Carnival Miracle-kid question

[fllcruiser78]

Just off the Carnival Miracle from last weeks 6 day cruise, and our 7y/o son loved the camp. He met a bunch of new friends his age and always wanted to go back. Still had lots of time to enjoy the pools and the arcade in between his camp times. I kept calling it Camp Carnival, but it's been renamed as Camp Ocean. I have the complete 6 day itinerary is anyone is interested in seeing the daily activities and times. I am not sure I can post it here, but I have it scanned as a .pdf and can email it if you want. Send me a request to sparky dot sirk at gmail dot com, I'd be happy to send the information. Bottom line, it was a great time for the kids and a nice break for the parents to have some adult time and not worry about them.

 

 

We are going on Miracle in 17 days with our 9 yr old. I do believe you can post the info here as I have been searching all night and have seen many post them. If not my email is purelypersonalizedgifts@gmail.com I am very interested to know the hours of camp ocean as we usually sail on NCL. Are they open all day or do they close for certain hours. Thanks! :)

[JAMST3RZ]

We are going on Miracle in 17 days with our 9 yr old. I do believe you can post the info here as I have been searching all night and have seen many post them. If not my email is purelypersonalizedgifts@gmail.com I am very interested to know the hours of camp ocean as we usually sail on NCL. Are they open all day or do they close for certain hours. Thanks! :)

 

 

On sea-days it opens at 10:00 and then closes at 04:00 then dinner is served at 6 with activities running through 10:00. (Note lunch is not served activities run nonstop, parents must take their kids to lunch)

 

Port days camp opens 30 prior to the first CARNIVAL excursion and lunch will be served a similar routine for the evening after

 

 

 

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[WuShox]

We Just took the miracle in October with (at the time) our oldest son (11 years) and our youngest (1 Year B-Day was on the cruise).

 

Based on what is written on the Carnival Website we were expecting to not have much available to us for our youngest. Our oldest of course had a blast and we finally gave him the permissions to check in and out at will. However I will say Carnivals onboard Texting service thru thair app if you have kids is a must and at (if i recall) $2.95 per device it's worth every penny.

 

As far as our youngest when we went to register our oldest they said they would allow us to sign up our youngest son for Camp Carnival but on the restricted times.

 

We took him to one of the limited times (started at 8am and ended at 10am) and also to one of the few afternoon sessions (sea days) and when we went back to pick him up 2 hours later to prevent any penalities the ladies said he was so good and well behaved they said they would allow him to stay longer so we took a Camp Carnival potable phone with us and they said we could take our time. We checked back in every hour but they kept saying no rush and he was good so they weren't worrying about it.

 

Personally I think they have some discretion to it and typically at under two I am sure they have delt with some kids that do nothing but scream and cry for the entire time they are there so its the policy to limit that time.

 

play it by year but I would recommend going to Camp Carnival on day 1 and see about signing your young one up and getting them into one of small slots they have and who knows.

 

This was out 5th cruise on Carnival and we love Carnival simply for the kids program. It's not the most luxurious line but my kids love it and it keeps things simple for the family. The kids are well taken care of and even as my oldest gets older Camp Carnival (and the activities him and I do while ashore) is always one of the highlights of his trip to the point we have to restrict him on time so that we can have family time and events together.

 

 

This is very helpful information. This is our third cruise and previously we have used the kids camp with success. My boys are now 11 and 9. The oldest is a rather independent old-soul for his age. So now I'm wondering if the camp will maintain his interest - he's not really a video game kid. We were planning on allowing him to sign himself and brother out of the camp when they desire. And I'm glad you mentioned the texting feature on the app as we where really hoping to rely upon this as our main form of communciation throughout the cruise. Is it reliable?

 

Thanks for any advice!

[puresqnut]

This is very helpful information. This is our third cruise and previously we have used the kids camp with success. My boys are now 11 and 9. The oldest is a rather independent old-soul for his age. So now I'm wondering if the camp will maintain his interest - he's not really a video game kid. We were planning on allowing him to sign himself and brother out of the camp when they desire. And I'm glad you mentioned the texting feature on the app as we where really hoping to rely upon this as our main form of communication throughout the cruise. Is it reliable?

 

Thanks for any advice!

 

The text app works wonderfully. Our biggest issue, Our son actually turning the volume up on his phone so he could hear it, lol. But that's a phone issue not a service issue. worked everywhere on the ship and when he texted us it always worked. Just be sure to allow the app to run in the background on your phone as the text system works thru the app and if you have usage management running you wont get the messages.

 

As far as the older kids we will be back on the Miracle this December to Hawaii and last year when we went to Mexico he had a blast even with Camp carnival. Aside from the video games there was tons for him to do (Given there is a nice group of other kids his age there) and we did allow him to sign himself in and out and it was smooth with no worries.

 

PS if there was one thing bad about the self sign in and out on the first full day him mom was a worried all the time so she kept checking in to see if they were there etc. She found out he had been checking himself in and out about every 30 minutes so she followed him and found him going to lido deck about twice an hour for the soft serve machine. Lets just say he paid the price later with an upset stomach from way too much and for the rest of the cruise ice cream was not any level of importance for him. lol ....