Children’s Facilities
From her entry into service until November this year ORIANA has been a family friendly ship giving a enjoyable cruise experience for all ages.
Understanding that parents and children may not always want to be spend their time onboard together ORIANA features a extensive children’s facilities and program.
The children’s facilities currently on board cater for ages 2 up to 17.
The onboard children’s programme is called “The Reef” and spilt into 4 different age groups each with there own name relating to the sea , the first age group 2 to 5 year olds are called Splashers, 5 to 8 year olds are Surfers ,9 to 12 year olds are Scubas and for 13 to 17 are h2o all of which are overseen by ORIANAs youth crew appropriately named The Reef Rangers.
To accommodate the different age groups there are different areas dedicated to each groups needs.
On deck 4 amidships is located ORIANA’s night nursery which looks after younger children onboard when their parents wish to have a child free evening,
With drop off time being before 11pm, the youth crew ensure all in their charge are fast asleep for the night,
The night nursery is open until 2am although parents are free to collect their children and anytime during evening.
Understanding that parents and children may not always want to be spend their time onboard together ORIANA features a extensive children’s facilities and program.
The children’s facilities currently on board cater for ages 2 up to 17.
The onboard children’s programme is called “The Reef” and spilt into 4 different age groups each with there own name relating to the sea , the first age group 2 to 5 year olds are called Splashers, 5 to 8 year olds are Surfers ,9 to 12 year olds are Scubas and for 13 to 17 are h2o all of which are overseen by ORIANAs youth crew appropriately named The Reef Rangers.
To accommodate the different age groups there are different areas dedicated to each groups needs.
On deck 4 amidships is located ORIANA’s night nursery which looks after younger children onboard when their parents wish to have a child free evening,
With drop off time being before 11pm, the youth crew ensure all in their charge are fast asleep for the night,
The night nursery is open until 2am although parents are free to collect their children and anytime during evening.
The remainder of the children’s areas onboard are all located on the aftend of deck 8 these consist of a clubroom for each age group with a outdoor play area and paddling pool .
These are Peter Pans for 2 to 4 and 5 to 8 year olds, Decibels for 9 to 12 year olds and Outer Space for 13 to 17 year olds
Each space being especially designed to appeal to its age group by both the surroundings and activities on offer.The activities on offer include physical exercise in the form of youth sports, swimming and even space hopping around the ship.
And also mental stimulation in the form of quizzes, and various fun paper work.
To appeal to their creative side the youth crew also involve the children in arts, crafts and drama and also give them the opportunity to create their chocolate in some enjoyable and messy cookery classes.;
For the younger age group Peter Pans features a padded play area with slide and ball pool, to attract children’s eyes it features decoration of colourful scenes from the children’s book Peter Pan.
Peter Pans. For the older age groups their respective areas feature a more mature
theme featuring a contemporary décor such as blue neon lit columns.
Both feature computers ,game consoles and juke boxes for musical entertainment.
theme featuring a contemporary décor such as blue neon lit columns.
Both feature computers ,game consoles and juke boxes for musical entertainment.
Decibels Seating area.Decibels boasts a pool table for many hours of pool tournaments and also a large comfortable seating area around arranged around a flat screen television while Outer Space has a fully equipped arcade to entertain its teenage crowd for hours.
Outer Space Arcade.During the evenings both Decibels and Outer Space become a dedicated disco with their own DJs allowing for complete adult free entertainment until 11pm.
Since both parents and children may not want to always dine together as has been mentioned in a previous post a evening children’s meal is laid on in The Conservatory Buffet restaurant during between 5:15 and 6pm.
Since both parents and children may not want to always dine together as has been mentioned in a previous post a evening children’s meal is laid on in The Conservatory Buffet restaurant during between 5:15 and 6pm.
Following her return from refit in December this year ORIANA will become a adults only ship with the current children’s areas being removed to be replaced with new accommodation including balcony cabins and the removal of the outdoor play area and Paddling pool which will become a seating area.
Details of the refit can be found here on the blogs dedicated Refit section:http://orianaof1995.blogspot.com/search/label/November%20Refit
Photos Copyright P&O Cruises.
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