If Oasis of the Seas Is Too Big For You, Consider This Family Deal

The launch of the Oasis of the Seas this week has garnered a lot of hoopla, as you might expect from anything that holds 6,000 passengers and floats. 

But maybe you're the small ship type?  The kind who likes to keep it intimate and doesn't need a floating casino and Broadway dancing girls to hold your interest at sea.  Maybe you'd like a nature-oriented cruise of Alaska.  Or an intinerary heavy on culture along the coast of Southeast Asia. 

If that sounds like you, then consider Cruise West, whose nine ships hold between 78 and 148 passengers.  Heck, on some ships, that's not enough people to staff the on-board spa.  Here's a cruise line that offers sailings all over the world lasting from four to 19 nights at prices beginning around 12 hundred dollars per person.  And that includes most shore excursions, taxes, port charges, and soft drinks--items often tacked on as extras on other cruise lines.

So here's this week's deal courtesy of Cruise West:  Beginning immediately, kids 18 and under will pay half the adult price, and kids under two sail for free.  Not on a select few voyages, but on all the line's 38 itineraries. 

Keep that in mind, mom and dad.  Half off kids 18 and under, babies two and under sail free.  Cruise West. There will be about 5,500 fewer passengers when you sail compared to the Oasis of the Seas, but maybe that won't bother you.