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Every parent knows that family holidays are all about spending valuable quality time together yet being able to create a balance where there is something available to suit everyone, catering for all interests and to keep the younger ones entertained.

You may be surprised to learn that a cruise holiday is the perfect answer to this age old problem.  Gone are the days where cruise ships are exclusively for the older and wealthier generation, nowadays they have been equipped with an amazing array of children’s facilities – much better than any found in most resort hotels.

A cruise is really a holiday the whole family can enjoy with activities to do together or age specific entertainment to give children their own independence, while giving parents precious space.  

We take a look at what’s on offer for all family types

those with infants 6 months to 2 years
Intants

Royal Caribbean offer Aqua babies and Aqua tots clubs where your little ones can enjoy baby gymnastics, musical inspiration and a whole host of fun during playgroup sessions developed by early childhood experts at Fisher-Price. 

Flounder's Reef Nursery onboard Disney Cruise Line's Disney Magic is a Little Mermaid themed daycare nursery designed for children aged 3 months to 3 years.

Carnival Cruises Camp Carnival offers a wide range of activities designed for children in three different age groups - Toddlers, Juniors, and Intermediates.  Supervised by staff who have experience and/or education in child-care, Camp Carnival also serves as the site for Carnival's babysitting services, which are available from 10pm to 3am nightly. 

those with juniors 2 - 12 years
Juniors

Royal Caribbean offer 3 – 5 year olds the opportunity to become Aquanauts taking part in activities like story time, face painting, games and theatre. 6-8 year olds can become explorers - a programme designed to blend educational activities with good fun, learning about local customs, making kites and masks – even learning to make sweets. A range of activities is also available for ages 9 – 12 years.

Inspired by Captain Hook's pirate ship from Peter Pan, Disney Cruises Oceaneer's Club caters for children aged from 3-10 years old and offers a wide variety of entertainments and activities for youngsters to enjoy including toys and games, play areas and a child-friendly computer lab.

Juniors can enjoy Junior Sailors, First Mates and Navigators clubs with NCL – each packed with activities such as arts & crafts, painting, storytelling, parties and treasure hunts.

P&O Cruises offers the Surfers club for 5-8 year olds and Scubas for 9-12's, and hosts the first Scalextric at Sea aboard Ventura providing fast paced fun for budding Lewis Hamilton’s as well play stations, a video corner, arts and crafts area, sports challenges, quizzes and a whole host more.

Carnival Cruises offers a wide variety of activities specifically geared toward children, including the WaterColors art programme; ExerSeas, SeaNotes and EduCruise.

Celebrity Cruises offer a variety of youth club activites in the Fun Factory - a place on board exclusively for their junior cruisers.

those with teenagers 13 – 17 years
Teens

With Royal Caribbean teens can enjoy teen only special theme nights, games and competitions, while the teen-only lounge and night club lets them hang out and catch up with friends.

For young adults aged 12-17, Celebrity Cruises offers a supervised yet independant program featuring various social activities designed for ultimate fun.

The Stack on Disney Cruise Line's Disney Magic is a trendy lounge/activity centre where teens aged 14-17 can make new friends, surf the internet, listen to music, watch TV and enjoy a range of social activities.

Teenagers can enjoy social clubs, discos, movies and sports & actives with NCL.

P&O Cruises H20 club for 13-17 year olds offers specialist activities such as sports coaching and DJ clubs during school holidays in addition to entertainment such as music, videos, discos and interactive computer games.

Sure to be a big hit with the older kids Carnival Cruises offers high-tech Circle "C" and Club O2 facilities, catering to 12- to 14 year olds and 15- to 17-year olds respectively where they can make new friends and dance to the latest hits cranked out by a high-energy DJ.

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family cruises

Most family-friendly cruise lines will also offer additional services including:

Children’s dining – Child friendly meal times hosting their favourite dishes combined with healthy options. Also catering for older children with more sophisticated tastes with separate “cool” eating areas away from parents.

Night nurseries – where little ones can be settled down, tucked up safely whilst parents are free to dine alone and enjoy onboard entertainment. Paging/telephone services alert parents in the event of any problems.

In-cabin listening services – Little ones can be settled in your cabin and telephone systems enable listening facilities, meaning you can call from anywhere on the ship to check on your children.

Babysitting services – this service is available with hourly charges