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What are the best cruises and cruise lines for families with kids and multi-generational cruising vacations? In this video I talk about the things you need to consider, including the cruise regions to consider and what to exclude. I also discuss the eight lines that are best for families with kids and why they are most suitable: Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, Carnival Cruises, Disney Cruise Line, MSC Cruises, Princess, P&O Cruises and Hapag Lloyd Cruises.
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hi I'm Gary Bainbridge and this is
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another of my tips for travelers in this
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video you're going to discover the best
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cruisers and cruise lines for kids
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families and multi-generational travel
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cruising with families and
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multi-generational travel is a big
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popular trend within travel and cruising
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but choosing the right cruise and the
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right Cruise Line is really really
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important so I'm gonna explain to you
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the things to consider the first thing
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to do is focus on the new ships
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particularly the big new ships so as
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cruise lines bring more and more ships
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into their fleets they're focusing
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increasingly on the needs of families
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and the needs of multi-generational
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travel because they know that this is a
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big growing trend so the ships are
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designed with both cabin configurations
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which deal for families much more they
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have mind connecting cabins they might
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have more family cabins they'll have
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areas for example through it with very
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premium cabins which might suit part of
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the family which have bigger budget like
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the grandparents so the new ships will
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also have many more facilities to deal
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with families and the needs of kids are
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there bigger and better kids clubs
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they'll have more facilities whether
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it's rock-climbing go-karting
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entertainment facilities and the whole
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ship will be designed to provide just so
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much more for kids and for families the
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second thing you should do is focus on
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the big popular regions and areas to go
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cruising so for example the Caribbean
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the central Mediterranean area and
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perhaps your lesser degree places like
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Alaska these are really big popular
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itineraries it's where most of the
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cruises take place so there's lots of
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choices of cruise lines lots of choices
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off ships but also very importantly they
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have so much more to offer for families
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and Varion needs so if you're a
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multi-generational travel you'll find
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the excursions and the port facilities
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will deal for perhaps part of the group
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they want to go on more cultural size
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but there also have more family based
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excursions so if you go to the Caribbean
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or you go to the central Mediterranean
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area you're gonna find just so much more
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and so much more diversity of
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opportunities now increasingly places
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like Alaska which is a huge and growing
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cruising area will also have more and
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more attractions and excursions which
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cater for the needs of families I would
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also recommend that you tend to avoid
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places like the Arctic the Antarctic or
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the Galapagos
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though these are going to be fascinating
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with kids they are very very expensive
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to take kids and families on and also
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many of them have restrictions on the
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age not only that kids can go but even
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if they can go there are often
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restrictions on the age that kids can
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actually get onto the Riv boats to go
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out on some of the excursions I would
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just wait to they're a little bit older
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perhaps more in their teens the next
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thing I would do is avoid the old
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traditional cruising lines so cruise
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lines like Cunard hundred America line
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Fred Olsen avoid those kind of very
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traditional cruise lines because they
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have a much more formal traditional
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approach to cruising which appeals to a
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slightly older demographic or people are
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like a more formal type of cruising they
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would have much more rigorous dress
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codes that have much more formal dining
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approaches they'll have much less
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choices of alternative dining venues
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they're going to have smaller or even
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some cases no actual kids clubs and kids
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facilities they're not gonna have
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attractions and features so they're
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designed for a very different audience
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so exclude those now I've been on many
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of those cruises where people have come
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along with families and I feel in some
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ways it's unfair on the kids because the
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passengers are slightly resentful of
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this kids running around and the
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facilities are not there when I know
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there are other cruise lines that cater
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and embrace and just have so much more
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to offer for families and
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multi-generational travelers so exclude
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the traditional cruise lines and look at
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those cruise lines that are focusing
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much more on the family audience and I'm
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going to talk about those also I would
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avoid ultra-luxury lines so you're
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talking here about lines like silver sea
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Seabourn region seven see those kind of
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cruise lines because they again partly
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because of the audience and the cost of
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those they're going to be extremely
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expensive to take kids on but also the
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people traveling on those are often
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people who they've had their kids that
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kids have left home and they're actually
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just looking for a kid-free zone so
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actually the passengers themselves are
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not as welcoming of families on board
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because they're actually looking for a
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more adult experience what are you going
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to find no two very very limited
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facilities for kids some of them will
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sometimes in the peak summer seasons put
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some facilities on board but I would
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actually avoid those because your kids
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aren't gonna have a great time in my
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view and the passengers are not going to
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be as welcoming now some of the cruise
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lines actually have an adults
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only experience of example Viking ocean
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does not allow people under 18 on D so
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what then are the cruise lines that you
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should focus on now I believe there are
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actually quite a lot of them and there
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are eight that I'm going to talk about
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one of the best cruise lines to consider
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for families and multi-generational is
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Royal Caribbean especially their big new
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mega ships they just have a vast array
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of facilities entertainment and things
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to do which will cater for all ages of
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kids who have you've got young kids or
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teenagers there's going to be a huge
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range of things do they also are
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renowned for their kids clubs they're
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very big kids clubs they are really
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focused on making sure that families
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when they come on board have a great
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time and if you ever go on a real
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Caribbean ship you'll just find loads of
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families and loads of multi-generational
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travelers another phenomenal cruise line
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for families are not a generational is
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Norwegian Cruise Line now the great
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thing about Norwegian Cruise Line is
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they do in their bigger ships have a
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wider range of facilities so they have
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things like water parks and other
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entertainment for you to get stuck into
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but the great thing about Norwegian is
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their freestyle approach so they have
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huge amounts of bars they have huge
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amounts of restaurants and lots of
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flexibility freestyle cruising is their
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concept so if you want to go to cruise
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you know there's lots of people going to
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want to do lots of different things
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Norwegian Cruise Line is a great cruise
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I to look at if you're traveling with
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the family and what huge amounts of
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flexibility again they do have a lot of
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focus on families they do have lots of
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family centric entertainment and they do
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have great kids clubs another great
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cruise line for families is carnival a
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carnival is one of the most
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cost-effective the most the best in
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terms of value
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now Carnival has a concept what they
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call fun ships their idea is to have
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loads and loads of fun so many of their
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bigger new ships do have more facilities
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like water parks but the real heart of
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it is having fun so it's really upbeat
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it's very energetic and it's great value
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they have some of the best prices that
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you're gonna get at sea so if you're
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looking for a great value holiday take a
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look at Carnival they are the biggest
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individual cruise line in the world that
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carry the most amount of passengers and
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they are very very popular they're
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really really strong per ticket in
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being so if you're looking for a great
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sort of sunny summer holiday and you
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just want to have lots of fun
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now carnival like many of the other
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cruise lines has partnerships with lots
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of well-known brands so they have things
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like dr. Sears and they have really
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great kids clubs so certainly people
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have been on carnival cruises with kids
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do right the kids clubs very high so be
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reassured that they already focus again
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on families now if you want to take your
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kids on a much more multicultural
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experience then I would really strongly
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recommend you take a look at MSC Cruises
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this is a family-run company and they're
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very passionate about catering for
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families my MSC Cruises is Italian
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inspired and they have increasingly big
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large resort style ships but the
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official language is onboard that six of
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them on board
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it's very multicultural so you can
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define lots of Spanish Italians people
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from the UK some us so it's very diverse
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so it's a really great experience if you
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want to go on as a family and make sure
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that your kids meet and greet and get
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exposed to a very different mix of
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cultures I think they do have great kids
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clubs as well they have partnerships
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with brands like Lego and Chico so they
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again have great facilities at their
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hardest family and it's much more
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Mediterranean Italian feel so something
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very different from say the Royal
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Caribbean or Norwegian which is much
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more American at its heart one of them
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of course has to be Disney Cruise Line
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Disney of course are experts at dealing
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with kids so not surprising they have a
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Cruise Line and it's great for family
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and Disney does tend to be best for kids
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really aged between about four and
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eleven that's really the sweet spot
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that's the part that they cater for best
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and of course they know how to deal with
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kids they know to deal with families but
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also in the cabins many of the cabins
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have a great setup where you have
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basically in the bathroom two separate
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areas which are quite distinct so you
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can actually have a sink and a toilet in
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one area you can also then be bathing or
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showering in another area so the great
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thing is they have bathrooms which
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enable you to kind of all get ready at
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the same times now if you're going on a
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multi-generational trip don't exclude
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Disney completely because they do have
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some adult-only areas on the ship so
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some of those are all during the day
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some of them at parts of the night so
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there are some times when it has adults
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you can they're basically scared kids
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and have an adults-only time on a Disney
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cruise
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now one other cruise lines
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and said a particularly going on a
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multi-generational cruise line is
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Princess Cruises now many people who go
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multi-generational cruisers love
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Princess Cruises and our Princess
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Cruises is a little bit more traditional
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and they don't have many of the big
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resort facilities that some of the other
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cruise lines do but they do cater very
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well for multi-generational so it's a
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slightly more traditional experience and
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although it's not an obvious one to
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think about for families it is very
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popular for multi-generational ski all
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the parts of the party will really love
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Princess cruise lines and the kids will
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be very welcome on board the seventh
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Bustan to take a look at is Pinot
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cruisers now particularly if you're a
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traveler out of the UK
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Pino cruises are perfect for people
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looking for a British experience just
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now what's interesting on piano is they
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have some ships which is designated
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adults only and then they have other
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ships which are open and welcoming to
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families so P no ships tend not to be
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resort like there are relatively
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traditional in terms of their style of
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cruising but they do Kate a lot for
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family so they have more family cabins
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they have good kids clubs but it's a
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very British experience so if you want
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to go on a British family holiday then
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take a look at piano cruisers now P&O
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Cruises of course also operates out of
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Australia and again they have a much
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more Australian experience now if you do
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want to travel ultra luxury and you want
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to travel with kids the one cruise line
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to take a look at is how back Loida
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cruises they are very expensive cruise
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line very upmarket and the Europa two
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ship is there one designated as an
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international ship now the great thing
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with them is although it's very
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luxurious they have a couple of pokes so
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if your kids are under the age of 11 and
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traveling in the same cabin as you they
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actually travel for free if they're over
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11 you pay a roughly about 100 euros one
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hundred dollars about a hundred pounds
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you could argue per kid per day so it's
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relatively inexpensive to bring kids on
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board once you've paid the higher fee as
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adults they also have a number of these
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family apartments which are one of their
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veranda staterooms and they're
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interconnected to a room which is
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specifically designed with kids in mind
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with bunk beds toys and bathrooms which
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are designed for kids so if you do want
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to travel ultra luxury then take a look
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at how that Glide Europa - you will find
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in the season you're gonna have a lot of
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kids on board bare mines that
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giorgia them will be German speaking
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because it is a German line but
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everything that you interact with will
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be in English so if you want to go
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cruising with families kids or
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multi-generational there's a couple of
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key things to focus on
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so do focus on big new modern ships
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because they're going to have much more
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facilities avoid the traditional cruise
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lines that focus on those eight key
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cruise lines Disney Rock Caribbean
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Norwegian Cruise Line MSC Cruises P&O
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Cruises Carnival Cruise Line Princess
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Cruises and if you want to go ultra
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luxury haploid cruises hopefully that's
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given you something to think about and
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it's helped guide you if you're thinking
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of going cruising with families and
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multi-generational if you found this
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helpful I'd love it if you watched many
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more of my tips of travels videos
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because you'll get much more cruising
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and travel tips inspiration and advice
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