Two Wheels Only Posted April 17, 2017 #251 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Doorbells - on a cruise - that's posh... Not surprisingly, most guests with POSH access also have a doorbell. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincetx Posted April 17, 2017 #252 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Actually, the worst behavior I ever saw on a cruise ship was not from a child. A 60-70 ish woman in the buffet on Carnival was eating right next to me. When she ate something she didn't like, she would spit it on the floor! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terri910 Posted April 17, 2017 #253 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Now for better or worse next cruise (33 days, yay!) instead of relaxing in our cabin I'm going to be obsessively listening to see if I can hear any footsteps. Thanks all! ;) *LOL* You would spend time trying to find out if your hearing and the people outside your cabin door are exactly like someone else's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terri910 Posted April 17, 2017 #254 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Actually, the worst behavior I ever saw on a cruise ship was not from a child. A 60-70 ish woman in the buffet on Carnival was eating right next to me. When she ate something she didn't like, she would spit it on the floor! Sent from my iPhone using Forums :o:o:o:o Ewwww. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyy7403 Posted April 18, 2017 #255 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Maybe I'm a more paranoid than most grandmothers, but I worry about the children's safety. Pedifiles do go on cruises. We have read about rapes on cruises. It can happen. And in an instant. These are strangers on your neighborhood. Keep an eye on your children always. Give them freedom within your sight. Yes, on a ship. Pediphile - sorry for the mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinIllinois Posted April 18, 2017 #256 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Pediphile - sorry for the mistake. Try again, Joyce. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Wheels Only Posted April 18, 2017 #257 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Try again, Joyce. ;)Maybe Joyce meant to combine an attraction to children (pedophile) with an attraction to feet (podophile) and created a new name for a condition for people attracted to the sound of a child's feet in a cruise ship hallway? :') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadien Posted April 18, 2017 #258 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Since you are kid free you have no idea about the instinct to protect your children when something happens to them. It is an instinctual response to do WHATEVER it takes to protect them from whatever the threat is. And yes. If someone lays their hands on my child. They are going down. Period. My protective parental instincts don't go anywhere near wishing violence on someone simply making a joke. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeannieNY Posted April 18, 2017 #259 Share Posted April 18, 2017 *LOL* You would spend time trying to find out if your hearing and the people outside your cabin door are exactly like someone else's? I plan to bring earplugs! Problem solved for me!! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeannieNY Posted April 18, 2017 #260 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Couldn't agree more, Gizfish. Saw quite a number of unsupervised children on our last cruise, of many age groups. I ended up using most of them as teaching opportunities for my 7 and 10 year old. Pointing out what those children were doing and why it was unacceptable behaviour and reinforcing how proud I was that my kids were listing well and treating staff and fellow passengers with respect. They was some of these unsupervised kids were treating the cruise staff was atrocious. Refusing to use hand sanitizer and laughing at how much mess they made in the buffet and other public places. Where were there parents? No idea. Clearly they thought they were on holidays from parenting too! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Wow! This could have been written by me, like 35 years ago! YES! That was the best way for me to teach my kids about unacceptable behavior!!! It really worked!!!! When I saw a child not being watched or maybe being watched, but out-of-control--I'd use it to talk to my kids about what's good and not good ways to behave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazin6969 Posted April 18, 2017 #261 Share Posted April 18, 2017 LMAO because that's why....And I'm not even a parent. That is like saying why are drunks so loud and belligerent walking to their rooms while others are trying to sleep. Don't like kids then go on an adult cruise or a resort for adults... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted April 18, 2017 #262 Share Posted April 18, 2017 *LOL* You would spend time trying to find out if your hearing and the people outside your cabin door are exactly like someone else's? I'm mostly joking but I actually am curious as to whether or not I'll be able to hear anything. If I do I promise I will come back and rant about it. :) Crown Princess 2007 Emerald Princess 2008 RCCL Navigator of the Seas 2010 Ruby Princess 2012 NCL Jewel 2013 NCL Jewel 2016 RCCL Freedom of the Seas 2017 Emerald Princess 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtodogs Posted April 18, 2017 #263 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I guess I've been really lucky. I've been on 8 cruises (Holland, Norwegian, Carnival), and my 9th is coming up in 3 days. I rarely see children at all, on the ships. I my see them in the afternoon, in the buffet, when they come in for an ice cream snack, and once I saw a cluster of them, on a Holland ship, and they were participating in an organized scavenger hunt (they were really cute about it, too.) I have seen a few in hallways, but they always seemed polite and stepped aside for me. I will admit, most of my cruises have been when school was in session, but one was in July, and I had no kid complaints. I am a widow in my early 60's and will be the first to sigh and roll my eyes when around disruptive children in public places .... but so far, cruise ships haven't been those places for me. Now, once, on a Carnival ship, coming back from Alaska to Seattle, we stopped in Victoria (or Vancouver) and picked up a large number of overnight party cruisers. All the people who had already been on the ship just went to bed early, that night. It was terrible! Not a one of them was under 21. It was funny to see all the hungover people disembarking the next morning, though. Haven't sailed Carnival, since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivermyst Posted April 18, 2017 #264 Share Posted April 18, 2017 So because I don't particularly want kids screaming and running in the hallways at night/crawling on the ground/poopy diaper in the pool I need to relegate myself to a cruiseline which caters to senior citizens? Cool We took a Panama Canal cruise on HAL and there were over 700 kids on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanMullin Posted April 18, 2017 #265 Share Posted April 18, 2017 We took a Panama Canal cruise on HAL and there were over 700 kids on board. Pampers or Depends....it's all good Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Nahoumi Posted April 18, 2017 #266 Share Posted April 18, 2017 actually, the worst behavior i ever saw on a cruise ship was not from a child. A 60-70 ish woman in the buffet on carnival was eating right next to me. When she ate something she didn't like, she would spit it on the floor! Sent from my iphone using forums ewwwww. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyy7403 Posted April 18, 2017 #267 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Sorry again! But, I would like to say that we have seen so many well behaved kids on our cruises. They were having fun. Kids will be kids, & I am very glad that they get to experience a cruise, many can't. The world is getting a lot smaller to us the more we travel, and meeting people one very special part of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAOk1945 Posted April 18, 2017 #268 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Not surprisingly, most guests with POSH access also have a doorbell. :p Not posh just a bit larger. And yes we did experience this being done by kids running up and down the halls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanMullin Posted April 18, 2017 #269 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Not posh just a bit larger. And yes we did experience this being done by kids running up and down the halls. Perhaps those who get so upset by children having fun on vacation, should rent a private yacht? If any of thier grandchildren move from point A to point B at a speed that upsets them, they can have them walk the plank! Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sissaaaaaa Posted April 18, 2017 #270 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Maybe I'm a more paranoid than most grandmothers, but I worry about the children's safety. Pedifiles do go on cruises. We have read about rapes on cruises. It can happen. And in an instant. These are strangers on your neighborhood. Keep an eye on your children always. Give them freedom within your sight. Yes, on a ship. 100% accurate. It floors me the number of parents who let small kids (ages 6 - 11) roam free on a ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAOk1945 Posted April 18, 2017 #271 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Perhaps those who get so upset by children having fun on vacation, should rent a private yacht? If any of thier grandchildren move from point A to point B at a speed that upsets them, they can have them walk the plank! Sent from my iPad using Forums Actually a great idea! :') :D It's not the fact that kids (the subject of this thread) are doing what seems like fun (to them). It's the fact that they are being disruptive and inconsiderate, as stated by many who have posted their experiences including the OP who started this thread. Enjoy your cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatka Posted April 18, 2017 #272 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Not sure about running, but what about screaming? ! We are returning from Gem's cruise which was great except for teens who decided that it was cool to talk and laugh loudly after midnight every night right next to our cabin. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCLfamily Posted April 18, 2017 #273 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Not sure about running, but what about screaming? !We are returning from Gem's cruise which was great except for teens who decided that it was cool to talk and laugh loudly after midnight every night right next to our cabin. :( Talking and laughing after midnight on a cruise? Shocking behaviour. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terri910 Posted April 18, 2017 #274 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I'm mostly joking but I actually am curious as to whether or not I'll be able to hear anything. If I do I promise I will come back and rant about it. :) *LOL* If I can remember to, I will do the same! (But our next cruise is almost a year and a half away.... :( ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatka Posted April 18, 2017 #275 Share Posted April 18, 2017 In hallways near passengers cabins? Definitely not very convenient for people who want to sleep. There are so many other places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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