While you are trying to come up with some family vacation ideas, why don’t you consider taking a family cruise vacation?  Family vacation ideas can easily incorporate a cruise ship since the entertainment and activities are all right there for you.  There is no planning what to do, or what to eat; its all on the ship waiting to be taken advantage of.  For this family vacation idea all you have to do is to pick out the ports and the ship that you want to go on and your entire vacation is all taken care of for you without you having to do a thing.