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Thinking of taking my DS on a Father-Son cruise next year, as I have much more PTO than my wife. Potentially looking at the Magic next August, at which point my son should just be hovering around the 48" mark that is the minimum to go on the ropes course. And so my question: Do any other parents with kids right around the cutoff remember if the height measure sign (or whatever they use) measures 48 inches WITH or WITHOUT shoes on? Because it literally might come down to that. My son LOVED his first CCL cruise on Vista at the end of 2019 (wouldn't let us cut off the muster station wristband for 3 months after coming home, and then we had to hang it up as a decoration in his room). Since then he's gotten into all things physical -- his favorite things to do on land are the Zava Zones, Sky Zones and Urban Air type places, and he goes to Ninja Warrior camp during the summer...so the ropes course is up his alley. I just hope he will be tall enough to do it!

Thanks! So it sounds like the program itself is different from class to class.

Thinking of taking my son on a Father-Son cruise next August (he'll be 6), as my job provides much more PTO than my wife's job. My son took a cruise at the end of 2019, just before he turned 3, on Carnival (where 2-year-olds can do Camp Ocean) and he LOVED it. Since then, he's become even more social and active, so I know he would love Royal Caribbean and Adventure Ocean. I see on Royal's website many sailings that could work, on a whole range of ships from Vision to Harmony and Wonder of the Seas...so I wanted to ask the experts here for some advice to guide my research. First question: Adventure Ocean and Kids' Experience on Vision Class. Vision of the Seas is the cheapest, closest option for us, but Vision is Royal's oldest and smallest ship class. While summer vacation should mean lots of other kids on board, does this also apply to longer (e.g. 9-day) sailings? Also, what are people's experiences with Explorers-aged kids in Adventure Ocean on the Vision Class? Do kids tire of the smaller size of the program/facility on board vs. the other ships? Second question: Capacity Limits in Adventure Ocean on larger ships. For the larger ships I kinda have the opposite question. In some of my research so far I stumbled across Adventure Ocean Daily Planners from 2018 on Adventure of the Seas that indicated that each of the Adventure Ocean groups (Aquanauts, Explorers, Voyagers) were limited to 50 kids each. For a busy, 5-7 day summer sailing on the larger ships like Liberty, Oasis, Harmony or Wonder, are there capacity limits like these now and do they become an issue in practice/reality? If my son, say, wanted to spend as much time as possible in Adventure Ocean, how often would he be able to go? Or do parents very frequently get turned away/space not left to sign up kids for certain sessions of Adventure Ocean during the voyage? Many thanks for any guidance, insight or experiences you can provide!