"Schoolies" on cruise ships!

Hi all

My friend tells me that her Year 12 daughter and 7 of her friends are taking a cruise for their "schoolies" week!

Glad I'm not on that cruise though, that being said, they may turn out to be better behaved than the mob up on the Gold Coast!:eek:

Gae

Hi all

 

My friend tells me that her Year 12 daughter and 7 of her friends are taking a cruise for their "schoolies" week!

 

Glad I'm not on that cruise though, that being said, they may turn out to be better behaved than the mob up on the Gold Coast!:eek:

 

Gae

I remember this article from a couple of years ago about Carnival/P&O banning schoolies - http://www.theaustralian.com.au/travel/news/schoolies-banned-from-carnival-cruise-ships/story-e6frg8ro-1225986875088

Hi all

 

My friend tells me that her Year 12 daughter and 7 of her friends are taking a cruise for their "schoolies" week!

 

Glad I'm not on that cruise though, that being said, they may turn out to be better behaved than the mob up on the Gold Coast!:eek:

 

Gae

depends on the cruise line as they do have rules for the shoolies

Which line are they on?

Why do we assume that they will misbehave?

I know great young people and they wouldn't be trouble on their schoolies, sure they'd have plenty of fun but as much as anyone else on a ship!

good on them!

Why do we assume that they will misbehave?

 

I know great young people and they wouldn't be trouble on their schoolies, sure they'd have plenty of fun but as much as anyone else on a ship!

 

good on them!

they may not misbehave but they do have rules in place for these people at that time of year

Why do we assume that they will misbehave?

 

I know great young people and they wouldn't be trouble on their schoolies, sure they'd have plenty of fun but as much as anyone else on a ship!

 

good on them!

Alas, as always - it's the minority that create the situations - all places, Australia wide - that have schoolies descending upon them - go into alert mode - protective/defensive - the majority of youngsters are terrific - but it isn't assumption - it's facts as determined by the authorities/businesses that have to deal with the aftermath. Carnival wouldn't have gone to court to restrict the number of schoolies on their cruises, and general re-wording of their conditions of travel in relation to younger people in groups, if there were no issues.

It's all down to respect for others and accepting responsibility for your own actions. Over the years I have noticed there is less and less "wild behavior" (and that's by interpretation as well) than there used to be.

Carnival/P&O did give schoolies a go at cruising - they used to almost book a full ship out - so something has happened - in their opinion - for them to implement travel restrictions for schoolies. So, someone spoiled it ....for future schoolies :rolleyes: To all schoolies going on a cruise......BEHAVE..........and have fun :D:D:D

Police on the Gold Coast say that the majority of problems are caused by older people who try to get involved with the schoolies groups.

If it was my kids I'd rather them on a cruise than at the GC and t wll also depend on how many are on the cruise, if it's only the 8 your friend mentioned you see that on pretty much any cruise, but if it's 1,000 it MAY be different, I've known some darn good year 12 ers.

Carnival/P&O did give schoolies a go at cruising - they used to almost book a full ship out - so something has happened - in their opinion - for them to implement travel restrictions for schoolies. So, someone spoiled it ....for future schoolies :rolleyes: To all schoolies going on a cruise......BEHAVE..........and have fun :D:D:D

On the last night of the last Schoolies cruise that P&O ran, some of the young people threw deck furniture overboard. Apparently they had been misbehaving during the cruise also. I don't blame the cruiseline for trying to lessen the chance of such behaviour.

On the Carnival Legend cruise earlier this month it was announced by the cruise director that there were approximately 700 children aboard. Most seemed very well behaved but there was an incident in the MDR where a group of kids were seated at a table by themselves with the adults a short distance away. The kids ran amuck, jumping on the seats, crawling under tables, throwing food at each other, making excess noise, etc. Friends of mine (3 couples) sitting at the adjoining table complained to the maître d' but the bad behavior continued. The adults saw what was happening but did not intervene. These are the types of people who spoil it for everyone else.

Why do we assume that they will misbehave?

 

I know great young people and they wouldn't be trouble on their schoolies, sure they'd have plenty of fun but as much as anyone else on a ship!

 

good on them!

My thoughts too.

Innocent before proven guilty and all that.

I would reserve judgement until during or after the cruise.:D

Newly graduated granddaughter going a cruise next week... escorted by adults :) all i can say is if some so called adults acted half as sensible and mature as she does world would be a better place.... dont get me wrong she loves to party... but knows how to behave ... perhaps her generation will set higher standards than previous ones!!!

Im on Carnival Spirit on 2nd dec....looks like Carnival has Schoolies sorted.."

Minimum Age to Book:

For cruises departing from an Australian port between 1 November and 7 January, any passenger under 19 years of age on the day they board the cruise, must travel in the same stateroom as a responsible adult 19 years or older. In addition, from 8 January to 31 January, there is a limit on the number of passengers under 19 years of age who can travel unaccompanied. Once the limit is reached, a responsible adult 19 years or older must travel in the same stateroom. We can advise you at the time of booking whether the limit applies to your booking. Carnival Cruise Lines can waive the responsible adult requirement at its discretion. The responsible adult is accountable for passengers under 19 years of age in their stateroom for the duration of the cruise, and the ‘Rights of the Captain’ will be applied to anyone who displays disruptive behaviour.

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Why do we assume that they will misbehave?

 

I know great young people and they wouldn't be trouble on their schoolies, sure they'd have plenty of fun but as much as anyone else on a ship!

 

good on them!

Agree with this 100%!

It's easy for us to just bandwagon with what the media wants us to believe, if you were to compare the stats of schoolies to any other events/peak seasons that attracts that amount of people, I'm confident the same trends would emerge. They praise the behaviour of the schoolies on the Gold Coast every year and the trouble is 90% of the time from people who aren't Schoolies but older people/ people not meant to be there. There's a couple of fights etc, but that happens everywhere and all the time, actually far less nowadays :p

I hope they have a great time on board! To be honest I would rather cruise with schoolies than a ship full of children or those rude pushy angry people you always manage to encounter on cruises! haha :rolleyes:

It must be with Royal Caribbean or Celebrity as Carnival has a policy against them as mentioned before.

Agree with this 100%!

 

It's easy for us to just bandwagon with what the media wants us to believe, if you were to compare the stats of schoolies to any other events/peak seasons that attracts that amount of people, I'm confident the same trends would emerge. They praise the behaviour of the schoolies on the Gold Coast every year and the trouble is 90% of the time from people who aren't Schoolies but older people/ people not meant to be there. There's a couple of fights etc, but that happens everywhere and all the time, actually far less nowadays :p

 

I hope they have a great time on board! To be honest I would rather cruise with schoolies than a ship full of children or those rude pushy angry people you always manage to encounter on cruises! haha :rolleyes:

 

It must be with Royal Caribbean or Celebrity as Carnival has a policy against them as mentioned before.

Agreed, some young adults are much more fun but better behaved than middle aged or older adults. Generalisations just tars everyone with the same brush.:(

Agreed, some young adults are much more fun but better behaved than middle aged or older adults. Generalisations just tars everyone with the same brush.:(

In most cases it's the "toolies" (that's what they're called in WA) that create the problems. I've been in Dunsborough in WA on schoolies week - and it's been good. We were all kids once - it's more of a "big sleepout". It's good the authorities clamp down on the toolies. I like it when all the kids go wherever they're going - all excitement - when they're coming back - they look like they need a weeks rest :eek:

I hope any schoolies on ships have fun. No doubt the "press" will let us know otherwise :p:rolleyes:

I hope they have a great time on board! To be honest I would rather cruise with schoolies than a ship full of children or those rude pushy angry people you always manage to encounter on cruises! haha :rolleyes:

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I prefer a spread of ages. It gives more variety. And too many of any one group tends to concentrate things.

I prefer a spread of ages. It gives more variety. And too many of any one group tends to concentrate things.

Yes, if everyone is of similar generation and has the same interests whole on board, the activities become too full and that makes them less enjoyable. A spread of ages and interests means more activities being utilised and smaller groups at each of them.:D

As has been commented on here. The Predators..'The Toolies' would be the biggest danger to the Schoolies, on ship as on land. But saying that my two kids both did Schoolies at the Gold Coast some 20 odd years ago, no dramas, not that we knew of anyway. I know my sister who lives on the Gold Coast went up to Surfers some years ago and dragged her kicking and screaming schoolie daughter out an apartment and homeward bound.

There are some decent kids out there, let us give them a chance folks, even when they are cruising. Don't forget if they play up real bad on the ships as a teenager they could find themselves banned from cruising on a particular cruise line for a very long time.

Our children and grand children are our future in the best country in the world !

Have nice Sunday everyone, stay cool.

I prefer a spread of ages. It gives more variety. And too many of any one group tends to concentrate things.

The other reason I like a spread of ages is that I learn things, from older people I tend to hear about things that happened either before I was born, or was too young to remember, from the younger ones I learn about all the new things that I really have neither the time, nor probably, the inclination to stay on top of.

I love sitting with mum and dads friends when they start on about the "old days" and I love hanging with me kid's friends [some of whom certainly consider me to be a friend].

As has been commented on here. The Predators..'The Toolies' would be the biggest danger to the Schoolies, on ship as on land. But saying that my two kids both did Schoolies at the Gold Coast some 20 odd years ago, no dramas, not that we knew of anyway. I know my sister who lives on the Gold Coast went up to Surfers some years ago and dragged her kicking and screaming schoolie daughter out an apartment and homeward bound.

 

There are some decent kids out there, let us give them a chance folks, even when they are cruising. Don't forget if they play up real bad on the ships as a teenager they could find themselves banned from cruising on a particular cruise line for a very long time.

 

Our children and grand children are our future in the best country in the world !

 

Have nice Sunday everyone, stay cool.

Thanks Les, have faith that we have raised our kids well, with good morals, ethics and judgement.:D

Once a child is 18 surely it must be discrimination to implement age requirements on a ship that is Australia based.

Once a child is 18 surely it must be discrimination to implement age requirements on a ship that is Australia based.

The cruiselines went to the Federal Court for exemption. If you want more details you can click on the link in post # 2.

We just got in on Pacific Dawn this morning from Brisbane and there were a few groups of "schoolies" on board, apart from ours. They all seemed to be well behaved apart from one bunch of lads who might have had one too many last night. I saw security on their way to have a chat.....

We did have to put one of us "oldies" in with the younguns but that was fine, one is not in the cabin for very long after all. Much better alternative than the sex & drugs on the Gold Coast I think.

Steve.