Jump to content

What is a cabin crawl?


 Share

Recommended Posts

We did a cabin crawl on a 12-day Med cruise, had a very active roll call that got organized early. One person did an efficient map -- which was very helpful.

 

It's best to start with the smallest cabins, moving quickly, and then end up in the largest for actual socializing. On ours, the last was a huge aft cabin with a giant balcony which had room for all of us to crowd in.

 

For our event, participating cabins chose something that represented their home town/state/country:

1) a shot of a liquor -- we had Kentucky bourbon, Russian vodka, etc.

2) a silly token - temporary tattoos, key rings, stickers, postcards, plastic toys -- anything from home

3) cookies or candy

 

And we wrapped in a poker run. Each host had a deck of cards from the casino -- someone marked the edges to keep the decks distinct. Each crawler drew a card at each cabin to make their best poker hand. I think we had 8 or 9 cards, and there was some hilarious trading and out-in-the-open cheating (which is why the decks got marked FIRST). The 'winner' was plastered with ALL the left-over temporary tattoos, along with his choice of all the left-over cookies and candies.

 

We laughed the entire time!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 month later...
I organized one a few years ago on the Norwegian Pearl. Prior to our sailing I solicited roll call members to volunteer to be part of the "tour" after our meet and mingle. Some others wanted to just look, but not have their room on view. After I had the room list I looked at the ship's deck plan and figured out which order we would visit so we weren't going up and down and up again and front to back over and over. Once I had the most efficient path planned, I printed out enough of sheets (with a cute ship design, see attached) of room numbers to give all participants to be handed out at the meet & mingle. For the most part we moved in a herd, but if we got separated, I wanted everyone to be able to get to the next room. We visited all the way from an ocean view cabin to an family suite. Some had snacks or little giveaways, and our last stop, the family suite, had champagne, cake and hors d'oeuvre for everyone! It was a great experience! [ATTACH]425696[/ATTACH]

 

Sent from my SM-T817V using Forums mobile app

 

So yes, I realize it’s been months since you posted this, but I just had to tell you how cutie it is! Love!

 

Lynn

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Here is a post I did several years ago that you might find interesting. Not sure if the pictures will come across as I just cut and pasted.

 

jdvmd

10,000+ Club

 

 

#19

Kentucky

13,676 Posts

Joined Feb 2004

 

 

Posted September 24th, 2013, 04:16 PM

 

Here is a little info from the past cabin crawls I have participated in.

 

I've done several cabin crawls but the ones on the Oasis of the Seas, NCL Epic, Celebrity Summit and Holland America Westerdam stand out the most. We have always just gone in and gone out of each cabin in five minutes or less (unless alcohol is involved). Have two door stops so the first person can prop the door open with one of the stoppers. The last person out the door removes the door stopper, so on and so on. You don't want to be the person stuck holding the door for everyone so having a door stop is crucial.

 

Plan the route logically so you don't go back and forth from one end of the ship to the other or up and down floors. Print up the route and distribute at your meet and greet etc. or post the route on the roll call and have participants print themselves. This is important as you will invariably lose people during the crawl and they need to know where to go. For example, if some cannot do stairs, they will take the elevator and become separated from the group. It happens.

 

You always want to get a variety of cabins -- you don't need four balconies or three insides unless they are vastly different like an obstructed view or an aft balcony.

 

Be prepared for those that say they are going to host and then they don't. Have had this happen on the Summit, the Epic and the Westerdam. We all stood there in the hallway while someone knocked and knocked on the door. We finally left.

 

I have even had people who were not part of Cruise Critic or our roll call join in on the crawl. They saw the big group of people moving along the hallways and decided to see what was going on.

 

The Summit and Westerdam cabin crawls were very memorable and different from the others. On the Summit, each cabin host provided a drink/food item from their home state. I did "Big Blue Margaritas" in honor of my beloved University of Kentucky Wildcats. Another Kentuckian served mint juleps.

 

Some provided souveniers including engraved pencils with "Summit Cabin Crawl, April 2011." We used the pencils to write down our answers for the "Name the Island Where this Sand Came From" contest. The winner received a bottle of wine.

 

It was a very port intensive beachy cruise with only one sea day and that was the last day of the cruise. It was a lot of fun. We also played poker getting one card as you exited the cabin. Great way to see a lot of cabins in a short amount of time.

 

On our Westerdam cruise, we did the same thing with serving drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. I had cabernet sauvignon as well as some Kentucky bourbon candy and chocolates and held a raffle for some personalized cruise items that I had ordered from Vistaprint.com like a T-shirt, tote bag etc. Had our younger participants draw the names out of a cup.

 

We had some nice smoked jerky from Montana and salmon from British Columbia.

 

Several of us changed our dinner plans that evening as we had so much fun and just kept talking and drinking!

 

Cabin crawls/Poker crawls are great fun!

 

Linda

 

Here are some photos from the Summit poker/cabin crawl.

 

Attached Images

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/images/attach/jpg.gifbig blue margaritas.jpg (19.6 KB, 65 views)jpg.gifcabin crawl stop.jpg (6.7 KB, 68 views)jpg.gifname the sand.jpg (15.4 KB, 59 views)jpg.giftim-mint julep.jpg (21.7 KB, 56 views)

Excellent reply!

 

I have always enjoyed cabin crawls, and eagerly participate in them whenever I sail aboard a new ship or a type that I haven't already been aboard. I have conducted several myself, organized in advance on the roll call.

One of my requirement's raised some controversy on some of my roll call's, so I don't conduct them any longer..

In order to keep the 'crawl' at a manageable size, without need of splitting into multi groups, I ask all wishing to participate to be willing to show their cabin, if selected. I think it only fair that if you wish to see other's cabin's, you should be willing to show yours.

Once I have the final list, I will select one from each category, or more than one, if there is some anomaly that makes that individual cabin different, such a an 'angle balcony', or a 'sideway's inside, etc. I will make the selection to allow the easiest navigation from one to the next, with the basic intention of moving from the smallest inside, to the largest suite.

 

I plan the crawl to be held immediately after the Meet and Greet party. I will then line up the participants in order of our route, so that the person with the next cabin can be the first to see the current one, and then move ahead to open up theirs. The whole thing takes about forty minutes or so. I don't obligate anyone to provide anything at their cabin, so as to not discourage anyone that doesn't wish to. The crawl is about seeing different accommodations for future booking consideration, not as a 'pub crawl'...

The ship is always "sold out", so the cruise line can't show you the differences..

It is always a lot of fun, good exercise, and a way to learn your way around a new ship....

 

My all-time favorite 'crawl' was this one that I participated in .....be sure to wait for the surprise 'finale'...:)

Click first on the 'vimeo' then on the 'full size' icon....

Edited by bob brown
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Bob, were there any cabins on the ship which you didn't visit?:p That ending in the captain's cabin was so great!

We visited all the cabins of the participants. The ocean liner's of that era, built their cabins 'in place', as opposed to the current practice of modular cabins pre assembled. So there was a tremendous number of variations, to fit cabins into strange configs to conform to all the available spaces available. Lot's of "one-of-a-kinds".

 

Captain McNaught was a real gem, and so hospitable...that was his "day room", his private bedroom was next door.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Please sign in to comment

You will be able to leave a comment after signing in



Sign In Now
 Share

  • Forum Jump
    • Categories
      • Welcome to Cruise Critic
      • New Cruisers
      • Cruise Lines “A – O”
      • Cruise Lines “P – Z”
      • River Cruising
      • ROLL CALLS
      • Digital Photography & Cruise Technology
      • Special Interest Cruising
      • Cruise Discussion Topics
      • UK Cruising
      • Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
      • Canadian Cruisers
      • North American Homeports
      • Ports of Call
      • Cruise Conversations
×
×
  • Create New...