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Sleepfairy
04-19-2002, 06:23 PM
I have a soon to be 13 year old girl who will cruise Disney for the first time in August. She and her 9 year old sister like to participate in activities together although from what Iam reading on the board it sounds like they go their seperate ways.
My QUESTION: My 13 year old is still like a 12 year old in alot of ways including maturation and physical development. She would rather be involved in fun activities with children younger then herself then sit around in a lounge all day and talk or go dancing and oogle at boys. What options do I have for her to be involved in the activities of the 10-12 year old crowd if she chooses ??
I also want to say we have sailed with Carnival 3 times and consider their childrens program very good. We tend to do things like a family and dont like to "lose" the children our entire time on the cruise.
Anyone have any suggestions or comments on the late seating for dinner ?? The kids tend to snack all day so I thought this time we would try the late seating for dinner and maybe they can also enjoy breakfast this time since they tend to get up late in the morning
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Jamie
04-19-2002, 06:51 PM
I also worried about this as my daughter will also be 13 when we sail. Seems like I've heard there are a lot more young teens than older ones so that made me feel a little better. What date are you sailing? We're on Aug 3rd, Western Caribbean.

mmouse37
04-19-2002, 08:44 PM
Hey Jamie....we are the 8/3/02 cruise also. It will be our family of five plus two other families of five with 9 kids ranging in age from 8 to 18...

We have sailed Disney 5 times already and my DD13 loved it everytime. She is very mature and did like to hang out in the clubs and make new friends. My DD18 loved the last cruise because she was able to go to all the adult clubs this time around. It was like a whole new cruise for her!!! DS17 likes to hang in club and around the pool. He is great for organizing teen activities with the couselors!!!

MJ

mmouse37
04-19-2002, 08:45 PM
Hey Jamie....we are on the 8/3/02 cruise also. It will be our family of five plus two other families of five with 9 kids ranging in age from 8 to 18...

We have sailed Disney 5 times already and my DD13 loved it everytime. She will be 14 when we sail in August. She is very mature and did like to hang out in the clubs and make new friends. My DD18 loved the last cruise because she was able to go to all the adult clubs this time around. It was like a whole new cruise for her!!! DS17 likes to hang in club and around the pool. He is great for organizing teen activities with the counselors!!!

MJ

Sleepfairy
04-19-2002, 11:17 PM
We are on the Aug 17th cruise !! Anyone else with pre-teen kids ??