Hi there. We're going. This is our first cruise ever. My husband and I are traveling with our two sons, 16 and 11. We're going with two other couples. One couple has a 16 year old daughter bringing a friend, and another couple with a 9 year old daughter and 14 year old son. One couple has cruised before, but the other two of us haven't. We are all soooo excited we can hardly wait. At the beginning of summer, we were all like, "bring on the holidays". We've heard that we'll barely ever see the kids. Any of you travelled during the t-giving holiday? I wrote another note earlier regarding bringing psp's and gameboys. Not sure if we should let the boys bring their game systems. Any thoughts? And do the carnival cruises have a "meeting party" for those who chat on line? Our neighbors say that the cruise lines they travel on do, and they are tons of fun.