Help me decide if it's worth it to cruise or not for a graduation

[peacefrogdog]

My kids are at a similar stage in life - one graduated last year from college, and the other two due to graduate this year. While they have cruised since they were age 5-6, they love cruising now. The cruise does not have organized events for younger adults, but they have nightly activities every evening starting at midnight that tend to be populated with people in their early 20s. I've never been myself, but from what my kids describe, they do not sound to be full of drunk people, and the same people tend to also go to the earlier karaoke sessions so that there is a bit of familiarity amongst guests.

We have recently done Universal with the kids - they love that too but with the walking and lining up, those days tend to be much more tiring. The price (for a family of 5, including two hotel rooms in a Deluxe universal resort, passes, and dining but no booze) was was similar to what we paid for a 4 night cruise on Utopia (one of the newer, Oasis class ships) also with no booze.

 

[MMitchell29]

My kids are at a similar stage in life - one graduated last year from college, and the other two due to graduate this year. While they have cruised since they were age 5-6, they love cruising now. The cruise does not have organized events for younger adults, but they have nightly activities every evening starting at midnight that tend to be populated with people in their early 20s. I've never been myself, but from what my kids describe, they do not sound to be full of drunk people, and the same people tend to also go to the earlier karaoke sessions so that there is a bit of familiarity amongst guests.

We have recently done Universal with the kids - they love that too but with the walking and lining up, those days tend to be much more tiring. The price (for a family of 5, including two hotel rooms in a Deluxe universal resort, passes, and dining but no booze) was was similar to what we paid for a 4 night cruise on Utopia (one of the newer, Oasis class ships) also with no booze.

Hi thanks for your reply. I didn't realize there's not many activities going on for young adults that don't drink. I would hate to pay for a cruise and all he does is lay around and play on his phone. I truly am rethinking this.

We love doing Universal (and Disney) because I'm able to make it cheap for us. We are already Universal passholders and I have a Hilton Friends and Family rate. We normally stay at a Homewood suites because they have a full kitchen and a separate living room area. I precook and freeze food and get the rest from Walmart as to not load my minivan to heavy. My last stay was under 800.00 for the week and that included gas, hotel stay and a Walmart run. I'm making a call in the morning to a travel agent and if the numbers are funny then we'll most likely do Florida.

 

[peacefrogdog]

Sorry I mistyped - I meant to convey that the clubs are not just for drunk people. Ie my kids said there were many people who weren’t drinking who were having a good time.