teenagers roaming the parks alone?

[rubianne]

We will be staying at the BWVillas 4/6 - 4/12 and then Universal 4/12 - 4/14. I just added the stay at the Port. as we have never been to Universal. It is a surprise to my family! Anyway, I'm comfortable with our 2 daughters, ages 14 and 15 roaming WDW by themselves. How about Universal? Is it safe and does anyone out there allow their teenagers to go off alone? Please advise, as I like to have the rules set out before we go...less arguments. Also, we have 2 babies. Will they put a fridge in the room for bottles? Thanks!

13 days to go and counting!

[Tigger]

My oldest is 13yo so I'm not quite there yet with letting my kids roam, but if you're comfortable with WDW I think that Universal would be fine. The hotel is so close to the parks that I would think that it would be even better than WDW. Will you have 2-way radios or cell phones to keep in touch? That would make all the difference to me.

[Robinrs]

I see loads of teenagers roaming around unchaperoned at IOA all the time. I think if you give them two way radios or cell phones they will be fine.

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[Peterd]

Rubianne, The BWV studios have a small fridge in the room. The Hard Rock also has one, but with the sodas, beer, etc you can buy. We have 5 kids ranging from 19 to 5, and we let the teenagers roam at WDW, IOA, and Universal. We have never had a problem. When they go together, they just make a plan to meet somewhere on the 1/4 hour, if they ever get split up. Have a great trip.

[rubianne]

thanks everyone for your response! We do plan on bringing our cell phones for communication. I called Verizon, my carrier, and if we use them 10 minutes a day, it will only be around $80.00, $5.00 more than renting numberic pagers, but a heck of a lot more convenient. My girls are very responsible and I trust them, it's everyone else out there I worry about....
Anyway, less than 2 weeks and counting! Thanks again for the info...
As far as the fridge goes, we have a 1 b/d villa at the bw, which has a full kitchen, but the fridges in Universal, can you put bottles in them?
thanks.

[Peterd]

Yes you can put bottles in the Fridge. If they don't fit, just take a couple cans of soda out, and each day put them back ( so you're not charged). They do an inventory each day, but I still think you may be able to fit the bottles in without taking anything out.