Adventure Ocean dining

[irun5k]

Hi all, I am looking for some concrete info on Adventure Ocean dining- the program where your children can have dinner with their Adventure Ocean mates, facilitated by the Adventure Ocean counselors.

 

I've searched high and low, and it *looks* like this would be offered 3 times on a 7 night cruise, but I am looking for a recent confirmation of this. Also, in case it differs by ship, I am interested in the Freedom and the Allure. If you happen to know which nights, that is even better!

 

Thanks in advance!

[Littlebrookfarm]

When we've sailed it's been offered twice on 7 night cruises, I think during the 2 formal nights. They took them to Johnny Rockets on all of our sailings but we haven't been on Allure or Oasis so I can't tell you what the options would be for those ships.

[irun5k]

Thanks! I've been digging deep and found someone mentioning that it was offered every night except the first and the last on their FOS cruise. There are also a couple other references to it being offered 2 nights or 3 nights.

 

I'm guessing it changes- one person was saying it might be different depending on the time of year (e.g. holidays/spring break vs. summer, etc.)

 

If anyone else has any reference points to offer, it would be much appreciated!

[mibarron]

On the Oasis, my son (age 6) had dinner with the counselors and friends almost every night, except for 3, which I made him eat with me because I missed him. LOL!! But if I wanted to, he could have spent every dinner, except the first dinner with them. Not sure how the Freedom is, but I hope they have something similar to this when we go in August.

[irun5k]

On the Oasis, my son (age 6) had dinner with the counselors and friends almost every night, except for 3, which I made him eat with me because I missed him. LOL!! But if I wanted to, he could have spent every dinner, except the first dinner with them. Not sure how the Freedom is, but I hope they have something similar to this when we go in August.

 

Cool! What month did you go?

[mibarron]

Cool! What month did you go?

 

We went in August. He absolutely loved the kids area. Never wanted to leave. :p

[wishtdream]

We cruised Freedom 10/17/2010 The days they offered Adventure dining it was listed in the kids compass

 

I scanned the kid compasses and uploaded them. These are the links - a word of caution the files are large and take a minute or two to load even on a fast connection.

 

http://home.comcast.net/~fampolozzo/...fo10172010.PDF

 

http://home.comcast.net/~fampolozzo/...ay10172010.PDF

 

http://home.comcast.net/~fampolozzo/...ay10182010.PDF

 

http://home.comcast.net/~fampolozzo/...ay10192010.PDF

 

http://home.comcast.net/~fampolozzo/...y101202010.PDF

 

http://home.comcast.net/~fampolozzo/...ay10212010.PDF

 

http://home.comcast.net/~fampolozzo/...ay10222010.PDF

 

http://home.comcast.net/~fampolozzo/...ay10232010.PDF

[irun5k]

Thanks wishtdream- looks like the URL's you posted got mangled somehow though :/ I'm interested to have a look!

[irun5k]

I finally heard back something from RCI on this, I figured I'd post it below in case it helps anyone. It is sort of strange to me that the lunch option is $7.95, when dinner and the rest of Adventure Ocean is inclusive. Anyone know if they do a special craft or something after lunch?

 

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On selected nights, our youth staff host dinners in our casual restaurants. It is a great opportunity for kids to eat with other kids and for parents to enjoy a meal alone.

 

Dinner: 6:00 pm-7:00 pm (on certain nights of each cruise)

 

Aquanauts, Explorers, and Voyagers:

3 day cruise = 1 dinner

4 - 6 day cruise = 2 dinners

7 day cruise = 3 dinners

8 - 9 day cruise = 4 dinners

10 - 11 day cruise = 5 dinners

 

Teens:

3 – 6 night cruise = 1 dinner

7 – 8 night cruise = 2 dinners

9 - 11 night cruise = 3 dinners

12 - 14 night cruise = 4 dinners

 

Lunch and Play: $7.95 fee per child for Adventure Ocean supervised lunch and activities, available on at sea days.

[crusinmama06]

Irun5k - they started the lunch option as a "paid service" only because they used to shut down AO during lunch time on Sea Days. In the past, the AO staff got a break during lunch time. Well...parents wanted the option to leave the kids at AO during lunch on sea days -- so the AO lunch for $7.95 was born. ;)

 

The dinners were always free.

[irun5k]

Irun5k - they started the lunch option as a "paid service" only because they used to shut down AO during lunch time on Sea Days. In the past, the AO staff got a break during lunch time. Well...parents wanted the option to leave the kids at AO during lunch on sea days -- so the AO lunch for $7.95 was born. ;)

 

The dinners were always free.

 

Cool, thanks for the explanation- we'll probably try it at least once, it might be fun for him!