Which Easter week will have the most kids?

[mafig]

Easter in 2023 will be on April 9.

Which week do you think will have the most kids? 

    April 2 - 9 ? 

       or

    April 9 - 16?

[www3traveler]

Probably the 9th to the 16th.

[Laszlo]

6 minutes ago, www3traveler said:

Probably the 9th to the 16th.

Easter is on the 9th. All the schools in my area are off the week before, not the week after

[ColeThornton]

Toss a coin and you'll have your answer.   😉

[mjkacmom]

Our district has the first week off.

[cruiseny4life]

The charter school I used to work for has the week after off, which means the city school district will have the week before off. @ColeThorntonis correct. 🙂

[New2cruise2022]

If you are trying to avoid children, I see a Vibe pass in your future. 

[AwesomO]

I'd check the school schedule for the schools closest to the port you're looking at and then guess there would likely be at least slightly more kids on that cruise. 

[tokidoki]

In NYC, public schools r closed April 6, (Passover), till April 14.  

[J0Y0US]

Don't connect with Easter and don't go during spring break time.

 

Better yet go look at Virgin or a 9+ night cruise that eliminates kids as parents don't want them out multiple weeks.

[Markanddonna]

It's a toss up. Catholic schools often have break after Easter while public schools go before. Either week will have lots of kids on cruises seven days or less.

[Sigyn]

My son goes to Catholic school and they have the week of April 2-9 off, for whatever that's worth. I have a friend who worked in customer service in the cruise industry for two decades and she said spring break is March and April - any weeks in those months are full of kids, teenagers and college students and best avoided unless you want chaos. She said sometimes she even found poop in the hallways of the ships. 

Edited December 16, 2022 by njsmom

[SeaShark]

If it is really a big concern and you're restricted to travelling during that time, it just might be a good time to experience Virgin Cruises.

[New2cruise2022]

12 minutes ago, njsmom said:

My son goes to Catholic school and they have the week of April 2-9 off, for whatever that's worth. I have a friend who worked in customer service in the cruise industry for two decades and she said spring break is March and April - any weeks in those months are full of kids, teenagers and college students and best avoided unless you want chaos. She said sometimes she even found poop in the hallways of the ships. 

🤢 

[mafig]

Last year I went during Easter-time on Joy and it was chaos.  However, Escape had just had its "accident" and some people were transferred to our sailing.  

 

One year I went during Easter time on Celebrity....mainly because the rates were great, and it was a brand new ship (at the time).  I figured we'd just put up with the kids.  However, there were less than 30 kids total on the cruise.  I realize this was Celebrity, though.

 

One thing I didn't mention was the ship I'm considering is Dawn.  It's old, and doesn't have a lot of the activities that would attract kids.  Do you think this would make a difference?

[zzdoug]

Also cruises > 9 days are unlikely to have many children. 

[Melody7]

I am a high school teacher and always cruise over spring break...because I get the same break as the kids! I discovered the Vibe years ago as a way to avoid the crowds during my spring break cruises. It's perfect and worth the extra $$$.

 

[vacation44]

22 hours ago, New2cruise2022 said:

If you are trying to avoid children, I see a Vibe pass in your future. 

 

1 hour ago, Melody7 said:

I am a high school teacher and always cruise over spring break...because I get the same break as the kids! I discovered the Vibe years ago as a way to avoid the crowds during my spring break cruises. It's perfect and worth the extra $$$.

 

 

4 hours ago, mafig said:

Last year I went during Easter-time on Joy and it was chaos.  However, Escape had just had its "accident" and some people were transferred to our sailing.  

 

One year I went during Easter time on Celebrity....mainly because the rates were great, and it was a brand new ship (at the time).  I figured we'd just put up with the kids.  However, there were less than 30 kids total on the cruise.  I realize this was Celebrity, though.

 

One thing I didn't mention was the ship I'm considering is Dawn.  It's old, and doesn't have a lot of the activities that would attract kids.  Do you think this would make a difference?

The Dawn does not have a Vibe.

[Melody7]

8 minutes ago, vacation44 said:

 

 

The Dawn does not have a Vibe.

Sorry for not seeing the OP's follow up post. I haven't sailed on the smaller ships. Perhaps the smaller ships don't draw as much of the family crowd since they don't have some of the "bells and whistles" that the larger ships do (water slides, laser tag, ropes courses, etc.)?

[mjkacmom]

2 minutes ago, Melody7 said:

Sorry for not seeing the OP's follow up post. I haven't sailed on the smaller ships. Perhaps the smaller ships don't draw as much of the family crowd since they don't have some of the "bells and whistles" that the larger ships do (water slides, laser tag, ropes courses, etc.)?

We have sailed on a school vacation  week on the jewel, gem, and breakaway, all had tons of kids.

[Melody7]

Just now, mjkacmom said:

We have sailed on a school vacation  week on the jewel, gem, and breakaway, all had tons of kids.

 

Darn - wishful thinking on my part!

[dbrown84]

I'm sailing on the Escape on 4/1.  I guess I'll just have to spend most of my free time in the casino to avoid the kids.   Like I need an excuse :)

[YankeeFan4Ever]

4 hours ago, zzdoug said:

Also cruises > 9 days are unlikely to have many children. 

I really hope so, we have a 10 day Gem cruise out of NYC from April 5-15.

 

Fingers crossed not too many kids onboard!

[YVRteacher]

If it helps, my friend was just on the Bliss for American Thanksgiving week.  She said there were 1400 kids on board and she also said there was never an issue or a concern.  She is an elementary school principal.

[vacation44]

We sailed on the Escape in 2015 during Christmas and New Years week and there were roughly 2000 kids on board.   We were able to escape to the Vibe, but the rest of the ship was crazy.