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But, honestly, there's nothing all that wrong with Carnival...They actually do quite a good job with kids...and tend to have a lot of families on board with a similar age demographic...
Some of their ships may be a little wild (I'd avoid some of the 3-Day routes), but I'd suggest you look into two:
The Elation, 7-day Mexican Riviera cruise out of Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo...
...and the Paradise, the new "No-Smoking" vessel out of Miami...
Both are newer, larger ships with plenty of activities on-board for the kids...
...and, especially, the Paradise, with it's No Smoking policy, will cater less to a wild crowd and more to families...
Another ship to look into is the new RCI Voyager (coming this Winter)...it's by far the largest ship out their and is my children's dream ship: It has an Ice Skating Rink, an in-line skating track, a 9 hole miniature golf course, a rock climbing wall, a basketball court and more...
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