I want to go on a cruise with my bf...which one would you recommend and please share your experiences...thx!?

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stepmiller2

You do not mention how old you are but judging by the text message slang used in your question I'll take a wild guess that you are under 30. If that is the case I would recommend Carnival. They tend to have an overall younger group of people (although they do have a mix from you to old) I also don't know where you live but if you will be sailing out of the Florida ports avoid short cruises to the bahamas as they will skew much older. I took my mother and mother in law on a five day out of Port Canaveral on the Carnival Elation and the crowd was considerably older than the normal Carnival group of passengers. Western Caribbean cruises tend to be younger so you might want to gravitate that way. If you are on the West Coast, the Carnival cruises to the Mexican Riviera are always a young and wild group. So if that is what you are looking for that the way to go. Another note, unless you are married Carnival will require that one of you be 25 or over. If that is not the case then Royal Caribbean has a lower age requirement (I believe it is 21)

dlburman18

Royal Caribbean is more of an attraction for the younger crowd. Carnival is more of a family oriented boat. I am 27 years old and love Carnival. I have never been on a RC boat, but that is just what I have been hearing. Try going to this site and asking around: http://www.travbuddy.com/groups_home.php?id=793

Tivogal

i went on a princess cruise. there are always the lounges, music venues filled with young people.
theres alot you can do onboard.
cruisecritic.com has great info.
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ctelly22

I would go with Royal caribbean. I've cruised with royal and carnival and royal offers more activities and better customer service. There ships cost a little more but it is worth the price.

TINKERTOY ..... the 1 & only

I have been on 20 cruises with 4 different cruise lines and its been my experience that the young cruisers prefer to cruise on Carnival, Norwegian or Royal Caribbean. Carnival is the budget cruise line that most first time cruisers and young people about age 30 and below will cruise on. Carnival is known as the "Fun Ship" cruise line because of that.

Norwegian is a good cruise line and one that young people go on because they want to be pretty informal for their cruise and not worry about formal nights and dressing up for dinner. It has a good percentage of young people, especially in the Caribbean and Mexico cruises.

Royal Caribbean is the cruise lines that caters to young cruisers and families. It has the most on-board activities on its ships, especially its Freedom Class ( http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/ships/class/home.do;jsessionid=0000NdcqPFhPbuPEwbvYNlDeyed:12hdhu6tq?shipClassCode=FR&br=R ) and Voyager Class ( http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/ships/class/home.do;jsessionid=0000NdcqPFhPbuPEwbvYNlDeyed:12hdhu6tq?shipClassCode=VY&br=R )ships. These are its newer ships and they have things like the rock climbing wall, roller blading and ice skating, mini-golf, a basketball/tennis court and on the Freedom Class ships the surfing simulator.

My advice to you would be to check out the Royal Caribbean ships and cruises first. Also be aware that all of these cruise lines give the best price for early booking but they also do have specials that can save you hundreds on your cruise. Right now there are a lot of specials because of the economy and the cruise lines' attempts to fill their ships.

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