Adventure Ocean -

[Cherrytree95]

Hi,

 

Looking to book our cruise for next year, only real dates that suit fall 3 weeks before DD2's third birthday. So my question is will AO take children short of their birthday or do they have to be 3 on the nail?

DD 1 will be 5 and loves adventure ocean and really dont want DD2 to miss out.

 

Thanks for any input.

 

Erica

[Onessa]

Unfortunately the 3YO age restriction is related to the line's liability insurance and they have no leaway to be able to allow a not quite 3YO to participate in the regular AO program. So DD2 will need to be officially 3YO as of emarkation day to be qualified.

[Cherrytree95]

Thanks for your reply Onessa. I figured that would be the case. May try to find alternative dates.

[crusinmama06]

Onessa is exactly right (of course). We had this exact issue with our Freedom cruise in 2007 - my youngest was turning 3 on April 27 so I moved our cruise to the week after her birthday. We still called it her "3rd Birthday Cruise" ;)

 

And they are strict with potty training as well - so we had to make sure she was "potty self sufficient" - which she was.

[cherishrwil]

Our son is turning 3 during the middle of our cruise. They told us that we could register him in AO on his birthday. So, they at least need to turn 3 during the cruise and be fully potty trained.