We just returned from our first cruise. We left from Long Beach, CA on a 7-night Mexican Riviera cruise (Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas) 8/24/08 - 8/31/08.
We were SO excited about this first cruise experience, and had selected this particular cruise specifically for what we had learned about the Kids' Club. We had heard that kids had such a TERRIFIC time, that they never wanted to LEAVE! We wanted to limit costs on the trip and avoid paying airfare, so the Mexican Riviera worked for us - we wanted to RELAX, share some fun with the family, and do some fun shore activities. What made our trip even more exciting was that our friend and her children were joining us. Here are the details:
Husband (38) Wife (36) and 2 sons (just-turned 4 and about-to-turn 7). Our friend left hubby home to work, and shared her own cabin with her 2 children (son aged 3 and daughter aged 6). We all decided that, due to our ACTIVE kids, we would NOT get balcony rooms. I was very tempted, but hubby won out - thank GOODNESS!!
1141 - VERY noisy at night - must be an entrance to a disco or something directly above - you hear CLOP-CLOP-CLOP all night from around 9:30pm - 2am. Good location for elevators, stairs and not too rocky.