Celebrity rules for children in adjacent cabins?

[The Fun Researcher]

Hi all,

 

The passengers:  Family of 5 here, plus our 18 year old niece. 

 

Usually we sail Royal Caribbean and get connecting interior cabins, so the kids are no issue since they are next door to us in the connecting cabin.

 

However, there is a cruise on the Equinox we're looking at and there are no interior connecting cabins (we don't wan't Balcony or Ocean View cabins).  Also, all of the 3 and 4 person interior rooms are booked, so that leaves us with booking 3 interior adjacent cabins which we're fine with.  What are Celebrities rules on this?

 

The way we would like to arrange cabins is as follows:  Is this situation allowed?

 

• My wife and I in an interior cabin, with a 2 person adjacent cabin on each side of us. 
• One of the adjacent cabins would have my 19 year old daughter and 13 year old son. 
• The other adjacent cabin would be my 18 year old niece and my 16 year old daughter. 

 

Dan 

[CHEZMARYLOU]

This would fall within Celebrity's booking policy.

[The Fun Researcher]

Thanks chezmarylou.  Just out of curiosity is there a limit to how young the child can be in an adjacent cabin?  ... and I assume it matters if it's your child or not?

 

I figured that the cabin with my 19 year old daughter and 13 year old son would be fine, but the one the wondered about was the adjacent cabin with my 16 year old daughter and 18 year old niece.

 

Dan

[GastroGnome]

Its not being adjacent. Each cabin must have someone 18 or over in it.

[The Fun Researcher]

14 minutes ago, GastroGnome said:

Its not being adjacent. Each cabin must have someone 18 or over in it.

 

Hmm, so the room with my 18 year old niece and 16 year old daughter could be 3 decks down and on the opposite side of the ship?

Dan

[killsport]

This is from https://www.celebritycruises.com/company/customer-support/help-and-faqs/pre-cruise/all-pre-cruise-faqs

Emphasis is mine. 

 

“Celebrity’s minimum age to sail unaccompanied on sailings originating in North America is twenty-one (21). The minimum age to sail unaccompanied on sailings from South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand is eighteen (18). Celebrity Cruises retains the right, on rare occasions, to raise the minimum age to sail unaccompanied on any sailing when local laws require or permit such a modification.

For voyages originating in North America, no guest younger than the age twenty-one (21) will be assigned to a stateroom unless accompanied in the same stateroom by an adult twenty-one (21) years old or older. A guest's age is established upon the first date of sailing. This age limit will be waived for children sailing with their parents or guardians in connecting staterooms; for underage married couples; and for active duty members of the United States or Canadian military. Certain other restrictions and conditions will apply; such as compliance with the age twenty-one (21) alcohol policy, and proof of marriage for underage couples or proof of active duty military status required.”

[The Fun Researcher]

36 minutes ago, killsport said:

This is from https://www.celebritycruises.com/company/customer-support/help-and-faqs/pre-cruise/all-pre-cruise-faqs

Emphasis is mine. 

 

“Celebrity’s minimum age to sail unaccompanied on sailings originating in North America is twenty-one (21). The minimum age to sail unaccompanied on sailings from South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand is eighteen (18). Celebrity Cruises retains the right, on rare occasions, to raise the minimum age to sail unaccompanied on any sailing when local laws require or permit such a modification.

For voyages originating in North America, no guest younger than the age twenty-one (21) will be assigned to a stateroom unless accompanied in the same stateroom by an adult twenty-one (21) years old or older. A guest's age is established upon the first date of sailing. This age limit will be waived for children sailing with their parents or guardians in connecting staterooms; for underage married couples; and for active duty members of the United States or Canadian military. Certain other restrictions and conditions will apply; such as compliance with the age twenty-one (21) alcohol policy, and proof of marriage for underage couples or proof of active duty military status required.”

 

Hmm, by that wording it requires connecting staterooms.  Technically, adjacent aren't the same as connecting but maybe they are to Celebrity?

 

I did talk with a Celebrity booking specialist just now and mentioned our proposed plan for how our rooms would be setup and he said it would be fine since they are adjacent to us or across from us.

Dan

[vrive012]

If staterooms are next door or across from the adults, the room can be assigned to minors. 

[The Fun Researcher]

Thank you 

 

Dan

[GastroGnome]

The age limits are different in European sailings - which is what I am familar with.  So for a US sailing it is connecting staterooms.  You learn something new every day!

[villauk]

3 hours ago, GastroGnome said:

Each cabin must have someone 18 or over in it.

 

 

This is incorrect. As long as the cabin is next to, adjoining, connecting or across the hall from the adults, minors are allowed in their own cabin. Unsure why you think it’s different in Europe; my kids have been doing it for years.

[Want2Cruise 701]

2 hours ago, vrive012 said:

If staterooms are next door or across from the adults, the room can be assigned to minors. 

 

37 minutes ago, villauk said:

As long as the cabin is next to, adjoining, connecting or across the hall from the adults, minors are allowed in their own cabin. 

Both of these are the correct responses!

[dkjretired]

14 minutes ago, Want2Cruise 701 said:

 

Both of these are the correct responses!

 

Absolutely correct and this has been the policy for many years, we did it with our kids in the 90s and they are in their 30s now.    Do not need an adult in the cabin and they do consider across the hall adjoining.  Do not need an attached door.   Another added point, most TAs do not know Celebrity's policy so take  that  portion quoted about with you when you book. 

Edited January 28, 2020 by dkjretired

[Nw1030]

Once on board you are free to change who is sleeping in each room.  In the past booked myself and 14 year old son in one room and my wife and 16 daughter in another.   Got new key cards and gave the kids their own room. 

[The Fun Researcher]

Thanks all.  Questions like this are the ones where "the devil is in the details" so it's nice to hear from some of you who have been through this and know the rules for certain.

 

Dan

[CHEZMARYLOU]

One thing to note, since your niece is 18 and technically not an adult under Celebrity's rules you would be wise to take a notarized statement from her parent/s giving her permission to travel with you.