{"id":1918,"date":"2015-07-15T11:55:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T11:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awaywego-origin.carnival.com\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2017-10-05T16:39:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T16:39:59","slug":"a-teenagers-take-on-cruising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/awaywego\/cruising-fun\/what-to-expect\/a-teenagers-take-on-cruising","title":{"rendered":"A Teenager’s Take on Cruising"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love to travel with my daughter, and our vacation of choice is always a cruise. As an adult and as a parent, there are so many reasons why I prefer cruises, but as those of you with children know, the kids usually have a small say in where you go on vacation. When it comes to teenagers, I think that we parents weigh the opinion of our teenage children even more so than the little ones, as we know that our time together is increasingly\u00a0limited!\u00a0As the countdown to graduating\u00a0high school and going off to college begins, every moment with our teenagers is important and we tend to plan vacations\u00a0that the entire family will enjoy\u00a0to\u00a0create lasting memories.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

My daughter will be going off to college in a year and we have taken at least ten cruises together in the last 7 years. We are already planning a cruise to celebrate her high school graduation next year, and\u00a0today she is stepping in to\u00a0give you a\u00a0Teenager’s Take on Cruising!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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A Teenager’s Take on Cruising\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Cruise is Like an Awesome Hotel That Takes You to Paradise<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks, mom! Carnival Cruise Line is like an all-inclusive hotel that takes you to amazing places. First,\u00a0you have a really cool room.\u00a0And\u00a0there’s everything you could possibly\u00a0want to do on the cruise ship: all kinds of restaurants, pools, deck parties, spas, arcades, movie theaters and clubs. But this\u00a0hotel also takes you to\u00a0incredible\u00a0destinations!<\/p>\n

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I have traveled a lot with my parents and I always love cruising because your vacation plan is already set for you. You just get on the cruise ship and have fun while you sail\u00a0around seeing\u00a0and\u00a0visiting different places. One day it might be Key West, and then the next day it could be the island of Curacao – which I’d never even heard of before going there on a cruise! Or it could be an Alaska cruise<\/a> and you can watch orcas swimming past your balcony!<\/p>\n

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Even Picky Eaters Can Enjoy a Wide Variety of Delicious Food<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am kind of a picky eater, but I can always find something that I really like when we go on a Carnival cruise. There are a lot of options<\/a>.\u00a0There\u2019s everything from burgers, tacos and burritos on the Lido Deck, to different kinds of food in the buffet.\u00a0And there are fancy dinners every night in\u00a0the dining room or specialty restaurants.\u00a0Most ships have a steakhouse and other fancy restaurants. My favorite one is the Ji Ji Asian Kitchen<\/a> on the Carnival Sunshine.<\/p>\n

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My favorite thing to eat on a Carnival cruise ship is the Plain Jane burger with fries from Guy’s Burger Joint. And you can’t go wrong with\u00a024 hour ice cream at the Swirls station on the Lido Deck. It makes a great midnight snack when all of the teenagers get out of Club O2<\/a> at the end of the night.<\/p>\n

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You Can\u00a0Make\u00a0New Friends From Around the World on a Cruise<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most of my friends live in Miami, but I have met new friends on each of the cruises I have taken. Between meeting new people at Club O2 and just being friendly while I am on the pool deck,\u00a0it is really easy to make new friends! We hang out at Club O2 and then meet up together on excursions and around the ship, and it’s so much fun to hear different accents and learn what life is like in other cities and countries.<\/p>\n

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I have made new friends from Louisiana, Georgia, Pennsylvania – even from far away places like Canada and Spain! We stay friends through social media and always hope that one day we will meet on a cruise again! On one cruise I took with my parents, I made new friends who actually lived in Miami and, every once in a while, we meet\u00a0up at the mall or the movies.<\/p>\n

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I have done amazing things on cruises. As a shore excursion while cruising on the Carnival Liberty<\/a>,\u00a0I\u00a0ziplined over a rain forest in Puerto Rico!\u00a0Instead of a Sweet 16 birthday party, I asked my mom to take me\u00a0and\u00a0my friends on a Carnival cruise.<\/p>\n

I have also been to the Vatican Museums in Rome, had gelato in Aux en Province (that’s in France!), posed for a picture in front of Trevi Fountain,\u00a0gone\u00a0snorkeling in Grand Cayman\u00a0– and\u00a0I did all of those things on Carnival cruise shore excursions!<\/p>\n

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As you can see, I just love cruises, and I have my mom to thank for that. Thanks, mom! Back to you…<\/p>\n

So there you have it:\u00a0A Teenager’s Take on Cruising. Do you think that your teenagers will love cruising as much as my daughter?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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This post was created for Away We Go with Carnival<\/a>, the destination for getting in the getaway state of mind.<\/p>\n


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