17 year old cruising without parents?

[HellyDonandkids]

HI,

 

My son who will be 17 is an avid cruiser and has found a great cruise on Royal Caribbean in Asia next year. I am more than happy for him to go on this cruise, he is a very sensible kid, he wouldnt misbehave or try to drink etc and I would be happy to sign anything confirming so. Has anyone ever heard of a cruise company agreeing to this? The Royal Caribbean cruise age for Asia is 18.

 

Any advice would be hugely appreciated, thank you.

[Essiesmom]

Perhaps if he is married..otherwise, I doubt it.  EM

[HellyDonandkids]

Thanks, yes I am afraid not and the person he would be travelling with would also be 17 so I cannot use that one anyway 😄 thank you for the reply though, its appreciated. I couldnt get through to RCCL to ask, I will try calling them again. Maybe someone will have experience of something like this.

[ColeThornton]

Not happening.

[Mary229]

I don’t think that is allowed.  

[Ourusualbeach]

1 hour ago, HellyDonandkids said:

Thanks, yes I am afraid not and the person he would be travelling with would also be 17 so I cannot use that one anyway 😄 thank you for the reply though, its appreciated. I couldnt get through to RCCL to ask, I will try calling them again. Maybe someone will have experience of something like this.

He will not be allowed to cruise.  This is unfortunately one of the answers where it is black and white with no gray area, they will not grant exceptions.

[Ourusualbeach]

1 hour ago, Essiesmom said:

Perhaps if he is married..otherwise, I doubt it.  EM

The married and military age exemption only applies to North American sailings and then only makes the exception if they are 18 or over.

[brillohead]

See if you can find someone on the Roll Call that would be willing to "take the kids" with them..... otherwise, you're SOL.

[pcur]

The older person has to be booked in the same cabin, so having another adult "chaperone" won't work.  

 

I'd work on another family member who is over 18 and have them go with.  Cousin? Brother?

[brillohead]

58 minutes ago, pcur said:

The older person has to be booked in the same cabin, so having another adult "chaperone" won't work. 

Since when?  People get a room across from or next door to kids all the time. 

[Skippy]

1 minute ago, brillohead said:

Since when?  People get a room across from or next door to kids all the time. 

You have to book with 1 adult and 1 kid per room, and then get duplicate keys after boarding.

[brillohead]

Just now, Skippy said:

You have to book with 1 adult and 1 kid per room, and then get duplicate keys after boarding.

No, you don't. 

[Skippy]

2 minutes ago, brillohead said:

No, you don't. 

That’s news to me. We weren’t able to book our kids in a separate room. Do they have to be a certain age to do this?

[brillohead]

2 minutes ago, Skippy said:

That’s news to me. We weren’t able to book our kids in a separate room. Do they have to be a certain age to do this?

No, you can't do it online though.  You either have to call to book it, or your have to have a TA who knows the rules.

[gerif]

42 minutes ago, brillohead said:

Since when?  People get a room across from or next door to kids all the time. 

Only if they are your OWN kids. 

[BirdTravels]

2 hours ago, brillohead said:

See if you can find someone on the Roll Call that would be willing to "take the kids" with them..... otherwise, you're SOL.

Not going to have a kid sleeping with a stranger. 

[S.A.M.J.R.]

13 minutes ago, gerif said:

Only if they are your OWN kids. 

We've brought friends of our kids on the last two cruises.  They stayed in the adjacent room.  No issues.

 

And they were <18yo at the time. 

[brillohead]

3 minutes ago, BirdTravels said:

Not going to have a kid sleeping with a stranger. 

Who the heck suggested that?  Sheesh, dirty minded folks here.

[brillohead]

14 minutes ago, gerif said:

Only if they are your OWN kids. 

Also not true.

So much falsity in this thread. 

[Eddie Wilson]

I have SERIOUS RESERVATIONS that they would break this rule.  The potential liability, and unbelievable bad press that would occur if God forbid, something terrible happened could be devastating.

 

In addition, a parent who authorized such a solo world travel trip could be held accountable for childs liability should something go seriously wrong.

 

And before everyone shoots that possibility down, look up the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon, who last year bent their own rules allowing a family with 3 or 4 kids under 18, including one really young run the marathon. 

 

Eddie

Edited September 6, 2022 by Eddie Wilson

[Ourusualbeach]

3 hours ago, brillohead said:

No, you can't do it online though.  You either have to call to book it, or your have to have a TA who knows the rules.

Exactly.  Unfortunately there are a lot of TA's who are unaware of this or know this but tell blients otherwise just so they don't have to call.  Even ta's need to call to book this way. 

[ReneeFLL]

8 hours ago, HellyDonandkids said:

HI,

 

My son who will be 17 is an avid cruiser and has found a great cruise on Royal Caribbean in Asia next year. I am more than happy for him to go on this cruise, he is a very sensible kid, he wouldnt misbehave or try to drink etc and I would be happy to sign anything confirming so. Has anyone ever heard of a cruise company agreeing to this? The Royal Caribbean cruise age for Asia is 18.

 

Any advice would be hugely appreciated, thank you.

Book me a cabin and I'll be their temporary guardian. 🤣🤣🤣  Seriously, even if they are mature beyond their age it won't happen. Hopefully when he is of age he will find another great cruise or you will be able to go.

 

[rudeney]

1 hour ago, ReneeFLL said:

Book me a cabin and I'll be their temporary guardian. 🤣🤣🤣  Seriously, even if they are mature beyond their age it won't happen. Hopefully when he is of age he will find another great cruise or you will be able to go.

 

 

Yeah, unless this was a kid I knew, no way would I put myself on the hook to be responsible.  

[bonsai3s]

15 hours ago, HellyDonandkids said:

HI,

 

My son who will be 17 is an avid cruiser and has found a great cruise on Royal Caribbean in Asia next year. I am more than happy for him to go on this cruise, he is a very sensible kid, he wouldnt misbehave or try to drink etc and I would be happy to sign anything confirming so. Has anyone ever heard of a cruise company agreeing to this? The Royal Caribbean cruise age for Asia is 18.

 

Any advice would be hugely appreciated, thank you.

Wait another year...he's got a lifetime ahead of him.

 

* Traveling in Asia as a minor, on his own, is not a good idea. You, as a parent, will regret it if something bad happens to him...just my humble opinion.

[rudeney]

4 hours ago, bonsai3s said:

* Traveling in Asia as a minor, on his own, is not a good idea. You, as a parent, will regret it if something bad happens to him...just my humble opinion.

 

Go watch Brokedown Palace then decide.