What age for teens sharing a cabin alone?

[bconley351]

We are thinking about taking our 18 yr old and 16 yr old gks on a med cruise next summer. How old do they have to be to share a cabin? We don’t want a quad cabin, and I have to have a wheelchair accessible cabin. Can they be next to us, or across the hall from us?

 

[BirdTravels]

1 minute ago, bconley351 said:

We are thinking about taking our 18 yr old and 16 yr old gks on a med cruise next summer. How old do they have to be to share a cabin? We don’t want a quad cabin, and I have to have a wheelchair accessible cabin. Can they be next to us, or across the hall from us?

 

Technically ever room needs someone 21 or older. But the 18 and 16 is fine to be on there own. 

[mskaufman]

Officially, you can put one teen with each parent.  Especially, if you are across the hall divide up as you want.

[kjquilts]

Here is NCL answer to your question

 

What are Norwegian Cruise Line's Age Requirements?

 

Age Requirements for Travel

Note: These terms are effective at the time of boarding.

Travelling with Infants:

• At least six (6) months of age on the day of boarding
• At least twelve (12) months of age on the day of boarding if your cruise has 3 or more consecutive days at sea.

Travelling with Minors and Young Adults:
Norwegian Cruise Line's policy dictates that a minor or young adult under the age of 21 must be accompanied in the same stateroom (or a connecting/adjoining stateroom) by a guest 21 years of age or older at the time of boarding.

• Minors – an individual under the age of 18 on the day of embarkation/boarding.
• Young Adult– an individual between the ages of 18 and 20.

Note: Two people under the age of 21 may travel together in the same stateroom if they are a married couple and provide proof of marriage to a Norwegian Cruise Line representative at the pier prior to boarding.

...............

 

and as mskaufman said people often book a parent and a child in one room and parent in child in another room for booking purposes

 

 

 

 

Edited January 16 by kjquilts

[UKstages]

1 hour ago, mskaufman said:

Officially, you can put one teen with each parent.  Especially, if you are across the hall divide up as you want.

 

1 hour ago, BirdTravels said:

Technically ever room needs someone 21 or older. But the 18 and 16 is fine to be on there own. 

 

1 hour ago, kjquilts said:

as mskaufman said people often book a parent and a child in one room and parent in child in another room for booking purposes

 

for "booking purposes?"

 

this implies that they switch rooms once onboard and put the two adults in one room for "sleeping purposes."

 

if so, it's against the rules. and the rules are there for a reason.

 

i know that i wouldn't be happy as a guest in proximity to two underage teens together in their own room. (although, i do agree that two girls, aged 16 and 18, are unlikely to be holy terrors.) but as somebody who has been in a room adjacent to two underage kids who ran up and down the hallways in the middle of the night and played catch in the hall and held what could only be described as nighty pizza parties in their room with eight to ten other tweens and teens while the parents weren't anywhere to be found... i say, reconsider that plan.

 

isn't it funny the way people make their own rules and bend the rules to justify whatever they want to do onboard an NCL ship?

 

"oh, it's OK if i decorate my door even though NCL prohibits it. everybody does it and nobody will mind. it couldn't possibly be a fire hazard or impede the flow of rescue workers... it's just a magnet and some crepe paper. and mom turns 70 only once. plus, how am i supposed to find my cabin?"

 

"oh, it's OK if i refill my water bottle directly from the tap at the buffet. I'm a very clean person and i certainly won't contaminate anything. surely nobody will mind."

 

"oh, it's OK if i arrive at the pier at 9:30 am, even though my check-in time is 1 pm. they don't check and nobody will mind."

 

"oh, it's OK if i place my towels and books and sunglasses on these four chairs. after all, i'm up at 6 am and the early bird catches the worm, right? besides, i'll be back after lunch and my spa appointment. who could possibly mind?"

 

"oh, it's OK if i smoke on my balcony. what am i supposed to do, go all the way up to deck 16? i don't think my neighbors will mind and there's no real danger of the ship catching on fire from one cigarette. besides, you can't really smell the cigarette on the open seas. nobody will mind."

 

"oh, it's OK if i vape as i'm walking around the ship. i'm very discreet and you can't really even smell it. i know you're not supposed to smoke, but this is different. i'm just vaping. it's harmless. who could possibly mind?"

 

"oh, it's OK if i smoke pot. it's medicinal. nudge, nudge, wink, wink. and legal in my state. nobody will mind."

 

"oh, it's OK if i smoke cigarettes in the cigar room. i know it's not technically allowed, but everybody does it... what's the difference? nobody will mind."

 

"oh, it's OK if i put my two kids in one room without adult supervision. they are very well behaved. and we'll be right across the hall. what could possibly go wrong? it's nobody's business where my kids sleep! besides, who would possibly mind?"

 

you'd be surprised.

 

many people do in fact mind.

 

[dbrown84]

It's totally fine if they are in the room next to you.  I don't know if they will allow across the hall.  You'd have to ask NCL on that one.

[zqvol]

1 hour ago, dbrown84 said:

It's totally fine if they are in the room next to you.  I don't know if they will allow across the hall.  You'd have to ask NCL on that one.

Since when, it’s never been that way before 

[dbrown84]

2 minutes ago, zqvol said:

Since when, it’s never been that way before 

well, I can't say when, but it's definitely not something that is recent.  I can say more than 5 years at least

[hallux]

8 hours ago, dbrown84 said:

across the hall

Depending on the ship, some don't have cabins with doors across the hall even if there are cabins in that space.  Look at the BA+ ships (Escape, Bliss, Joy, Encore), the inside cabins are accessed from a central hall rather than where the balcony cabins are accessed.

[JillK]

Call the cruise line to firm up exactly what you can actually book so you can figure out how to move forward.

 

Last year on Princess we ended up booking three inside cabins for our family. Myself and youngest son in the first cabin, our two daughters (18 & 16 at the time of sailing) in the middle cabin and my husband and older son on the end. There were no issues in booking it this way with the cruiseline (likely as my eldest was 18 as is yours) and we had no issues during the cruise.

[TwinMamainMN]

We sailed on Royal's Oasis OTS last March. On paper it was one parent, our daughter, and one son in an accessible balcony (daughter uses a WC). The neighboring and connecting balcony cabin was listed with the other parent and the other son. At the time our twins were 14 and our youngest was 11. We actually slept parents and daughter in the accessible room and the two boys in the other room. Parents had key card access to both rooms. It worked great and both the Royal check-in person and our room steward knew of the arrangement. Also we booked it that way with a Next Cruise travel agent while on a prior RCCL cruise and they told us it was perfectly fine and not uncommon.

[havoc315]

11 hours ago, UKstages said:

 

many people do in fact mind.

 

 

Rightly or wrongly, many people do in fact mind things that are entirely within policy. Many people mind kids generally being kids on the pool deck. People mind rowdy drunk adults watching sports at the bar. People mind smokers in the casino, even where it is permitted. 

 

Not all rules and regulations are equal, not all violations are equal. Nobody is ever going to get a ticket for driving 56mph on an empty road with a 55mph speed limit. 

 

And yes, I've had an NCL sales agent, while booking, tell me, "you need to list 1 adult in each room, but once on the ship, you can use whatever sleeping arrangements you want."

 

[Sailing12Away]

10 hours ago, zqvol said:

Since when, it’s never been that way before 

Look at post #4 above which quotes the NCL policy verbatim. So long as the room is connected to the parents room, the young adults can be in there by themselves.

[mjkacmom]

14 hours ago, UKstages said:

 

 

 

for "booking purposes?"

 

this implies that they switch rooms once onboard and put the two adults in one room for "sleeping purposes."

 

if so, it's against the rules. and the rules are there for a reason.

 

i know that i wouldn't be happy as a guest in proximity to two underage teens together in their own room. (although, i do agree that two girls, aged 16 and 18, are unlikely to be holy terrors.) but as somebody who has been in a room adjacent to two underage kids who ran up and down the hallways in the middle of the night and played catch in the hall and held what could only be described as nighty pizza parties in their room with eight to ten other tweens and teens while the parents weren't anywhere to be found... i say, reconsider that plan.

 

isn't it funny the way people make their own rules and bend the rules to justify whatever they want to do onboard an NCL ship?

 

"oh, it's OK if i decorate my door even though NCL prohibits it. everybody does it and nobody will mind. it couldn't possibly be a fire hazard or impede the flow of rescue workers... it's just a magnet and some crepe paper. and mom turns 70 only once. plus, how am i supposed to find my cabin?"

 

"oh, it's OK if i refill my water bottle directly from the tap at the buffet. I'm a very clean person and i certainly won't contaminate anything. surely nobody will mind."

 

"oh, it's OK if i arrive at the pier at 9:30 am, even though my check-in time is 1 pm. they don't check and nobody will mind."

 

"oh, it's OK if i place my towels and books and sunglasses on these four chairs. after all, i'm up at 6 am and the early bird catches the worm, right? besides, i'll be back after lunch and my spa appointment. who could possibly mind?"

 

"oh, it's OK if i smoke on my balcony. what am i supposed to do, go all the way up to deck 16? i don't think my neighbors will mind and there's no real danger of the ship catching on fire from one cigarette. besides, you can't really smell the cigarette on the open seas. nobody will mind."

 

"oh, it's OK if i vape as i'm walking around the ship. i'm very discreet and you can't really even smell it. i know you're not supposed to smoke, but this is different. i'm just vaping. it's harmless. who could possibly mind?"

 

"oh, it's OK if i smoke pot. it's medicinal. nudge, nudge, wink, wink. and legal in my state. nobody will mind."

 

"oh, it's OK if i smoke cigarettes in the cigar room. i know it's not technically allowed, but everybody does it... what's the difference? nobody will mind."

 

"oh, it's OK if i put my two kids in one room without adult supervision. they are very well behaved. and we'll be right across the hall. what could possibly go wrong? it's nobody's business where my kids sleep! besides, who would possibly mind?"

 

you'd be surprised.

 

many people do in fact mind.

 

You literally have no idea what you are talking about. NCL (and the other lines) will instruct you to put an adult in each cabin, and then tell you to go to guest services to get the extra cabin keys (they will mark them with permanent marker so you can tell them apart). Do you even cruise with children? This is very common knowledge.

[mjkacmom]

12 hours ago, dbrown84 said:

It's totally fine if they are in the room next to you.  I don't know if they will allow across the hall.  You'd have to ask NCL on that one.

I don’t think so, I’ve booked several cruises with my kids who were under 21, they wouldn’t even allow our 19 and 20 year olds to be booked without one of us in a connecting cabin. Not an issues, just got extra keys from guest services like always. I called 3 times and they wouldn’t do it.

[dbrown84]

46 minutes ago, mjkacmom said:

I don’t think so, I’ve booked several cruises with my kids who were under 21, they wouldn’t even allow our 19 and 20 year olds to be booked without one of us in a connecting cabin. Not an issues, just got extra keys from guest services like always. I called 3 times and they wouldn’t do it.

well, you have first hand experience, so you definitely know better than me. Their policy says it should be allowed, which is what I was going by.  Oh well, like you said you can just switch keys once onboard

[mjkacmom]

39 minutes ago, dbrown84 said:

well, you have first hand experience, so you definitely know better than me. Their policy says it should be allowed, which is what I was going by.  Oh well, like you said you can just switch keys once onboard

I know! That’s why I kept calling back, cruised on 4 NCL ships and ran into this issue each time.

[havoc315]

1 hour ago, mjkacmom said:

I know! That’s why I kept calling back, cruised on 4 NCL ships and ran into this issue each time.

my guess — The policy allows it. But it’s automatically blocked in the computer system no override for connecting cabins. 
 

[SeaShark]

3 hours ago, mjkacmom said:

You literally have no idea what you are talking about. NCL (and the other lines) will instruct you to put an adult in each cabin, and then tell you to go to guest services to get the extra cabin keys (they will mark them with permanent marker so you can tell them apart). Do you even cruise with children? This is very common knowledge.

 

Hmmm...if it was "very common knowledge" it wouldn't need to be posted here as everyone would already be aware.

 

2 hours ago, dbrown84 said:

well, you have first hand experience, so you definitely know better than me. Their policy says it should be allowed, which is what I was going by.  Oh well, like you said you can just switch keys once onboard

 

"Switch keys" is a great idea until the adult goes to get a drink and all they are carrying is a key card of an under 21 guest...

[mjkacmom]

1 minute ago, SeaShark said:

 

Hmmm...if it was "very common knowledge" it wouldn't need to be posted here as everyone would already be aware.

 

 

"Switch keys" is a great idea until the adult goes to get a drink and all they are carrying is a key card of an under 21 guest...

You don’t switch keys, additional copies of the keys that only open door are given to the family. I’ve read countless posts like this on CC.

[dinkydee718]

RCCL definitely allows kids in adjoining cabins or cabins directly across from an adult. I was told by the cruise line that for "across the hall" purposes, you had to be able to see into one room from the other if the doors were open. It looks like NCL's policy is that it's only allowed for connecting rooms, but doesn't hurt to call.

[dbrown84]

10 minutes ago, SeaShark said:

 

Hmmm...if it was "very common knowledge" it wouldn't need to be posted here as everyone would already be aware.

 

 

"Switch keys" is a great idea until the adult goes to get a drink and all they are carrying is a key card of an under 21 guest...

I'm so sorry that my grammar isn't up to your level..... You don't switch keys with the child.  You go to guest services and have them create extra keys.  You happy now???

[mjkacmom]

19 minutes ago, dinkydee718 said:

RCCL definitely allows kids in adjoining cabins or cabins directly across from an adult. I was told by the cruise line that for "across the hall" purposes, you had to be able to see into one room from the other if the doors were open. It looks like NCL's policy is that it's only allowed for connecting rooms, but doesn't hurt to call.

NCL in practice doesn’t allow it even with connecting cabins.

[dinkydee718]

1 hour ago, mjkacmom said:

NCL in practice doesn’t allow it even with connecting cabins.

You very well may be right. I was just going by the info KJQuilts posted

[mjkacmom]

7 minutes ago, dinkydee718 said:

You very well may be right. I was just going by the info KJQuilts posted

The written policy differs from what I’ve experienced 4 times.