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[quote=Anonymous]NCl and RCI will both be great for that age and have lots to do.  Christmas week will be twice as expensive as any other week.  If you can afford it, both lines have a more exclusive area—I’ve stayed at the NCL one so can weigh in a little on that (it’s called the Haven).  We went on RCI icon of the seas last year for Christmas break.   We’ve also done two disney cruises that just went to their private island and Nassau.  Nassau is one of the most boring cruise ports.  We did the disney upgrade club for one of the cruises.

Roatan is a great port, as is st Thomas and cayman. Cozumel is great if it’s not too rough for snorkel boats.  Jamaica is also pretty good with lots to do.  Belize is good although things are a little bit of a trek from the port.  For any of these ports, it’s worth researching potential excursions and vendors — the cruise line will try to jam something down your throat.  Some of their excursions are good but they are all overpriced and generally they are trying to fill every seat so they end up offering a bunch of excursions that are pretty lousy.  Just be a smart consumer there.

I’m a super picky eater.  I’m not thrilled with the food on cruises but I can usually find something.  If you are willing to pay upgrade it’s somewhat easier.  On icon, the Mediterranean bowl place and crepes were okay; the sushi place was good.  At Christmas week you’ll want to make reservations for the upgrade places early — we didn’t really do that so didn’t have as many options. The dining hall food was okay for dinner.  The buffet was pretty bad.

The disney food is maybes a little better.  I do like the food in their club level lounge and the 1923 restaurant or whatever that’s called it good.  The marvel restaurant food is terrible and I hated that whole experience (loud, intrusive entertainment that wasn’t very entertaining).  The frozen restaurant was okay food and the entertainment was fun if you like that sort of thing.

I’d just price out some ships and itineraries and figure out what you want and can afford.  You can price the club level offerings too and see if it’s worth it.  Once we get it decided, we usually book through Costco and then Costco will give you a cash card back as a reward.

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