8 Best Family Cruises 2024

This 3,560-passenger vessel is more about cultural appreciation than adrenalin. Younger kids (ages three to seven) can have their faces painted and play games at the Pelican kids’ club.

Best for: Older kids who don’t need theme-park thrills .

Coolest itinerary: Eleven nights round trip from Copenhagen to Scandinavia or Russia (runs April to August), visiting cities in six additional countries: Stockholm, Sweden; St. Petersburg, Russia; Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Berlin (via Warnemunde) and Tallinn, Estonia. Price: from $1,525 per person.

Why it's great: Not only does this ship have a glittering multi-level atrium and piazza, a dazzling top-deck sound-and-light show and a glass-bottomed SeaWalk with nothing but air between you and the waves 128 feet below, but Princess also has the best pizza at sea—at Alfredo’s, and by the slice poolside at Prego’s.