/long balcony, SIL travels solo, IL's in another cabin. If SIL and IL don't care about balcony they can go inside.

 

Does that work?

[Out to sea!]

Okay, here's to all of you Ol' Salts and Veteran Cruisers --

 

I had originally posted about four of us traveling. I learned A LOT from all of you.

 

Then, there was good news -- Pops-in-Law, and Mums-in-Law were traveling with us.

 

Now it is even MORE DIFFICULT to find the right cabins because Sister-in-Law is coming along, too.

 

So now we are a party of SEVEN! Youngest: two two-year old twins. Eldest: retirement age. Inbetweenest: 20-something.

 

Any recommendations on cabins now -- maybe I have finally stumped the panel!

 

Thanks again for all your help so far!

 

Depends on your funds. To go cheap, book a cabin for 4 and a cabin for 3, with connecting doors if you want. If you want 3 cabins, book in-laws and you and DH in two cabins of 2 and SIL and 2 kids in cabin of 3.

[crusinpsychRN]

You book 2 adults in one cabin with long balcony, 2 adults and 1 child in another, 1 adult, 1 child in another. You board, you keep your kids in cabin w/long balcony, SIL travels solo, IL's in another cabin. If SIL and IL don't care about balcony they can go inside.

 

Does that work?

 

OR, 1 adult in long balcony, SIL still solo, IL's and kids in another getting reduced 3, 4 person rate for the kids.

[crusinpsychRN]

When the twins take a nap come back and let us know what you've decided!