Are the Alaska cruise Naturalist talks boring for kids?

[DouglasG]

Hi all. I see that presentations by a naturalist happen in the Walt Disney Theatre on Alaskan cruises. My 12 year old daughter thinks they will be boring. Has anyone been to these and are they geared toward kids? Thanks for the info!

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

There are different ones, some were marked as adult only, then there was a fsmily one, check which one to go to. Not boring, very interesting, but most were for adults only.

 

[Jess_S]

At 12, I would have enjoyed the talks because I was interested in animals and the environment. If your daughter is not interested in the subject matter, she will be bored. The talks are slide show lectures on a given topic. There's no extra fun element for those who are not into the subject.

 

[missyp]

I did not recall them being marked for Adults. My 12 year old went to every one of them and loved them. He found them fascinating!

 

[saxmangeoff]

I'd have loved them as a kid, but I was the kid who could spend hours in museums and National Park Visitor Centers. (Now I'm the adult who spends hours there.)

 

[Krissy22222]

My daughter enjoyed them and she was only 8 at the time. At that time the speaker was Doug Jones, not sure if he is the same one nowadays.

 

[tcudisney]

It will depend on the speaker. Last summer, our presenter was very knowledgable, but pretty dry as far as a presenter goes. Our kids attended the first lecture and then skipped the rest.

 

[phinz]

If perchance you have Michael Modzelewski as your naturalist you will either love him or you'll be sawing logs in ten minutes. Count my wife and me into the latter camp. He alternately had us laughing (not at his comments, but at his delivery/speech rhythm/tone) and ready to commit seppuku last week.

 

[Ware Bears]

Depends on the child, mine would have found them interesting at 12 because they've always been into animals. The talks are also rerun on your stateroom TV.

 

[bksaffle]

It really depends, like a PP stated, our lecturer was very monotone, I think I fell asleep during them. They replayed them on the tv in the stateroom.

 

[xavier2001]

There were kids at the presentation but yes they were bored, my 8 year olds opted for the kids club versus the nature talks. I think it was a good choice, I got to learn some stuff but even I thought they were a little on the dry side. Think college lecture.

 

[tvguy]

I agree, it depends on the speaker and the child.
I have not gone to Alaska on Disney and I am a little surprised they would have the naturalist speaking in the theater.
On our 2 HAL cruises to Alaska, their naturalist was speaking over the public address system as the ships traveled through straights and to the glaciers, pointing out all the wildlife and geological features. He was amazing.

 

[saxmangeoff]

I have not gone to Alaska on Disney and I am a little surprised they would have the naturalist speaking in the theater.
On our 2 HAL cruises to Alaska, their naturalist was speaking over the public address system as the ships traveled through straights and to the glaciers, pointing out all the wildlife and geological features. He was amazing.

The naturalist does use the PA during Tracy Arm, and if I recall correctly, at a few other times.

The talks are just that -- scheduled talks focused on various Alaska topics.