To answer crusinclare's original question,
Yes, during the Alaska season Radisson runs "Club mariner" a daily program specifically tailored to kids and divided into three age groups (starting at age 5). I have not personally experienced it (yet) but when I have asked people I've met on the ship or the actual Radisson staff, everyone says they are all small groups and that the kids really enjoy it...it's like going to a fun school all day! Some of the shore excursions are tagged "club mariner" so that you know which ones are the kid friendly ones.
Frankly, there is so much to see and do in each Alaskan port that there is no shortage of "kid friendly" activities, by age group. And some of them don't require a huge $$$ outlay.
Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends ~~M. Angelou~~
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