Juju83

Easily achieved but you need to book through the Ship to ensure you get to do the dolphin activities as they are very popular. The ship is basically using all the Tangalooma Resort excursions / activities, so there is no savings by waiting to book on the island but there is the risk of missing out.

I had a feeling that might be the case, thanks for your response :)

Any tips or advice on activities on Moreton Island? I'm going in a cruise with my 10 year old daughter, she would love to see dolphins etc, can this be done locally? Is it cheaper? Any other ideas?

We leave in 19 days - still no cabin 🙄

Thanks for your replies. I do have a couple moRe questions that we are getting conflicting answers to...

1. Can we purchase the beverage package after boarding? Does the price stay the same?

2. Can the beverage package be used all the time at all bars? Or are there certain hours?

3. Apparently the specialty restaurants don't take bookings of over 6, but we are a large group (8 cabins), so is there any flexibility with that??

Thanks again guys!

Hi everyone! My family has a cruise booked on the Voyager of the seas for November, departing from Sydney. It's our first time with RXCL and I was hoping someone could help out with some questions.

We are travelling in a large group of 8 cabins - does this entitle us to anything extra (not free stuff, just dining options as a large group or similar)?

Are there any theme nights? Our cruise is 7 nights long.

Does anyone have any feedback about the dreamworks experience?

Is there a sports bar?

Are there any 'extreme' type sport activities (zip line etc).

Any other helpful info would be great, we have lots of kids with us, from 18 months - 16 years old.

Thankyou so much for any answers everyone!!

Thankyou for all your responses. Although I will be closely supervising him, the balconies do make me nervous... He is a climber and he is FAST 😩. My husband and I love eating in the main dining room, so I'm starting to make a point of putting him in his high chair for meals to try to get him used to it... But if he makes a fuss we will just stick to the pantry. I agree - the quality has improved a lot :)

P&O are providing the birthday boys with a complimentary birthday cake which was unexpected!

I know how much crew members tend to gravitate and love little ones, so I'm very excited to see how he goes with it!

I cruised with my sister, her husband and their 12 month old., mainly as the 'nanny" so my sister could have a break. I could do the same for you if you oaid my way....lol

I shared a cabin with him with interconnecting cabin with his parents on solstice.

Great cabins. The price for him was same as me.

 

We ate at the buffet most evenings and staff were eager to help, even shooing us away when we tried to clean up the floor.

Lots of finger type food here.

 

Take packets of his favourite snacks onboard. Our toddler had little cereal packets from breakfast and pancakes.

Take some small ziplock bags.

Get a portacot anyway as if you need toilet or anything he will be safe.

Yes he slept with me when he woke at 4am until his parents got him about 6. Then i went back to sleep.

 

If there is a small table in cabin. Get them to move it if he is pulling himself up.

 

He will not be able to open balcony door but there should be a childproof lock.

He loved the safe which was in his reach, makes a noise each time you press a button.

 

We took him to a speciality restarant early and they made him mac and cheese specially.he was quiet but if yours fusses just take him outside for a minute.

Take lots of nappies etc. think about cleaning, storing bottles, cups etc.

We took a small cheap stroller and i would just walk the decks with him until he slept or went on ipad, read while he had his afternoon nap.

 

A tip i read was to put a whole days clothes into a ziplock bag. Not sure if that would work.

Think they have a laundry on board anyway.

They cannot go in any of the pools but solstice had a great water fountain area he loved

 

Be prepared for the staff to want to talk and play with him a lot.

 

There is also a family section on here, read through that.

Wow thank you so much for such a thorough response! Haha I think if we were going to be paying for someone to come along as a nanny there would be a long line of volunteers!! Thanks again, very helpful :)

I cannot really answer any of those queries but I suggest a phone call to P&O directly and/or your Travel agent (if you have one) and get them to provide some answers. I do know there is a baby sitting service but am not sure what age of child they will mind. Having the baby in your bed may not be an issue except for yourselves and sleeping without crushing him. I do know that babies under one are not allowed on board, so luckily your timing is good with his birthday being embarkation day. I think you will like the Aria and I wish you a good cruise. cheers.

Thankyou for replying :) he has slept in bed with me since 8 weeks so we are pretty used to that side of things. Don't think we would use a baby sitter - I'm sure the age is 3 or something anyway. Yes aria looks like a lovely ship, very excited!

Thankyou! Yeah to be honest I'm not sure that I would bother with the inflatable pool thing... I just really wonder if others do it and how!

Will he behave? I guess that's the big question isn't it... Haha, he's a baby so if I say no he is fantastic in a high chair he will prove me wrong!! I guess we will just play it by ear, and if he is doing well at meal times we might give it a try if he is allowed. I'm very aware of not disturbing other people who might be on a cruise to get a break from kids!!

Hi everyone,

This April my husband and I are going on a cruise on pacific aria. The day we leave is actually our sons first birthday (and my husbands birthday 😊😊). I've cruises with older kids before but not a baby! Can we just have baby in bed with us? He hates his cot! And I have noticed people saying to take a small blow up pool for him to swim in?? Has anyone actually done this?? How do you fill it up and where do you empty it?? Any other tips for travelling with a baby?

Because it's my husbands birthday I wouldn't mind going to one of the speciality restaurants, are babies allowed there? Or would that not go down well with fellow cruisers??

Thanks in advance!!

Hi Aussie FF,

Thats good to know. I'm honestly not too worried about the room (except the prospect of us all sharing one bathroom), just curious!

We will be on the cruise departing the 13th, back just before Christmas. It will be Miss 7s birthday, thinking of doing the Barbie experience for her???

Do you know if the ship will have the Xmas decorations up by then? We've previously cruised with P&O Australia, so very excited about this cruise! We've never cruised around Christmas, or over a birthday (three of us have December birthdays), so its going to be very different :)

Hi everyone,

My family and I will (Husband and 3 kids) be doing our first cruise with RCCL this December. We have booked room 8000, just wondering if anyone has had this room before? From what I can tell, it seems to be the smallest??

Thanks for any info :)

Any ideas on good places for a family of 5 to stay? We would love to get a view of Darling Harbour for the night before our cruise.

Thanks in advance.