I am a 37 year old working mom that saved to bring my boys on a cruise.  What a waste of money!  

Unless you dont mind eating hockey puck burgers, old hotdogs and fries... UGHHHH

This was sadly my first cruise that I took my 3 little boys on.  I promised them all the things I had ever heard about cruises.  Lots of great food, lavish deserts, swimming pools and fun.

We did not get any of those things!  I lost 3 pounds on my cruise.  The kids did not complain but they had to live on these dried up burgers and hotdogs the entire week.  They swam in the TINY salt water pool on the main deck in...