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Originally Posted by ivyspice

... the captain's table did not allow any guests under the age of 21...

At first I thought there might be some kind of alcohol rule that would mandate this, but that doesn't seem likely. More likely is that they were trying to maximize the number of adults they could seat at the captain's table. Some parents might even like the idea that their kids are elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by ivyspice

I had an extreme experience with this kind of policy one time. When I was 19, I accompanied my parents on a 2-week Alaskan cruise on World Explorer Cruises (an education/ecology focused line, not a luxury line). As occupants of a fancier stateroom class, we were invited to sit at the captain's table in the dining room one night. A few hours before the dinner, we were given a letter explaining they had not realized my age, that the captain's table did not allow any guests under the age of 21, and that while my parents were welcome, "Ivyspice is invited to eat with staff member Lisa."

My parents refused the invitation, explaining that they didn't trust "staff member Lisa" to tie on my bib and cut up my fish sticks. :rolleyes: So the three of us sat at our usual table. I thought that that was carrying the "no children" rule a little too far.

Talk about doing something in very poor taste. I like how your parents handled this.

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Some parents might even like the idea that their kids are elsewhere.

True, but those probably aren't the same parents who bring a 19-year-old to share one cabin on a two-week cruise. ;)