What is the best cruise line for two young adults (23 years old)?

Question

I am planning on taking a Caribbean cruise with my boyfriend sometime next year. Which cruise line is the most youth-friendly? We are both in our early 20's, and don't want to be stuck on a boat with a bunch of kids and families or older people.
Also, which cruise route do you recommend. I want to go on a Caribbean cruise, not a cruise to Mexico. I've already been to Mexico, and would like to go somewhere different.

Answer 1

A Caribbean cruise is great, depending on where you would like to go. Eastern Caribbean are usually 7 nights and they usually include St. Thomas, St. Marteen, and Nassau, or the cruiselines private island. A Western Caribbean cruise usually includes Jamaica, Cozumel Mexico, Key West, Progresso Mexico, Belize etc.. this also depends on which line you choose to go with. A Southern Caribbean includes San Juan, Aruba, Barbados, and most of the deep southern islands, but this one usually goes out of San Juan, so you would have to plan on flying to the cruiseport.

If you are looking for a cruiseline that is "Youth" friendly then most of them will have families and children on them, unless you book during off season when school is in session, but there will always be children on the ships, just not as many.

The most active cruiselines for your age group would be Royal Caribbean, Carnival and NCL. You will find more older adults on Celebrity and Holland America, but there are pretty much all ages on most of the mainstream lines.

I would suggest that you look at the three mainstream lines websites: www.ncl.com , www.carnival.com, and www.royalcarbbean.com to get an idea of what itineraries are offered and what length of cruise is offered. Either that or contact a cruise specialist agent to ask these questions. They are trained in all the different lines and will be best able to qualify you to the best line based on your answers to questions they will ask.

My recommendation:
Royal Caribbean offers many things on the ship for all age groups. They have the rock climbing walls, the newest ships have the flow rider, there is also mini golf, pools, games etc.

Carnival offers quite a bit of activities for your age group, and if you are planning on a 3 or 4 night cruise, you will find more people your age on the ship...remember they were once known as the "party" ship. But they are catering more to families now..but again, book in off season (not summer, spring break or Christmas time) and you will find less children on the ship.

NCL offers a bowling ally on their newer ships, along with a variety of other activites to participate in, there are plenty of activities for your age group.

Also, the cruiseline you decide on would be dependant on how much money you want to invest in your cruise.

Good luck in your choices.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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What is the best cruise line for two young adults (23 years old)?
I am planning on taking a Caribbean cruise with my boyfriend sometime next year. Which cruise line is the most youth-friendly? We are both in our early 20's, and don't want to be stuck on a boat with a bunch of kids and families or older people.
Also, which cruise route do you...

Answer 4

Carnival is for younger crowds, as is Royal Caribbean to a slightly lesser extent. Holland America is a cruise line for the VERY VERY old. There are several factors to consider:
- time of year: are young adults on Spring Break or summer break? If not, slightly older crowd.
- length of cruise: generally, the longer the duration of the cruise, the older the crowd
- Itinerary: Alaska will attract older folks, the Caribbean will attract younger, Bermuda middle aged
- cost of cruise: The more pricey, the older the crowd as they tend to have more change to spare

You want a young crowd? Go on a 7 day or less Carnival Cruise to the Caribbean during the summer.

You want a lot of wheelchairs and walkers? Go on a 10 day Princess cruise to the Mexican Riviera when kids are in college. (I made this dreadful mistake, and they don't refund you for placing you on a nursing home at sea).

Answer 5

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I have been on about 20 cruises and here's what I suggest. Carnival is the budget cruise line that most young people and families go on. Its a good cruise line but not as good as Royal Caribbean. In my opinion RC had better ships, food, and accommodation. It for sure has the best on board activities. Since you said you are single I want to make sure that you know that all cabins on all cruise lines are sold based on double occupancy, that is two people per cabin. So you need to think about who will go with you. In addition, Carnival requires that at least one person in each cabin be at least 25 years of age or older. On the other hand, RC and all of the other lines like NCL, Princess, Celebrity, Holland America, etc, require that one person in each cabin be at least 21 years of age. So unless your travel partner is 25 or olderr you can rule out Carnival. In my opinion RC has the best on board activities because they have such things as the rock climbing wall, a full sized basketball/tennis court, a mini-golf course, on some ships a roller blade track and an ice skating rink, (on the Freedom and Liberty ships the RC exclusive flowrider that allows you to body surf right on the back of the ship); the ships have some of THE best gyms that I have seen on any ships. They have a Solarium that is a covered pool and hot tub area that is for adults only. Then they have areas of the ship called Adventure Ocean that are for kids only and so kids tend to be there and not all over the ship. I have been on 20 cruises on 4 different cruise lines (Princess, Celebrity, and NCL) and I prefer RC over the rest. We just did a cruise this past December on the RC's Mariner of the Seas out of Port Canaveral, Florida to the Western Caribbean. I highly recommend it.

Answer 6

I just got back from a Carnival Cruise to the Eastern Caribbean (Bahamas, St. Thomas, and St. Martin). We went with a big group of 22-30 year olds and we had a blast. Book shore excursions. In the Bahamas we did a Tiki Snorkle Safari, St. Thomas was a champagne catamaran sailaway (highly reccommended!) and a beach break in St. Martin. Book a late dinner seating so you have time to get ready before dinner when you are in port. Carnival has late seating shows after dinner and adult rated comedy shows. They also had lots of bars, kareoke, the casino, and a dance club. They also had a deck party one night and a huge midnight buffet one night.
There were quite a few kids on our boat because we went the week before school started. The only time we noticed all the kids though was in the pools on our days at sea.
I would reccommend Carnival for young people because there is a lot for our age group to do, and it is not too uptight and formal. Whoever you sail with, upgrade to a balcony room- it is TOTALLY worth it!

Answer 7

I am not a travel agent, so I have no motives here except to try and help. I have heard from young people that they adore Carnival. The activities and food are aimed at your age group. Royal Caribbean is supposed to be exciting and fun as well. I have taken many more sedate cruises on other lines. You don't want to be there because you will be bored.

Absolutely, go to the Caribbean and select the shore activities that please you.

Answer 8

i would suggest looking at cruises from royal carribean, which advertises a youthful and active style of cruises. Carnival might be your best bet. and princess a third alternative.
it seems like the best of those would be considering the dates you want to travel and the different itineraries.
good luck and have a great time.

Answer 9

We are taking Royal Caribbean to the Bahamas

Answer 10

i would go with NCL. we went with them this summer to tortola, st. thomas and bermuda. its free style so you can do what you want. you can eat dinner whatever time you want on NCL and dress causally plus there is A LOT of things to do during the day and night.