Mariner Of The Seas

Royal Caribbean’s complimentary year-round Adventure Ocean Programme is available for children aged 3 (who must be fully toilet trained) to 17. It is subdivided into different age groups called Aquanauts, Explorers, Voyagers, Navigators and Teens.

All children’s activities are supervised by male or female youth staff who have a 4 year University degree or international equivalent in Education, Recreation or a related field. All staff also have at least 3 – 5 years qualified experience in working with children ages 6 months - 17 years.

Aquanauts caters for children aged 3-5 years with activities such as story time, face painting, theatre, finger painting, Camp Aquanaut, building blocks, music activities, space night and animal, colour and shape bingo.

Aquanauts opens as follows:
At sea – 9 am to 5 pm; 7 pm to 10 pm.
In port – 30 minutes prior to first shore excursion to 5 pm; and 7 pm to 10 pm.

Children aged 6-8 years can join Explorers where activities range from conducting science experiments to learning how to make kites and sweets, pirate night, backstage tours, Nutty Nicknames, pyjama night, carnival games, model magic creations and talent Shows.

Explorers opens as follows:
At sea – 9 am to 5 pm; 7 pm to 10 pm.
In port – 30 minutes prior to first shore excursion to 5 pm; and 7 pm to 10 pm.

Voyagers provides entertainment for 9 to 11 year olds with a range of educational activities including science experiments, backstage tours and new sports like Gagaball. Other events taking place include karaoke, sports tournaments, List-o-Rama, Boys vs. Girls, Scavenger Hunts and Crazy Tag.

Voyagers opens as follows:
At sea – 9 am to 5 pm; 7 pm to 10 pm.
In port – 30 minutes prior to first shore excursion to 5 pm; and 7 pm to 10 pm.

Adventure Ocean aft of deck 12 featuring a yellow New York Style Taxi frontage embedded in to the entrance wall is a spacious playroom separated into different age groups offering toys, books, TV’s, computers, games consoles and games for participants in the Adventure Ocean Programme to use.

Challengers Video Arcade leads off the teen’s area on deck 12 and has a variety of games to play from air hockey and grab machines to Skee ball, Guitar Hero and Time Crisis 4.

Charges apply and guests require their SeaPass cards to add credit at the charging stations to play the games.

For children aged 12-14 years (Navigators) and 15-17 years, activities include games and sports, parties and competitions. With their own spaces aft of deck 12 (The Living Room, Fuel Teen Disco and The Back Deck), activities also take place in different locations throughout the ship.

Activities on offer range from family discos, pool parties and scavenger hunts to karaoke, Video Games, Nintendo© Wii ( for 12-14yrs), pool parties, DJ training, Battle of the Sexes, Casino Night, themed dance parties, Nintendo© Wii-Guitar Hero and movies ( for 15-17 years.)

Operational times for supervised teen activities for 12-14 year-olds are:
At sea – daytime activities vary; night time activities – 8 pm to 2 am.
In port – daytime activities vary; night time activities – 8 pm to 2 am.

Operational Times for supervised teen activities for 15-17 year-olds are:
At sea – daytime activities vary; night time activities – 9 pm to the early hours.
In port – daytime activities vary; night time activities – 9 pm to the early hours.

Teens may join adult activities with the exception of adult sports tournaments and the adult nightclubs.

The Living Room is the teen’s club area for use by those participating in the Teen programme. It includes seating areas to sit and chat, TV’s to watch movies on, gaming consoles, activities such as table football and a number of computer terminals as well as a small dance floor.

It is situated opposite the video arcade aft of deck 12 and also offers a wide variety of shipboard activities from scavenger hunts to pizza parties.

Fuel, by Adventure Ocean on deck 12 starboard side, caters for the ships teenagers and is essentially a disco designed with them in mind with seating areas, dance floor and soft drinks bar along with a number of computers and gaming consoles.

Aft of deck 12 behind the kids clubs is an outdoor seating area where kids can get together. It consists of a number of seating arrangements and occasionally tennis table is available here.

Installed during Mariner of the Seas refit in 2012, Royal Babies and Tots Nursery midship of deck 12 at the front of the kids club area has trained professionals to look after children aged 6 months to 36 months, at an hourly rate of $8 per child. The nursery stocks a basic supply of essential childcare items, but parents need to bring nappies/diapers, bottles and milk, food, sippy cups and an extra set of clothes.

Parents can also use the Royal Tots nursery with their under 3’s during certain times to play with a selection of toys.

Babysitting Services (for children aged over 12 months) are available on Mariner of the Seas in either a group setting or individually in stateroom on. It must be booked at least 24 hours in advance at the Guest Relations Desk.

A Royal Caribbean staff-member equipped with Fisher-Price toys and Mattel games will engage and entertain the youngsters until parents return at which point they are presented with a log of the child’s activities with the babysitter, including books read, games enjoyed, food consumed and when the child was put to bed.

Available for a minimum of two hours, the charge is $19 per hour for up to three children within the same family.

Group sitting is available from 10.00pm to 2.00am in the Adventure Ocean centre. The cost for this service is $6/hour per child. Children attending must be at least 3 years old and fully toilet trained – no nappies or pull-ups are allowed.

Introduced fleet wide from March 2013, the Barbie™Premium Experience is available for girls aged between four and eleven and includes a pink Barbie themed stateroom and signature gifts including a Barbie Doll to take home; Tiaras & Teacups party; Mermaid dance class; Fashion Designer workshop and a Barbie Fashion Show. The premium experience costs $349.00 and is only available on cruises over 5 nights long.

In May 2013, Mariner of the Seas introduced Royal Caribbean’s DreamWorks Experience with DreamWorks-themed activities running throughout a cruise featuring characters from films including Shrek®, Madagascar®, Kung Fu Panda® and more.

Experiences range from photo opportunities with the characters and colourful parades down the Royal Promenade to 3D movies in the theatre and special character breakfasts in the main dining room.

Children can make their very own cuddly toy at Pets at Sea, located in the video arcade on deck 12 and operational during select hours. With plush pet and outfit packages available for $32.95 and accessories and sounds also on sale.

Individual prices are as follows (subject to change):
$22.00 per animal
$12.95 per outfit
$2.95 for a sound
$6.95 for a recordable sound
$3.95 of sunglasses
$4.95 for accessories
$2.95 for a gift box