Randon1234 Posted April 9, 2023 Report Share Posted April 9, 2023 I've read they are generally an older crowd due to the longer duration of cruise, but I was wondering what the demographics are like in the summer time or over break periods for families with school aged children. Anyone with experience care to share their story? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted April 9, 2023 Report Share Posted April 9, 2023 On Royal you don't typically find summer transatlantic cruises. Most are spring and fall to follow the cruising crowds. Since transatlantic cruises are 13 to 16 nights that excludes typical school breaks. Most working people don't want to commit 2 to 3 weeks of PTO to a single vacation. As a result you typically find an older crowd who has several weeks of PTO or they are retired. Thumper44 and Randon1234 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattycruise Posted April 9, 2023 Report Share Posted April 9, 2023 There were 500 children on my Symphony transatlantic a month ago. deButler, Randon1234 and Cactus527 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan79 Posted April 9, 2023 Report Share Posted April 9, 2023 As said, transatlantic cruises are repositioning cruises that only really happen in early spring and early fall. There aren’t many, if any, during the summer months as that doesn’t make economic sense for the cruise lines to tie up a ship for 2 weeks one way and 2 weeks another during prime cruise season. Yes, there will always be kids on any RC cruise but these have the least. Even having 500 on Symphony is still less than 10% of capacity of an Oasis class ship. On a summer Caribbean cruise it’s easily double that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randon1234 Posted April 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2023 51 minutes ago, Ryan79 said: As said, transatlantic cruises are repositioning cruises that only really happen in early spring and early fall. There aren’t many, if any, during the summer months as that doesn’t make economic sense for the cruise lines to tie up a ship for 2 weeks one way and 2 weeks another during prime cruise season. Yes, there will always be kids on any RC cruise but these have the least. Even having 500 on Symphony is still less than 10% of capacity of an Oasis class ship. On a summer Caribbean cruise it’s easily double that. Makes sense, thanks for the insight Thumper44 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biaggio Posted April 9, 2023 Report Share Posted April 9, 2023 Last month took a transatlantic on RCL and we were surprised on the amount of young people and children. 20-30 minute wait between pickle ball games. Toddler pool and slides filled with little ones. Randon1234 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveling Mike Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 If you are wanting to say away from kids do not worry because they are not packed like a spring or summer break cruise in the Caribbean. If you are wanting to say away from the old people just make sure it is a regular TA cruise and not one of the Artic Cruises and you will be fine. if you are worried about your kids don't worry your kids will have more fun with less kids. I have done several TA cruises while my son was growing up and he loved them. He has less friends to choose from, but they have more access to the kid's area and quicker access to the wave runners and rock walls. Growing up my son's favorite cruise was a Panama Canal where there were only 20 kids on the ship. He had 4 ten-year-old friends and they had full run of the ship. WAAAYTOOO, Thumper44 and Randon1234 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She Sails Away Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 There were many kids on my September TA, and they had a blast. Many were homeschooled. Some seniors, some solos, all in all a normal mix--however, the crowd overall is smaller. The ship will have (most likely but not definitely,) a less-than-full sailing, with a healthy mix of ages. I am doing a TA next month and our FB group is relatively small, but there is a good number of kids on board. Randon1234 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike6453 Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 were booked on Oddyssey coming back in october...ship seems pretty full, i imagine as the pay date gets closr that could change..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biaggio Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 18 hours ago, Mike6453 said: were booked on Oddyssey coming back in october...ship seems pretty full, i imagine as the pay date gets closr that could change..... Same here, just hope business class airfare goes down over the next few months. Now it’s a killer. FloatyBoaty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike6453 Posted April 13, 2023 Report Share Posted April 13, 2023 On 4/11/2023 at 4:50 PM, Biaggio said: Same here, just hope business class airfare goes down over the next few months. Now it’s a killer. I have been tracking it for months for our august cruise and it is not pretty, we will wait and see. The saving grace its its only one way, we want to spend a few days in rome before and would rather use the money in italy if its going to stay at these prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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