We were a group of 11, including 5 kids ages 3-11, celebrating my parents' 50th wedding anniversary. We had a wonderful and memorable time! This review will focus on our cruise experience with the kids:

KIDS' CLUB: The Adventure Ocean Club is the kids' club and it is wonderful. The rooms are clean, colorful and inviting. The staff is very safety conscious. The club is divided into age groups. Our 8 yr old son wanted to be with his 11 yr old cousin, but the age group was 6-8 and 9-11. After observing him for a couple hours in his own age group, they allowed him to move up to be with his cousin - very accommodating! There is a Science Lab, arts and crafts and games. All the kids had a blast at the kids' club and the staff was great. Our kids went there once for about 2 hours during the day and 2-5 hours almost every night after dinner. Surprisingly, for the 3 yr old, they did not give us some kind of pager in case he cried or had a difficult time. They are very strict on who picks up your child and their name must match on the computer. We used the "babysitting" services, which are from 10pm-2am. They charge $6 an hour per child. We found that very reasonable and it gave my husband and I time to have "date nights" every night. One night, my 8 yr old son was practically in tears when we picked him up at 12:30am! He didn't want to leave and wanted to stay and play with his new friends. The kids were always excited to go to the kid's club. Don't miss the black light puppet show. The 3-5 yr olds really enjoyed it and it was very unique.

DINING: We had early seating at 6pm in the main dining room. There is a kid's menu with a variety of choices and the wait staff always had their drinks and fruit cup at the table before we arrived. Typical kids food: chicken nuggets, pasta, burger, mac and cheese but they also offered steak with a baked potato and veggies, which my 11 yr old niece had every night! We did not purchase the juice package. Kids drank milk, water, flavored water or lemonade (free). The Adventure Ocean Club offers a service where they will pick up your kids at 6:45pm and take them to the kids club so the adults can relax and enjoy dinner. We never took advantage of that option. Wish we did! The kid's club does allow free drop-off from 5-7pm where they will take your kids to the Windjammer to eat dinner in a secluded section and then take them back to the kids' club so you can have an adults-only dinner. That was a great option I wish we did more often! Read more