It was a bit difficult cruising with a one-year old (did I just say "one-year old"?), but the staff on the ship did everything in their power to accomodate Eli and his needs. At dinner, they always brought us something special for him to eat and a special treat of some fruit, as well. Royal Caribbean also has on-board babysitters who we used several times throughout the cruise. They were so sweet with Elijah and absolutely fell in love with him. They even put a love note and stuffed animal on our door as a gift to him. The babysitting allowed us to have a special dinner at Chops (the on-board steakhouse, where we had the best steaks we've tasted since coming to the UK), to visit the casino, and to see several shows, including the ice skating spectacuar!
There were also a few on-board activities for babies on the ship. There was a play group at least once a day and you could check out toys from the toy library for the babies to play with in your stateroom or on deck.
One challenge was the fact that there was no seperate baby pool and RC doesn't let children who aren't potty trained yet in the big pool so Eli didn't get to swim on board which means mommy and daddy didn't really get to either. There was plenty of room on deck for a quick play, however.
Our room attendant, Dinada, was a very nice man who took excellent care of us. He warmed up to Elijah immediately, as he has a 10 month old daughter at home.
We really enjoyed having a balcony on this trip. It was a nice place to sit and relax and the views were amazing, especially when we passed through the straight of Messina between Italy's mainland and Sicily and could see the active volcano, Mt. Etna.
Be watching for posts about all the stops on the trip to be coming soon!
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