CAn you hear through the rooms, I have a screamer!

[Mom of 5 K's]

Hi;
We are cruising on the Wonder Dec.5-9. My question is: Can you hear through the rooms very well? I have 2 18 month old DD's, and one of them screams so loud it hurts your eardrums. We are on deck 2 , Cabins 2146, 2148. I will do all I can to keep her from screaming, but 18 month olds are notorious for their temper, and I would be mortified to have the cabing next to us report us to the ship!! So any info on this would be greatly appreciated, thanks again. Mary

 

[Par8hed]

CAn you hear through the rooms, I have a screamer!

So glad you clarified this. I was thinking something COMPLETELY different !!

 

[bratray]

So glad you clarified this. I was thinking something COMPLETELY different !!

ME TOO!!

 

[jel0511]

Anyway, yes you can hear through the rooms. We heard our neighbors, usually the kids when they raised their voices, and had stompers above us. I wouldn't worry about it though, you're trying your best and that's all you can do....

 

[tkd lisa]

I think it's worse in the connecting rooms. Our first cruise, our kids were 8 and just turned 10, and we were definitely the noisy family. I felt sorry for our neighbors.

Look at it this way, most people on the cruise probably are comfortable being around kids, so it's not like you're in a fancy schmansy hotel where everyone will be looking down their noses at you.

Enjoy your cruise!

 

[figment52]

Originally posted by Par8hed
CAn you hear through the rooms, I have a screamer!

So glad you clarified this. I was thinking something COMPLETELY different !!

me - I was surprised to see this declaration on the Disney board.
LOL

hopefully the child will be having so much fun there will be no screaming

Good luck and have a great trip

 

[JC Butterfly]

How does your screamer respond to others when they notice her screaming? for example if you are in a store and she starts screaming, is she encouraged when others turn her way or does it cause her to get a bit more shy?

Worse case scenerio for you is that your neighbors do call Guest Services and that Guest Services calls you and you explain what is happening and that you will do your best to quiet her but if your daugher is shy you could say that if she continues her screaming then someone from the ship is going to come and talk to her (guest services may be able to arrange this). Don't want to offer parenting tips or suggestions but could also include things like, "Mickey is going to be so unhappy to hear you screaming on his ship, he might not want to see you tomorrow/might not let you sail on his ship again, etc"

Do your best and your neighbors will be far more forgiving if the screaming isn't happening in the middle of the night

 

[pvangordon]

LOL, this thread had so much potential.

Definitely make sure you do NOT have a connecting room. The first time I cruised, I didn't hear a peep out of our neighbors (although they could have been exceptionally quiet or the cabin could have been empty as well). On my second cruise, I got a connecting cabin without realizing it. The noise from our neighbors was such a pain. I know many people don't hang around in their cabins much, but I do, and I could never relax when the neighbors were home. I complained about it to our steward on the first day, but there was nothing that could be done about it. It was a full family with older kids who were often up very late making all sorts of noise (we got treated to a full family fight the last night). I know now to make sure I never get a connecting cabin.

It might help to meet your neighbors early on and apologize ahead of time, letting them know you will do everything possible to keep the noise down. A little proactive effort goes a long way towards making other people more tolerant and patient.

Good luck!

 

[CRSNDSNY]

We've only had noisy neighbor issues on one out of three cruises. It was really screaming kids pounding on the walls and slamming the closet doors incessently. It got annoying after about 5/10 minutes.

I hope your little ones are too busy having fun to scream!

 

[chasbos]

Mom of 5 K's - I feel for you!! My 4 DD's can scream with the best of them! The last time we were at MGM our 3 year old had a melt down and sat behind a park bench and screamed and screamed - we tried to ignore her but people kept asking her if she was alright - defeated the purpose of ignoring her.

You already have connecting rooms - so no worries there and hopefully you are all so busy from sunup to way after sun down that you are not in your rooms that often.

I also noticed that we have the same rooms just opposite side of the ship. we are in 2646 and 2648. Let me know how your rooms were!

 

[smchan]

I apologize to the family that had the room connecting to ours on the Magic last March. My wife and I were celebrating our 9th anniversary.

Sam
PS You had a daughter named Katie. That much I remember.

 

[clm3]

"It might help to meet your neighbors early on and apologize ahead of time, letting them know you will do everything possible to keep the noise down. A little proactive effort goes a long way towards making other people more tolerant and patient. "


I think I will have to do this !! My DD-5 is very prissy and lady like except in the voice tone area. I'm afraid you'll be able to hear her anywhere on the ship !!

If your on the March 20th Wonder and see a mother yelling "volume" to a little blonde girl ...... THATS ME

 

[sweet angel]

Originally posted by smchan
I apologize to the family that had the room connecting to ours on the Magic last March. My wife and I were celebrating our 9th anniversary.

Sam
PS You had a daughter named Katie. That much I remember.

 

[kristen821]

We will be on the Dec. 5th cruise also! I have a screamer also. I am hoping for tolerant neighbors or at least neighbors that are just as loud so they have nothing to complain about!

 

[dwkwootton]

Yes, you can hear through the rooms .... if your DD screams so loud it "hurts your eardrums" you will certainly be imposing on your neighbors and potentially nearly ruining their vacation! You have 2 weeks before your sailing, I think in the spirit of fairness you should make it your life's mission to break her of this before you go.

 

[kristen821]

mom of 5 k's - Don't worry about it if you have a screamer there is nothing you can do to change it in two weeks. I know my 2.5 year old is a screamer! My plan is to just give my daughter what she wants for the 4 nights and hope it doesn't spoil her to bad. Hopefully they will be so tired that they won't find the energy to scream (I know wishful thinking!) Chances are at 18 months your daughter will be sleeping through the night so you won't ruin anyones vacation since your neighbor most likely won't be spending much time in thier room. Good luck only 11 days to go see you there!

 

[dwkwootton]

Wow, I couldn't disagree more!! You should absolutely worry about it if your child is a screamer. You can do something about it in two weeks. You should not figure that your neighbors will not be spending much time in their room. And you should be very concerned that you will be imposing on other people. Your plan of "giving your daughter what she wants for 4 nights" should show you what the problem is. Is there any reason that you can't plan to spend the next couple weeks gving your daughter firm boundaries with consistent loving discipline?

 

[lbgraves]

Note to self...add a small fan to packing list just in case it's needed while kids are napping.

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Not to sound rude or short, but if screaming kids bother you, perhaps a Disney Cruise is not for you.

It's just something you may have to tolerate morning, noon, and night. If you go in with the idea that you might come across children like this, then you won't be surprised. And perhaps it won't happen often and all will be well. It never bothered us so much that it ruined our time or day.

Disney Cruises = thousands of children of all ages. Big ones, little ones, quiet ones, loud ones, hyper ones, sleeping ones. DH and I don't even have children yet but have been on three Disney Cruises. If we minded kids we'd choose a different vacation. Like an adult-only resort somewhere where screaming kids are not found.

As a matter of fact, we've found many adults much more bothersome and annoying than many of the children onboard!

 

[dwkwootton]

Didn't think you sounded rude or short at all. I've been on many Disney Cruises and they are for me. Went many times with my kids and several times without. Seen all kinds of stuff, not that big of a deal. When you think about it, there's really only two kinds of kids, well behaved ones and not well behaved ones. But really, its not the kids, its the parents. One of the posters stated that giving her daughter her own way might keep the screaming to a minimum. I think that really is the punchline here. Expecting neighbors to deal with a screaming daughter that one won't take the time and trouble to properly discipline is unfair. I've had dinner in Lumiere's when the table next to us had the adults wining and dining in perfect pleasure while their kids played tag throughout the restaurant, waiters having to dodge them and other people's chairs being slammed into. Its over the top when what you're doing or allowing infringes on other people's rights. According to the OP, her daughter screams at ear-breaking volumes. That's over the top too! There was a thread last week about poorly behaved teenagers in The Stack and posters didn't like that. It is ok to object to over the top behavior in any age group. And there's a rather good chance that the poorly behaved teenagers in The Stack weren't taught limits as toddlers.