stay out late with little ones?

[disney6]

How do people go to the adult clubs and fun looking adult games/parties when they have little ones? I can't imagine leaving my 3,4,6 year olds in the clubs till midnight! My 10 year old can stay in cabin alone so not worried about him. Do you all really leave them in that late and if not, what do you do? Is in room babysitting available?

[andicoco]

hey dis...... not to worry the kids club at night is awesome.....i left my 5 yr old there quite a few times till 12..... after they play all their games and such they put out little cots and play cool disney movies she fell asleep no problem....didnt even remember me pickin her up...... i highly recomend it it gives you a little mommy time you deserve it!!!!!!!!!!!!! good luck andicoco:p

[CamColt]

My oldest DS didnt want to go to the clubs and I wouldnt put my youngest in day care. We just didnt do the adult night time stuff. But that was a good thing. Now we are going back without the kids to do all the stuff we couldnt do with them. ;)

[PiperG]

What category are you? With a Cat 5 or 6 I believe you have an outside stateroom with a balcony. We left our 5 year old in the club until 10:00 or so, then picked him up and got him settled into the bed in the room. We told him to stay up all night watching movies if he wanted (FYI, he fell asleep in about 10 minutes). We uncorked a bottle of wine and enjoyed romance on the open sea. It was great.

We were doing a 4 day Poly/3 day Wonder trip. Enjoyed the cruise so much that we booked a Jan '03 Magic cruise before we even got off the boat.

[BuzznBelle'smom]

I have no plans to leave me kids in the clubs until the late hours--I simply can't. We'll probably take turns going out and checking out the night scene, while the other parent stays with the kids. Not too romantic, I know (but we will have that verandah...;) ). I can guarantee that Buzz wouldn't sleep, no matter what, and getting him off schedule is BAD.

[bbump]

On our 7-day Magic cruise last fall, there were several "family dance parties" and Karokee nights in Studio Sea (which is a fun and flashy club). There were also game shows which were fun for the whole family! We enjoyed doing these family activities!

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[npall]

I am like BuzznBelle's mom I can't leave my little one at a club late night. Plus my ds (2) would not stay anyway that late. So....we bring my mom along.. she is an early to bed kind of person and so by 10pm she is ready to call it a night. We leave ds with her and go out and have a BLAST! We did this last year on the Wonder and it worked out great. We're doing it again on the Magic.

Plus my mom loves the extra time she gets with her precious grandson!

Naomi

[BuzznBelle'smom]

npall--we are also sailing with a Grandma--my MIL, so we may do that as well for one night (she generally has more energy than I do!:) ). But not everyone has the luxury of having an on-board grandma. I do wish they had in-cabin babysitting still!

[CamColt]

My parents were with us too. They were out partying while we were in bed. Those crazy kids! :D

[CRB#33]

When my children were little, for several weeks before a trip, I slowly started making their bedtimes later and later, and eventually, they slept later too. It's easier if you go in the summer, but you can try it a bit during the year. When you get back from the trip, it usually only takes a few days of waking them up early to get them back on schedule.

This way, the children don't miss the fun "slumber party" atmosphere in the clubs and you might be able to get out a little later.

It is a vacation after all, and it's not going to hurt in the long run.:)

[disney6]

My parents are going with us but am sure they are much more apt to stay out late and party then we are. We did go 2 years ago and were in our cabins by 9pm every night. I just wanted to do some nighttime/adult things with my DH as we didn't even step foot in the clubs last time. Guess we'll either let the kids stay up late with us at the family parties and maybe try one late night in the clubs to see how it goes. As CRB said , it doesn't take long to reschedule them once we are home. My kids are pretty flexible and really don't get out of control when tired. We'll just play it by ear and have a great time no matter what. If it doesn't work we'll have to go again!!