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[disneycrazey]

Hello All!

This morning I disembarked from the Disney Magic from a magical Mexican Riviera Cruise!!!! There is now a new age group on the ship, the 11 to 13's a.k.a. "Tweens". They do many of the same activities as the teens, but are located in Ocean Quest. There were four counselers there, and this must have started on the Panama Canal Cruise because the counselers say this age group is very new. Many people said that some kids were very immature, and some were very mature. This is a time where many kids are changing, and I think that some of 11's should have a choice between the Lab and OQ. And some 13's should have a choice as well. How do you feel about this new addition.

PS There were also MANY complaints of deck 2 being too noisy because of the kids and it is open until 1 every night.

[Colexis Mom]

Thanks for the info!! My DD will be 10, so I guess we won't have to worry about the new group, yet anyway

[SoCalDCLfan]

thanks for the news! we're on the Mexican Riviera cruise August 3rd. when we cruised in Feb, my then almost 12 year old DS felt too old for Oceaneer Lab. Now that he's 12 1/2, i know he'll feel the same. And he'd definitely feel intimidated by the older kids if he were allowed in the teen club. I think a choice would be great. if we were cruising with just our family, he'd go for the new tween club for sure. But in August, we're going with cousins, so I bet he'll want to be in the Oceaneer Lab with his 10 1/2 yr old cousin. I hope they decide to give kids a choice.

My poor sister-in-law is in a 2nd floor cabin right across from the entrance to Ocean Quest. do I dare tell her????

thanks for the update and hope your cruise was outstanding! We waved to you all as you were leaving San Pedro! can't wait for August 3rd!

[wishes]

That age group was in place on the Eastern in April. Actually, there were times it went up to age 14. DS (14) split his time between Oceaneers and The Stack. DD (10) also loved Oceaneers and spent a lot of time there, too.

[disneycrazey]

Originally Posted by wishes

That age group was in place on the Eastern in April. Actually, there were times it went up to age 14. DS (14) split his time between Oceaneers and The Stack. DD (10) also loved Oceaneers and spent a lot of time there, too.

That may be so because the Ocean Quest was available for 10-14's and some activities during the days, but now there are activities throughout the day and are more strict on not letting anybody younger than 11 in, other than free time.

[chezp]

Thanks for the update.

[Tink and co.]

On our last two cruises this age group was in place (11.06 &3.08). It was a great place for kids not quite ready for the teen club. Our 12 year olds never even bothered with the lab, it was all about Ocean Quest for them! We stayed on deck 2 and never had any problems with noise, I'm guessing it's just those staterooms directly attached.

[shydonna1]

Thanks for the info! DS will be 11 when we sail in Dec, so hopefully this will make him feel a little less jealous of his older sisters.

[disneyfan4994]

Thanks for the info. My DS just turned 13 & we are on the Panama Canal cruise in Aug. This may be a nice way for him to ease into the teen activities. Can the tweens still go to the Stack too?

[disneycrazey]

Originally Posted by disneyfan4994

Thanks for the info. My DS just turned 13 & we are on the Panama Canal cruise in Aug. This may be a nice way for him to ease into the teen activities. Can the tweens still go to the Stack too?

Unfortunately no. My son tried to enter some activities, but said he had to go back to Ocean Quest. He was disappointed at first, but soon learned that Ocean Quest and the Stack have many activities in common.

[provencio]

My DD is 121/2 so she falls right into this group.. do you remeber any of the activities that were offered for this age group?

[disneycrazey]

Originally Posted by provencio

My DD is 121/2 so she falls right into this group.. do you remeber any of the activities that were offered for this age group?

Some activities that the teens' also did was Brains and Brawns (My son's FAVORITE!!), Churro's for Sure-O's, Mickey Mania, Dodgeball (A cruise FAVORITE as well), basketball, lots of free time, scattegories and many more. Chris Wangard will be posting the navigators on castawayclub.com very soon and he has a thread on this forum too, for the full scoop on the activities.

[Marv]

We're just back from mex. riviera sailing of 6/8. My DS turned 12 a week before the trip. I was worried about this new change. When we booked, I was happy he could choose between either club. DS is really mature for his age, so I figured he'd be bored with the old 10-12 year group, but I still wanted that as an option. I was worried ocean quest wouldn't have enough planned activities.

Well, I have to tell you, I had to drag my son from ocean quest. He loved it. They had tons of planned activities and if the kids wanted to just hang out and do their own thing vs. the planned activity, that was fine. I was so happy with this new grouping.

As far as the noise level, we were in room 2075, just a three doors down from the back wall of ocean quest. Ours was an inside room, so on same side of ship as OQ. The outside cabins were across from OQ. I did notice more traffic being midship than our previous aft cabin, but I'm not sure it was from ocean quest. We noticed the most traffic on Cabo when people were walking down the hall to get off ship. With this being said, I have to admit, we had late seating and didn't come in until about 10:30 or 11:00 at night and when I did go to bed right away, I wear earplugs, so I may not be the best judge!

I did notice a side door to ocean quest, it was a CM door. I looked at my PP book and my guess is cabin 2066 would be across from it. (Main entrance faced elevators.) When we walked by, we could hear the CM's on microphones when they were doing activities. I think if you were directly across from this, it would be loud. We didn't hear any noise from that though, even during the day when we popped into the room. I loved our room location.

Hope this helps!

[Marv]

Originally Posted by SoCalDCLfan

My poor sister-in-law is in a 2nd floor cabin right across from the entrance to Ocean Quest. do I dare tell her????

See my post above. What cabin number? I'll take a look at my PP book and tell you what I think.

[VB_Family]

we have always been in either 2564 or 2064/2066 and never had any issues other than the normal kids running up and down the halls... but never late... have never had issues with sound bothering us!!