What age does a child become an adult!

paulofessex

Well l would have thought that it is 18, but not according to some companies. Was looking at Chessingtons site tonight and at 12 yrs of age you are classed as an adult for pricing purposes

Of course there are alot of companies that do this its just so annoying.

ellay864

It seems a lot of theme parks have quite young adults but that's probably because they reckon that around that age they will be going on the big rides so they're treating them like adults. I preferred the old days when a lot of parks charged a small entrance fee but then you bought wristbands if you were to go on lots of rides, or paid for individual rides. I know it's much more convenient to just have one flat charge but I hate the big rides so if I go with anyone else who's going on things I pay a fortune to basically watch...I rarely go to them now for that reason.
The trouble is that they know people will pay rather than refuse to take their kids

barvid

Depends on the business, I suppose. If it's a restaurant offering free meals for kids, you wouldn't want a huge great 17-year-old rugby player scoffing down a mixed grill. If the "child" requires the same service or item as an adult does, I don't see why the organisation shouldn't be able to define where the cut-off lies.

Blacksheep1979

Probably when they understand the difference between what and when

paulofessex

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

Probably when they understand the difference between what and when

I really don't know what you mean :p

blackribbongirl

I do see the point for theme parks, as alot of the big rides you can go on upwards of the average height of a 12 year old.... (if they are brave enough! hah, but thats a different matter)
What really irritates me if bus pricing: since when is 15/16 years old (one or the other, can't remember now) a adult using a bus? its not like you put on an extra 3 stone when you hit 16, and the bus is going to be using up twice as much petrol to get up the hill is it?? And at 15/16 your not going to be driving are you...So you will be needing to use the bus. It should be under 18 gets reduced bus fare.

POPPYOSCAR

blackribbongirl wrote: »

I do see the point for theme parks, as alot of the big rides you can go on upwards of the average height of a 12 year old.... (if they are brave enough! hah, but thats a different matter)
What really irritates me if bus pricing: since when is 15/16 years old (one or the other, can't remember now) a adult using a bus? its not like you put on an extra 3 stone when you hit 16, and the bus is going to be using up twice as much petrol to get up the hill is it?? And at 15/16 your not going to be driving are you...So you will be needing to use the bus. It should be under 18 gets reduced bus fare.

Yes I have always thought this as well.

Jo_Mc_2

I've recently bought tickets for Disney in Orlando and my 10 year old son requires an adult ticket, not sure what the policy will be for the Universal tickets I'll need to get but I know that he's not very brave when it comes to rides so won't be going on the big scary ones.

Saying all that though, I've had to buy a ticket for my husband and he doesn't do ANY rides....

athensgeorgia

All you can buffets wind me up. As is a family tradition now on birthdays the birthday person gets to pick where we go out for dinner and on DD's 9th birthday she picked Chinese buffet. They asked me how old our children were I said 10, 8 and 3 forgetting DD was 9 that day and just got on with eating our food. When I came to pay we'd been charged 3 adults and 2 children I thought fair enough my 10 year old does eat quite alot and it was only when I read the T and C's it said children were upto age 9 and/or 4' 10". I still don't understand how height makes a difference to how much a person eats. Especially when my 3 year old eats more than my 9 year old and she just the average 3 yr old height. But also my 10 year old is 4'6" so is this where the 'or' kicks in to benefit us? I also wonder would i have been charged another adult if i'd not forgotten it was DD's birthday that day?