whats the youngest you would let your kids stay in the cabin next to you?

[reallyexcited]

just wondering?

[new2cruising72]

I'm gonna say 14.

[Cruise Envy]

We put our 10 & 14 year old boys in an adjoining cabin and it worked fine.

[Camlott]

If it was an adjoining cabin, I would be fine with 4 or 5 year old and/or a baby in a pack-n-play. It would be no different than when we stay at Embassy Suites and our kids stay in the front portion and my wife and I in the bedroom with the door closed.

 

Before anyone pulls out their flame throwers........

 

We travel with door alarms to alert us of anyone coming in or out of the room and when our oldest was still a toddler we also blocked the outside door with a piece of furniture in addition to the door chimes/alarm. On a cruise ship, we would always keep the connecting door open, again it would be no different than staying at any other hotel for us.

 

If you are asking about a room next door or across the hall and not adjoining. My answer would be 12-14 depending on the maturity of the child, also keeping in mind that having multiple children in a room tends to lower the overall maturity! :D

[cb at sea]

With connecting cabins, I'd put an infant in there.....it's no different than all of you being in 1 room, when you have the connecting doors. If the cabins didn't have a connecting door, the kids would have to be at least 8 or so, before I'd feel comfortable without immediate access.

[bdklein]

We put our 10 & 14 year old boys in an adjoining cabin and it worked fine.

 

It wasn't a pain having to walk out into the hallway each time one of you wanted to enter the other one's room? Just curious.

[bdklein]

If it was an adjoining cabin, I would be fine with 4 or 5 year old and/or a baby in a pack-n-play.! :D

 

I assume you mean connecting room? Other wise I see child services in your future.:)

[CKEA_Cruising_Family]

We put our 3 & 5 year olds in the adjoining cabin on our last cruise. The door between was always propped open with the door stop.

 

We're stuffing the 4 of us in one cabin this year when we cruise - wish us luck! :)

[bdklein]

We put our 3 & 5 year olds in the adjoining cabin on our last cruise. The door between was always propped open with the door stop.

 

We're stuffing the 4 of us in one cabin this year when we cruise - wish us luck! :)

 

You mean connecting room?? Not sure how adjoining rooms have a door between them.

[cb at sea]

Adjoining cabins are simply next to each other. Connecting cabins have a doorway in the room to access the "connecting" cabin.

[Camlott]

I assume you mean connecting room? Other wise I see child services in your future.:)

 

It was too late to edit when I caught this... Yes, I mean connecting rooms. I view connecting rooms as nothing more than a room with twice the space & bathrooms. I would be fine with any age child being in the other room in that case.

 

We are a little more lenient than a lot of parents though. When our oldest was two, we would routinely leave her after she went to sleep and go to a show, casino or to a specialty restaurant for a nice dinner alone. We just made sure to bring our monitor with us. We never left for more than two or three hours.

 

 

*the last part of my post was meant purely as a joke, lets see who reads my entire post before they jump all over it! Our upcoming cruise will actually be both of our children first time to cruise.

[bus man]

We are a little more lenient than a lot of parents though. When our oldest was two, we would routinely leave her after she went to sleep and go to a show, casino or to a specialty restaurant for a nice dinner alone. We just made sure to bring our monitor with us. We never left for more than two or three hours.

 

OMG THAT'S HORRIBLE! HOW COULD YOU ABANDON YOUR BABY LIKE THAT?!? WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED WHILE YOU WERE OUT THINKING ONLY OF YOUR OWN PLEASURES? YOU ARE SURELY THE MOST IGNORANT, SELFISH "PARENTS" TO EVER WALK THE FACE OF THE EARTH!!!!!!!!!

 

* I'm joking. Yes, I read your entire post before I replied.

[SG81]

9 or 10

[Camlott]

OMG THAT'S HORRIBLE! HOW COULD YOU ABANDON YOUR BABY LIKE THAT?!? WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED WHILE YOU WERE OUT THINKING ONLY OF YOUR OWN PLEASURES? YOU ARE SURELY THE MOST IGNORANT, SELFISH "PARENTS" TO EVER WALK THE FACE OF THE EARTH!!!!!!!!!

 

* I'm joking. Yes, I read your entire post before I replied.

 

But she was really mature for her age at 2! :rolleyes:

[IttaBit]

I'd say maybe 10-12 but the door would have to remain open at all times.

[AandBmom]

I don't see a connecting cabin with the door open as any different than sharing a room or a suite so I would do it at any age. As for what age would I let my kids have their own cabin, well, I'm not sure. I would choose cabins across the hall from one another before I'd choose next door to each other (assuming there is no connecting cabin available). My kids are 7, 5, 2 and infant. I'd maybe let the older two have their own cabin in a few years but I'd use a baby monitor in their cabin.

[Ula]

 

We are a little more lenient than a lot of parents though. When our oldest was two, we would routinely leave her after she went to sleep and go to a show, casino or to a specialty restaurant for a nice dinner alone. We just made sure to bring our monitor with us. We never left for more than two or three hours.

 

 

*the last part of my post was meant purely as a joke, lets see who reads my entire post before they jump all over it! Our upcoming cruise will actually be both of our children first time to cruise.

I started reading this and thought must be an early April Fool's joke. Was going to the popcorn stand. Glad you clarified.

It really depends on the kids and their maturity level, also the follow through on rules from their parents.

[Marty in KY]

Connecting cabins: 6 or 7

 

No connecting door: 30

[AandBmom]

It was too late to edit when I caught this... Yes, I mean connecting rooms. I view connecting rooms as nothing more than a room with twice the space & bathrooms. I would be fine with any age child being in the other room in that case.

 

We are a little more lenient than a lot of parents though. When our oldest was two, we would routinely leave her after she went to sleep and go to a show, casino or to a specialty restaurant for a nice dinner alone. We just made sure to bring our monitor with us. We never left for more than two or three hours.

 

 

*the last part of my post was meant purely as a joke, lets see who reads my entire post before they jump all over it! Our upcoming cruise will actually be both of our children first time to cruise.

 

Scary, that there probably are people that do this.

[Camlott]

Scary, that there probably are people that do this.

 

I have seen the questions on this board about if it was ok or if the monitor will work several floors away from cabin... those people never mentioned if they were joking.

 

I'm sure there are some who do actually do this... what could possibly go wrong right?

[kitty9]

I have seen the questions on this board about if it was ok or if the monitor will work several floors away from cabin... those people never mentioned if they were joking.

 

I'm sure there are some who do actually do this... what could possibly go wrong right?

 

Don't you love that cavalier attitude by some parents?? I always refer to the parents whose very young child walked out from their connecting cabin and wandered the ship at night. Or the ones who could not reach their infant when Carnival Splendor had it's problems, and the fire doors locked shut.

[mjkacmom]

Don't you love that cavalier attitude by some parents?? I always refer to the parents whose very young child walked out from their connecting cabin and wandered the ship at night. Or the ones who could not reach their infant when Carnival Splendor had it's problems, and the fire doors locked shut.

 

I think there is a huge difference between leaving a child alone in the room, and going out, vs. leaving children in the connecting cabin with the door open. There really isn't anything preventing my children from leaving our home at night, except maybe a deadbolt, and there are deadbolts on cruise ships. I have 5 kids, and we always need 2 cabins and 2 hotel rooms, so we've always split up. We haven't lost one yet - just lock the door. Heck, if a child is sleeping in the same room as I am, I'm not going to prevent them from walking out of the room - I'm sleeping! That's why we always use all of the locks.

[AandBmom]

I think there is a huge difference between leaving a child alone in the room, and going out, vs. leaving children in the connecting cabin with the door open. There really isn't anything preventing my children from leaving our home at night, except maybe a deadbolt, and there are deadbolts on cruise ships. I have 5 kids, and we always need 2 cabins and 2 hotel rooms, so we've always split up. We haven't lost one yet - just lock the door. Heck, if a child is sleeping in the same room as I am, I'm not going to prevent them from walking out of the room - I'm sleeping! That's why we always use all of the locks.

 

I really don't see much difference between a connecting cabin and one big cabin or a suite in a hotel, or as you mentioned being at home and having kids sleep in their own rooms. You're right, there are locks that are more difficult for kids to open and most parents can hear anything their kids do. Also, you have to know your kids. I truly believe that my kids would never leave the room w/o permission. If I had a child that I really couldn't trust in a connecting room then I wouldn't choose that option.

[YOWmom]

Someone mentioned door alarms earlier in this thread. Can you pls explain what they are and where you can buy them? We decided to put our kids (ages 7 and 3) in a connecting room on our next cruise - the door will always be open AND I'll bring the baby monitor, but I still worry about one of them opening the door at night... I'd heard about these alarms but have never seen one. thanks

[klauer]

If you google "travel door alarm", "hotel door alarm", or "portable door alarm", you will find a bunch of options starting at around $10.00.