Having been to the parks as a teenager with a youth group, as well as chaperoning our 8th grade trip more than once, check ins.
When I was a teen there was only one park.
Our 8th grade trip is structured to a point.
We are 8 hours away. We board the bus at 11:30 (tour bus not school bus) at night and sleep on the bus on the way down. We stop at the tolerance museum (appt needed) the next morning at opening. We board the bus to Anaheim to arrive by 1 because that is the time the driver has to be off the road.
From there, our teacher checks us in (we stay at the Ramada Maingate, their group sales are great to work with), and we head across to DCA. They can not leave the park and all groups have to be 3 or more. (This is for safety, if one is hurt, one stays, one gets help, etc. My youth group worked the same way.) They are only in the park until 6 or so, so no checkin this day. We all meet in a designated place and walk back to the hotel. Rooms are ready by now, the kids get their stuff from the bus and get in their rooms. They are allowed to go to the gift shop in groups. The hotel arranges a pizza dinner, poolside. This last year we were down our second teacher at the last minute, so I took some of the kids back to Cold Stone for ice cream, the teacher remained with the kids. Now, there are differing opinions and depends on the group of kids for us. When I went with our nephew, the boys weren't allowed in the vicinity of the girls' rooms, and vice versa. Seperate buildings even. With our daughter's group last year, it was a smaller group and there was only one other mom along. I was in one end of the rooms, the teacher was in the other, boys one side, girls other. They were allowed in each others rooms, with the door open (not alone), until lock down. Curfew is like 9, and once the doors are closed they are taped in, if the tape is broken they get to stay on a bench with a teacher.
The next morning everything is placed back on the bus. They then attend the Physics in Motion class in DCA. (Part of the Youth in Education program). After the class everyone then moves across to DL. Once inside DL, they may not be outside the gates for the rest of the day, this includes the monorail. There are usually 2 check-ins between this time and closing time.
Any infraction, gets them benched. We usually have all of the kids checked off before the meet time let alone the 10/15 minute cut off time. They also get a talking to by our principle about how "happy" she or their parent would be about having to drive all that way to retrieve them if needed.
Oh, our first year, they hired a security guard to watch the rooms that night.
TA: Oops, at park closing they meet back and we then head to the tram, to the parking structure together, and board the bus home.
Kids are counted (double or triple) constantly.
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