Serenade 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. It is subdivided into different age groups called Aquanauts, Explorers, Voyagers, Navigators and Teens.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The outdoor children's area, called Adventure Beach, is located on deck 12. It comprises of a blue waterslide and pool. Children must be at least 46 inches (117cm) tall to use the slide, supervised at all times and able to swim and only one child is allowed down the slide at a time. The slide is only open for a limited number of hours each day and ends at its own exit at the side of the splash area.

The Pool is made up of a large tiled splash area with a small round pool with a maximum depth of 0.6m (2ft). There is also a very small slide which exits into the tiled splash area, decorated with large colourful models of worms and fish.

Accessed by guests SeaPass cards is the ships additional charge Video Arcade, relocated from midship of deck 12 to make way for the new Royal Babies and Tots Nursery to the aft of deck 12 replacing the ships Golf Simulators which are no longer available on Serenade of the Seas. Guests can enjoy a range of games from shooting arcade games to table hockey and Guitar Hero.

Some evenings a free play hour is held allowing guests to use select games without any charge.

The Adventure Ocean on deck 12 offers a spacious playroom with toys, books and games for children partaking in the kids clubs. Computers and video games as well as more traditional playthings and educational items provide entertainment for the youngsters enrolled in the Adventure Ocean Programme.

For children aged 12-14 years (Navigators) and 15-17 years, activities include games and sports, parties and competitions. With their own space called the Fuel Teen Disco, activities also take place in different locations throughout the ship.

Activities on offer range from family discos, pool parties and scavenger hunts to 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.

Fuel on deck 12 is an area dedicated to teens with its own dance floor, seating areas, computer games and table football. It is not constantly manned by the ships youth staff, with teenagers able to come and go as they please.

New to the ship following its revitalization at the end of 2012 is the colourful Royal Babies and Tots nursery where babies and toddlers can be left in the care of trained professionals.

Located midship of deck 12 (where the Video arcade was previously located) Royal Babies and Tots® Nursery caters for infants and toddlers aged from 3 months to 36 months. 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).

Babysitting Services (for children aged over 12 months) are available on Serenade of the Seas in either a group setting or individually in stateroom on. It must be booked at least 24 hours in advance at the Guest Relations Desk (deck 4 midship).

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.

Available for a minimum of two hours, the charge is $19 per hour for up to three children within the same family.

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.

Available in the Adventure Ocean on deck 12 during certain times of the day, children can make their own cuddly toys in the Pets at Sea shop with a selection of animals and outfits to choose from.

Prices are as follows:
$19.95 per animal
$12.95 per outfit
$2.95 for a sound
$6.95 for a recordable sound
$3.95 of sunglasses
$4.95 for accessories
$2.95 for a gift box
$29.95 for a toy and one outfit when purchased together

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.