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the kids until they can put them into one of the clubs. At the earliest,
that would probably be when they are about three years old.
Is there anything else you’d like our readers to know?
As long as you can be flexible, I would say, there’s no reason to not take
a baby on a cruise. For me it’s not so much about the baby, it’s more
about the parents. Unless you have a baby that’s screaming bloody
murder all the time there’s no reason to not cruise. Sure, you will have
to adjust what you do. The only thing it kept us from doing was just the
two of us going somewhere together without Danielle.
In the evening the guys would go to the casino. One night I went to
the casino with one of the other ladies while Adam watched Danielle.
Afterwards I went back to the cabin and said, “Honey, it’s okay; I’ll get
her to sleep.” So then he went to the casino for a while. We agreed
to a trade-off. For every night he went to the casino I would get a spa
treatment. I made a good trade on that one … I got two spa treatments
during the cruise.
Is there anything else?
Definitely keep in mind that each cruise line has their own kid
programs, and each ship has their own kid things. Maybe in a few years
nurseries will become standard. Disney has them. Royal is adding them
to all of their ships. I think that’s a great perk to have, even if they
charge you for it.
Go with an open mind and enjoy it. At a certain point your kids won’t
want to be with you anymore. When they do go to those kids’ clubs
they’ll be like, “Oh, Mom, Dad, go away!” You only get them for a few
years when they still like being with you.