This was only our third cruse, the first two being on RCL. We are 58 & 62 yers old. Our extended family booked Epic for a small reunion during March 2017. Since it was the dreaded spring break window, we were a little concerned with having the ship over run with teens & kids, but this was rarely an issue.

There were not many college kids, the one's that were there were of the more mature variety than a typical Carnival party boat, and the less mature one's were friendly and humorous anyway.

For kids: one cousin & spouse had their 7-8 year old. She had a blast in the special kids zone. It was reported to be well supervised and kept her happy while mom & dad could go on excursions & do cocktails & dancing until the kid zone let out at 9 PM. A lot of people must have taken advantage of this option, because except for the pool the ship was not overrun with kids. Read more