Seriously their your own kids!

[Esilef]

There are many loverly people whom cruise BUT I'm getting a bit worried by the mentality that you get on a cruiseship and you let your kids do what they like.

 

Ok I am getting old (nearly 40) and grumpy but the amount of kids I have seen on this cruise just doing their own thing without mum and dad or another responsible adult concerns me.

 

These are not teenagers but kids about 6 just wondering around the ship.

 

I was told that security was called on a group of kids at 4am yesterday morning as they were just running the corridors.

 

Yes my son is 6 and autistic son he needs me at all times but I generally enjoy being on holidays with him and having fun with him. He's never out of my reach.

A few people have mentioned what you do is put your kid to bed then go out and enjoy yourself. Seriously

[Esilef]

Also how do you know that another one of your fellow passengers doesn't have a history that is not all good?

 

I just get really worried about these kids and why their parents feel that their own need to relax and drink is more important than spending time with their own kids and ensuring their safety.

[Aus Traveller]

Also how do you know that another one of your fellow passengers doesn't have a history that is not all good?

 

I just get really worried about these kids and why their parents feel that their own need to relax and drink is more important than spending time with their own kids and ensuring their safety.

Agreed. :)

[The_Big_M]

I don't know... I haven't noticed it as much of an issue.

 

Maybe it's like the old saying; anyone driving faster than you is a hoon, and anyone slower is an idiot.

 

Each to their own.

[lagoon380]

I don't understand it either, how they let there young kids do as they please at all hours.

We let our teenage kids do as they like but expect them back to the cabin at a certain time but our youngest 9yo is with us all the time as he is on the spectrum (specific learning disorder) among other things he gets lost very easily.

[OzKiwiJJ]

During the day and until quite late at night we heard kids running in the corridors on both our deck and the deck above on our recent Solstice cruise.

 

On the last night I saw a bunch of 6-8 kids chasing around, and up and down, the main stairways near the atrium just as many people were leaving the MDR from the late dinner sitting, around 10-10:30pm. There were quite a number of older folk using walking sticks, walking frames etc on board.

 

I stopped one kid in the corridor one day, then had a go at his father about him running full tilt down our corridor.

[OzKiwiJJ]

I just get really worried about these kids and why their parents feel that their own need to relax and drink is more important than spending time with their own kids and ensuring their safety.

 

Yet those parents will be the first to blame, and possible even sue, the cruise line if something happens to their precious child.

[Kinkacruiser]

We experienced unruly teens on a July cruise (school holidays ) some time ago and avoid these times for cruising. I had to bite my tongue to avoid confrontation. I wish you could call security to check them, but I doubt there are enough staff to deal with them.

[GUT2407]

I've never sailed on a cruise with many kids, so it's not been an issue.

 

But most teens are terrified if Mrs Gut, so if there was a problem I'd send her.

 

Funny the kids she teaches (indeed the teachers she works with) are terrified of her, but the kids adore her at the same time. Even after they leave school, they will come running when they see her to talk to her. But they're still terrified of her (with Goid reason, I'm scared if neither man,nor beast, but Mrs Gut).

[Pushka]

We were in a Vanuatu hotel (land trip) a few days before the July school holidays. Then the hordes arrived. Parents sat in large groups in the lobby drinking up whilst seriously young kids were creating havoc running and yelling up to midnight and beyond. Staff didnt act. It was awful. Bad weather so nowhere to escape. Think I'd rather be on a ship.

Edited February 2, 2016 by Pushka

[MicCanberra]

Perhaps all kids should be tethered to their parents, grandparents or their guardians unless in the kids club.

[MicCanberra]

Avoiding school holidays cuts down on the quantities of kids but it isn't always the charm. Some people treat the ship like it is their backyard when in reality it is a public area with shops, parks, pools and bars. Would they let their kids spend all hours out at the local shops, I don't think so.:(

[GUT2407]

Avoiding school holidays cuts down on the quantities of kids but it isn't always the charm. Some people treat the ship like it is their backyard when in reality it is a public area with shops, parks, pools and bars. Would they let their kids spend all hours out at the local shops, I don't think so.:(

 

Visit our shopping centre most weekend or worse school holidays and you will realize many parents do le the kids spend all hours at the local shops. Ones with video game arcades and cinemas are even worse.

[MicCanberra]

Visit our shopping centre most weekend or worse school holidays and you will realize many parents do le the kids spend all hours at the local shops. Ones with video game arcades and cinemas are even worse.

 

Yes, but you live in a very safe area, :rolleyes:

The ship may not be as safe.

Edited February 2, 2016 by MicCanberra

[thistledoo]

I think the 1am curfew on RCCL is two hours too late for under-18s.

[Lanwood]

Wow - I think we've been very lucky by the sounds of things.

In all the cruises we've been on, we haven't noticed kids anywhere...with the exception of one cruise (Diamond Princess) we once noticed a small line of children being escorted by 3 staff members in a nice straight line on their way to tour behind the scences. Never saw them again.

[SunnyinDubai]

We sail in school holidays and have had no issue with kids but do notice that there is lack of supervision at times. I reckon it is this misconceived idea that they are on a ship and are safer? My teenage DD has a more relaxed curfew when we are cruising but she needs to let us know the places she may be hanging out at (if we need to find her) and needs to let us know if anything changes. She also must be back in the cabin by 12am the latest.

[GUT2407]

Yes, but you live in a very safe area, :rolleyes:

The ship may not be as safe.

 

Safe for them, yep not always safe for those trying to wend their way through the skateboards.

[MicCanberra]

I think the 1am curfew on RCCL is two hours too late for under-18s.

 

Agreed, I would think 11pm more suitable, and for kids under 12 perhaps 9pm. However, it is the enforcement of a policy that would be lacking no matter what time is set.

[MicCanberra]

Safe for them, yep not always safe for those trying to wend their way through the skateboards.

 

Ankles beware.:(

[OzKiwiJJ]

Avoiding school holidays cuts down on the quantities of kids but it isn't always the charm. Some people treat the ship like it is their backyard when in reality it is a public area with shops, parks, pools and bars. Would they let their kids spend all hours out at the local shops, I don't think so.:(

 

Even when the parents are right there, they ignore the anti-social behaviour of their children while they natter to their friends. I regularly go to a small plaza that has a couple of cafes as well as other shops, and often see preschoolers running around, totally out of control. They treat the plaza as if it was a playground. They run in front of the waiters who are carrying hot coffees and I've even seen them banging metal toys on the windows of adjacent businesses. The kids also scream and yell and make it impossible to enjoy a quiet coffee break. The mums totally ignore their children, they are too busy gossiping!

 

If those kids aren't taught respect and consideration for others from a young age they will grow up to be very nasty adults. In fact those mums might get a shock when their self-entitled kids reach the teenage years. :eek: :D

Edited February 2, 2016 by OzKiwiJJ

[clairebearinaus]

Sometimes even good kids from good homes, who've earned trust and some modest privileges from their parents, will disappoint everyone and stuff up.

 

I wouldn't hesitate in telling annoying children to wind their heads in. I hope anyone would channel MrsGut and do the same to mine!

 

Kids learn how to be real people by going through the 'get a bit of rope => misbehave => consequence' cycle a few hundred times (possibly a few billion, in the case of my two). It's unfortunate for those of us inconvenienced at the time, but the alternative is that we keep them tied to the apron strings until they're 18 then set them free in the world, having never learned how to think or act without Mummy around to tell them.

 

**disclaimer, I'm not talking about kids running amok all day, and my plea for tolerance does not extend to hall runners at 1am :)

[DT1304]

OMG!!!! Judge much????

 

Seeing the adults do whatever they can to ensure they get moneys worth for their alcohol packages, starting to drink at 8am, I think is more of an issue than some kids running around.

 

Get a grip people!!!!!

[C1deb]

Yes We experienced teenagers hanging around the spa, not even using the the spa just a gang sitting on the edge, making the adults in the spa very uncomfortable, they all had drinks in their hands, don't think anyone checked for ID or what they were drinking. I think the adult pool should have the age limit changed to 25 and over, as it is now 16 and over, they also had their belongings strewn over chairs and tables and none of them were even sitting there at the time. Won't be cruising during school holidays again.

[ozscot01]

I have to say that the staff on our last cruise were very conscious of the younger ones, particularly around the pool deck. I saw a number of them being pulled up over jumping into the pool and running around it. We let our 16's use the adult pool and I defy anyone to tell me they were a problem. They know better!

I would also be doubtful of under age kids drinking alcohol, at least served by staff. My daughter ordered a cherry Coke which the bartender misheard as Jack and Coke. When he took her sea pass, the drink was out of her hand and down the sink before it got anywhere near her mouth. She'd have choked on it anyway[emoji23]

I don't dispute there are some kids who need to be pulled into line, but on a cruise with over 800 youngsters on board, we really barely noticed them.

Excitement will get the better of us all at times.