Midship Detective and teenagers

[Minnie368]

Just wondering how childish this is?? Is this something you see older teenagers doing? It's sounding to me like it would be similar to Kim Possible/Phineas and Ferb at EPCOT. Can anyone compare those for me?

 

[chaseg03]

The last time I did it I was eleven. If your nervous about people looking in a weird way, don't worry. Half the adults get pics with Mickey! I'll probably try again on my next Dream cruise(15 days). It's always a good mystery. It like the board game clue. It's always fun to do once or twice.

 

[scrappinginontario]

We saw people from 3 through 83 enjoying Midship Detective

 

[dcassetta]

I have never done the Midship Detective Agency with children, and I love it!

 

[wilkeliza]

I've done it and had a blast. Some may find it childish but I find on the longer cruises it gives a fun thing to do on top of everything else.

 

[disneyholic family]

Just wondering how childish this is?? Is this something you see older teenagers doing? It's sounding to me like it would be similar to Kim Possible/Phineas and Ferb at EPCOT. Can anyone compare those for me?

my sister and i had a blast playing and we were 58 and 64 at the time....(though we behave like 2 year olds to be sure)...

and i plan to play it with DH, DD and DSIL this august!

it's a lot of fun!!!

 

[Dug720]

Solo adult cruiser here, and I LOVE Midship Detective!!!!

 

[lbus42]

I have seen lots of teenagers playing it.

 

[Anchors Away 2016]

My teen-aged boys and their teen-aged cousins enjoyed it, along with their parents and grandmother. It depends on the teenager, I suppose. Some think everything is childish, others are grown-up enough to like being childish sometimes.

We played is as a group of 9, which probably made it more difficult because we were enjoying watching the kids enjoy it, and thus not paying attention TOO hard, and sometimes it was hard to see past each other, but it wasn't completely simple. In fact, at one point, doing the Muppet one, we had crossed off ALL of the suspects, so we had to back-track a bit to find a clue where we had inadvertently ruled out too many suspects.

It is a great way to "tour" the ship, and I liked that there was a little activity at each station, not just a "go here, go there" type of thing. I also liked that you could start and save multiple adventures at once, in case you were doing it with different groups of people, and that they had three separate "cases."

 

[Msmit002]

Yes, similar to the Phineas and Ferb scavenger hut at EPCOT. All ages were playing with me and my son on the Fantasy. I wouldn't worry. It really is one of the coolest things I liked about he ship and wish they had it on all of them - though I know others would disagree.

 

[Minnie368]

I'm glad to hear so many of you like it. My kids-esp my 17 yo son- still enjoys sorcerers of the MK and had a lot of fun with Phineas&Ferb when he was younger, so I'm hoping they'll like it. I'm a little concerned I guess because my kids love the parks and being on the go all the time. It seems like things move at a different pace on the ship and I'm not sure how they'll do with that. I know there are a lot of activities on the ship but I'm not sure if they're the kind of activities they'll enjoy. We are Star Wars fans, so looking forward to SWDAS. I'm hoping to do some cool excursions on port days too.

 

[stitch'sgirl]

Friends of ours who recently jumped ship to RCCL have a 13 yo daughter who is longing to solve the Midship Detective Agency puzzles once again!

 

[stitch'sgirl]

Friends of ours who recently jumped ship to RCCL have a 13 yo daughter who is longing to solve the Midship Detective Agency puzzles once again!

 

[dragynally]

I think it's one of those "fun for all ages things". I played my first cruise when I was 25 and again at 29. If they had it on the classic ships I'd play again this year.

 

[diznymom]

Our teenager stayed in Vibe as long as he could, every chance he could. He never did the Midship Detective Agency. However, I did and totally loved it. I'm looking forward to doing it again our next cruise. I don't think it is babyish at all. The characters invovled are animated characters, but they give you clues to solve mysteries. I couldn't guess ahead of time "Who-Dunnit"

 

[FigmentSpark]

Do they change the clues and game from time to time? Or once you've solved it, you're done?

 

[Dug720]

Do they change the clues and game from time to time? Or once you've solved it, you're done?

I did each of them multiple times on the Fantasy. There is not just one solution to each mystery. I don't know exactly how many mixes there are, but I found it to have a high repeatability factor. Sometimes I remembered a clue and could skip going back to the call board or whatever, but not always.

 

[pearljammer]

it's actually a lot of fun and they have 3 different versions. We've done them all. And yes, I've seen teenagers all over it! It's just cool!

 

[mandylovesdisney]

I'm 37 and loved it.

 

[jrabbit]

"I have never done the Midship Detective Agency with children, and I love it!"

@wilkeliza, @scrappinginontario , @dcassetta, @disneyholic family,
@Dug720, @Msmit002, @dragynally, @mandylovesdisney


But Teenagers are "Special"!!!!