Originally posted by IUJawbreaker:
As the parent of a 2 and a 4 year old, I have to agree with the others. We leave our children at home because we feel cruising is our 'adult only' vacation.
That being said, I too, want to take our kids to Alaska one day; however, I feel they need to be old enough to KNOW what is expected of them in terms of behavior, etc. A 4 year old, much less a 2 year old, does not and for that reason we chose not to take them.
There is plenty of time for them to cruise, and they will, once they understand proper etiquette for doing so.
Just my 2 cents...
Anthony
Add my dos centavos to Anthony's comment ;) . But on the few times I have seen small children on the Mariner, they have been well behaved and unobtrusive. The nature of RSSC crusing does not necessarily attract familes with loads of small children. And those who do bring them on board seem to know and respect other passenger's space. There have been a couple of cases talked about here where the diamond ran rampant with teenagers, that option clearly failed as we have not heard about such a occurence since then.
I think it is more likely that you will run into some rude passengers who could possibly ruin an otherwise relaxing and stress free voyage, than into young ones running rampant ringing doorbells ;)
