What is the best choice for a family of 6

[gisele2]

Hi,

I was wondering what is the best choice for a family of 6 with 4 adult and 2 teens. A royal suite, one two bedrooms, one one bedroom and a communicating cabin, two concierge cabins?

 

[Lilsia]

I would get at least 2 rooms. Depending on what ship you are on, the royal suite may only sleep 5. Also depending on who will sleep with whom, and if everyone needs a separate bed, etc. You in essence have 6 full sized people and many of the fold down beds are not that big. If the 4 adults are a pair of couples and can sleep together, I would get 2 rooms. The adults can sleep in the queen bed and you can have 1 teen in each room on the sleeper sofa. And you can do that with concierge rooms if you want.

 

[Lillebelle]

One thing that's not immediately obvious if you're looking at it is the royal suites on the old ships (Magic/Wonder) have essentially a third bedroom - the 'office' has a wall pull-down bed and can be closed off. So again, it depends on what kind of sleeping arrangements you need and who can share a bed with whom. If it's in the budget (which I'm assuming it is based on your question), I'd definitely go with one of the configurations that includes a suite (either the royal or 2 bedroom, or a 1 bedroom suite with adjoining room) so you have a living room/dining space of some sort.

 

[gisele2]

Well , I want to surprise my family with something special before all our adults kids leave the nest. Because of covid our yearly family vacation in a new country was canceled 3 times. So a cruise in 2022 or 2023 seems fun and safe.

 

[flipflop]

We are a family of 6 - 2 adults, 4, 16 year olds - two of which are over 6 foot. In the past we have gotten two connecting verandah rooms. Like many our last cruise was in 2019 so the kids were smaller/shorter. With the kids being adult sized for our upcoming trip - we got connecting 1 bedroom concierge rooms so we can have more space. You have more square footage that way than with the 2 bedroom (at least on the magic).

 

[Cruising Engineer]

Well , I want to surprise my family with something special before all our adults kids leave the nest. Because of covid our yearly family vacation in a new country was canceled 3 times. So a cruise in 2022 or 2023 seems fun and safe.

So you are one big happy family with mom & dad plus 4 siblings (of which two are adults and two are teens)? That makes a big difference in sleeping arrangements (who's sleeping with whom).