Same itinerary very different price questions, how busy are you during a cruise w/ kids?

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If you can swing a 4-night instead of 3, I would recommend it. There is a fairly common belief that longer is better - but they mean 7 nights. My sweet spot is 5 nights with 2 stops at Disney beaches. It just feels like a beach vacation on a floating hotel. I am talking Bahamas, not Europe or Southern Caribbean, etc…

I did a 3-night Bahamas as my first cruise. Four months later, went back with a different set of family members (my Venn diagram did have 2 common elements) and did a 4 night. Same ship and ports (Nassau and Castaway Cay), but a real Sea Day. Which does feel different than staying in the ship while docked at Nassau. It also makes Pirate Night more of a thing. You see some pretty good costumes. And some people pick the Pirate Dinner as a favorite. I am not into pirates, but I appreciate the place it holds in 25 years of DCL tradition.

Three nights can feel like arrived- unpack - turn around and it’s time to repack. And it’s not 3 days of cruising. Unlike going to WDW, when you leave the hotel, it’s over. At the parks, you can do things on check-in and check-out day. Boarding day is not a relaxing ship day.

There may be a difference between weekend crowds and those during the week. It is true in other cruise lines, but I’d need some input on whether it is true on Disney

The 2 Disney beach stops would be nice, since I hotel dont know if we would get off the ship in Nassau anyway.