Teens in Separate Cabin Question

[Cool Breeze]

Does Disney have any rules about how far away the teens stateroom can be from the parent's room?
I know that for booking purposes,one parent must be assigned to each room, but I understand we can get extra room keys and switch up the sleeping arrangements once on board.
My teens will be 13 and 14 years old. I personally don't mind if they are 5 floors down on the other end of the ship, but does Disney? I have searched high and low on their website for any type of policy regarding this, but I've found nothing.
Can anyone advise? Thank you.

 

[extechie rbd/wdt]

I very much doubt you will find any policy regarding teen's being in their own Stateroom without an adult, as the policy is there has to be an adult in each Stateroom.
The switching Stateroom's when boarded thing is more of a case of turning a blind eye to it, as I'm sure it's a maritime regulation "that cannot reasonably be enforced by the cruise line".

Ex Techie

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Does Disney have any rules about how far away the teens stateroom can be from the parent's room?
I know that for booking purposes,one parent must be assigned to each room, but I understand we can get extra room keys and switch up the sleeping arrangements once on board.
My teens will be 13 and 14 years old. I personally don't mind if they are 5 floors down on the other end of the ship, but does Disney? I have searched high and low on their website for any type of policy regarding this, but I've found nothing.
Can anyone advise? Thank you.

Just be aware that cabins that far apart will have different lifeboat assignments.

Personally, I wouldn't have put my 13 & 14 year olds alone in a room more than 1 door away from me.

 

[justmestace]

I very much doubt you will find any policy regarding teen's being in their own Stateroom without an adult, as the policy is there has to be an adult in each Stateroom.
The switching Stateroom's when boarded thing is more of a case of turning a blind eye to it, as I'm sure it's a maritime regulation "that cannot reasonably be enforced by the cruise line".

Ex Techie

I don't know anything about maritime law, but this post is correct. DCL states that an adult has to be in each room, but they don't have any wording about what happens if people switch and the kids are alone.

We never did this with our kids, because we wanted to know when they got back from the kids' clubs at night...for one thing.

We had a roomful of kids next door to us one time, and I called Guest Services several times about them. They were up half the night, playing music, laughing, kicking the adjoining wall (which just happened to be where my head was on my bed). If I could have figured out what room their parents were in, it might have gotten ugly....I probably would have been tossed in the brig. These kids were from two different families, I did find out that much.

I know....your kids wouldn't act like that....neither would mine ......but your kids might bring friends back to the room who would.

 

[kcashner]

I know....your kids wouldn't act like that....neither would mine ......but your kids might bring friends back to the room who would.

Ummm....right there is rule 1--we have always insisted that DD not bring anyone into our cabin nor enter anyone's cabin.

As to OP's question--no, there are no rules about how far away your kids can be since legally there must be an adult in each cabin. However, I'm also with the above--they'd be either next to or across the hall from me!

 

[over50visits]

The switching Stateroom's when boarded thing is more of a case of turning a blind eye to it...

Ex Techie

 

[extechie rbd/wdt]

Is that not true?

Ex Techie

 

[Cool Breeze]

I know....your kids wouldn't act like that....neither would mine ......but your kids might bring friends back to the room who would.

LOL, my kids would definitely not act like that, nor would they bring anyone back to the cabin or break any other rules we set under penalty of death !!!
Seriously, though, they are very good kids.

Thanks for the responses.

 

[justmestace]

Ummm....right there is rule 1--we have always insisted that DD not bring anyone into our cabin nor enter anyone's cabin.

As to OP's question--no, there are no rules about how far away your kids can be since legally there must be an adult in each cabin. However, I'm also with the above--they'd be either next to or across the hall from me!

I was being facetious. I know for a fact that rules or no rules, if it sounded like a good idea to my kids, they'd do it regardless. If we weren't there to SEE what they were doing, I don't doubt they'd be breaking our rules.

 

[justmestace]

Is that not true?

Ex Techie

I took the frown to mean that over50visits doesn't like that DCL turns a blind eye to it.

 

[extechie rbd/wdt]

I took the frown to mean that over50visits doesn't like that DCL turns a blind eye to it.

Ah, ok!

Thanks for the heads up! I don't like it either.
18 upward's I would say yes, but it's not my call and I really think it's a maritime regulation thing, rather than a cruise line policy.
CM's are also supposed to sleep in their own cabins....... And that is NEVER enforced, as they would need a security department half the size of the crew to enforce it

There's a reason "child prevention packet's" are free of charge outside the crew medical centre

Ex Techie

 

[wdwwishes]

Personally, my dds are 12 and 15 and while they are good kids and we let them have some independence on board, I wouldn't put them in their own stateroom unless it was adjoining our other room simply because of the what ifs and no matter how good kids are things happen when the "mouse" is away, there's the safety issue in the event of any emergency that could arise although unlikely and what if a blind eye isn't turned. I can't imagine that they'd have a bad time if they weren't in their own room. Good luck.

 

[insureman]

Does Disney have any rules about how far away the teens stateroom can be from the parent's room?
I know that for booking purposes,one parent must be assigned to each room, but I understand we can get extra room keys and switch up the sleeping arrangements once on board.
My teens will be 13 and 14 years old. I personally don't mind if they are 5 floors down on the other end of the ship, but does Disney? I have searched high and low on their website for any type of policy regarding this, but I've found nothing.
Can anyone advise? Thank you.

For some reason I believe we have been duped by this "poster". 13 and 14 year olds in their own cabin, come on.

 

[justmestace]

For some reason I believe we have been duped by this "poster". 13 and 14 year olds in their own cabin, come on.

There had to have been 5 or 6 kids planted in the cabin next to ours on that one cruise, and not a one of them looked older than 13 or 14. It happens.

 

[AmandaRG]

There had to have been 5 or 6 kids planted in the cabin next to ours on that one cruise, and not a one of them looked older than 13 or 14. It happens.

But with only two posts, smells like a troll.

 

[scrapbookmomma74]

Why not book connecting rooms and then sleep the way you want to? Seems like a DUH to me.

 

[kcashner]

Why not book connecting rooms and then sleep the way you want to? Seems like a DUH to me.

Because connecting rooms are not always available, especially on the classic ships. Because it is cheaper to put the kids in an inside cabin across the hall while mom and dad enjoy a verandah. Because you can sometimes get a good deal by booking gty status but risk not ending up together.

And maybe because some parents don't want to be anywhere near their kids (?)

 

[extechie rbd/wdt]

In the OP's case:

And maybe because some parents don't want to be anywhere near their kids (?)

I think that is the truth!
Some time away from loud, messy, noisy, smelly teen's is all she wan't's hence the:

personally don't mind if they are 5 floors down on the other end of the ship

!

Ex Techie

 

[Bear3412]

In the OP's case:



I think that is the truth!
Some time away from loud, messy, noisy, smelly teen's is all she wan't's hence the:

!

Ex Techie

Exactly what I was going to post. Well done. Finally some one said it. I'm with you.

 

[Cool Breeze]

Because connecting rooms are not always available, especially on the classic ships. Because it is cheaper to put the kids in an inside cabin across the hall while mom and dad enjoy a verandah. Because you can sometimes get a good deal by booking gty status but risk not ending up together.




Yes, that is exactly the reason I asked. DH and I want a verandah, and it's a better deal to book an inside GTY for the kids. It's not that I don't want to be around them, I would love for their cabin to be as near to ours as possible, but money is an issue. I could easily find an inside room near a verandah room, but I found that to do that, the verandah category gets higher and so does the inside category, which comes to about a $500 difference.