Teen Friendly Cruise Vacations

Point one: More and more Baby Boomers have taken to cruise holidays as their preferred way to get away from it all.

Point two: Most Baby Boomers have kids, and most of the children approaching or in their teens.

Point three: Most Baby Boomers are reluctant to leave their teens behind when they head for the high seas, and prefers to keep the holiday as a family.

The cruise industry is fully aware of all these points and they are doing their best to ensure that all members of their Baby Boomer families are provided with exactly the kind of cruise experience will be entertaining, relaxing, and most of all, FUN. Most cruise ships now offer planned and supervised activities geared for teens during the day because they know that the happy teen customer today will be paying adult client tomorrow.

Teen centers and video arcades are standard on all ships offer family cruises, and many cruise ships have age-based programs that will entice your reluctant teen from spending his or her time moping about in the cabin dreaming about friends or boyfriend left. Ships with good teen activities will schedule night dancing or pool parties where young people can escape from Mom, Dad and their annoying younger siblings. Many of the best cruise ships also have Internet cafes so that your Teenager email lifeline is never far away.

Some cruise ships, including Carnival and Disney, go out of their way to make their cruising fun for family members of all ages. For teenagers in particular, offers Carnival Cruise Lines Camp Carnival for children up to 15 years and a Fountain Fun Card, which will let you ten drinks so much soda as they wishes at any time of day or night. They also have 24-hour pizzerias.

Carnival's Destiny class ships have high-tech video game arcades, and its Fun Ships has 2400 square Fun House activity centers. When it comes to catering to children and teenagers, but few cruise ships have just as much to offer as Disney.

The cruise ships Disney Magic and Disney Wonder, each nearly an entire deck (1500 square feet) allocated for kid and teen activities, including a teen club with its own coffee shop and video arcade. Disney debuts its latest theatrical releases on board the same day they are released into theaters, so if there is a teen offers from Disney Studios, while on your cruise, your teens not to wait to see it!

Royal Caribbean will keep your teens busy in their own nightclubs and large video arcades, and keep them happily fed with burgers and shakes on their Johnny Rocket's restaurants. Their latest ships also have a teen pool complete with water slide and (for a small fee) use of a rock climbing wall to give a crow's nest view of the surrounding seas. organized activities for teenagers are held throughout the day starting at 10:00. Karaoke contests are open to passengers of all ages and teenagers are often the most enthusiastic performers!

Royal Caribbean is also among the handful of cruise ships have onboard skating rinks of some of its ships where your teens can either skate or enjoy a copy of the Ice Capades. They will love the contrast between skating and surfing experience they receive at Royal Caribbean's Flow Rider, where the surf is always up!

Cruise vacations are no longer the domain of honeymooners and retirees. They are truly family-friendly experiences, with entertainment and social activities to appeal to even the most sophisticated teenagers!

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