ANY options for childcare for 3 year olds?

[MamaJslice]

My family booked our cruise on the Mardi Gras a LONG time ago. All of us, with the exception of my toddler, are vaxed. Is there any indication that Carnival will be providing any kind of childcare for 2-4 year olds by August (she'll only be partially-vaxed by then at best0? Thinking about cancelling if I can't get an hour or two with my husband 😞

[Moran]

Yes moran

[maryred]

As of right now there is NO camp or night owl babysitting option for unvaccinated kids with Carnival. But the news last week did report that the 6 months-5 years version is seeking "emergency" approval and we may get an update from the FDA on it within the next 3 weeks (there doesn't seem to be the same urgency there was as for the tweens and teens). It is quite possible about a week or 2 after that announcement that Carnival might revamp their protocols like they did once the 5-15 year old sets could receive the shots.

Other cruise lines on Monday updated their children's policies to start to allow by reservation only x-xx number of hours per cruise for babysitting only (non-group activities) of unvaccinated kids, but at the same time pulled back on the minimum age to sail to 1 years olds instead of 6 months.

[Emrys]

Great response @maryred and thanks for helping @MamaJslice. Do keep checking this section on the Carnival protocols page, they are updating it more often these days!