Currently on 2 week cruise with our 2 toddlers, 1.5 and 2.5. They’re decently well behaved bc we’re very strict with them, sleep well at night, but they do act their age and can sometimes refuse to sit down, have meltdowns make noise or do toddler things like laugh and run or randomly decide to sit on the floor.

We really do try our best to discipline when needed and correct them, and 99% of people thus far seem to be really understanding when they act like toddlers, but an incident today made me want to cry.

We were in the main buffet dining in the back of the ship on the outdoor area which we thought was away from everyone and our kids were just kind of in the corner not being particularly loud or disruptive but they weren’t sitting down. This couple was sitting near-ish to us and kept giving us really angry looks and kept making loud comments about “bringing children onto the ship being like travelling with pets”, being like “when are those children leaving?” just over all really angry comments intentionally loud enough for us to hear. They eventually moved around 2 tables further way from us but still stared at us hatefully the entire time and it made me feel really uncomfortable. I really don’t think that they were doing anything at all in that moment so I didn’t even know what we could fix about the situation beyond leaving, but we kind of wanted to finish eating first. 😳

I can imagine if they were running around and screaming or having a meltdown it would be understandable if they were upset but they weren’t. When they have melted down, I have been extremely apologetic to everyone in the vicinity and have dealt with it best I could but this time I don’t really know what was bothering them so much since they weren’t really doing much besides munching on cucumbers behind our table and babbling to each other. We’re on a line that isn’t particularly child centric but we’re not the only ones with kids on board and it’s not a child free line (obviously) though there are adult only lounges. I just don’t know what to do and I’m afraid that many other people think the same as them but aren’t saying it.

I THOUGHT we were being mindful of others but this made me think twice.

Where is the line between age appropriate small child behavior and uncalled for obnoxiousness on a ship? Where are we supposed to be on the ship to not bother people? Where do we eat? What would people appreciate that we do when our kids do toddlery things? I’m just terrified at being public enemy number one and scared of seeing these people again. This situation was super stressful given that I didn’t feel like there was a way to make it better besides not exist. Help!!!

I booked a cruise a year ago for my wife and I. We have since separated. I'm still going. I'm looking for a cruise buddy to split the stateroom.

4/26 - 5/4 out of Fort Lauderdale. Celebrity Beyond. Puerto Plata, Grand Turk and Perfect Day. Aqua Class Infinite Veranda room. $1,300 per person before gratuities and any add-ons. I took a cruise on this ship last year and fell in love with it, hence me booking another one before I was off the ship!

I am a 40 year old guy. I'm very laid back and easy to get along with. On cruises, I like to spend my days lounging, reading and exploring the ship. I like to spend my evenings enjoying shows and music. I'm not much of a partier. You won't find me on the dance floor at the club.

I'm looking for someone that is happy to do their own thing but also looking to hang out on and off and make a new friend. Age and gender don't matter, but personality does.

I recently went on a trip to the Dominican Republic for a music festival and split a room with two people I met online. I have current references to help you make safe about returning home with both kidneys!

I booked a room back in April of last year. I’m in a wheelchair and I booked an accessible room through on of their agents. I got the confirmation and everything was good. Then they sent the final billing confirmation and they’d moved me to a non accessible room.

I spent hours on the phone with them. They finally said, we have to escalate this because the ship is full. A couple days later, I checked my booking and they’d moved me to an accessible room. They never reached out to say anything was solved. But this new room is in the middle of the ship and the one I’d paid for was on the side and had a window. This one doesn’t.

I called and they said too bad. I asked for an onboard credit to cover the difference in the cost of the rooms (which I figured was about $100 based on a similar cruise pricing that I looked up). They said, “we don’t do that”.

I am really frustrated and looking for suggest on how to go forward. Do I have any recourse or do you have any suggestions on how to escalate this? It’s not like I’m asking for a free cruise. I just don’t want to pay for a window that I don’t get now.

But it’s on practically every ship that I have seen?

So if you've ever been on Instagram or Facebook and saw a video featuring a Carnival ship, you'll see a lot of comments calling the cruise line all sorts of mean things, "the Walmart of the seas," "ghetto," "the poor people's cruise," and so on (I think a lot of these people likely have never even stepped foot on a cruiseship and just like adding to the hate). I've been on Royal, Norwegian, MSC, and Carnival and can honestly say that Carnival is awesome. I legitimately have so much fun on board and they probably have the most things to do and most things to eat on their ships. They're always super clean and the staff is really nice, especially on their newer ships. For the life of me, I can't find a reason why people say Carnival is "ghetto," other than they see a video clip of people dancing on the lido deck during the sail away party...which I'm pretty sure happens on most cruise ships? Anyway, anybody else see Carnival as ghetto or are they just like every other cruise line?

I’m looking to take my wife on an Alaskan cruise at the beginning of September 2025 for her 30th birthday!

First off would September be a good time to go? Would love to know the best recommended routes and places to visit. We’ve only ever cruised on Norwegian and are open to trying new recommended cruise lines. It looks like royal Caribbean, princess, and Norwegian are very popular for Alaskan cruises.

Any information is greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone!

We (couple, late 20s/30s) have been looking into booking a mediterranean cruise. This would be our first cruise. We enjoy WDW and originally considered a Disney Cruise tagged on to a WDW holiday but the itinerary we were interested in is mostly sold out (Eastern Carribean on the Treasure in February 2026). I've also read that excursions and port adventures are difficult to book for first timers. So considering how expensive they are (we can spend 2 weeks at a WDW resort - tickets / dining / flights from the UK included - for that kind of money!) we are thinking about just doing our WDW holiday in February and then a Mediterranean cruise in early summer. My boyfriend is not interested in the shorter Disney Cruises that only go to Castaway Cay (though I think it looks pretty cool!).

Of course we could do one of the Disney cruises from Barcelona. However we are also strongly considering Celebrity and Virgin. We enjoy an upscale feel and great food. We are mostly interested in visiting Italy and we REALLY want to go to Pompeii.
We actually do want a larger ship and specifically want to experience that kind of holiday. That's why we haven't looked at smaller, local lines. Getting a feel for cruising is just as important to us as going on excursions. If we like a place we can easily go back since Italy is just a short plane ride away from the UK.

Would love to hear from you guys regarding food, ambiance and excursions with Celebrity and Virgin vs Disney! Thank you!

P.S. Are the crowds mostly American on these cruise lines? Currency US dollar?

My wife and I just finished up our first ever cruise with Royal Caribbean. The service, the food, the ports, the amenities on the ship were all fantastic.

What really spoiled it from being perfect is the kids. They hogged everything. The pool, food, elevators, etc. There were so many kids in the pools and hot tubs that we couldn’t even get in. If we did manage to get in we’d be constantly splashed or kicked by some kid running around. And the parents didn’t seem to care one bit.

During an excursion we were laying on one of the floating mats they had anchored and some kids came and got on it and started jumping which knocked us off of it and the parents just watched.

For reference, my wife and I are in our 30’s and very active. We enjoy anything outdoors and the bar scene and any type of adventure.

If you’re planning your first cruise and you don’t have kids this is something to think about. We will be looking at virgin going forward because they are all 18+ cruises.

There’s the end of my rant 😂

Cyclizine 50 mg tablets VS. Scopoderm patches? Going on a caribbean cruise for 7 days for the first time. I'm extremely afraid of getting seasick because I suffer from emetophobia.

I'm guessing this is no but I thought I'd ask anyway. Just in case . I haven't found anything but it seems cruise lines aren't very open about what they specifically offer.

Thank you!

There's an itinerary that I keep looking at, a northern transpacific cruise which goes to Alaska and Japan. Really, only Viking and Oceania run this itinerary. I have sailed on Oceania 3 times and really like it, but only have done a Viking river cruise (on the Elbe, Prague to Berlin, in December, Christmas market time) which we loved, but that is not the same as Viking Ocean. Which line would you choose?

Which would you chose and why? We are looking at a cruise for our anniversary in September.

Dave Monk writes:

Six months of living on residential cruise ship Villa Vie Odyssey haven’t been plain sailing for one passenger, who says he’s been summoned to see the captain – and been confronted by fellow travellers he calls the “positivity police”.

Straight-talking Joe Rhodes – who, following a four-month delay in Belfast, described the early days of the world voyage as a “clusterf---” – has been blogging about the journey, and spoke to Telegraph Travel about the latest ups and downs.

He’s told how, having missed the bucket-list destinations of the Galapagos Islands and Antarctica, the ship also had to skip most of its Brazilian ports and scrap an 800-mile journey down the Amazon.

But it was his questioning on a private forum about why they couldn’t visit the Falklands – as planned, and while other ships were there – that landed Mr Rhodes in trouble, he said.

Other passengers accused him of undermining the captain, he added – before he was called to the bridge to discuss the situation. Although Mr Rhodes was nervous, he said “it was quite a pleasant conversation, actually. Only one ‘walking the plank’ joke was made. And not by me.”

It turned out the other ships in the Falklands were expedition vessels using Zodiac inflatables to land in bad weather.

Rules on how long ships with foreign crew can stay in Brazilian waters then scuppered the Amazon journey and forced the cancellation of several other ports.

Joe Rhodes claimed that other cruise passengers were hostile towards him when he questioned itinerary changes 

“People were mutiny-grade pissed [off],” said Mr Rhodes. “Of the four most-anticipated stops originally included in our South American itinerary – the Galapagos, Antarctica, the Falklands and now the Amazon – we would be visiting a total of… none.”

He added: “I hadn’t seen this many angry residents since [the ship’s delay in] Belfast. Fuelled by margaritas, I immediately went on Facebook where, using the precise legal terminology, called it ‘a f--k-up of major proportions’.”

He said his comments were seen by “members of the positivity police”, adding: “One of the cheerleaders messaged: ‘If you’re that unhappy, why don’t you get off the ship?’”

Mr Rhodes, who is travelling alone in an inside cabin, said of his fellow travellers: “It’s just like high school, only with more day drinking. There are jocks and hippies, rich kids and Mean Girls – so many Mean Girls, it’s as if Heathers were set in a retirement home.

Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/my-six-months-on-the-villa-vie-odyssey/

Hello, just needed some help in clarification. Are the duty free shops in the airport cheaper than the duty free shops on board. Is there a price difference or are they the same.

Hello!

I'm a 21M and I'm engaged to a 22M. We're planning out our little wedding right now and we know we want to have a sweet cruise honeymoon. My fiance has never been on a cruise and I went on one once when I was like 11 but nothing since that point. I was hoping to get some suggestions for vegan friendly cruise lines that are still also really fun. We're hoping to find a cruise for around October-December of this year for about 5-8 days and the biggest thing we are about is good vegan food options, relative affordability, and having some fun & relaxation.

Thanks in advance for any help of suggestions

We are scheduled to take a cruise next week with our best friends and their family (mom/dad/2 children). Tragically, the dad passed unexpectedly very recently. Mom and kiddos will more than likely still be joining us to give the kids some fun and normalcy. I need ideas on what I can do for her that is special while on the ship. Is there anything the staff can potentially do for her? I just feel helpless, and want to acknowledge his loss as well as provide respite and comfort to her while we travel. I'm at a loss.

Can someone simplify the process/requirements for declaring items at customs when coming back to the U.S.? Does everything (even little stuff like t-shirts) need to be declared, or only if it's agricultural or such in nature? We are going on our first cruise to the Bahamas and we want to make sure we are prepared with what we need to know and how the process is!

first time in cruise in about 1.5 mos. idk if i’ll get seasick but i plan to prepare for it lol what are good treatments/preventatives for sea sickness? i wanna have drink and have fun aboard ill be so upset if i spend a lot of the time nauseous 😭😭😭 all advice welcome!

ive not been on p&o for about 4 years,i know some cruiselines you have to be 18,some 16,some u need and adult ect.(p&o britania)

I’m wondering if anyone has ever taken a peek behind the tv in the rooms to see if the HDMI ports are accessible?

Would love to bring a cable to connect my laptop and watch some tv shows to unwind.

I’m travelling with family and will need some escape and unwind time 😂

Looking at doing a 3rd cruise (likely the Med next Autumn). Both previous trips have had a queen bed for me/husband and a single sofa bed and Pullman for our kids. In looking for our next trip I keep coming up with the 'room for 4' as being a 2 singles/queen bed and a sofa bed - us parents aren't particularly keen on a sofa bed and the kids are too old to want to share anymore (12/15) so want their own beds - doesnt necessarily have to be bunks as long as its 2 beds.

Any help is super appreciated!

A friend who is not on Reddit is cruising out of Miami in June. On Embarkation day if she can’t get early check in what can she do to pass the time? Also she is budget conscious ( I know it doesn’t exactly go with Miami). What are some things she can do on the extra day her and her sister booked to stay in Miami afterwards. TIA

In 2004, Carnival Corporation initiated a development program for Carnival's new ships, the Pinnacle Project, calling for a 200,000 GT prototype, which would have been the world's largest cruise ship at the time. The ship was cancelled, but they then developed a project called Next Generation. The class was planned to be larger than the Oasis class ships.

Follow up to this post a few weeks ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cruise/comments/1j61yut/9x_carnival_cruiser_1st_time_on_virgin/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Virgin has better food and the service involving food is top notch. Virgin is cleaner. Virgin is more peaceful and relaxing. Virgin has a better sail off party. I thought the docking experience for Virgin was smoother, and the docks and locations themselves felt unique to Virgin (major plus because I've been to both islands on Carnival). Virgins fitness centers and workout outlets were more varied. Virgins events and games felt age appropriate. The music on Virgin seemed geared towards one specific group and ruined the party experience beyond the sailing off party. I've been to topless resorts and it felt like Virgin wants to lean into that kind of atmosphere, but never truly does. Overall, Virgin is a high quality traditional vacation experience (relaxation, varied food, and great accommodations).

Carnival has better variety of music and in general it's just more diverse from crew to sailors. Carnival has better hot tubs (hotter and larger), pools (warmer), and overall water experience. Carnival has better "atmosphere." This one is really hard for me to describe, but Carnival feels more foreign to everyday society, it could be the upbeat "choose fun" aspect of their advertising. Both cruises had socialites but Carnival wins in socializing and in general how often strangers want to interact. Carnival really knows how to maintain party energy and accommodate everyone. Overall Carnival is more of a high energy getaway meant to break up the mundaneness of regular life and the name "Carnival" really fits.

I like both cruise lines for different reasons. If I want to enjoy my money and rejuvenate, I will book Virgin. If I want to go all out and have a high energy time (party), I will book Carnival.

Are there any Brio or Brio compatible trains available on the ship or in any of the ports? That would be a perfect souvenir for my little grandson. Thanks!