Has anyone traveled with kids with college ages boyfriend/girlfriend

[westjones]

They covered airfare (from Massachusetts) and we paid the rest... worth every penny!

Stephen

My kids have wanted to do a cruise with friends. Sounds like a really fun trip.

 

[Caren90]

My kids have wanted to do a cruise with friends. Sounds like a really fun trip.

Buy a nice verandah for yourself and throw them in an inside stateroom for less money. They don't care since they will be out late having fun at the teen clubs and then you can let them sleep in while you enjoy your daily routine! Everybody wins!

We have taken a different friend for the past 4 years for each of our children. It is usually a friend who would not be able to afford a trip like this and it becomes a lasting memory for them.

Stephen

 

[westjones]

Buy a nice verandah for yourself and throw them in an inside stateroom for less money. They don't care since they will be out late having fun at the teen clubs and then you can let them sleep in while you enjoy your daily routine! Everybody wins!

We have taken a different friend for the past 4 years for each of our children. It is usually a friend who would not be able to afford a trip like this and it becomes a lasting memory for them.

Stephen

When my girls were in high school they loved the teen clubs. But I don't know how it would be in college since they don't have much for them (I know they have a college club, but on our last cruise our twins were 18 but still in high school so they were told to go to the college club, but it wasn't fun so they found the high school kids near their age outside of the teen club and hung out with them the rest of the cruise....that would not work out now....so I don't know if the cruise would be good for them until they are a bit older. The 18-19 year olds might just not be the right age for the cruise).

But I agree....for the high school kids, the cruise is awesome! And they did stay out late and had a wonderful time!

 

[winniedapooh]

With 5 kids we began this route a few years...no easy answer to the bed situation, lol! So far it has just been sons bringing girlfriend/fiancées.

 

[Brian Noble]

I think there are a couple of options. If you are paying for everyone's lodging, you should insist on the same sleeping arrangements you'd ask for if they were visiting you at home. If the "kids" aren't happy with that, they are welcome to pay for their rooms.

Of course, if in your own home you'd let them share a room, then the distinction is moot.

 

[bltpoppins]

"I think there are a couple of options. If you are paying for everyone's lodging, you should insist on the same sleeping arrangements you'd ask for if they were visiting you at home. If the "kids" aren't happy with that, they are welcome to pay for their rooms."

 

[Sammie]

If she really likes him and you do too, leave him home. Our trips have broken up several relationships on trips with the kid's significant other.

Our mantra now is, not until they are married and then only maybe. Sharing close quarters can be difficult on even long term relationships.

 

[westjones]

If she really likes him and you do too, leave him home. Our trips have broken up several relationships on trips with the kid's significant other.

Our mantra now is, not until they are married and then only maybe. Sharing close quarters can be difficult on even long term relationships.

Huh? That is interesting. Although, I was hoping it would be a 'bonding' time and maybe we could all get to know each other better (since they seem to think they are getting married and he already said he going to propose next year).

 

[westjones]

Oh and the other thing....if he doesn't come with us, I doubt she would go. She would find it boring now and would rather stay home and work...and we would really like to get in another family vacation (ok...*I* would like to get in another family vacation....DH is fine with leaving them )

 

[Sammie]

Personally I could never put anyone other than my own child in the laundry room, you do know it is attached to the master bedroom.

So if you get up after he is asleep, he is just one door from you and the bathroom.

Of if he gets up to go to the bathroom, are you leaving doors unlocked for him, if he needs to go.

Is he going to shower in your Master bathroom?

Where he will sleep, showering, using the bathroom, etc. are the things that you really need to think about before you do this. This would need to be discussed with your daughter too, you might be surprised at what she now finds acceptable since she is no longer living at home.

 

[Scrappy_Tink]

I think that your daughter would feel just as awkward sleeping in the same bedroom with her boyfriend, under her parent's "roof", as it would be for you. Not only that, but it wouldn't be right to put other DD on the sleeper, and it would be more awkward (IMO) for her to sleep in a room with your other daughter and BF in the other bed. I don't see any other choice than to him sleep on the sleeper sofa. But I'm "old-fashion" My son asked me, when he was 18, if his girlfriend could have a "sleepover" with him, and I told him no. I didn't want it to set precedence of him having every girlfriend he had spending the night and stumbling into strange girls in the middle of the night.....or his brother using it for ammunition when he wanted to start having girls overnight. But then again, that's just me! It's not just about sex, but also respect.

 

[westjones]

Personally I could never put anyone other than my own child in the laundry room, you do know it is attached to the master bedroom.

So if you get up after he is asleep, he is just one door from you and the bathroom.

Of if he gets up to go to the bathroom, are you leaving doors unlocked for him, if he needs to go.

Is he going to shower in your Master bathroom?

Where he will sleep, showering, using the bathroom, etc. are the things that you really need to think about before you do this. This would need to be discussed with your daughter too, you might be surprised at what she now finds acceptable since she is no longer living at home.

Oh the bathroom....yes....that is an issue. I don't have a problem with him in the laundry room. And since he will be 19 1/2 I don't really think of him as a 'child'. He was a boyscout, so he was used to camping on the ground (he has his own cot, he took it on the mission trip he went on this summer with our church). So I don't think he would care. But the bathroom is a good point.

I think Animal Kingdom in a 2 bedroom might be best. Then he will have a bathroom, and the girls will be in the studio side with a bathroom, and DH and I will have a bathroom.

CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM VILLAS HAS SHOWERS IN THAT EXTRA BATH YOU FIND IN THE 1/2 BEDROOM VILLAS? Or is it just a half bath sort of thing?

Oh and my DD still lives at home, and her boyfriend lives at his home. We live in a college town and it is much cheaper not to live in the dorms.

 

[ErinC]

I'm pretty sure that the 2bedrooms at AKL (Kidani) and BLT have a full extra bathroom in the living area. That would probably be your best bet.

 

[ErinC]

I checked the member website, both the 2 bedroom lockoff and dedicated both have 3 full bathrooms at BLT and AKL (Kidani only).

 

[westjones]

Thanks! That does sound like the best situation. We have never stayed at the Animal Kingdom villas so it would give us a chance to see them also.

I think this would be the best situation. And if we end up with just us and our two girls, they can each have their own bathroom

 

[Sammie]

Kidani and BLT has the 3 bathrooms and yes the bath in the living room area, is a full bath, with sink, toilet and tub/shower.

 

[westjones]

Kidani and BLT has the 3 bathrooms and yes the bath in the living room area, is a full bath, with sink, toilet and tub/shower.

I don't think I would have enough points for BLT. But the Animal Kingdom one is doable. That does sound like the best solution. Now....to hope it all works out

Thanks everyone!

 

[eva]

Just remember, AKV dosen't have a laundry room for him to sleep in. I would put the 3 girls in the studio and the boyfriend in the living room.

 

[Brian Noble]

I think that your daughter would feel just as awkward sleeping in the same bedroom with her boyfriend, under her parent's "roof", as it would be for you.

I'm a college professor. Don't count on it.

 

[DeeCee735]

Not only have we done this, but we did it with our high school age boy/girl twins and my daughters boyfriend, AND my parents!
It worked out just fine. We were in Hilton Head Resort in a two bedroom, two bathroom.

The boyfriend slept on the sleeper sofa, my daughter slept on an air mattress in our room, and my son slept in the second queen in my parents room.

It wasn't even cramped. The living room was cleaned up when everyone was up, the boyfriend was thrilled to be along (they aren't together anymore, she's now in her twenties and has a serious relationship going on for a few years now), and we all had a wonderful time. It is a mindset going in, IMHO, that for a week all of us would be living together and sharing two bathrooms. My parents absolutely loved it, (it was my mother's last vacation before she died, some years later), and we all got along beautifully. The trip was great, some of us beached, some golfed, some toured and some days we were altogether.

My advise is to just relax alittle. There's nothing wrong with putting the boyfriend on the sleeper in the living room. You will have plenty of room in a two bedroom at AKV, especially with three bathrooms. It will be a wonderful trip and your children will remember for the rest of their lives, just as they do the trips when they were younger.

The very best thing about DVC is that it can grow along with our families, and their tastes as they become adults! As it stands, my kids are now full time employed and have their own schedules. My DH and I are perfectly ready and willing to save some points each year for when they can fit in a trip with their BF's or GF's or just friends

Enjoy, and happy planning!