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Families
with Children
Most cruise lines welcome children to travel on their ships,
though infants and pregnant women are subject to some restrictions
(click here to read more).
Families booking more than one cabin may be subject to minimum
age requirements for kids staying in a separate cabin. Your
Cruise & Travel Connection cruise counselor can check
these requirements for you, once you have found a cruise you
are interested in.
Guests Under 25 Years of Age
All cruise lines require that at least one person in each
cabin meets a minimum age requirement. The information that
follows was provided by the cruise lines at the time of this
writing, is subject to change, and should be verified with
your Cruise & Travel Connection cruise counselor prior
to booking.
The lowest
minimum age requirement for any cruise line is 18. The following
cruise lines require that at least one person in each cabin
is 18 or older: Cruise West, Cunard, Oceania, Orient Lines,
Peter Deilmann, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, SeaDream, Star
Clippers, Uniworld and Windjammer.
The following cruise lines require that either 1) All passengers
in a cabin must be 18 or older, or 2) If anyone in the cabin
is younger than 18 years old, someone in the cabin must be
21 or older: Clipper, Disney Cruise Line, GAP Adventures,
Princess Cruises, Silversea and Viking River Cruises.
The following cruise lines require that at least one person
in each cabin is 21 or older: Celebrity, Costa (25 for March
and April sailings), Crystal Cruises, Delta Queen Steamboat
Company, Discovery World Cruises, Great American River Journeys,
MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean and Seabourn
Cruise Line.
The following cruise lines require that either 1) All passengers
in a cabin must be 21 or older, or 2) If anyone in the cabin
is younger than 21 years old, someone in the cabin must be
25 or older: Carnival, Holland America and Windstar Cruises.
One exception to these age requirements is made for underage
married couples, who as long as they are both 18 are allowed
to board unaccompanied. These couples may be asked to show
proof of their marriage.
Your age on the date of sailing is generally considered your
age for the length of the cruise.
Consumption of Alcohol
Once you've left port, the minimum age for the consumption
of alcohol varies by cruise line.
GAP Adventures, Oceania and Radisson Seven Seas allow all
passengers 18 and older to consume any type of alcoholic beverage
they choose.
Celebrity and Royal Caribbean offer beer and wine to passengers
over 18, and all types of alcohol to passengers 21 or older.
Carnival, Clipper, Costa, Cruise West, Crystal, Cunard, Delta
Queen, Discovery World Cruises, Disney, Great American River
Journeys, Holland America, MSC Cruises, Norwegian, Orient,
Peter Deilmann, Princess, Seabourn, SeaDream, Silversea, Star
Clippers, Uniworld, Viking River Cruises, Windjammer and Windstar
require passengers to be at least 21 to consume any type of
alcohol.
Gambling Onboard
Gambling, a popular form of entertainment on cruise ships,
also has age restrictions which differ between cruise lines.
Carnival, Celebrity, Holland America, Oceania, Orient, Radisson
Seven Seas, Royal Caribbean and SeaDream require passengers
to be 18 or older to play in the shipboard casinos. Crystal,
Cunard, Discovery World Cruises, MSC Cruises, Norwegian, Princess,
Seabourn, Silversea and Windstar restrict the casinos to travelers
21 and older. Costa requires those gambling in the casinos
to be 25 or older.
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