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I know this post is too late but I do have a comment on Camp Carnival. My wife is extremely overprotective with our two boys. She didn't like leaving them with me alone when they were small fearing that if someone would happen she wouldn't forgive herself for not being there.

Our first cruise the boys were 4yr and 2 yrs old. Since the little one was under three we were not allowed to leave him alone at the kid camp. So we would stay and play with them a couple of times a day at the camp. Second trip same thing, wouldn't leave them alone even though they were older ( 5yr and 3 yrs old). On our last cruise the kids were 6 and 4 and I finally put my foot down and she agreed to leave them alone for 1 hour on the first day of the cruise. When we went to pick them up they did not want to leave, other kids were actually crying when it was time to pick them up because they were having so much fun. Since then that is were the kids want to be all day. On Carnival the camp close a couple of hours throughout the day so the kids can spend time with their families. I thought at first it was so that parents wouldn't dump their kids off and not spend time with them, but now I think it is because it forces the kids to spend time with their parents.

We even left them a couple of hours while we were in Martinique because we just were walking around the Downtown area and we were 5 min from the ship.

So, In general, I think the Kid Camps are great but like anything in life, too much is not good.

<blockquote data-quote="Juan C" data-source="post: 728466">I know this post is too late but I do have a comment on Camp Carnival. My wife is extremely overprotective with our two boys. She didn't like leaving them with me alone when they were small fearing that if someone would happen she wouldn't forgive herself for not being there.Our first cruise the boys were 4yr and 2 yrs old. Since the little one was under three we were not allowed to leave him alone at the kid camp. So we would stay and play with them a couple of times a day at the camp. Second trip same thing, wouldn't leave them alone even though they were older ( 5yr and 3 yrs old). On our last cruise the kids were 6 and 4 and I finally put my foot down and she agreed to leave them alone for 1 hour on the first day of the cruise. When we went to pick them up they did not want to leave, other kids were actually crying when it was time to pick them up because they were having so much fun. Since then that is were the kids want to be all day. On Carnival the camp close a couple of hours&nbsp; throughout the day so the kids can spend time with their families. I thought at first it was so that parents wouldn't dump their kids off and not spend time with them, but now I think it is because it forces the kids to spend time with their parents.We even left them a couple of hours while we were in Martinique because we just were walking around the Downtown area and we were 5 min from the ship.So, In general, I think the Kid Camps are great but like anything in life, too much is not good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Juan C, post: 728466"] I know this post is too late but I do have a comment on Camp Carnival. My wife is extremely overprotective with our two boys. She didn't like leaving them with me alone when they were small fearing that if someone would happen she wouldn't forgive herself for not being there. Our first cruise the boys were 4yr and 2 yrs old. Since the little one was under three we were not allowed to leave him alone at the kid camp. So we would stay and play with them a couple of times a day at the camp. Second trip same thing, wouldn't leave them alone even though they were older ( 5yr and 3 yrs old). On our last cruise the kids were 6 and 4 and I finally put my foot down and she agreed to leave them alone for 1 hour on the first day of the cruise. When we went to pick them up they did not want to leave, other kids were actually crying when it was time to pick them up because they were having so much fun. Since then that is were the kids want to be all day. On Carnival the camp close a couple of hours throughout the day so the kids can spend time with their families. I thought at first it was so that parents wouldn't dump their kids off and not spend time with them, but now I think it is because it forces the kids to spend time with their parents. We even left them a couple of hours while we were in Martinique because we just were walking around the Downtown area and we were 5 min from the ship. So, In general, I think the Kid Camps are great but like anything in life, too much is not good. [/QUOTE]