Allure Of The Seas

Royal Caribbean’s complimentary year-round Adventure Ocean Programme is available for children aged 3 (who must be fully toilet trained) to 17.

All children’s activities are supervised by male or female youth staff who have a 4 year University degree or international equivalent in Education, Recreation or a related field. All staff also have at least 3 – 5 years qualified experience in working with children ages 6 months - 17 years.

Children aged 6-8 years can join Explorers where activities range from conducting science experiments to learning how to make kites and sweets, pirate night, backstage tours, Nutty Nicknames, pyjama night, carnival games, model magic creations and talent Shows.

Explorers opens as follows:
At sea – 9 am to 5 pm; 7 pm to 10 pm.
In port – 30 minutes prior to first shore excursion to 5 pm; and 7 pm to 10 pm.

Aquanauts caters for children aged 3-5 years with activities such as story time, face painting, theatre, finger painting, Camp Aquanaut, building blocks, music activities, space night and animal, colour and shape bingo. The room also features a climbing area with a slide.

Aquanauts opens as follows:
At sea – 9 am to 5 pm; 7 pm to 10 pm.
In port – 30 minutes prior to first shore excursion to 5 pm; and 7 pm to 10 pm.

Voyagers provides entertainment for 9 to 11 year olds with a range of educational activities including science experiments, backstage tours and new sports like Gagaball. Other events taking place include karaoke, sports tournaments, List-o-Rama, Boys vs. Girls, Scavenger Hunts and Crazy Tag.

Voyagers opens as follows:
At sea – 9 am to 5 pm; 7 pm to 10 pm.
In port – 30 minutes prior to first shore excursion to 5 pm; and 7 pm to 10 pm.

Royal Babies and Tots® Nursery is the ship's nursery for infants and toddlers (aged from 3 months to 36 months) and is run by fully trained staff.

Located forward of deck 14 on Kids Avenue, parents can leave their children whilst they partake in their own activities including on shore visits when the ship is in port. Parents are required to provide any personal items including nappies and wipes, food and snacks and bottles and milk along with a spare set of clothes and the charge for the nursery is $8.00 per hour per child. Parents also need to ensure that they collect their child on time as a $1 per minute late fee applies for any parents over 16 minutes late (unless a ship bought shore excursion is running late).

Parents also have access to Royal Babies Play Groups (for 6 to 18 month olds), Play Tots Play Group (for 18-36 month olds) and Open Free Play (for 6-36 months old), all of which requires them to remain with their child but are free to attend. The play group sessions (held in the circular Play area) run a variety of activities from drawing and singing to gymnastics, building and stories along with the Open Free Play where parents and children can use the play equipment which ranges from toys to ride on equipment individually.

Located starboard side of deck 15 is the family friendly H2O zone marked by a giant multi coloured octopus with tentacles squirting out water, flanked by further water spouting colourful ocean creatures. Separate wading and current pools along with a dedicated infant and toddler pool are set in the interactive aquatic playground surrounded by adult and child sized sunbeds.

The H2O zone has a maximum water depth of 3ft 5in (1.05m). The large circular current pool (with glass sides) is the deepest pool at 1.05m deep and kids can enjoy floating round in circles as the current guides them gently along. An oblong swimming pool ranges from 0.85m (2’ 9”) to 1.05m (3’ 5”) in depth and the separate baby splash zone (the only pool area aboard the ship which permits the use of swim nappies) is 5cm (2”) deep.

Refreshments can be purchased from the nearby Sand Bar, with free frozen yogurt ice creams available from the self service machines located nearby.

The Youth Zone Neighbourhood is divided into two separate locations, one at the forward end of the ship on deck 14 for children and one located by the sports complex at the rear of deck 15 for teens.

The forward section includes Kids Avenue, a central boulevard housing the dedicated Adventure Ocean Space, themed play areas and Royal Babies and Tots Nursery.

The aft section comprises of Fuel Teen Disco, The Living Room and The Back Deck.

Adventure Ocean Theatre, situated portside of Kids Avenue is a children’s state-of-the art theatre where they can learn about theatrical productions, take part in talent shows, or sign up for hip hop dance classes. With 100 seats it is also home to the children’s ImaginOcean black light puppet show.

Outside Rita’s Cantina on deck 6 is a small playground featuring a Mexican themed house to climb around in and go down slides.

Imagination Studio is where children can explore the world of colour and imagination through Adventure Art designed by Crayola®.

It is located along Kids Avenue forward of deck 14.

Adventure Science Lab is a fully equipped lab for science experiments. Located within the kids zone forward of deck 14, children participating in the Adventure Science program can enjoy everything from making Space Mud or erupting volcanoes to exploring space and learning about the environment.

The Workshop forward of deck 14 along Kids Avenue is a space where families can come together and learn scrapbooking skills or create personalized jewellery.

Play is a circular room for sports and games. Open from 9am to 8pm and unstaffed it’s full of toys and games for pre-schoolers and toddlers and has toys available for children to borrow.

The Kids’ Arcade forward of deck 14 along the Kids’ Avenue is aimed specifically for the under twelve’s and includes a small selection of video games and grab machines. For an hour on a number of evenings, both arcades are open for free play on a selection of games.

For children ages 12-14 years and 15-17 years, activities include games and sports, parties and competitions. With The Living Room to hang out with friends, Allure also has the Fuel Teen Disco teen-only club for teenagers to dance, listen to music or just chill out and The Back Deck which is a covered outdoor space with large bean bags and numerous chairs for teens to sit and relax on.

Further examples of activities on offer include family discos, pool parties, scavenger hunts , karaoke, Video Games, Nintendo© Wii ( for 12-14yrs), pool parties, DJ training, Battle of the Sexes, Casino Night, themed dance parties, Nintendo© Wii-Guitar Hero and movies ( for 15-17 years.)

Operational times for supervised teen activities for 12-14 year-olds are:
At sea – daytime activities vary; night time activities – 8 pm to 2 am.
In port – daytime activities vary; night time activities – 8 pm to 2 am.

Operational Times for supervised teen activities for 15-17 year-olds are:
At sea – daytime activities vary; night time activities – 9 pm to the early hours.
In port – daytime activities vary; night time activities – 9 pm to the early hours.

Teens may join adult activities with the exception of adult sports tournaments and the adult nightclubs.

The Living Room is a lounge dedicated to teenagers featuring TVs, games, computers, and a music studio.

Located aft of deck 15 in the Tweens and Teens area, Challengers Arcade has numerous video arcade games along with the likes of Air Hockey tables. Kids need to insert their Seapass card into one of the recharge stations in the arcade to buy arcade credits to play games.

The Fuel Teen Disco includes a non alcoholic bar, dance floor and chill out area with events such as Scratch DJ classes where teens can learn how to spin beats.

Located aft of deck 17 near the sports court, the Back Deck is part of the teenager’s area and is an outdoor area with overhead cover with bean bags and chairs for the teens to relax in.

The Kids Avenue is a central boulevard connecting children with dedicated spaces for the Adventure Ocean program and various themed play areas.

In association with Huggies® and Gerber®, Royal Caribbean provide stocked and ready-to-go nappy bags, which can be pre-ordered and delivered to guests stateroom upon their arrival.

Edu-tainment Programming is available on Royal Caribbean ships and includes:

Adventure ScienceSM (with fun learning through a blend of hands-on science experiments and wacky entertainments including Staggering Through the Stars©, Germ Jungle©, Wacky Water Workshop©, Jurassic Junior©, Environmentation Station© and Volcanoes©).

Adventure Art by Crayola offers children craft opportunities including making cultural masks and pottery, whilst learning about the art, history and culture of the regions visited during their cruise. The projects vary according to cruise destination, sharing information on the history, traditions, aquatic habitats and animals indigenous to the Caribbean, Mexico, Alaska, Australia, Asia and Europe

Adventure Theatre mixes educational activities with physical fun as participants get to learn about actor’s craft where entire worlds are created with just their bodies, voices and imaginations. Using structured theatre games, vocal and physical exercises, and creativity-freeing activities, instructors guide groups through an exploration of the theatre arts.

Sail In to Story Time entertains young holidaymakers with a story hour followed by creative, hands-on activities and projects.

Babysitting Services (for children aged over 12 months) are available on Allure of the Seas in either a group setting or individually in staterooms. It must be booked at least 24 hours in advance at the Guest Services Desk (midship of deck 5 along the Royal Promenade).

A Royal Caribbean staff-member equipped with Fisher-Price toys and Mattel games will engage and entertain the youngsters until parents return at which point parents will be presented with a log of the child’s activities with the babysitter, including books read, games enjoyed, food consumed, and when the child was put to bed.

The charge is $19 per hour for up to three children within the same family with a two-hour minimum requirement.

Group sitting is available from 10:00 pm to 2:00 am in the Adventure Ocean centre. The cost for this service is $6/hour per child. Children attending must be at least 3 years old and fully toilet trained – no nappies or pull-ups are allowed.

The ImagineOcean! Puppet show is a magical blacklight puppet show for the entire family about friendships, new and old and staring fish called Dorsal, Bubbles and Tanks, a sea horse named Ripple and Leonard the octopus with music ranging from R&B to Big Band.

The show takes place in the Adventure Ocean Theatre on deck 14 and times are detailed in guests Daily Compass activity sheet.

Adjacent to the Allure Dunes Mini Golf Course, aft of deck 15, is a four hole putting area just for children. Featuring large lady birds, turtles, frogs and chipmunks nestled amongst colourful giant toadstools, the golfing equipment (designed for kids with extra large golf balls) is stored in one of the giant yellow toadstools.

Introduced fleet wide from March 2013, the Barbie™Premium Experience is available for girls aged between four and eleven and includes a Barbie stateroom; Tiaras & Teacups party; Mermaid dance class; Fashion Designer workshop and a Barbie Fashion Show. The premium experience costs $349.00.

Allure of the Seas offers its younger guests the chance to get up close and personal with all their favourite DreamWorks characters including Shrek, Fiona, Madagascar characters and Po (Kung Fu Panda). The experience ranges from special breakfasts where characters join guests in the dining room for photo opportunities to parades throughout the day and evening along the Royal Promenade. Guests can also watch their films on the big screen in Adventure Ocean Theatre on deck 14 or from the comfort of their staterooms.