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Did you use the Youth facilities on your crossing? Do you have any programs for that?

Great idea - I posted the Kids Zone activity guide at

http://www.familyvacationplans.com/2015/07/the-queen-mary-2s-kid-and-teen-zone.html

You can find copies of the teen zone activity program here:

http://www.familyvacationplans.com/2015/07/the-queen-mary-2s-kid-and-teen-zone.html

We thought crossing with the family was awesome. We had kids from 4 to 16 and they all really enjoyed it. The teen's used the Zone the most. The one who struggled with it was the 11 year old - he struggled not because it wasn't fun but because his teen brothers were is a separate group and could come and go as they pleased. Under 13's have a strict sign in/sign out policy. I will try and scan their activity guide for the kids zone and the teen zone and share it out. All in all there wasn't more than 12 kids in any one of the 3 age groups. Big enough to have fun, but it wasn't overwhelming. Even if they don't use the zone there is lots for kids of all ages to do on board.

We just got back and there was a wide variety of interpretation for the teens on board - so there isn't a need to stress at all. For our teen boys one had a tux and the otherse had suits. For the informal nights they wore polos or a button down shirt. Our daughter wore a variety of dresses/skirts for dinner.

The only negative comment we got was about a fedora that my son had that went with his suit. The second time he wore it the maître d' approached me and quietly pulled me aside to say that some of the guests were complaining about the hat and could I ask my son to remove it. Rather than be offended we laughed about how silly they approached it.

I used the links from this post quite a bit in preparing for our June 2015 crossing, so I thought I would return the favor and post the daily programmes from our crossing.

http://www.familyvacationplans.com/2015/07/blog-post.html

one good thing about the delay....her next stop is Cartagena on 23rd...the Master has time on his side and will be able to make up the delay

C

So did it get to Cartagena on time?

Anyone know if it still works this way and if it costs?