The Disney Cruise Line offers seven, ten and 11 night cruises to the Mediterranean aboard the Disney Magic cruise ship. Embarking in Barcelona, Spain, ports of call include Valleta, Malta; Naples, Italy and Corsica, France. The Disney Cruise experience is geared towards family-friendly fun with three pools and two theaters. The fun starts with the Sail-Away Celebration deck party where kids can sing and dance with their favorite Disney characters. Live Disney shows are performed nightly, and the clubs, activities and kid spaces for every age group will keep children busy while parents get some alone adult time. Teens can even go on their own supervised Port Adventures at the ports of call. With Disney's Rotational Dining, guests rotate through restaurants nightly with the same servers. While the kids are having fun, adults can enjoy the spa and fitness center, party at Rocking Bar D, and dine at Palo, an adults-only fine dining restaurant.
MSC Cruises, an Italian-owned cruise line offers some of the most family-friendly policies and programs for kids on their MSC Fantasia ship. MSC Cruises specializes in cruises to the Mediterranean and offer many trips embarking from several different European ports throughout the year. Ports of call include Athens, Greece and Istanbul, Turkey. With very few exceptions, MSC has a Kids Sail Free policy in place for children 17 and under. The complimentary kids clubs offer supervised activities for kids such as treasure hunts and mini-Olympics. The MSC Fantasia has a children's waterpark, a teen disco, a virtual video arcade and children's menus. The whole family will enjoy the 4-D interactive cinema, video game consoles located throughout the ship and nightly live entertainment. Shore excursion discounts are given for kids,and parents can drop children between ages three and six off at the Miniclub while they go on an excursion.
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line offers more than twenty Mediterranean cruises throughout the year on their ship, Brilliance of the Seas. Embarking in Barcelona Spain, ports of call for the various itineraries include Naples, Italy; Santorini, Greece and Nice, France. Royal Caribbean offers plenty to keep kids busy all day long.The complimentary Adventure Ocean youth program offers supervised entertainment and age-appropriate fun such as kid-friendly science experiments and teen barbecues. For infants and toddlers, the Royal Babies and Royal Tots programs offer parent-child learning and play sessions. Group babysitting is available so that parents can have adult time to enjoy the Casino Royale, the upscale Chops Grille and the Vitality Spa. Royal Caribbean also encourages family togetherness with family-friendly live shows, sports activities, and shore excursions that will interest the whole family.
