Taking 6 17 year olds on cruise, i dont want them to drink or be to frindly, with any boys they might befrined

Question

Im planing a crusie i need advice on just about everything?

there will be 6, 17yo girls and 3 adults

we want to go to the carabean, wich part is the best.

what cruise line has the best food, night life, programs for older teens ect.

also seeing as there will be 6, 17 teen year old girls we want them to have fun but more importantly stay out of trouble, translation, we dont want them geting wasted or trashed, and we dont want them to be having s*x, or getting to friendly with any guys they might befriend? how can i mae sure this wont happen?

any help u can give me would be great!! please and thank you

Answer 1

A crusie to the carabean?

Maybe you could all get hooked on phonics? That'll keep em out of trouble.

Answer 2

Just let me know what cruise you are taking, and I'll help chaperone... he he...

Answer 3

Tell them this story. It is a real story and happened while we were on a cruise with princess cruise lines.

At 4 am, everyone on board the ship got a call from the captain looking for a missing 17 year old girl. He was very concerned, and the mother was frantic. He asked the teen to call  him if she was on board. He was really worried that she somehow jumped overboard. All the passengers, like 2,800 of them were worried and also quite po'd about getting woke up at 4am. It seems she decided to spend the night in someones Else's cabin if you know what I mean. She was pretty much grounded to her room the rest of the cruise, which was good, because she would have gotten a piece of every ones mind, I'm sure.

Answer 4

Sorry to be the one to break it to you but you can't do this. First off, unless you're there to chaperone them 24/7, they're going to wind up doing what it is they want to do.

Now as for drinking, you shouldn't have a problem with that as while they're on board the ship they are underage. This won't prevent somebody else from buying it for them, but you can't do anything to prevent that. Depending as to where you go in the Caribbean, some places do have a drinking age at 16 and others have one but it's not really enforced.

And for them getting friendly with boys, again, unless you're there all the time or lock them in the cabin you can't do much about it.

Honestly, I would really reconsider taking that many 17 year old girls on a cruise of all places. That to me is just asking for trouble.

Answer 5

please, take it from a teenagers point of view (15 almost 16). this is hard to explain, but dont focus on what NOT to do... focus on what they SHOULD do.  tell them to make responsible decisions or else there will be consequences, and let them know you wont be there to save them when they get in major trouble. if they want to do adult things, just let them know they have to take the punishments like adults.  they would probably like carnival cruise lines.  let them each have one drink each day/night, maybeee 2.  dont be all up in their butts 24/7 though.  My parents have let me do whatever I want for a week straight on cruises since I was 9.  i have never drank without them in my presence. i have never been drunk.  never done drugs or anything.  im a good kid and my parents are laid back, its good.

:)Ayelle

Answer 6

You are planing a crusie (sic)?    Good god, almost every other word is misspelled.  At least a dozen errors.

Answer 7

You have  a lot of questions to be answered so this may be long.  Cruises to the Caribbean are generally one of three main routes; Eastern  Caribbean, Western Caribbean and Southern Caribbean and there are actually two Southern Caribbean itineraries.

Eastern Caribbean itineraries usually go to St Thomas (US Virgin Islands); St Maarten; the cruise line's private island; and depending upon the length of the cruise maybe another island like Tortola or Puerto Rico.  The Eastern Itinerary is good for beaches and water activities but the BEST for shopping (in St Thomas).  

The Western Itineraries usually go to Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, and the cruise line's private island.  It's a good cruise if you want good beaches and water sports and/or an opportunity to see Mayan ruins in Mexico (the best activities are on the mainland tours).

The main difference for the Southern Caribbean routes is that most leave from San Juan, Puerto Rico.  One Itinerary goes to Aruba and Caracao (about 50 miles from South America) and then back to St Thomas and St Maarten.  The other Southern Caribbean route goes to islands like Barbados, Grenada, St Lucia, Antigua, and Some may even include Aruba.  But all of these also leave from San Juan and go down close to South America.  The difference between these two Southern Caribbean cruises is the first has a couple "at sea" days with no port stops, while the other generally has a port stop about every day.

I have been on multiple Caribbean cruise on all of these routes and the one which I recommend is the Western Caribbean (unless you are into shopping).  

As for a cruise line, With the ages of your kids lets rule out Disney (for young kids) and Holland America (mainly older people).  If you do not want your kids caught up in drinking and the party scene then rule out Carnival.  That leaves Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, Princess and Celebrity to choose from.  I have been on all of these cruise lines, mostly on Royal Caribbean and Norwegian.  Celebrity is the best of them followed by RC and Princess.  Norwegian is good , especially if you want a very informal cruise; if you like their "freestyle" dining and casual dress policy all of the time.

I think the food is best among these on Celebrity, Princess and RC and while the entertainment, service and accommodations are about the same, the best on board ship activities will be on Royal Caribbean.  RC has (depending upon the ship) things like the rock climbing wall, an ice skating rink, a roller blade track, full sized basketball/tennis court, mini-golf course, a karaoke place, table tennis, internet cafe, and a teen disco in the Adventure Ocean part of the ship.  If you select one of RC's new mega ships, the Freedom or Liberty of the Seas they have the RC exclusive, Flowrider which allows you to surf on a boogie board right on ship.

RC ships that do the Eastern and Western Caribbean usually have a port stop at RC's private island Labadee.  It is THE best private island that I have ever been to.  Its worth doing a RC cruise just to go there.  So I recommend RC because its ships are more family oriented and it has more on board activities

When you book your cruise, regardless of the cruise line you select, you will not have to worry about your teens getting alcoholic beverages.  The drinking age on all cruise ships is 21 or older and all of the lines do enforce that regulation.  When you check in at the cruise port each of you will will receive a card (some ships call it a sea pass, others a cruise card or something else).  But the card is your room key, pass to get on and off of the ship, and your charge card for anything you buy on the ship.  The card issued to your teens will identify them as under drinking age and the bar tenders will not serve them drinks.  

Finally you should school them on the dangers of running around with strangers, especially when stranger may want to buy them drinks.  You may also want to invest in a couple walkie talkie systems for your group so that you can keep in touch when you are all over the ship.

Answer 8

I think Tinkertoy is on the money. I suggest that you go on Royal Caribbean.