Teens in Separate Cabin Question

[cyclenut]

This is a touchy situation for kids that age. On our recent cruise our "kids" were at the other end of the ship and down on deck 2 (we were on deck 6). I put "kids" in quotes because there was a 22 yo in one cabin and a 26 yo in the other.

Even then, we were a bit nervous during muster drill that they were in a completely different muster station. That's when it really hits home. In the event of an emergency, do you really want your family on opposite ends of the ship? I would give that some serious thought before booking differently to save a few dollars.

I don't know how many kids you have, but I don't understand why you wouldn't just put them in your room with you.

 

[speedo]

I went on a cruise with my high school band in the late 90's. We definietly did not have someone over 18 in each of our rooms. That was carnival and not DCL though. Not sure if the rules have changed since then or if it is just a DCL rule.

 

[Cool Breeze]

This is a touchy situation for kids that age. On our recent cruise our "kids" were at the other end of the ship and down on deck 2 (we were on deck 6). I put "kids" in quotes because there was a 22 yo in one cabin and a 26 yo in the other.

Even then, we were a bit nervous during muster drill that they were in a completely different muster station. That's when it really hits home. In the event of an emergency, do you really want your family on opposite ends of the ship? I would give that some serious thought before booking differently to save a few dollars.

I don't know how many kids you have, but I don't understand why you wouldn't just put them in your room with you.

You make a very good point. This is why I posted the question before I made any final decisions because sometimes others can point things out that I haven't thought of. It's good to see things from a different perspective. The muster station never even occurred to me until now. I think I'll just spend the extra money for the peace of mind.
As far as your question about putting them in the same room..... no way. Two teenage boys who are bigger than me,....ain't happenin'. Besides, I worked the numbers, and it's cheaper to get 2 rooms believe it or not... and I based this on booking the largest verandah room, which would be the only size we could comfortably fit in, compared to a small verandah +inside room.

 

[Cool Breeze]

But with only two posts, smells like a troll.

No, not a troll, just a woman with a full time job who doesn't have time to lounge on the computer all day.

 

[flagfred]

we have cruised twice (we did do assigned room at time of booking) - with our girls in rooms next door or across the hall. The first time they were only 9 and 13, right next door....and then 10 and 14....across the hall. It was a great option for us, more room, some privacy and they could SLEEP and SLEEP! THey called our room when they came back from the clubs...it really worked great!

I would ask for room assignments so you don't have them at the other end of the ship - but go have fun and with teens space can sometimes be a great thing

 

[kcashner]

If you are booking such that you are selecting your cabins, YOU choose cabins across from each other or next to each other. You can even ask when you book if these cabins have the same muster station. It's quite easy to do provided that the cabins you want/need are open; obviously easier if you are not too fussy about where you are located. For instance, you might be able to get a cat 6 with an 11 on deck 6 but not get a cat 5 with an 11 across the hall on deck 7. Does the deck matter???


If you book gty, all bets are off.

And yes, it is sometimes cheaper or the same price to book 2 cabins as to book one. With teens, that gives you almost double the space, double the bathrooms, double the TVs--all in all, a much better deal.

 

[2boogersmom]

My thought process on stuff like this is? Would you put a 13 and a 14 year old in a hotel room by themselves? Especially 3, 4 or 5 floors away? Why does it being a cruiseship make a difference? The people on the boat are still total strangers. Just because it is Disney doesn't mean people with bad intentions won't sail.

 

[Disneyholic]

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

But with only two posts, smells like a troll.

You are the people I warn my customers about when I give out cards with the Disboard site listed.

If they have a question and it is their 1st few posts, someone will come along and call them a troll or worse. I always tell them to ignore these people since most of us are on here to help.

If you feel that someone is a TROLL, just move along to another post & don't post these comments. I know when I had only a few posts people on here were much more considerate to eachother. Now it seems that a few people on here have too much time on their hands and post just to post instead of considering how rude they are being to new posters or to people who ask questions that have been asked before by telling them to do a search. If you can't answer the question with a polite answer, don't reply. Leave it to the rest of us who are here to help. Some people are not as computer literate and it is easier to ask the question than to figure out how to do the search. ( I am computer literate & still have to ask questions after a search because I can't find exactly what I am looking for or the search function doesn't work all the time)

 

[kgoldenh]

I am glad the question was asked and glad to see all the discussion. My kids are 12 and 13 and we are in one room in March 2012. We were talking about rooms and what would work. Given my DS has not discovered a love of bathing and DD never gets out of the bathroom - separate rooms are a dream for us. we have been debating what to do when we rebook. We had not thought about the muster stations.

Thanks for giving me things to think about as we research rebooking.

Kate

 

[Cool Breeze]

You are the people I warn my customers about when I give out cards with the Disboard site listed.

If they have a question and it is their 1st few posts, someone will come along and call them a troll or worse. I always tell them to ignore these people since most of us are on here to help.

If you feel that someone is a TROLL, just move along to another post & don't post these comments. I know when I had only a few posts people on here were much more considerate to eachother. Now it seems that a few people on here have too much time on their hands and post just to post instead of considering how rude they are being to new posters or to people who ask questions that have been asked before by telling them to do a search. If you can't answer thew question with a polite answer, don't reply. Leave it to the rest of us who are here to help. Some people are not as computer literate and it is easier to ask the question than to figure out how to do the search. ( I am computer literate & still have to ask questions after a search because I can't find exactly what I am looking for or the search function doesn't work all the time)

Well said. Thank you, Disneyholic.

 

[jdb in AZ]

This is a touchy situation for kids that age. On our recent cruise our "kids" were at the other end of the ship and down on deck 2 (we were on deck 6). I put "kids" in quotes because there was a 22 yo in one cabin and a 26 yo in the other.

Even then, we were a bit nervous during muster drill that they were in a completely different muster station. That's when it really hits home. In the event of an emergency, do you really want your family on opposite ends of the ship? I would give that some serious thought before booking differently to save a few dollars.

I don't know how many kids you have, but I don't understand why you wouldn't just put them in your room with you.

In the very unlikely event of a real emergency there might not be time to report to your muster station(s). That's why extra life jackets are available on board.

I think the bigger consideration is how mature the teens are. Would they be likely to run up and down the halls at night stealing the magnetic pictures off stateroom doors, or will they be well-behaved. On one family vacation we allowed our 16-yr-old son to stay with his older responsible cousins (20+ yr olds) hoping their mature personalities might rub off on him. nope. He nearly ruined our vacation. On the other hand, our DD and a girl cousin stayed together on a cruise when they were about the same age as the OP. Didn't have any problems with them.

 

[inhousemouse]

Disclaimer ---- this is not a threat but a promise...


ANYONE DUMB ENOUGH TO PUT THEIR TEENS IN A CABIN FAR FROM THEIR STATEROOM AND NEAR MINE WILL BE FINDING THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF CALLS MADE TO GUEST SERVICES REGARDING THE TEEN ROOM!!!!!!!!!!

That being said if you don't care about your young teens enough to keep an eye on them and you put them next to me then they better be silent during night time hours or they will wish they were in your stateroom with you!

 

[Cool Breeze]

Disclaimer ---- this is not a threat but a promise...


ANYONE DUMB ENOUGH TO PUT THEIR TEENS IN A CABIN FAR FROM THEIR STATEROOM AND NEAR MINE WILL BE FINDING THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF CALLS MADE TO GUEST SERVICES REGARDING THE TEEN ROOM!!!!!!!!!!

That being said if you don't care about your young teens enough to keep an eye on them and you put them next to me then they better be silent during night time hours or they will wish they were in your stateroom with you!

Well, in that case, I've made my decision. I will make sure that my teens are booked in a room right next to you.
(Just kidding,of course, in response to this very rude person)

 

[templed]

Wow... Some of you people are downright nasty!

Cool Breeze... do what you gotta do! I totally understand your question, and I believe that for the most part your question was answered.

Now... in my case, I was lucky enough to find 3 cabins in a row... I'll be putting my teenage daughter in there along with our friend's teenage daughter... We have an adjoining door to the room, so it's nbd.

Some of you sound like my SIL ... "There's too many kids on Disney"...

You don't know Cool Breeze's kids... they're probably perfectly well behaved.

So... take that piece of coal out... I'm sure it's a well polished diamond by now...

Sheesh.

 

[inhousemouse]

Well, in that case, I've made my decision. I will make sure that my teens are booked in a room right next to you.

aaawwww to bad all of the staterooms in my area are booked... you'll have to find some other poor saps to parent your children for you.

 

[m&m's mom]

I'm sorry- If you a new poster and post one of the most controversial questions there is AND even add you donyt care if your own kids are multiple floors away from you there are 2 typical conclusions.
One you are a troll doing it on purpose or you are not considerate of others by not caring if your kids are close enough for you to monitor them.
Either way- people here responded appropriately.

 

[inhousemouse]

I'm sorry- If you a new poster and post one of the most controversial questions there is AND even add you donyt care if your own kids are multiple floors away from you there are 2 typical conclusions.
One you are a troll doing it on purpose or you are not considerate of others by not caring if your kids are close enough for you to monitor them.
Either way- people here responded appropriately.

Well said!

 

[justmestace]

Disclaimer ---- this is not a threat but a promise...


ANYONE DUMB ENOUGH TO PUT THEIR TEENS IN A CABIN FAR FROM THEIR STATEROOM AND NEAR MINE WILL BE FINDING THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF CALLS MADE TO GUEST SERVICES REGARDING THE TEEN ROOM!!!!!!!!!!

That being said if you don't care about your young teens enough to keep an eye on them and you put them next to me then they better be silent during night time hours or they will wish they were in your stateroom with you!

Well, in that case, I've made my decision. I will make sure that my teens are booked in a room right next to you.

If this were to happen, like the time my husband and I had to call Security and Guest Services when the kids left alone in the room next to ours were being rowdy....who do you think Security will come looking for? YOU.

I know you're not trying to be nasty, nor do you really think this is funny....but it's a really bad idea. Next door or across the hall is one thing....but a GTY where they could end up anywhere is just not good.

It's not good for anyone in the surrounding rooms, and it's just not safe for the kids.

I get upset when people think that just because it's Disney, their kids will be safer. This is going to sound creepy, but if I were a pedophile, the FIRST place I'd go to scope out kids would be any place DISNEY.

By the way, I'm a mom to three and a grandma to two. Not a creepy pedophile.

 

[Cool Breeze]

Okay,this has gotten out of hand. All I wanted was an answer to my question. Yes, I am a new poster. I just signed up because I am about to book a cruise and I needed some information that I wasn't sure about. I thought this would be the correct forum to ask the question. I received some very valuable information from some of the responses, and I thank you. Of course I care about my children, and I wasn't trying to stir anything up. I had no idea this subject was so controversial that it would make people so angry. I've raised a daughter who is now serving our country in the USAF and she is a very successful disciplined woman. My boys are just as disciplined and respectful, so I think I've done my job as a parent who doesn't need to be judged by rude people who don't know what they're talking about.
Also, as you can see by one of my posts, this discussion gave me the opportunity to rethink my decision in a positive way. So, thank you all who posted your opinions without being rude. I welcome opinions that are contrary to mine, that's how we learn, i just don't appreciate the rudeness. To the rude ones, maybe it's your parenting skills that should be questioned.

 

[inhousemouse]

it does not matter how great your kids are.. I don't think any one is saying that your children are bad children... but we've all been kids who have one time been left alone by our parents...

The real issue is the safety of your kids. Things happen on cruises sometimes because of other people and sometimes because of just silly fooling around. None the less it's not worth the chance.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...e-gone-missing-cruise-ships-recent-years.html

And if you think it doesn't happen on Disney.... Well sadly it has...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oriam-vanishes-Disney-Wonder-near-Mexico.html

One thing to remember is that these ships are governed according to where they are registered and they are usually waters international waters or waters that don't match their home of registry. That makes a lot of grey area for investigating as to what and who did what to victims. Yes Disney is wonderful and magical and not like almost anything on earth but in the end they are a company and will follow industry standards.

As for my parenting skills... I have a 3 and 1 yr old... They will be with me or someone in my party 99% of the time. Our 3 yr old my be in the Kids club at some points but our 1 yr old will not be in the nursery and neither child will be in their respective day care rooms when I'm not on the ship. I also stayed away from booking a veranda because I didn't want to take a chance of my 1 yr old from going over the side. I know people say the verandas are safe.. but they haven't seen my 1yr old climb.