My goodness. Interesting responses on this topic. Can't imagine why folks who book a cruise with a kid club offering would be bummed with having kids aboard. I want my grandkids to realize that working hard, going to school, and managing their lives could bring them rewards. I also want to be a part of their experience in learning this. My grandkids will be on RSSC when kids club is offered. They will love having napkins placed in their laps and ordering "courses". They already find the adventure in thinking up new ways to make place cards (hershey bar squares with the awful squeeze tube frosting for writing last Easter dinner)and think that sushi chefs are awesome. They will always be supervised on cruises as they are in any land venue and held to the same standard: mindful and respectful of others' space and comporting themselves as citiznes, not heathens. They didn't earn that, instead, they were taught that.