Castaway Cay 5K -- no medal under 12yo?!

[cgolf]

I do think this is very different than other discussions such as wanting your kids to go to the older clubs years before they are allowed. In our case, all the DCL blogs and previous navigators that we had seen said 10+ so our son trained for it. We found out shortly before our cruise that at some point recently, they bumped the age up to 12. We couldn't find any official policy change and it doesn't sound like there was a grace period for this transition. Given the circumstances, I don't feel ours was a case of not wanting to play by the rules. It was a case of DCL changing the rules on us with no notice or warning, which excluded our son from participating even though he was still only a few months shy of their new age requirement.

So you cruised recently and the age to register was 12? We were on the ship 2 weeks ago and the age was 10. This was on the Magic and both times on the B2B we really didn't have a lot of runners. Were you on the Fantasy or Dream, maybe for some unknown reason the age difference is there?

 

[scootch]

In March 2015, an 11 year old in our stateroom signed up, got bib and medal.

Updated: actually the girls were 10 and 12.

 

[Jennifer777]

So you cruised recently and the age to register was 12? We were on the ship 2 weeks ago and the age was 10. This was on the Magic and both times on the B2B we really didn't have a lot of runners. Were you on the Fantasy or Dream, maybe for some unknown reason the age difference is there?

The cruise I referenced was in March 2015 on the Fantasy and we were told it was a liability issue, which should have meant it covered all ships. I just checked some of the navigators from the most recent sailings for each ship though and they are all saying 10+ now so hopefully this means DCL changed the policy once again back to 10+?

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

The cruise I referenced was in March 2015 on the Fantasy and we were told it was a liability issue, which should have meant it covered all ships. I just checked some of the navigators from the most recent sailings for each ship though and they are all saying 10+ now so hopefully this means DCL changed the policy once again back to 10+?

That would be great for us if they did!

I'm glad I started this thread, because at least now I know not to count on it either way -- just check onboard. Grateful for everyone's responses!

 

[cgolf]

What is strange about the age restriction from a liability stand point is they might have it on the wrong side. Kids are resilient, they can take the heat and humidity with few issues. You would think the course would be harder on the older crowd and they would cap the age at some point. When doing the bike loop the course can be torture because it is a natural wind block.

Maybe I am missing what the liability issue is?

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

Maybe I am missing what the liability issue is?

I wouldn't think that the liability issue is about the likelihood of an accident. But instead, it is about the amount of the payoff from the insurance company after the accident.

Children have more "earning years" available to them than adults do.