Paposa Posted August 13, 2016 #1 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Hi there, I was wondering if anyone have had any experience with non english speaking kids at AO? I'm planing a cruise (our first ever) on Oasis class, and think that the AO sounds great. But the problem is my kids (7 yo and 11yo) doesn't speak english, only danish. The 11yo have had some english at school, so he might understand a little only. The 7 yo not so much. So do you think that they won't be able to attend AO at all? Or have you had any experience with non english speaking kids at AO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meltdown Posted August 13, 2016 #2 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Hi! We are from Sweden and have the same issue. The kids do get a hang of how it works after a while and spend a few hours there. Ours are 8 and 11 now. On some ships they will give you a pager or a phone if you are worried. Then they can call you if they need to. Skickat från min Nexus 6P via Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted August 13, 2016 #3 Share Posted August 13, 2016 It's odd, but language doesn't seem to matter to kids as much as it does adults! They seem to understand what's going on even with a language barrier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulette3028 Posted August 13, 2016 #4 Share Posted August 13, 2016 It's odd, but language doesn't seem to matter to kids as much as it does adults! They seem to understand what's going on even with a language barrier! Amazing isn't it....and American adults get bothered even more, when they are in places where they struggle with the language spoken that they don't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayne3031 Posted August 13, 2016 #5 Share Posted August 13, 2016 (edited) It's odd, but language doesn't seem to matter to kids as much as it does adults! They seem to understand what's going on even with a language barrier! Very true! DS is English and last year I found him with his friends from AO quite happily chatting away with some Italian boys. Now the only Italian my son knows is Gelato so I assumed his friends spoke English but no. It just didn't seem to matter! Edited August 13, 2016 by jayne3031 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosby99 Posted August 14, 2016 #6 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Hi there, I was wondering if anyone have had any experience with non english speaking kids at AO? I'm planing a cruise (our first ever) on Oasis class, and think that the AO sounds great. But the problem is my kids (7 yo and 11yo) doesn't speak english, only danish. The 11yo have had some english at school, so he might understand a little only. The 7 yo not so much. So do you think that they won't be able to attend AO at all? Or have you had any experience with non english speaking kids at AO? Kids are very resilient my kids have made friends with all sorts of other nationalities who they can't speak to :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin can Posted August 14, 2016 #7 Share Posted August 14, 2016 On our recent Dubai cruise AO had children from all around the world. It didn't matter to any of them, they had fun. Our son paired up with an Italian boy who couldn't speak English and our lad can't speak Italian. It just worked [emoji846] Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arzeena Posted August 14, 2016 #8 Share Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) Hi there, I was wondering if anyone have had any experience with non english speaking kids at AO? I'm planing a cruise (our first ever) on Oasis class, and think that the AO sounds great. But the problem is my kids (7 yo and 11yo) doesn't speak english, only danish. The 11yo have had some english at school, so he might understand a little only. The 7 yo not so much. So do you think that they won't be able to attend AO at all? Or have you had any experience with non english speaking kids at AO? Kids (and love) have no language barriers. They will get around it and make friends and enjoy. Edited August 14, 2016 by Arzeena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paposa Posted August 14, 2016 Author #9 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Thanks Patrik and all of you! That's really great to hear. Sound like AO will be a great option for the kids then, if they want to play with some other children. Once again thanks :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsail Posted August 14, 2016 #10 Share Posted August 14, 2016 It will not be a problem. The staff there are college educated and speak multiple languages. Let them know after boarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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