Originally Posted by
sbagal
Yes, holiday cruises on HAL have a much higher proportion of kids than at any other time. My non-holiday HAL cruises have only had a very rare few on board. Or was that, bored.
However, I think cruises are great for kids because they get to meet and interact with so many new kids their own ages, from all over in a nice, safe, supervised environment. Let alone the always wonderful travel experiences and even the old "social graces" experiences they can also get with the relatively formal cruising experience....... on some lines. (Like HAL)
Interesting observation about Carnival. Guess this is a real indication what the aging baby boomer demographics are going to look like - still sailing the fun ships.
I think your using the old stereotyping of the various cruise lines. There is much less, full of over 80's or all under 30's now. But sometimes we see what we want to see. I saw all various ages and demographics on my Carnival cruise. Of course I saw much of the same on my last HAL cruise. HAL had more people over 70 and Carnival had more people under 30 but both had a wide spread in between from what I saw. Of course, I didn't have a mindset on what the passenger make-up would be either.