A question from a closed thread REALLY needs an answer....

[luvmyprincess]

Are there monitored security cameras in the hallways on the ships???

 

[stephent92]

No. There are security cameras throughout the ship, however these tend to be in key areas (open decks, watertight doors etc.). They are monitored in terms of the security and safety officers can watch them, but they don't have a team of people employed to watch them. This is the 'norm' for cruise ships.

 

[luvmyprincess]

Thanks for the quick response!!

Now I know , my DD12 will not be going anywhere alone. I thought there would be , and at least some sort of safety other than a mothers eyes would be around. Good to know !!!

 

[justmestace]

I had posted about the accident I had on the Wonder this past summer.
I was injured in a fall that was caused by the carelessness of a crew member. Onboard, I was told that they DID have video of it....it was in the hallway by our stateroom.
But when I got home and talked to the head of Security on the mainland, he told me that there was NOT video in the hallways. I'm not sure who to believe.
We have been on the Bridge of each of the Disney ships (Magic and Wonder) and on a couple of other cruise lines, and I know that I saw monitoring of the hallways on at least one ship....just not sure which one.

 

[mvlimmex]

Hi,

When my DD was in the Edge on the MAGIC they were saying that there were at least 10 or so cameras in just that room. They also said that there were a lot onboard. Maybe it's just though in the open areas like someone above said.
Hope this helps!!
Vicki

 

[catzle]

It is scary to think your child could be walking down a hall and is snatched up into a room. No one would know. That is why at even 9 and 12 they are not allowed to walk around by themselves.

 

[stephent92]

It is scary to think your child could be walking down a hall and is snatched up into a room. No one would know. That is why at even 9 and 12 they are not allowed to walk around by themselves.

I think this is a bit over the top. Yes, it could happen but what is the likely hood? Your child could get break a limb on a slide, your child could choke on candy. It is just as likely, if not more so, but we don't seem as concerned.

Risk is a very important thing for child development. When I say 'risk' I mean controlled risk and responsibility, and I think somewhere like a Disney Cruise Ship is the place to allow older children to experience this. Just make it clear that they are not to wander the 'hotel corridors' keeping to public areas. Make sure they know what the risks are and what to do and they will be OK.

Did you know that the FBI puts the chances of child abduction at 1 in 400, 000 - the same as dying in a plane crash. So your child is just as likely to die flying to the cruise as be abducted on it... well, that isn't right - you are more likely to be killed on the way to the cruise as the majority of child abductions are carried out by relatives (so 1 in 1, 000, 000 if you discount relatives/ close friends).

Child abduction/ assault is a horrible thing, and anybody that does it should have certain parts of their body removed IMO. That being said we shouldn't live in fear over it. People don't realise that they can be causing more harm to their children by not allowing them to experience things which we too for granted when we were children. The world is not as bad as newspapers and TV lets us believe.

Working with children it is easy to see who has had a restricted child hood. They do have problems, mainly socially, and they struggle with basic tasks when asked to perform them individually. Yes, we want to protect our children, but I would do it in a responsible way.

Anyway, isn't it a good thing that your children aren't being filmed without your knowledge

 

[trimix]

It is scary to think your child could be walking down a hall and is snatched up into a room. No one would know. That is why at even 9 and 12 they are not allowed to walk around by themselves.

Since when? On my last cruise a 12 year old could be given permission to leave the clubs without being checked out. And on the Fantasy and Dream a 12 year old will be in the tween club.

To the original poster, as hard as it may be to believe, there is not a pedophile in every other room. I had one simple rule for my daughter's alone time when we cruised the Magic - she was not allowed in passenger cabin hallways except when she was going to or from our stateroom. A 'no stateroom decks' rule would have kept her away from clubs and Studio Sea on deck 5, since there are staterooms forward and aft of those areas.

Both you and your daughter will have a lot more fun if you don't try to keep her under your thumb to protect her from imagined dangers.

 

[Edd]

This is way over the top. If you got to worry about your children so much than don't take the cruise. All you will be doing is making your daughter and you miserable worrying about it and it will have a bad effect on the enjoyment of the cruise.

 

[Conservative Hippie]

Since when? On my last cruise a 12 year old could be given permission to leave the clubs without being checked out. And on the Fantasy and Dream a 12 year old will be in the tween club.

I think she was talking about her own rule for her own children, not the general rule on the ship.

 

[justmestace]

Double post.

 

[justmestace]

This is way over the top. If you got to worry about your children so much than don't take the cruise. All you will be doing is making your daughter and you miserable worrying about it and it will have a bad effect on the enjoyment of the cruise.

Not over the top.
Every parent out there....the good ones, anyway....has worried about the times when their child is given their first taste of freedom.

My kids are 29, 20, and 17...and I STILL worry about their whereabouts and am concerned about the things that could happen to them.
Bad things happen to innocent people all the time, all over the country. i can't imagine any parent NOT worrying about their kids.

 

[northyvr]

I'm a stay at home mom who put my daughter in part time daycare for a short while when I was expecting again, just to get a bit of a break during major morning sickness. About a year afterwards the daycare operator's husband was arrested for molesting another of the day care kids. It makes me sick that it happened to any child, let alone potentially my daughter.

Things happen and it's up to us as parents to find that fine balance between being concerned for our children's safety, yet giving them enough freedom to not feel cloistered. I totally get luvmyprincess's concerns.

 

[loving _life]

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[Mason3]

As the mother of a tween DD, I would much rather have cameras in the hallways. Since we only have one child and we travel alone, she was not allowed to check herself out of the clubs. I just didn't feel comfortable having her walk the hallways alone, especially later in the evening.

Call me paranoid, but just because someone is on a Disney cruise (or works for Disney), that doesn't mean they can be trusted to always do what's right. Plus, since most cruises take place in international waters or the waters of other countries, many criminal incidents are not reported to American authorities,and therefore, simply "googling" criminal reports will not yield many results.

I think it's important that parents do what they feel is right for their family and not let what others do, or do not do, influence them. My daughter had a great time on both cruises without wandering the hallways alone.

 

[momsrule27]

I believe everyone has their own comfort zone for their children and I don't understand others criticizing them for that such as telling them that they shouldn't cruise because they would make their kids life miserable.

Last time we cruised on NCL we were with a large group of friends and we told the kids (DS was 12) they needed to use the buddy system when not in the clubs. We would also have them check in with us periodically.

 

[Mason3]

Also, to respond to the posts that say the world is safer than we think, and that the child will have more fun if not kept under thumb, I must remind you that everyone lives a different life and lifestyle, and what you may perceive as "overprotective," I may perceive as "too lax." That doesn't mean either one of us is right or wrong; we just have different perspectives.

Finally, I teach in a rural school district, and in a span of two years, we had a estranged parent enter an elementary school and attack kindergarten students with a machete, injuring 11, before the principal was able to stop him, and two years after that, an eighth grader brought three loaded weapons into my school and shot and killed my principal before taking his own life.

So, the world is not a perfect and safe place, and although we cannot keep our children safe every moment of their lives, it is our responsibility to protect them whenever we can.

 

[insureman]

I think this is a bit over the top. Yes, it could happen but what is the likely hood? Your child could get break a limb on a slide, your child could choke on candy. It is just as likely, if not more so, but we don't seem as concerned.

Here's your over the top. From aol travel. 09/2010. It's been posted before.

A New York man has admitted to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl on a Disney Cruise Line ship.

Lucas Wickes, 25, of Rochester, pleaded guilty before a judge in federal court to charges of abusive sexual contact at sea, reports the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. He faces up to 10 years in prison.

The incident occurred on the 1,800-passenger Disney Wonder on Jan. 1, 2007, during a New Year's cruise from Port Canaveral, near Orlando, to the Bahamas.

Wickes met up with the girl as she left the ship's teen club, according to the U.S. criminal complaint. The girl said she thought he was a ship security officer, so she followed his orders to accompany him to an aft area of the ship, where she was sexually assaulted, the Rochester paper reports.

Wickes admitted he had sexual contact with the girl, but said it was consensual, and that he believed she was 17.

In 2008, prosecutors in the Bahamas failed to make a rape case against Wickes in the incident, though he was ordered to pay a fine of $10,000 for indecent assault or face six months in prison. He paid the fine.

 

[dunnhorn]

No way would I have my 12 year old roam the ship. No way... with or without hall cameras.

If there was another 12 year old going with us so there would be two - maybe - if it was a controlled situation (check-in times, they had their own wave phones, etc.)

Others may not agree - but the bottom line is that it's our kid and it's just how we roll.

 

[jilljill]

Please don't turn this thread into one that smacks down how people parent their children. The OP's question is about security cameras in the hallways, not how to parent a child. Please stick to the OP's question.