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[quote=Anonymous]I've been on a couple cruises, with the best and most recent experience being a Royal Caribbean cruise, in the Caribbean, for I think 5 or 6 nights.  We booked through Costco which offered a lot of perks.  I get seasick so we booked the largest ship (Oasis, at the time; there are bigger ones now) in non-hurricane season and I was just fine.  Definitely book a balcony room, it's worth it.  We had room service out there on the balcony, and saw dolphins sometimes.  It was an awesome trip!

Plan the shore excursions through the cruise ship on your first trip, even if you hear that it's cheaper to plan independently.  We went to Mexico and 2 islands and but honestly I would have been fine skipping 1 of those shore days and staying on the ship, which has a ton to do.

Budget to tip your staff, servers, tour guides, etc.  It's a tourist economy that relies on tipping; a lot of these folks are away from home for 6+ months in order to make money, so help them out.

Finally, and this is not to scare you, but beware that there is sometimes crime (on ship and in port) and there are risks to being at sea.  Talk to your kids about being safe, not doing stupid stuff like climbing on the railings, not going into any crew spaces or generally going off alone, etc.  Have a good time but don't get stupid-drunk.  Discuss what you will do if an emergency is announced (assemble as instructed, not look for each other), how you will check in with each other during the day, etc.  Just, be smart.[/quote]

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