I’d heard all the warnings: It’ll be five days of nothing but drunk college kids vomiting in the halls, hooking up at the clubs and keeping me awake at 4 am with their shenanigans. BEWARE, bachelorette parties and booze-cruise 21-yr-olds will be out in force, even more than usual. You won’t get a moment’s peace!
And yet, this seasoned lady has braved not one, but TWO cruises during Florida’s 2022 spring break period (a little different than our friends up north, since we end and begin school so much earlier). Were they really the depraved bachanals I’d been promised? Truth be told…nah. Hardly a nymph or a satyr in sight, to be honest.
My takeaway was this. We actually didn’t see any more drunk college kids than usual (could it be the youths are not all dying to get on cruise ships just yet?) and the general debauchery was no more than you normally get on a 4 or 5 night cruise. Sure, people were drinking, but that’s hardly breaking news. What we DID see: LOTS. OF. CHILDREN. Not college kids. Just kids. There were tons on both spring break cruises, which I guess is to be expected. It’s spring break for them too, after all.
Were they a problem? Not usually. There were a few boisterous tykes, but most were well-behaved and accompanied by their parents, and the ones who weren’t were only seen (and heard) for a minute or two. There was quite a bit of the running-wild, excited, just-really-psyched-to-be-on-a-ship vibe. But I can’t blame you for that, kiddos. Cruise ships are cool. So, with no shade to the enthusiastic younglings, do be aware: if you spring break cruise, the vibe might be a little less Animal House, and lot more Mickey Mouse Club House. Beware — you’ll be cruising with kids.
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