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9 hours ago, DramaQueen22 said:

A GPA doesn't prove "good nature"!  I teach in a high school and let me tell you, there are kids who get fantastic grades that are miserable misbehaving brats.  Just as there are kids who get poor grades and are wonderful people.  Silly argument.

Maybe that is a silly arguement, but it’s easier than looking at their complete disciple history. It’s just something extra to judge them on. It could work in some cases and won’t in others. 

No cruise booked for me.

😫 need to change this as soon as possible

Try out celebrity

2 hours ago, Jenjer said:

My 17 YO (HS junior)who FYI started college at 15 (so she is a college sophomore) and has never been raped. Do you really think that's going to happen if your 15 YO is hanging out with 18 yo? Is looking forward to her last year in Teen club.

 

It would be nice if the ships had a young adult meets ups and activities for 18-20 yo.

 

 

Carnival had a 18-20 program in 2015 and part of 16 then it was scrapped. They would hold a meetup on the first night and possibly schedule more activities based on interest.

A lot of other cruise lines do a 18-20 meetup. The ones who seem to put the most care into it are Disney and princess

I was much happier having my son and his friend in O2 rather than wandering around the ship aimlessly or even worse hanging around drunk people many years older than them

It’s usually not a big deal at all on the ship, other parents are not involved. It all is just up to the director if the person is allowed to participate. I also experienced this age leniency in circle c where my son was a few months younger but was allowed in to be with sister.  

This is all quite the topic, I don’t think carnival should have trashed the 18-20 year old program that they started. Could save them from a lot of issues like this

12 minutes ago, MomtoCCC said:

I would not object if they are still in high school.  Like a previous poster said, they are all in high school anyway.  They should just make the club for high school students (18 and younger).  If person is in college then they are not able to attend.  A valid high school id should be shown.

I think this would be a good system, possibly the 18yr olds should have to provide a GPA or something else to prove their good nature. 

This is all why if I had the chance again I'd probably not cruise with an 18-year-old in high school, it's just an awkward time to bring them. Stuck in between young adulthood and high school life. 

I am just glad it worked out for my son and he had a great time and no major issues happened from the directors leniency 

9 minutes ago, Elaine5715 said:

Pretty sure the parents of the 15 yrs won't be thrilled that crew are allowing 18 yr men in to the Teen club.

I mean if the 15-year-old is in high school they come into contact with 18-year-olds all the time. It all requires the diligence of the parents on both sides to make sure their children are making smart decisions. 

This past spring break, I took my son and his best friend on a spring break cruise to celebrate them wrapping up their senior year. My son was still 17 for a few months at the time but his friend had just turned 18 a week before the cruise which proved to be an interesting dilemma. My son had always enjoyed the teen clubs on past cruises and was going to be heartbroken if he couldn't on his final cruise before he was out of the age group. So, on the first day during the time people were registering their children, we took them up and decided to have a chat with the director in their over just having them sneak in. We were able to pretty easily reason with the director to let them both participate for the week, which made my son very happy. Afterward, I learned from my son that most of the people in there had just snuck in any way with the director not seeming to care. 

To make a long story short, cruising with an 18-year-old still in high school provides an interesting situation. However, with the right circumstances such as with my son and his friend you should have no trouble getting them into the Club O2 depending on the director. 

Not sure, got off the victory a little over a week ago.. itching to go on another after being very impressed with the victory and having a great time..

Maybe this summer but planning on another for sure next spring break lol

You are gonna love it!!

Don’t really have time to do a full review, just felt compelled to say how nice the updates and everything was. Was way above what I thought it was gonna be like..

Met a lot of cool people too in the process of now which are very good friends of mine.

On a side note,

Got off 4 days ago now and I still have very bad post cruise depression.. have any tips to feel better?

With my experience on all of the fantasy class ships I’ve been on there has been slight rocking.. not horrible though

Your odds will be better IF you aren't traveling at a peak time for families with kids, and IF the 18 year old is still in high school.

 

Club O2 includes ages 15-17. You can imagine parents of a 15 year old might not want that child hanging out with an 18 year old adult.

 

It never hurts to ask.

 

Hope you all have a wonderful time.

They are both still in high school, we are going to ask and hope. They won’t have much to do if they don’t get in together as the victory doesn’t have much for them in general

I’m bringing my son and his friend on a cruise next month on the carnival victory.. my son is 17 and his friend will have just turned 18 by the time we cruise. What are the odds that they will allow his friend in the club with him?

Look around and find out ;)

Also, any information on the surprises John mentioned about the dry dock?

All the cabins were updated and have new TVs that I would assume have that capability

My bad they haven’t changed the slide

Just a single large slide being added?? Looks pretty interesting still!

Anything is an improvement from what the have currently

Was it unwise for me to book a trip a week after dry docking? Last thing I want is have all these upgrades but everything is "out of order"

I would expect to see a lot out of order... depending on what is upgraded of course...

like if a new waterworks is added I would not expect that to be functional

Going on the ship in March, happy to know that guys will for sure be added.... That is one of my favorite spots to eat...

What did they for sure confirm?