How old is "adult?"

[la_croisiere_s'amuse]

After a fruitless search of the Princess website, I'm coming to the experts. :)

 

We're taking three of our kids on our upcoming Princess cruise. When we've done this with other cruiselines in the past, we booked my husband in the kids' room, since there has to be an adult in each cabin -- so we did the same thing this time.

 

But then it occured to us . . . our son is now 18, and it will be him and his brother in the other cabin. So if he's now an "adult," we can move hubby back where he belongs, rather than messing with the purser's desk on embarkation day. Does anybody know if 18 or 21 (or something else) is the cutoff?

 

Thanks! :)

[dforeigner]

http://www.princess.com/pdf/answer/Passage_Contract.pdf

 

5. Age Requirements

 

Passengers under 18 must be accompanied by a Passenger over the age of 21.

 

This of course if for booking purposes. Once on board, you may want to consider requesting additional room keys and swapping rooms on your own.

[sunline2000]

Good morning.....just went thru this w/our TA last week...We made final payment DH w/a DS and I w/ aDS for booking purposes...DS now 16 Princess operator said change of names could be made and TA said no....In this case have confirmation change in hand and DS's are in 1 rm and we across hall:) (no changes to be made now when we board) Hope things work out..from reading the boards Princess and TA's differ many times on written policy and then what Princess actually does..Like I wrote confimation change was made and I have it in writing on my finally DOC's

[UK family]

Adult is 18.

Hubbie and I went on our honeymoon at 17, we didn't have to have a additional person with us!:eek:

[hill6]

I think there are several definitions of adult. We are booked on the Crown and got a slightly different rate since our daughter and her friend are 18 and 17. She said the rate was because they were not 19. It affected the cruise price and the insurance.

[cherylandtk]

For booking purposes, Princess allows a 16 YO in a nearby room to be the 'adult' as long as you are the parents of the children in that room and your own room is close by.

 

So for your example, the 18 YO son and another child, you can now book the way you want the rooms to be occupied.

[UK family]

It was great going on honeymoon at 17 as in those days we got child rates! - honest!:)

[julieds]

I think you'll still have to make the change with the purser's desk once you board, unless your cabins are adjacent or just across the hall from each other. We tried to book our 18-yo DD and her 17-yo friend in a cabin 3 doors away from ours for our Christmas cruise, but Princess required us to put one adult (over 21) in each cabin...

[la_croisiere_s'amuse]

Thanks everybody for your replies. It sounds like the bottom line is one which is pretty common in the cruise industry: it depends on which customer service representative you talk to! :D While I consider the kids' cabin "close," it's not adjacent or directly across the hall. I'm not sure I want to spend half a day on hold, trying to find the answer I want . . . I'll probably just fix it on board. :)

 

Happy sails~

[Host CJSKIDS]

Thanks everybody for your replies. It sounds like the bottom line is one which is pretty common in the cruise industry: it depends on which customer service representative you talk to! :D While I consider the kids' cabin "close' date='" it's not adjacent or directly across the hall. I'm not sure I want to spend half a day on hold, trying to find the answer I want . . . I'll probably just fix it on board. :)

 

Happy sails~

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Go ahead and change it now.

 

We have done 2 Princess cruises with our kids and have another one booked and paid in full that departs on 3/31 on the Crown. All 3 times, as long as one of our kids was 16 Princess booked them into their own cabins. Princess allows it, their official policy is that as long as the parents are sailing in a cabin on the same deck then the children can be in their own cabin with someone being 16.

On the 3/19/06 Star sailing, we were in a suite on one side of the ship right at the hallways/elevators and our kids were in a cabin on the opposite side of the ship. Princess had no problems booking it this way and in the long run it worked out as they weren't in the middle of the fire nor did they lose their belongings.

[Host CJSKIDS]

Thanks everybody for your replies. It sounds like the bottom line is one which is pretty common in the cruise industry: it depends on which customer service representative you talk to! :D While I consider the kids' cabin "close' date='" it's not adjacent or directly across the hall. I'm not sure I want to spend half a day on hold, trying to find the answer I want . . . I'll probably just fix it on board. :)

 

Happy sails~

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Go ahead and change it now.

 

We have done 2 Princess cruises with our kids and have another one booked and paid in full that departs on 3/31 on the Crown. All 3 times, as long as one of our kids was 16 Princess booked them into their own cabins. Princess allows it, their official policy is that as long as the parents are sailing in a cabin on the same deck then the children can be in their own cabin with someone being 16.

On the 3/19/06 Star sailing, we were in a suite on one side of the ship right at the hallways/elevators and our kids were in a cabin on the opposite side of the ship. Princess had no problems booking it this way and in the long run it worked out as they weren't in the middle of the fire nor did they lose their belongings.

[gambit57]

Hmm, I don't remember it being such a hassle when I was a kid.

 

I went on a couple of cruises when I was in high school. Roomed with my lil sis one time and with my buddy another. I think we just swapped keys once we were on board. I don't think it ever occurred to my parents and their friends to bother changing names on the rooms cuz of all the hassle.

[la_croisiere_s'amuse]

Hmm, I don't remember it being such a hassle when I was a kid.

 

I went on a couple of cruises when I was in high school. Roomed with my lil sis one time and with my buddy another. I think we just swapped keys once we were on board. I don't think it ever occurred to my parents and their friends to bother changing names on the rooms cuz of all the hassle.

 

The only real problem is that those cards are an awful lot more than just room keys!! For example, we block spending privileges on the kids' accounts -- and while I don't know if Princess does this, the last time we took our kids (on RCI), their cards indicated that they were minors. So just slipping that card to Dad wouldn't work too well. :p

 

Also, things such as shore excursion tickets, private function invitations, spa reservations etc. would all be delivered to the wrong room. Not a huge deal when you're traveling with family, but . . . it's kind of a hassle to keep checking the kid's cabin to see if anything has been delivered for him.

[arxcards]

It was great going on honeymoon at 17 as in those days we got child rates! - honest!:)

 

And drank Shirley Temples ?:D

[arxcards]

Adult is 18.

Hubbie and I went on our honeymoon at 17, we didn't have to have a additional person with us!:eek:

 

Curious how this works so badly in Australia.

 

If you were doing this in Australia today, if they let you on, you would be paying 2 adult fares, and making good use of soda cards.

 

We are taking our daughter on a cruise, and as she will have just turned 13, P&O Australia charge her adult fare.

All this when she must travel with a person over 18, can't drink or visit the casino.

So here 13 is adult fare, but 18 for adult priviledges.

[Nitemare]

Adult? 2 years older than me!