Parents Can Now Track Their Kids on Royal Caribbea...

One characteristic that oldsters love onboard Star of the Seas has been expanded to Royal Caribbean’s latest Icon-class ship.

The “Discover My Child” characteristic has been added to the Royal Caribbean App for friends crusing onboard the newly debuted Legend of the Seas, which formally entered service with the embarkation of her maiden voyage on July 4, 2026.

For folks of youngsters between the ages of three and 12, the app lets them see their little one’s real-time location on the deck maps for the 248,663-gross ton vessel anytime they need.

As cruise holidays are sometimes the primary time many kids get a style of independence, or children can typically get separated from their households in crowds, this characteristic provides peace of thoughts for his or her guardians.

Cruise Hive beforehand reported that the service was rolled out onboard Star of the Seas in 2025 after an early model was examined onboard Icon of the Seas in 2024. It’s at the moment out there on the second and third Icon-class vessels.

How Does “Discover My Child” Work?

With a purpose to benefit from the “Discover My Child” characteristic, mother and father will first have to buy an Journey Ocean WOW Band, which makes the placement monitoring potential.

Dad and mom might want to register their children for the Journey Ocean youth program after embarking, buy the WOW Band for $14.99, after which join “Discover My Child” within the Royal Caribbean app.

Guardians can then designate further adults of their journey get together who’re allowed to trace their little one’s location throughout the crusing within the app.

“You may enroll your children for the Discover My Child characteristic at Journey Ocean®, our award-winning youth program. There, you possibly can register them for the Journey Ocean program general, buy the Journey Ocean® WOW Band℠ that makes the placement service potential, and join Discover My Child,” Royal Caribbean’s website advises.

“You will have to obtain probably the most present model of the Royal Caribbean app from the Apple App Retailer or the Google Play Retailer and connect with the ship’s Wi-Fi community. No web bundle is required,” the cruise line continues.

Fortunately, the accent is reusable, so households can convey them on subsequent sailings on any Royal Caribbean ship that helps the “Discover My Child” service with out paying a second time.

It’s additionally not required to purchase an internet package (which generally prices between $18 and $40 per system per day) to make use of “Discover My Child” monitoring, although mother and father will must be signed in to the onboard Wi-Fi.

Bonus Advantages of WOW Bands

Along with making the “Discover My Child” characteristic practical, Royal Caribbean’s WOW bands have some further advantages.

Maybe most significantly, the band’s snap closure exhibits the child’s muster location within the occasion of an emergency.

This enables crew members to assist kids who could have been exploring independently get to security (and to their households) as rapidly as potential when time is of the essence, particularly in the event that they aren’t carrying their SeaPass playing cards.

Lastly, the WOW bands are geared up with RFID chips, which implies they can be utilized to unlock cabin doorways and make onboard purchases if kids are approved to take action by a dad or mum or guardian.