Ljdoc Posted February 12, 2023 #1 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Does anyone know if there are currently any opening time or access restrictions on the kids club on Iona or Arvia. When I was on Iona last July you only had just over an hour twice a day due to staffing levels. The week after I was in there were some changes to this but not sure of it was temporary or permanent. With it being half term this week I assume the ships will be busier with more kids so interested to know how they are currently operating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amajaa Posted February 13, 2023 #2 Share Posted February 13, 2023 They were open most of the day with a break for lunchtime on Iona recently. Because there wasn’t many school age kids at the time they combined the two older age groups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molecrochip Posted February 13, 2023 #3 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Back to normal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Diver Posted February 17, 2023 #4 Share Posted February 17, 2023 You don't say which age group. The kids clubs are back to normal, including night nursery extra, but the "scene" for older teen-agers is far away from the reef which causes huge problems for the staff. There's is rarely (I understand) enough staff to keep that open. Probably the cruise just finishing had it open, as they had all the kids club staff from Ventura, and some seasonal staff (but only for this week since there wasn something like 900 under 18s on board). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molecrochip Posted February 18, 2023 #5 Share Posted February 18, 2023 The Scene was only ever intended to be open at school holiday times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonuk Posted February 18, 2023 #6 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Just got off the Iona where there were 900 kids during the half term. First come first served on getting into the clubs so a lot of kids (and parents) were bitterly disappointed ☹️ Unfortunately something had to give so slots were very rationed and my own grandchildren only attended one evening session as trying to work into other activities etc became a bit of a pain. If you didn’t know bookings are made on the app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ljdoc Posted February 19, 2023 Author #7 Share Posted February 19, 2023 On 2/18/2023 at 12:34 PM, devonuk said: Just got off the Iona where there were 900 kids during the half term. First come first served on getting into the clubs so a lot of kids (and parents) were bitterly disappointed ☹️ Unfortunately something had to give so slots were very rationed and my own grandchildren only attended one evening session as trying to work into other activities etc became a bit of a pain. If you didn’t know bookings are made on the app. Hi Devonuk, Is the app booking new for kids clubs and how does it work? This wasn’t in place last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Diver Posted February 19, 2023 #8 Share Posted February 19, 2023 On 2/18/2023 at 12:34 PM, devonuk said: Just got off the Iona where there were 900 kids during the half term. First come first served on getting into the clubs so a lot of kids (and parents) were bitterly disappointed ☹️ Unfortunately something had to give so slots were very rationed and my own grandchildren only attended one evening session as trying to work into other activities etc became a bit of a pain. If you didn’t know bookings are made on the app. The kids clubs have a limit on numbers due to space and safe staff ratios. You can indeed make bookings on "My Holiday" (not an app), or they can do it at the office, or you can turn up and take your chances. Considering how busy it was on your cruise I heard they actually hit capacity only a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Diver Posted February 19, 2023 #9 Share Posted February 19, 2023 4 hours ago, Ljdoc said: Hi Devonuk, Is the app booking new for kids clubs and how does it work? This wasn’t in place last year. It's new, only a few weeks ago I think. If you have registered your kids you can book in via the not app (i.e. My Holiday web page) I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ljdoc Posted February 19, 2023 Author #10 Share Posted February 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Advanced Diver said: It's new, only a few weeks ago I think. If you have registered your kids you can book in via the not app (i.e. My Holiday web page) I believe. Thanks, do you book slots in advance or on the day or just before you go? We will be on Arvia the fortnight before the school holidays in England as our school holiday start a few weeks earlier so hopefully won’t be too busy. Good to hear it only hit capacity a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Diver Posted February 19, 2023 #11 Share Posted February 19, 2023 8 minutes ago, Ljdoc said: Thanks, do you book slots in advance or on the day or just before you go? We will be on Arvia the fortnight before the school holidays in England as our school holiday start a few weeks earlier so hopefully won’t be too busy. Good to hear it only hit capacity a few times. I'll check. I think I know the answer but I will check to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonuk Posted February 19, 2023 #12 Share Posted February 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Ljdoc said: Thanks, do you book slots in advance or on the day or just before you go? We will be on Arvia the fortnight before the school holidays in England as our school holiday start a few weeks earlier so hopefully won’t be too busy. Good to hear it only hit capacity a few times. I don’t know about not hitting capacity but my twin 10 year old granddaughters could only get in on an evening session each and on separate occasions at that. I wouldn’t know about port days though because we didn’t try during the day for them. However the sea day slots were scarce. It is I good idea to take a chance on a last minute slot as some children never turned up for their booked in slots, allegedly. My daughter could only book when she was given her cruise card as the last 6 digits on it are used as log in ID. Alas, we had late boarding times. I’m absolutely sure you’ll be fine if sailing outside of UK school holiday times though 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Diver Posted February 19, 2023 #13 Share Posted February 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Ljdoc said: Thanks, do you book slots in advance or on the day or just before you go? We will be on Arvia the fortnight before the school holidays in England as our school holiday start a few weeks earlier so hopefully won’t be too busy. Good to hear it only hit capacity a few times. They are available from 10.30am the day before to book. E.g. on the 12th at 10.30am you can book for the 13th etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonuk Posted February 20, 2023 #14 Share Posted February 20, 2023 7 hours ago, Advanced Diver said: They are available from 10.30am the day before to book. E.g. on the 12th at 10.30am you can book for the 13th etc Wow, I wish we knew this as Wowzz (I think) said in one of his posts the info given out by P&O is often different from the reality 🫤 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ljdoc Posted February 20, 2023 Author #15 Share Posted February 20, 2023 It’s good to know this so I’ll keep an eye from the day before, my sone loves going for a few hours most evenings after dinner and P&O does have great kids clubs and the staff are great too. How long are the slots that you book and isolate these designated time slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Diver Posted February 20, 2023 #16 Share Posted February 20, 2023 4 hours ago, Ljdoc said: How long are the slots that you book and isolate these designated time slots. The slots you book are morning, afternoon and evening on a sea day, or afternoon and evening on a port day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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