Question about Adventure Ocean

[Jasper8282]

Hello everyone!  I'm new here and this is my first Royal Caribbean cruise.  I'm going with my wife and 3 year old son on Oasis of the Seas in February.  
We fully plan on utilizing Adventure Ocean.  I had a few questions though.

First one is, how does the Adventure Ocean staff get in touch with me or my wife if there are issues or something comes up where they have to talk with us?

The second is, how often do people leave their children with Adventure Ocean during excursions?  I know it happens, but can I hear some real examples of how things went for you and your little one?  Preferably if they were around 3-4 years old like our little one.

Lastly (for now), does anyone have a recommendation for a hotel in Fort Lauderdale that offers shuttles that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? 

 

[Matt]

Welcome to the message boards.

I just posted this article, which should answer your questions: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2024/09/14/royal-caribbean-kids-clubs

33 minutes ago, Jasper8282 said:

how does the Adventure Ocean staff get in touch with me or my wife if there are issues or something comes up where they have to talk with us?

If you have a 3 year old, you can ask for a phone when checking them in.  Otherwise, they'll call your stateroom phone and leave a message.

If it's an emergency, they'd page you over the ship's PA system but that's very rare.

You can always use any house phone around the ship to call AO and ask the staff how it's going.

34 minutes ago, Jasper8282 said:

how often do people leave their children with Adventure Ocean during excursions

We've done it a few times. The first time was scary, but it was also so liberating. We really embraced it.

[Jasper8282]

Thank you SO much Matt!

I keep missing the Monday chats to ask these.

[smokeybandit]

Fort Lauderdale hotels tend to cost an arm and a leg if you're sailing over the winter

[RCIfan1912]

We are always given a phone because our son is autistic, he plays just fine with all kids. But like I said because of that they give us a phone but the phone kinda wonky. They will ring our cabin phone after trying the wonky phone first. The only time they call us though is when he wants to leave, never any issues and its an amazing program or service Royal provides.