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Royal Caribbean cruises - What onboard activities would your family pick? Win a £300 voucher NOW CLOSED

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AnnMumsnet · 18/09/2017 14:56

The team at Royal Caribbean cruises would love to hear what onboard activity you’d pick should you find yourself onboard one of their cruise ships - and what would be top of the list of things to do for your partner, kids or parents?

Here’s the list of family activities available - brace yourselves, it’s a big list and what’s more it’s all included in the price!

~ Adventure Ocean® kids' and teens' club - wide variety of games, activities and educational adventures designed especially for different age groups from 6 months-17 years.
~ Cinema
~ Circus School
~ Dodgems
~ DreamWorks Experience*
~ Escape Room
~ FlowRider® Surf Simulator
~ Games Arcade*
~ Ice Rink
~ Indoor Sky Diving
~ Laser Tag - coming in 2018
~ Learn to Dance
~ Mini Golf
~ Reading in the Library
~ Rock Wall
~ Roller Disco
~ Splashaway Bay - Kids’ Waterpark
~ Sports Court - Basketball, Football and much more
~ Swimming
~ Teen Disco
~ The Perfect Storm Waterslides
~ Ultimate Abyss - Tallest Slide at Sea
~ Whirlpools
~ Xbox Games
~ Zip Lines

*additional fees may apply
Note: Onboard features vary by ship

So which would you pick and why?
What do you think your DP would choose to do onboard?
And what about the children - please say how old they are - what you think they’d love to try or experience onboard?

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hiddenmichelle · 20/09/2017 09:43

swimming and games arcade would probably be the top choices for my kids. I prefer the swimming - they spend enough time with screens when they are at home!

littlemonkeyz · 20/09/2017 09:55

Wow, I didn't realise there were so many family activites available on a cruise. My little boy loves to dance so he would love the learn to dance activity. We would also choose swimming (every day!) and the DreamWorks activity also looks really interesting. The truth is we would probably want to do everything so we would end up being at sea for about a year just to fit it all in!

ameswright2906 · 20/09/2017 09:55

Me and the hubby have 3 children aged 5 (Daniel), 4 (Lilly) and 22 months (Molly). We would choose the waterpark and slides first because it would be the best for all 3 of them. But if they got choose, Lilly would choose the dodgems, Daniel would choose the Dreamworks experience or the waterslide and Molly would love the kids waterpark although she's not quite old enough to tell us!

If I had my way, i would put the kids in the kids club, get some retail therapy and then relax in the spa and my hubby would go the cinema.

Ttbb · 20/09/2017 10:06

I e skating hands down. There is something quite ironic about ice skating while holidaying in the Caribbean.

emmav6 · 20/09/2017 10:09

my boys would love the waterpark!! i think it would be fun to do something new like the surf school too x

MrsDramaQueen · 20/09/2017 10:11

Wow it all looks good. I''d like doing the Dreaworks experience and the Dodgems.

star1000 · 20/09/2017 10:15

The Ice Rink would be great for all the family and the kids would love the rock wall. Zip lines sound like they'd be a winner too!

EllieArnold · 20/09/2017 10:16

We've never been on a cruise but The adventure kids club the mini golf and the cinema would keep us all entertained

AR2012 · 20/09/2017 10:17

Laser tag, arcade and cinema

Sezza110 · 20/09/2017 10:21

Probably the ice rink, swimming and zip line!

katkatgu · 20/09/2017 10:23

~ Splashaway Bay - Kids’ Waterpark
~ Sports Court - Basketball, Football and much more
~ Swimming

mamof3boys · 20/09/2017 10:28

I didn't realise that there was so much to do! My children would love the xbox games and zip line. I love the idea of indoor sky diving, laser tag and a bit of reading in the library after all the fun.

happysouls · 20/09/2017 10:33

Swimming and Ice Rink would be great! Reading in the library for me! I like a little quiet time out!

TJCB68 · 20/09/2017 10:34

The DreamWorks experience sounds amazing!!

007hel · 20/09/2017 10:36

DD (18) would choose cinema, indoor skydiving

DS1 (15) would choose Xbox games, Zip Lines, Flowrider

DS2 (7) would choose Laser Tag, Rock Wall

Me would choose Sports Hall, Swimming

DH would choose FlowRider, Ultimate Abyss

janeyf1 · 20/09/2017 10:41

We would all enjoy the Roller Disco and swimming together. I fancy some spa treatments

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devito92 · 20/09/2017 11:00

Circus School, something for all the family even mums and dads

beckyinman · 20/09/2017 11:05

My lot love a bit of mini golf and the cinema

tia3456 · 20/09/2017 11:06

Wow, there is lots, the ice rink sounds brilliant, my son who is 13 would choose the Sports Courts, my daughter who is 9 would probably choose the Roller Disco

shellywkd · 20/09/2017 11:09

Definitey the Dreamworks and Cinema my daughter is a massive film buff and we are at the cinema at least twice a month. She wants to write and direct her own film

voyager50 · 20/09/2017 11:12

We are book worms so definitely reading in the library and he would love the learn to dance and the waterpark.

rutsan · 20/09/2017 11:22

The indoor sky diving sounds awesome!! We would also go to the cinema and do any water activities available.

Pinklady1981 · 20/09/2017 11:22

Gosh what a lot of activities for children,thats amazing. I never knew they did this.
My eldest is 8 year old boy and he would love most of these activities especially the swimming/water activities. Gaming/arcades and cinema. I am sure he would have a go at all of them.
My youngest is 2 year old boy. Not as much for him. He would like the dancing and mini golf.

meepmoop79 · 20/09/2017 11:30

To be honest they would want to do them all! But i think their top five would be:

  1. Skydiving
  2. Surf Simulator
  3. Rock Wall
  4. Ziplines
  5. Swimming