Parents that let their children run down the hallways like animals are awful!

[cruiser21]

15 Disney cruises and I've never seen kids running in the halls. I have seen them run up the stairs. My first though is usually I wish I had their energy.

 

[Marcelyry]

I understand that this is frustrating, but to equate them to animals is a bit much when you are on a Disney Cruise. Even the most well-behaved children won't be perfect all the time, and then factor in the excitement of the cruise, Mickey bars, staying up too late etc..

 

[cruiser21]

I understand that this is frustrating, but to equate them to animals is a bit much when you are on a Disney Cruise. Even the most well-behaved children won't be perfect all the time, and then factor in the excitement of the cruise, Mickey bars, staying up too late etc..

I'm still trying to figure out how a kid running up the stairs would make noise.

 

[jdb in AZ]

agree with all, I think that if you try to get cabin numers then keep complaning to guest services maybe that would help, but I llike sticking my foot out or better yet, open the door wide just as they are running bye

The doors open inward, not toward the hall.

 

[lorimay]

15 Disney cruises and I've never seen kids running in the halls. I have seen them run up the stairs. My first though is usually I wish I had their energy.

I have never seen them either, I have only heard them.......

 

[Mimirdh]

Those running screaming kids were on our cruise in June with parents not far behind them. Rude! Just rude!

 

[Quellman]

I've stopped runners in the hallways before. Letting them know that they have all week to solve the detective quests. And I'm not so sure about running up the stairs, but running down them can make some noise since older kids will leap down the last few steps onto the landings.

I try to book my room aft of the aft elevator or forward of the forward elevator when on the Dream class ships. I don't need the excitement of the kids running back and forth trying to solve the detective agency quests.

 

[cruiser21]

I think if I was this bothered by noises I'd be cruising on an adult cruiseline not on one that's for kids.

 

[ladyofthetramp]

After 8 cruises, we have had very few kids doing this continually. We usually get forward staterooms high enough that you avoid the kids areas. Sometimes we can hear them above us or in the hallway, but it normally stops around bedtime. As mentioned above, we also get this in hotels. When we first got married and lived in married student housing in college, we were on the bottom floor of a two-floor apartment. The folks above had a little one learning how to walk in a rolling walker (since banned for safety reasons). We would hear him/her for an hour (no carpeting) or so each night and could tell which part of the living room he/she was in. When you live around kids, they tend to enter your lives, like it or not. Now, about having a verandah on deck 8 Wonder during the Alaska cruise and having smokers just above and forward of you ruining your glacier viewing experience. Happened to us two months ago. I'll take the kids.

Oh no- that is really bad. Always a worry (smokers) when I have a balcony room. Fortunately or unfortunately, we can't afford a verandah for our Alaska cruise. One less thing to worry about...

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I think if I was this bothered by noises I'd be cruising on an adult cruiseline not on one that's for kids.

Well, there are very few "adult only" cruise lines. All major market ones allow kids. And many people want the Disney experience. You're not going to get that on another line.

I don't know that Disney is "for kids" specifically. Just a bit more geared to kids. But there are adult only areas (and for the most part, enforced) onboard Disney ships.

 

[mom4fun]

I haven't had a problem with the hallway running but I have had a problem with groups of kids sitting on the elevator floor just riding it up and down for fun.

 

[Jillpie]

I think if I was this bothered by noises I'd be cruising on an adult cruiseline not on one that's for kids.

Actually, thats a false statement. Disney is not meant "for kids". Sure, its family oriented. But after raising our kids, going to both DW and their cruises, my DH and I are now enjoying DCL all by ourselves and loving it! It is absolutely meant for adult cruising as well. This thread is about teaching your kids respect, period. Sure kids will be loud and active, awesome. But there's a time and a place, and its our job as parents to teach them that. If I just got my toddler to sleep in the afternoon for his nap, I'd be livid if a bunch of unsupervised kids came running down the hallway, because their parents never taught them the right thing to do. Take the time, it doesn't take long to do the right thing.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

I think if I was this bothered by noises I'd be cruising on an adult cruiseline not on one that's for kids.

DCL is not just for kids. If it was they wouldn't have adult areas. Personally I feel that parents/grandparents can use it as a learning tool and tell them that others are sleeping and we need to use our indoor voices, walk quietly and running is for outdoors. Is it that difficult to think of others?

As a platinum, I have encountered it way too many times to count. BUT, I have also been woke up by loud adults on their way back to their rooms after the clubs close. They definitely should know better.

 

[longboard55]

we just got off a Mediterranean cruise. I will not mention names but it had a lot of people from other countries. The kids were completely out of control, never seen anything like it. The table next to us lost a child during dinner. The mother just complained to the server and did nothing to find the kid. During one of the shows a kid actually ran on stage and one of the Disney kids club workers bolted to retrieve the kid to return it to its seat next to the mother that did nothing. It was a madhouse at dinner and at the shows. Yes there was running in the halls, yes there was running around at dinner. This was our fourth cruise, never had an issue before

 

[PrincessShmoo]

we just got off a Mediterranean cruise. I will not mention names but it had a lot of people from other countries. The kids were completely out of control, never seen anything like it. The table next to us lost a child during dinner. The mother just complained to the server and did nothing to find the kid. During one of the shows a kid actually ran on stage and one of the Disney kids club workers bolted to retrieve the kid to return it to its seat next to the mother that did nothing. It was a madhouse at dinner and at the shows. Yes there was running in the halls, yes there was running around at dinner. This was our fourth cruise, never had an issue before

I'll point out - it's not just "other countries". Our worst cruise with kids running wild was a Mexican Riviera cruise back when Kids Sail Free offers were done. As a guess, I'd say that not all those kids were from "other countries", and they were massively out of control. The late show seemed to have no parents in attendance and the kids just ran up and down the aisles all the time (at risk to the stage performers). You could not get an elevator that didn't stop at every deck. And I personally saw one server in the dining room trip and fall over a bunch of kids not sitting at their tables.

 

[DCSWO]

Longboard55 hit it on the head. If the parents were a little more responsible, then incidents like this would be significantly reduced. My wife and I tell each other all the time, not everyone is us.

 

[Minnie & Daisy]

There have been kids running down the hallways and up on the open deck above us on every cruise. It just never seems to get better. Quiet hours start at 10 PM. What I'm talking about is way, way past 10 PM., even on the last night of the cruise. I often lay there in bed trying to fall asleep and wonder who their parents are and if they know, or even care, where their children are or just what they are doing. There are also young children, all alone, on what seems like every elevator we've been on. They seem to have free run of the ship. On our last cruise just a few weeks ago, there were two very small children, we're guessing that they were about 2 and 4 years old, getting on the elevator all by themselves. Just because it is a Disney cruise doesn't mean that the parents are not responsible for their own children. If something were to happen to any of these children, then whose fault would it be??? I'm guessing that the parents would be suing DCL! Do these same parents let their children run loose all over their neighborhood or in stores? What is the difference, really? How many of the other passengers on the ship do you really know and trust around your children???

 

[Neptune's Fork]

This happens to us EVERYWHERE we go. We joke at this point that it's a curse that is following us.

The worst are the kids who run up and down and BACK and forth, over and over again to "let off some steam." At the last hotel we stayed at where this happened, the kids were literally doing that at 7am, for over 15 minutes, in their pajamas. Their parents could be heard saying "on your marks, get set...GO!"

I seriously considered sticking my foot out the door to trip them up...

I have resorted to asking for rooms at the ends of hallways or around corners. I only sometimes get lucky.

Now that's ridiculous that the parents were actually encouraging it. I know it's almost impossible to totally prevent it as some kids will act like that once out of sight of their parents, but for parents to be right there when it is going on and do nothing, or even worse, encourage it, is absolutely ridiculous.

 

[Iris1974]

I just had a incident like this yesterday at home. It was a really nice day out so we had the windows open and I hear this high pitched scream twice and bikes riding down the fire lane next to our apartment. Then I heard this blood curdling scream like someone was being murdered that must have lasted a minute. It scared me and my heart started racing. I went to the window and got my child care authoritative voice on and went to the window and told them to stop screaming like that and if they do it again I was going to call the office in the morning and told them that that last scream scared me to death. Well they all froze at my tone and never came back near my side of the building. I heard them later further away dong the same screaming. These kids aren't supposed to ride their bike near the buildings. It's a rule of the complex. I haven't taken out the child care voice in what seems like years so I was glad I still had it. We live near the lobby of my building and I hear people out there late at night talking so loud I can follow their conversation. No one seems to remember there are people living just steps away and that they don't want to hear you yell your conversations late at night. UGH!!!

 

[GeneralTso]

Nah--not going to even begin to look for an "adults only" cruise. That's just silly. Disney has the best cruises.
I'm not looking for an adult only experience, otherwise it would be stupid to book a Disney cruise now wouldn't it?

It's the minority number of children that run wild I was commenting about. Their parents, actually. Kids get excited and want to have fun and just run, cuz they're kids.
My experience (not anyone else's) was that it was super loud. Pounding up and down stairs, is how that can be loud.

I think luck has a lot to with it. Room assignments and who is around you. I think there will always be kids running the halls like banshees. It's now an expectation. It took me by surprise.