DESTINATIONS — CRUISE
Splash down: Royal Caribbean International’s FlowRider offers a sporty challenge to young and old
2014 IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
cruises from Barcelona between May and October. From £2,974 cruise-only for two adults and two children aged two to 11 sharing a family balcony cabin, departing July 20.
All together now: Norwegian Epic has two-bedroom family villas
sleeping up to six
The AquaDunk, a three-storey- high water slide that launches riders from a standing start, is one of several new features added to Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Magic in a multimillion- dollar refit last autumn. There is also a new AquaLab
water park for youngsters, and the Oceaneer Club, for kids aged three to 12 years old, now has areas dedicated to Marvel’s Avengers, Andy’s Room from Toy Story and Pixie Hollow. Book it: Disney Magic is offering four to 12-night cruises from Barcelona and Venice from May to the end of August. From £2,563 cruise-only for two adults and two children sharing an inside cabin for five nights, departing August 11.
Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas has a FlowRider surf simulator, H2O Zone water park, rock-climbing wall and ice-skating rink, as well as the DreamWorks Experience, where kids can catch up with favourite characters during parades and free character breakfasts, as well as watching them in 3D in the on-board cinema.
Book it: Liberty of the Seas is offering seven-night cruises from Barcelona between May and October. From £5,134 including flights for two adults and two children sharing an inside cabin, departing July 27.
Many cabins on Disney Cruise
Line ships have five berths, and most have split bathrooms with a toilet and sink in one room and a sink and shower in the other. Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival
Dream, Carnival Magic and Carnival Breeze have deluxe oceanview rooms that hold up to five people. Several cruise lines also have adjoining cabins, giving mum, dad and the kids room to spread out, or family suites. Celebrity Cruises’
family veranda cabins, on its Solstice-class ships, have two bedrooms, as do the Royal Family Suites on Royal Caribbean International’s Voyager, Freedom and Oasis-class ships, which hold
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up to eight people. Presidential family suites on Freedom and Oasis-class vessels hold up to 14. Norwegian Cruise Line has two-
bedroom villas on Norwegian Epic that sleep up to six. The kids are more interested in what they can do on a cruise. And there’s plenty.
Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Epic has climbing and abseiling walls, bungee-jumping, a spider’s web climbing frame and three water slides including the Epic Plunge slide, in which riders sit in a rubber tube and get shot out into a bowl. There are character breakfasts with SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer from TV channel Nickelodeon, and Nick-themed Slime Time Live! game shows, story time and music parties. Book it: Norwegian Epic is offering seven-night
P&O Cruises’ Ventura will be based in the Mediterranean this year, offering the cruise line’s first-ever summer fly-cruises. The vessel has large kids’ and teens’ clubs catering for those aged two-17 years old and fewer formal nights (a couple a week). Book it: Ventura is offering seven and 14-night cruises between Venice and Genoa from April until October. From £3,164 including flights for two adults and two children, leaving July 30.
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