You’ve undoubtedly seen the pictures: the giant slinky dog slide in “Andy’s Room,” preschoolers listening to Snow White tell stories, kids learning to be superheroes with Spiderman or Black Widow. The Kids’ clubs on a Disney Cruise are pretty amazing and may even make you wish you were a kid again. Here are 10 things you need to know about them:
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1. They’re Free!
That’s right, they’re free for kids 3 and up. Though, perhaps it would be more accurate to say that they are included in the price of your cruise.
Got younger kids? The “it’s a small world,” nursery is available for kids 6 months to 3 years or 1 year to 3 years, for transatlantic cruises. You do pay for this service. It’s $4.50 per half hour for the first child, and $4 per half hour for additional children in the family. Reservations for this can be made in advance when you do online check-in.
2. Know The Age Limits.
Kids 3-10 are welcome in both the Oceaneer Club and Oceaneer Lab. The Edge welcomes tween and teens ages 11-14, and teens 14 to 17 can hang out at Vibe.
When our son was ten were able to sign a waiver for him to go to Edge. Reportedly, there is no flexibility for older kids to go to the younger club. However, as I’m about to explain below, Open House times let anyone visit any club.
2. Anyone Can Go During Open House
All the Kids’ Clubs on the Disney Cruise Line have open house times when anyone can go, so if you have a child who isn’t the right age or isn’t ready to be left at a club yet, go during an open house time. Your 9-year-old can check out Edge with a future cruise in mind. Your 13-year-old can see the Marvel themed area at the Oceaneer club. You can hang out at the Oceaneer lab with your 4-year-old who is nervous about being there alone.
The first afternoon aboard is an open house in all the clubs. After that there is a daily open house time for each of the clubs. Check out the daily schedule in the Navigator app on your phone.
3. The Club and The Lab are connected.
There is an internal hallway that connects the Oceaneer Club and the Oceaneer Lab. Kids can move freely between the two if both sides are in secure programming. You may check a kid in at the Club and find later that they are actually at the Lab. When you go to pick up your child, the counselor will probably be able to tell you which area your child is in. That’s because the Magic Bands kids wear to the clubs allow them to track each child’s location within the two clubs. It does not work outside the Club and the Lab.
After the first afternoon either the Oceaneer Club or the Oceaneer Lab will be open for secured programing during regular hours. When an open house is scheduled, kids who have been checked into secured programming are just moved to the other club through the internal hallway that connects the Oceaneer Club and Oceaneer lab. For a whole article on Open House vs. Secured Programming in the Kids’ clubs, please click here.
Another reason to know that the two clubs are connected is that sometimes one of them will have a longer check-in line than the other. If your kid wants to hang out at the Club but the line is too long, check them in at the Lab, and they can walk over.
4. Self Check-Out
Tweens and teens come an go as they please at the Edge and the Vibe. Technically, all registered kids can check themselves into the Oceaneer Club and the Oceaneer Lab, but you’re obviously not going to tell your 3-year-old to go check herself in. Parents or another designated person must check younger kids out of the Oceaneer Club and the Oceaneer Lab. However, kids 8 and over can have parental permission to self check-out from the clubs. Look for this option when you sign them up online or talk to the counselors at the clubs once on board.
5. Parent Contact
If your child wants to leave the Oceaneer Club or Lab and does not have self check-out privileges, the youth counselors will attempt to contact you using the Wave Phones from your stateroom or by messaging you through the Navigator app on your phone.
6. Hours
Hours for the Kids’ Clubs on your Disney Cruise vary depending on the day’s schedule. A typical schedule for an at-sea day might be that the Oceaneer Club and Lab open at 9:00 a.m. and close at midnight. There may be special preschool hours as well. Edge may be open 10 a.m. to 1 a.m., and Vibe from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. These are just estimates based on past schedules. Check the Ship Directory section of the Navigator app to see the schedule for the day.
7. Meals
What if you leave your younger kids through a mealtime? You don’t have to feel guilty because Disney has got you covered. If your child is in the club or lab at least 15 minutes before the scheduled meal time, they will be invited to eat with the group. It tends to be something vaguely nutritious but kid-friendly such as sandwiches or chicken nuggets with carrot sticks or fruit. The counselors will not make your child eat, but they will encourage them to join the group. Other than that, food is not served in the Club or Lab except when part of an activity such as decorating cookies. A water fountain is available at all times.
If your child has special food restrictions, there’s a place to make a note of that when you sign up your kid for the clubs. You can talk to the counselors in person as well.
Kids in the Edge and Vibe can leave and get themselves food at any time. My son thought it was very cool the first time he was in the Edge and the counselor sent them all to the beverage station to get cold drinks after they’d gotten hot and sweaty on a very competitive scavenger hunt.
8. Late Night Snoozing
With closing times as late as midnight, it’s not surprising that the Oceaneer Club and Lab provide mats for kids to use if they are getting tired and want to sleep. My kids were never interested in this. They’d just ask for us to come get them, but at least it’s available.
9. So what do they do?
The Oceaneer Club and Oceaneer Lab have a combination of free play time and organized activities. During free play time kids might be sliding down the Slinky Dog slide, building with giant foam blocks, coloring, or watching a movie. The counselors often participate with them. From what I can tell, they leave happy kids to do their thing and invite kids who look a bit lost to join in on something. I think they do some friendship match-making as well.
Both spaces have lots of special programs: character-lead sing-and-dance-alongs, cooking activities, learning to be a superhero, or playing parachute games.
The Edge and Vibe have game tournaments, play on the sports deck together, ride the waterslide as a group, have a movie night, etc. When nothing else is going on, I think they play a lot of video games. You can try asking a tween or teen, but they’ll probably just say, “You know, stuff.”
10. It May Take Awhile
Our youngest two were 5 on our first cruise, and it was the summer before kindergarten. While they liked the Oceaneer Club and Lab right away, they were not immediately ready to be left there without us. We took them to a lot of open house times and played with them there. We remember thinking, “This is not how we were hoping to spend our cruise.” Luckily, on about day 3 of the 7-night cruise, they started having fun and asking to “go to my club.” Every cruise since then, they’ve been good to go as soon as we’re on board. Mission accomplished.
Have your kids been to the kids’ clubs on a Disney Cruise? What did they think? Please be sure to scroll down to leave a question or comment below.
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