Adventure Ocean Kids Club

[Brieanna817]

Hi there! Sailing on the Liberty of Seas in August and saw that the kids club is broken up in ages (3-5) , (6-8), and (9-11)….sailing with a 7, 8, 8 and 9 year old - any chance they would let the 9 year old in with the others? Thank you!!

[smokeybandit]

You'll have to ask when you board.

[kitkat343]

Smokey bandit is correct - changes are sometimes made, and it is at the discretion of the kids' club staff.  

 

If you haven't already, please double check with your 9 year old that they want to go to the younger club, as some children might prefer to be with their age group.

 

If this is where your 9 year old wants to be, the good news is that most kids clubs are usually more flexible about letting kids drop down an age group than move up.  Also, for future reference please note that when the kids clubs are emptier this is easier for them to accommodate.   On longer sailings/sailings during the school year where the kids club is emptier they tend to combine the age groupings anyway, irregardless of the normal divisions.  I sailed on a 10 day Panama Canal roundtrip during the school year, and there were only 9 kids aboard and they just combined all the kids all the time.  

 

For parents who want to move their children in the kids club and for parents whose children have special needs they need to discuss with the staff, I'd strongly recommend going to preregister your child.  Most kids clubs have open hours before. their first session where you can go and meet the staff and discuss your child's needs.  Its pretty chaotic when the kids clubs first open up, and I've seen the drop off line stop with 30 kids trying to be dropped off because one parent wanted to have a conversation with the kids club staff about moving their kid at the opening time of the first day.  If you can't make it to the   open house, at least wait until the lines for initial drop off period have been resolved and the kids staff aren't overwhelmed to make special requests (unless the kids club is full, in which case your kids might not get a spot if they aren't there at opening).