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Both Noddy and Mr. Bump from the Mr. Men Show make regular live appearances, leading treasure hunts, hosting tea parties and getting involved in the fun and games, much to the delight of the children, and the adults too of course. .
Joining Aurora couldn’t have been easier. Drive up outside the terminal – bags whisked away, next to be seen in your stateroom. Your car is valet parked. Then processing by a well marshalled, and efficiently managed, security operation that delayed us only a few minutes and we were on board. Compare that with the indignities and delays being heaped upon thousands of holidaymakers at airports up and down the land.
The beauty of cruising is that the journey IS the holiday - and it starts the moment you board. Our first destination was to be Barcelona – but that was two days away.
After exploring the staterooms, which were just like good hotel rooms - with the added bonus of an eternally changing panoramic sea-scape outside - we roamed the ship trying to get our bearings. With 9 passenger decks, three pools, shops, restaurants and 13 bars it takes a few hours – indeed days - to work out where you are.
Next step was enrolling the offspring in the free kids clubs. We managed a representative in each of the four offered, Jack was in Splashers (two – four’s), Alice in Surfers (five – eight’s), Molly in Scubas (nine – twelve’s) and Kitty in H2O for 13+. The clubs were well run and well equipped with good indoor and outdoor areas and plenty of fun activities.
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Eating is a very important part of life on board and the dining was quite simply excellent. The children’s meals offered a variety of options and those who liked dressing up could join the adults at formal dinner. Adhering to the dress code appealed less to Jack (four), whose once worn wedding outfit became like a uniform. He opted more often for kid’s tea - where dining was more casual with no suit to spill soup on. Molly (nine) also preferred earlier eating with her friends, which left time later for cinema, pool parties and club girls’ nights in the beauty spa!
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