Family Cruises - Holland America Cruise Line

In the realm of family cruises, Holland America Cruise Line has worked very hard to promote their Club HAL®. All Club HAL® activities are supervised by permanent, full-time staff, and are designed to be kid friendly and age appropriate. Youth Staff hold degrees in education, childhood development, recreation, leisure studies or related fields

Family Cruises - Holland America!

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Holland America ships provide a wide variety of exciting activities for kids. They also have facilities to care for guests ages 3 to 17. With supervised fun for our younger guests, the entire family can have the cruise vacation of their dreams. Some of the activities they have for children include indoor and outdoor playrooms, a game room and a lounge for teens.

Family cruises usually serve a wide variety of kid-pleasing food, including special sandwiches, tacos, hamburgers, hot dogs and pizza. Holland America is no exception. Baby food, high chairs and booster seats may be requested in advance of boarding. On sea days, babysitting services are available through the Front Office for a small surcharge for children 3 years of age or older

Also offered is a Kids & Teens Culinary Arts Center Program. HAL Kids Culinary Workshops are geared toward two age groups; ages three to seven and ages eight and up. Teenagers 15 and up may participate in the adult classes.

Kids are able to learn about various topics including:

• Basic cooking techniques
• Kitchen safety
• New ingredients
• How to follow recipe instructions

Not only are the workshops fun, but cooking encourages kids to think about numbers and measuring, cleanliness, safety and time management. All the workshops are hands-on where questions are encouraged and having fun is a must!

The Kids’ Program offers activities for ages 3 – 17 and is broken up in the following groups:

Club HAL® — Kids: Ages 3 – 7 (Children in pull-ups or diapers are not allowed in the youth facilities)

Club HAL® — Tweens: Ages 8 – 12

The Loft and The Oasis: Ages 13 – 17

After Hours group kid sitting is offered every evening from 10:00 pm to 12:00 am. Children must be 3 years of age and potty trained. Charge is $5.00 hour per child. Late charges apply to children who are picked up after 12:00 am.

I think it’s great that HAL Youth Programs also recognize that some children may have special needs. Special needs children are invited to attend activities based on their chronological age. HAL Youth Programs have specially trained staff to work with special needs children. It’s best to make HAL aware of your child’s special needs when booking your reservation.

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