There are not many reviews from families with children so I have tried to cover this aspect well. This is a very long review as a result!

First of all, let me say that we found this to be a very family friendly ship! We traveled with my daughter who is 11 years old and my son who is 9 years old. There were only 22 kids on board, half of whom were age 7 or under. There were 7 kids (including mine) in the 8 - 12 year old range and at least one 14 year old. We didn't see any teens older than 14 other than a few young people who looked to be in their early twenties. This is typical of a transatlantic cruise in April as it is a longer cruise and many parents don't want to take their kids out of school. I am told that on the Caribean cruises and during school breaks, there are hundreds of kids. We actually prefer a cruise with fewer kids and my kids had a blast. I wonder if they had a better time than they would have if there had been many more kids? They certainly got a ton of one on one attention from the kids club staff and also were well known by the ship staff. They got a lot of special one on one attention from the restaurant staff, during the shows (eg. getting called up on stage), etc. I will get more into the kids club and activities later in my review.

Embarkation was pretty straightforward and uneventful. We arrived at around 11:30 AM and waited in a line-up which moved fairly quickly. I believe we were on board within a half hour or 45 mins of arrival. Read more