CRUISING with a TODDLER: What you NEED TO KNOW! · Hey Nadine
分享在世界最大邮轮上带幼儿的经验与实用建议，涵盖适合孩子的活动、娱乐和托管服务，帮助家长更好地规划家庭邮轮之旅。
We spent a week on the world's largest cruise ship with our toddler and we learned a few things.
我们带着年幼的孩子在世界上最大的游轮上度过了整整一周的时间，期间学到了不少东西。
So I thought we put together this quick little info guide to help you if you're considering taking a cruise with your little one.
因此，我们整理了一份简短的信息指南，希望能帮助那些正在考虑带着孩子一起乘邮轮旅行的人。
Now the first thing we made sure to do was to choose the right cruise.
首先，我们确保要选择一艘合适的游轮。
What I mean by this is you
我的意思是，我指的是你。
don't have to plan your entire cruise around your toddler but obviously taking into account their specific needs will make your whole trip far more enjoyable.
你不必完全根据宝宝的作息来安排整个 cruise 旅行；不过，充分考虑他们的特殊需求确实会让整个旅程更加愉快。
So we made sure that the cruise that we were going on had kid friendly activities and entertainment options available to us.
因此，我们确保所选择的邮轮上提供了适合儿童的活动和娱乐项目。
Now we just so happened to choose Royal Caribbean's Wander of the Seas which is also the largest cruise ship in the world.
我们恰好选择了皇家加勒比邮轮公司的“Wander of the Seas”号游轮，这艘游轮同时也是世界上最大的邮轮。
You don't have to go that big and it was a really good one for kids.
其实没必要做得那么复杂；这个节目对孩子们来说真的很不错。
I did already do a full ship tour all about all the various activities there are on the world's largest cruise ship.
我之前已经对这艘全球最大的游轮上的各种活动进行了全面的参观和了解。
You can go watch it right here.
你可以直接在这里观看它。
Now there were a few specific areas
现在有几个具体的领域需要关注。
on our ship that really cater to
在我们这艘船上，确实有专门为……提供服务的设施（或服务人员）。
younger kids which had a bunch of
年纪较小的孩子们……他们有很多（东西或经历）。
padded areas climbing things you know those
有软垫的区域；用于攀爬的设施……你懂的，就是那些吧。
little boards on the wall that you
墙上的那些小木板……
can kind of interact with and two
可以某种程度上与这两个对象进行交互。
different water parks one was an older
这些水上乐园各不相同，其中有一个是比较老旧的。
one and one was a younger one
一加一”指的是那个年纪更小的孩子。
which was really good because we could take our toddler who was not potty trained into that area and it just wasn't as chaotic.
这真的非常好，因为我们可以带着还没有学会自己上厕所的幼儿去那个区域，而那里也不会那么混乱。
You know how water parks are they could be a little bit intimidating especially for younger toddlers.
你知道水上乐园的情况吧？它们可能会让人感到有点害怕，尤其是对那些年纪较小的幼儿来说。
So I'm happy it had that option.
我很高兴它提供了那个选项。
There's also an indoor playground that had
那里还有一个室内游乐场。
a lot of little activities so say if the weather wasn't great you could go there or if it was just too hot same thing.
有很多小型的活动可以参加；也就是说，即使天气不好，或者天气太热，你仍然可以选择去那里参加这些活动。
We ended up here a couple times Elliot really enjoyed spending time in the playground.
我们几次都来到了这里；埃利奥特非常喜欢在游乐场玩耍。
There was a whole section called the
有一个专门的部分，名为“……”（The section was called “……”）。
boardwalk that had this Coney Island vibe
这条海滨步道充满了科尼岛（Coney Island）特有的氛围。
and it had a carousel which we rode multiple times with Elliot plus they had carnival games and other little games for kids to do.
那里还有一个旋转木马，我们和埃利奥特一起坐了好几次；此外，还有各种嘉年华游戏以及其他适合孩子们玩的小游戏。
There's also a kids theater that had
这里还有一家儿童剧院。
a black light puppet show that was
一场使用黑光灯表演的木偶秀……
on and it was specifically catered to
是的，这是专门为……量身定制的。
young kids there was like bubbles and
那里有一些年幼的孩子，他们就像小泡泡一样……
that's kind of what I meant but I'm glad that we had a ship that had those sort of activities.
我的意思差不多就是这个，不过我很高兴我们有一艘能够开展这类活动的船。
Another thing that our specific ship had was childcare and babysitting services.
我们那艘特定类型的船上还提供儿童看护和保姆服务。
This is huge if you have a young kid six to 36 months
如果你有一个6到36个月大的小孩，这可是个非常重要的消息（或：这会带来很大的影响）。
you could do paid childcare services and
你可以提供收费的托儿服务。
they'd put them down for a nap
他们会把它们放下来让它们小睡一会儿。
you know like proper daycare and then there was a bunch of just like daytime kids services so you could drop off your older kids too.
你知道的，那种正规的日托服务；除此之外，还有很多针对白天孩子的服务项目，这样你也可以把年龄较大的孩子送到这些地方去。
Now you may or may not want
现在，你可能想要，也可能不想要……
to put your kids into childcare while you were on your cruise but at least you have the option to do so.
在您去游轮旅行的期间，可以将孩子送到托儿所照顾；不过至少您有这个选择。
If you know you just want a
如果你知道自己只是想要某个东西……