18-20 gatherings on other cruise lines?

[Scooterboot]

Looking at Alaskan cruises for next summer and researching all the cruise lines to determine the best fit for our family's ages, price, itenerary, etc...

We have a 20 year old son who will be joining us. We cruised the Med in July on DCL and the 18-20 Society was fantastic. Our son had one of his best cruises to date.

Do other cruise lines have similar 18-20 year old gatherings or is this a DCL specific thing?

Thanks for your help!

 

[disnygirl55]

I have a friend who recently traveled to Alaska on Royal Caribbean with her 18-year old daughter. I had never been on RC, but told my friend about the 18-20 society on Disney. They had previously been on DCL when their kids were quite a bit younger. When she returned, I asked her if her daughter had made friends to hang around with, and she told me there was no 18-20 gathering that they were able to find. Their family still had a good vacation - and they appreciated not paying the premium that Disney charges - but said that anything after experiencing the service of Disney Cruise Line along with DCL's variety of kids' activities was bound to be a bit of a disappointment.

 

[Dug720]

I've been on RCCL and Celebrity and have not seen anything for that age range - solo travelers gathering, LGBTQIA+ gatherings, etc.

But those, like anything that is on a hearsay or read about it in the app/daily paper is only going to be as good as those who participate. I've seen people on here report that even on Disney it was lackluster because there either weren't a lot of people in that age range or those who were didn't really feel like doing anything.

So I wouldn't book Disney JUST because of that. You could land on a sailing with a very small and/or inactive group in that age range - and then you've paid the Disney premium for nothing as far as he is concerned.

 

[DisRecruit]

Royal actually has meetups/events for 18-25 year olds. In the planner it's called Hyperlink. Here's a screenshot from the Royal app for a current sailing. Unfortunately I don't have any experience with it to say whether the meetups are well attended, or how often they're offered throughout the cruise.

 

[DisRecruit]

Here's a screenshot from an embarkation day NCL "Daily." You can see that they have an 18-21 mixer from 9-10pm.