Does Carnival decorate for Christmas

Hi Does Carnival decorate for Christmas in the month of December? Is there any special activities including santa or elves on board?

of course they decorate

Yes, sometimes two weeks before the holidays or more.

We were on the Paradise in December last year. The atrium was decorated. One event I do remember was a Christmas carol sing along in the atrium, with the snow machines. It was really a nice experience.

Carnival does a great job decorating for Christmas. Wreaths, trees, a mailbox to send letters to Santa... We had an ugly sweater contest, a carol singalong in the atrium and it even "snowed". There will be a list available soon of when the ships get decorated. I believe it's the week after Thanksgiving but don't remember for sure.

yes.

We did Christmas with Carnival a few years ago. They decorate the atrium. They also had a Christmas show with Santa, snowing in the atrium, carols, and then a special Christmas dinner.

Hi Does Carnival decorate for Christmas in the month of December? Is there any special activities including santa or elves on board?

Here is a listing of what Carnival does:

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3510

You'll enjoy the Christmas decorations and festivities, not to mention Christmas dinner. One thing I always enjoy when cruising Carnival over Christmas is seeing all the crew members' families onboard. You'll see them eating together and enjoying holiday time together. Another thing I enjoy is the elaborate Christmas village and gingerbread houses along the Promenade. You'll notice a lot of families and extended families cruising over Christmas.

Here is a listing of what you can expect for all holidays throughout the year:

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1394/~/celebrating-holidays

Carnival ships are a great way to celebrate holidays.

They all do.

My dream is to do a Christmas cruise someday!

We were on the Valor 2 weeks before Christmas last year, the ship was beautiful. The best part, Santa visited!

Christmas cruise, SO DISAPPOINTING!!!

The decorations are there, but VERY MINIMAL. Based on my 2015 cruise Carnival Breeze, I'll never book another Christmas cruise again. It was like skipping Christmas altogether. There was a tree in the atrium, and a bit of garland in 1 hallway. There was a non-religious Christmas gathering on Christmas morning, attended by ~45 people. I was so disappointed to have paid double the normal cruise price, for a grinchlike experience.

If you are a lover of Christmas, don't cruise on Christmas. Honestly, what a tremendous letdown. The family remembers it as the year we didn't get to celebrate.

Hi Does Carnival decorate for Christmas in the month of December? Is there any special activities including santa or elves on board?

We were thinking of booking a holidays cruise for,this year. But once we found out they in fact decorate the ships we decided to do something else. I really wish these made up holidays would just go away. Such a shame.

Of course those who enjoy it, should continue to do so. As long as it makes them [emoji2]

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Christmas cruise, SO DISAPPOINTING!!!

 

The decorations are there, but VERY MINIMAL. Based on my 2015 cruise Carnival Breeze, I'll never book another Christmas cruise again. It was like skipping Christmas altogether. There was a tree in the atrium, and a bit of garland in 1 hallway. There was a non-religious Christmas gathering on Christmas morning, attended by ~45 people. I was so disappointed to have paid double the normal cruise price, for a grinchlike experience.

 

If you are a lover of Christmas, don't cruise on Christmas. Honestly, what a tremendous letdown. The family remembers it as the year we didn't get to celebrate.

I am a lover of Christmas and have enjoyed both my Christmas cruises. But you go into it knowing that it's not home, not cold, and instead warm and tropical. The atrium as well as the promenade is always fully decorated - even to the point of snow one night. You can find something seasonal to do everyday.

We also amp it up by traveling with collapsible tinsel trees, elf socks (hung on the wall), a metal advent calendar, and gel cling Christmas lights for the mirror and window - all for our room and tropical and festive. For religious purposes, I take 3 purple and 1 pink tea light in a small glass holder to serve for advent prayers/lighting each night. When we were on board for Christmas we even took a suit case filled with small gifts and wrap and our spoiled rotten boys has a full celebration on board!

It's not a traditional Christmas but it can be a new and wonderful one filled with great memories - I will never forget enjoying room service juice, coffee, tea and pastries as our boys (my oldest was in his senior year in HS) worked their way through their gifts - totally delighted with everything!

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Here is a listing of what Carnival does:

 

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3510

 

You'll enjoy the Christmas decorations and festivities, not to mention Christmas dinner. One thing I always enjoy when cruising Carnival over Christmas is seeing all the crew members' families onboard. You'll see them eating together and enjoying holiday time together. Another thing I enjoy is the elaborate Christmas village and gingerbread houses along the Promenade. You'll notice a lot of families and extended families cruising over Christmas.

 

Here is a listing of what you can expect for all holidays throughout the year:

 

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1394/~/celebrating-holidays

 

Carnival ships are a great way to celebrate holidays.

This doesnt happen to give dates. It shows dates for some of the events like christmas eve or christmas day. any clue on if this is all december or just the week of christmas or what? we are sailing on the sunshine dec 17-23

We cruised on the Splendor last year, Dec 1-8 approx. The ships are decorated right after American Thanksgiving. John Heald posted a schedule showing when each individual ship would be decorated, all within the span of a week or so. In the atrium lobby, we had carol singing one night, "snow" falling, Grinch wandering the ship, etc. It was fun.

The ports of call are decorated too. It's kind of odd to be wearing tshirts and shorts and swimsuits, and seeing a Christmas tree!

We cruised last year dec 26- Jan 3. Tree still in lobby and gingerbread houses they had done over Christmas. Very cute

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We cruised on the Splendor last year, Dec 1-8 approx. The ships are decorated right after American Thanksgiving. John Heald posted a schedule showing when each individual ship would be decorated, all within the span of a week or so. In the atrium lobby, we had carol singing one night, "snow" falling, Grinch wandering the ship, etc. It was fun.

 

The ports of call are decorated too. It's kind of odd to be wearing tshirts and shorts and swimsuits, and seeing a Christmas tree!

We cruise The Breeze Dec 3-10 so it should be decorated?

If you do a search on this subject there are 100's of threads (and one very recent thread, like this week) regarding xmas decorations and events onboard. Lots of good info on the subject.....

This doesnt happen to give dates. It shows dates for some of the events like christmas eve or christmas day. any clue on if this is all december or just the week of christmas or what? we are sailing on the sunshine dec 17-23

It's going to vary from ship to ship but on your cruise things should be in full Christmas mode and you will have most if not all the Christmas events.

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Carnival contracts with private companies specializing in that sort of thing.

Beautifully done! Normally, it begins as quickly as possible after Thanksgiving ... varies by the ship's itinerary. :)

We sailed the Magic 12/6/15 and it was fully decked out for Christmas. There were already Christmas themed activities too including elves, the grinch etc... it was lots of fun.

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Last year (2016) the schedule was announced in October. The first ship to be decorated was the Vista on November 12th and the last in the fleet was the Breeze on December 4th which was the day we disembarked.

I forgot to say... When we sailed on Breeze, we inquired about why the ship was hardly decorated except for the atrium tree. The staff said it was because they couldn't celebrate Christmas, as it would show favoritism toward a single religion.

The "non-denominational" service on Christmas morning was pleasant, short, not really religious. We sang a song, and a violinist performed. Then the cruise director read us an article about a child's interview with Santa, and Santa mentioned a "higher power" at the very end. It was non-religious, in keeping with their theme of not offending anyone.

I felt like I had skipped Christmas.

I will definitely cruise again, just not on Christmas day.

Today per John Heald..

CHRISTMAS DECORATING SCHEDULE

Carnival Fantasy November 18th

Carnival Ecstasy November 22nd

Carnival Sensation November 16th

Carnival Imagination November 19th

Carnival Fascination November 19th

Carnival Inspiration November 17th

Carnival Elation November 27th

Carnival Paradise November 20th

Carnival Sunshine November 26th

Carnival Triumph November 20th

Carnival Victory November 17th

Carnival Spirit December 2nd

Carnival Pride November 29th

Carnival Legend November 27th

Carnival Miracle November 18th

Carnival Conquest November 25th

Carnival Glory November 18th

Carnival Valor November 27th

Carnival Liberty November 30th

Carnival Freedom November 25th

Carnival Splendor November 19th

Carnival Dream November 19th

Carnival Magic November 25th

Carnival Breeze November 26th

Carnival Vista November 26th