It is fun to us, but my son does get overstimulated, as we learned too late on our first cruise, and ended up with a sensory meltdown. Now ewe immediately go to the deck above the action and find a place to watch from afar. He loves it for a while, but as soon as we sail away and hear the horn, we head back to the room before the mass exit, to calm down and get ready for dinner. It's just the horn and initial sailing away that we like, anyway. If it's your first time, though, I'd at least try it out!