What to Expect During a Halloween Cruise with Carnival

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What to Expect During a Halloween Cruise with Carnival

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What to Expect During a Halloween Cruise

• Costume Parties and Contests
• Halloween Décor
• Trick or Treating
• Pumpkin Carving
• Adult-Only Events
• Stuff for Kids
• Ghoulish Fun

 

Carnival’s Halloween celebrations are always a fun and memorable way to spend the ghoulish holiday! Why stay on land when you can set sail on the open seas and enjoy Autumn’s ghostly celebration aboard a ship? Every Carnival cruise that sails in October will give you a chance to enjoy the Halloween festivities that go on every year. From costumes and candy to events and Halloween-themed activities, the fun never stops on a Halloween cruise!

What to Expect

Carnival goes all out for Halloween on its cruise ships every year. Take a look at what you can expect on a Halloween cruise, whether you’re traveling with a spouse, family or a group of friends!

Costume Parties and Contests

Come prepared for serious Halloween costume parties and contests! You’ll want to think about your outfit before you set sail so you can be sure to pack it and have it ready to show off at all the Halloween events. Some people play it low key and others go all out – but whatever your preference, it’s more fun to be in costume at the festive parties. Channel your inner spirit and dress up however you like – you can even get judged for Best Costume! It’s a great way to meet other people aboard the ship and make new friends. Both adults and children are encouraged to bring costumes and take part in the fun!

Halloween Décor

The whole ship will be decked out with Halloween décor! From pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns to spider webs and ghosts, you’ll find the entire ship is celebrating Halloween with you. The decor helps to keep you in a festive spirit and kids love feeling like they are in a true Halloween fun zone!

Trick or Treating

Trick or treating isn’t just for land lovers! No matter whether you are cruising to Mexico, Hawaii, the Caribbean, The Bahamas or somewhere else, trick or treating can be part of your Halloween cruise activities! Your ship will have special instructions about where and when to trick or treat so your kids can enjoy it just like they do every year! You can stroll along the ship’s promenade and let them collect delicious candy to enjoy!

Pumpkin Carving

Halloween isn’t complete without a proper jack-o-lantern! As a guest on a Carnival Halloween cruise, you can come see our master carvers make amazing creations out of pumpkins! They use their skills to turn cute pumpkins into spooky works of art. It’s truly a haunting thing to behold – don’t miss out on the fun!

Adult-Only Events

The Carnival casino will host Halloween events, too! If you are looking for adult-only fun, head to the casino to try your luck on the tables or just to show off your great costume and grab a drink at the bar. You can also visit one of the many bars on the ship to check out everyone else’s costumes and what kind of Halloween cocktails they are serving up. If you visit an open deck, you might even find yourself howling at the moon at some point! Halloween Trivia will also let you test your knowledge of Halloween-related info.

Stuff for Kids

If you’re traveling with young ones, you can check out some of the Carnival youth programs, which feature costume contests, dance parties and games for the tiny ghosts and goblins with you. They are fun for the whole family, so bring the whole gang.

Ghoulish Fun

On select ships, you can also take advantage of the Dive-In Movies Horror Night! If you love scary movies, you can grab a deck chair at the Seaside Theater and take in a Halloween chiller that will scare the daylights out of you! Kids are welcome, but be warned – these movies can get too scary for some! You can also find fun Halloween foods and cocktails throughout the ships and there will be plenty of fun and frightful photo backdrops for you to snap some pics of your great costumes! There is also a festive 18-and-Up Halloween Dance Party on the ship – feel free to come in costume or with no costume and take advantage of the festive celebration that is one of the most popular events of the night!

Carnival’s Halloween Month

In addition to all the activities and fun on the day of Halloween, Carnival actually celebrates Halloween all October long! Enjoy a shipful of scares for the whole month on every cruise ship that sails in October. The ships aren’t haunted – but they’ve got everything in place to make you wonder if it just might be!



Every ship has all the awesome food, drinks, relaxation and recreation you can expect on a regular Carnival cruise – but you’ll also get the added bonus of Halloween costume contests, dance parties and a scary story time. And of course, some warm apple cider and other Halloween snacks and treats. Check out the seriously creepy Halloween parade onboard as well as the pumpkin-carving demos, horror movies and more. There’s also plenty of trick-or-treating, games and fun for kids throughout the whole month. Join us for some truly frightful fun!

 

 

 

So who has done one of these? What is it like?

Edited October 1, 2019 by Joebucks

[patrickiii]

5 minutes ago, Joebucks said:

 

 

We do a halloween cruise every year and we always wear costumes .lots of fun big party Halloween parade 

[mercedes355]

I just re-read the article and answered my question lol. Yes, it is for the entire month of October 🙂

Edited October 2, 2019 by mercedes355

[Butterbean1000]

We are doing our first Halloween cruise on the Breeze.  We are so excited.  I have even got my husband dressing up and he NEVER dresses up for Halloween.

[Florings]

I just hope they don't do the Halloween/horror movies every night at the dive-in movies.

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

22 hours ago, patrickiii said:

We do a halloween cruise every year and we always wear costumes .lots of fun big party Halloween parade 

Same here. We did a Halloween cruise once on Royal. Boring for sure and crowded in the atrium where they all gathered. Carnival does it the best. Always Carnival on every Halloween cruise every year. This year the Magic, Next year booked to the new Mardi Gras and 2021 booked for the Elation. I dress as Captain Kirk. My wife a scary goblin. So much fun and the costumes are awesome. I have never seen one get our of hand. Just a lot of fun. Live long and prosper.

[slyman17]

We are sailing on a 6 day in a few weeks (20th thru 26th), but not on Halloween day. Is the week prior considered a Halloween cruise or just the week of? Thanks.

[patrickiii]

12 hours ago, slyman17 said:

We are sailing on a 6 day in a few weeks (20th thru 26th), but not on Halloween day. Is the week prior considered a Halloween cruise or just the week of? Thanks.

The whole month every cruise

14 hours ago, twodaywonder said:

Same here. We did a Halloween cruise once on Royal. Boring for sure and crowded in the atrium where they all gathered. Carnival does it the best. Always Carnival on every Halloween cruise every year. This year the Magic, Next year booked to the new Mardi Gras and 2021 booked for the Elation. I dress as Captain Kirk. My wife a scary goblin. So much fun and the costumes are awesome. I have never seen one get our of hand. Just a lot of fun. Live long and prosper.

We are on the magic Oct 12th

[mouche]

Love love love Halloween on the ship, me as a cat burglar, so much fun!!!

 

[RoperDK]

We leave on the Valor on Halloween day.  Hoping they keep the decorations up for a few days.  Anyone know if they pull all of the decorations the next day or do they keep them up for awhile?

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

56 minutes ago, RoperDK said:

We leave on the Valor on Halloween day.  Hoping they keep the decorations up for a few days.  Anyone know if they pull all of the decorations the next day or do they keep them up for awhile?

Halloween is celebrated on the 31st. Our 2020 cruise on the Mardi Gras will be the 31st on day one. Wish it was later.

[samrothstein]

We will be on Nov 2nd, any chances of decorations still being up?

[carnivaladdix120]

We sail on Victory on the 18th and can't wait to see all of the decor and costumes! We've never gone in October so had no idea they celebrated all month long until last week. So hubby and I are going to dress up which we never do LOL

[TerReuv]

On 10/2/2019 at 12:53 PM, Butterbean1000 said:

We are doing our first Halloween cruise on the Breeze.  We are so excited.  I have even got my husband dressing up and he NEVER dresses up for Halloween.

 

We're on the Breeze next year for Halloween.  This will be our first Halloween.  We're trying to make our costume decision now in case we want to buy after this Halloween and catch sales. 

[mook1525]

On 10/5/2019 at 2:01 PM, TerReuv said:

 

We're on the Breeze next year for Halloween.  This will be our first Halloween.  We're trying to make our costume decision now in case we want to buy after this Halloween and catch sales. 

 

We will be on your cruise too! 2020 Halloween cruise on Breeze.  cannot wait!! 

[havanadaydreaming]

I'm jealous.   We've only been on one cruise over Halloween (ncl) and it was cool, but less than 1/4 of the people dressed up at all and it looks like Carnival goes above and beyond anything I would have expected.  

 

(I was Goofy at walt Disney world in early 90s.  I went as a homemade Goofy...had everything pretty spot on except the head.  my wife went as Cruella de Ville and she was spot on!)

 

 

[simmingdenise]

I've cruised twice on Halloween and both times they've had all the decorations down and everything back to normal by the following morning.

[Dixe Lee]

Just off the Fantasy and Halloween was really celebrated in style We wore costumes Count and Countess Dracula 🧛‍♂️ and we had a wonderful time We did not know that there would be a costume contest Competing categories were junior cruisers best lady best guy and best group We were amazed at the thought and effort people put in to their costumes. KISS band won best group and did that threesome look terrific they deserved to win The crowds decided the winners Lots of extra fun and did not cost anything more 

[Garth2]

You may also expect adults behaving like children, including extra drunkenness and noise in the hallways in the middle of the night.  I wouldn't book a cruise during Halloween or spring break, or a three-day weekend booze cruise.

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

11 minutes ago, Garth2 said:

You may also expect adults behaving like children, including extra drunkenness and noise in the hallways in the middle of the night.  I wouldn't book a cruise during Halloween or spring break, or a three-day weekend booze cruise.

Right on for spring break. Totally incorrect for Halloween. Guess you are just saying what you think not what you know. We do Carnival Halloween cruises every year since 1995. Booked for 2020 and 2021. Never have we seen anything different than normal. We are in our 70s and enjoy every one. It is fantastic to see how so many go way out in costumes. Everyone is ready to have their picture taken. Usually ends up on the Lido deck by the pools for the winner and a great dance party. Starting about 5:00PM they start the usual walking back and forth on the promenade deck. Great for taking pictures and seeing all the fantastic outfits. As with any Carnival cruise there are always a few that over indulge. However this last one on the magic. Not at all. No problems at all and a fantastic time for all.

Guess you are a Celebrity or Princess lover. That is fine. So are we. Sit back and relax. But you also must say. Even on those ships. Overindulgence does happen.

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

On 11/1/2019 at 2:01 PM, havanadaydreaming said:

I'm jealous.   We've only been on one cruise over Halloween (ncl) and it was cool, but less than 1/4 of the people dressed up at all and it looks like Carnival goes above and beyond anything I would have expected.  

 

(I was Goofy at walt Disney world in early 90s.  I went as a homemade Goofy...had everything pretty spot on except the head.  my wife went as Cruella de Ville and she was spot on!)

 

 

We did one Halloween on Royal. Jammed everyone into the Atrium. It was awful. Always Carnival. They do it right.

[ctkathchick]

We did Carnival for Halloween a few years it was the best cruise. Plenty of people including us also decorated our doors for the week and it was alot of fun just walking around during the week looking at decor. They also had a contest and parade for best costumes. So much fun. And by the way no drunk idiots lol

[mouche]

On 11/19/2019 at 11:23 AM, Garth2 said:

You may also expect adults behaving like children, including extra drunkenness and noise in the hallways in the middle of the night.  I wouldn't book a cruise during Halloween or spring break, or a three-day weekend booze cruise.

I have never experience that, and I have done a few Halloween Cruises.

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

41 minutes ago, mouche said:

I have never experience that, and I have done a few Halloween Cruises.

Totally agree. i wonder what prompted that response? For the past 10 years we always do Halloween. Already booked for 2020 and 2021. 2020 Carnival Mardi Gras and Carnival Elation 2021. Carnival has the best Halloween cruises and the most fun. 

[mommybear487]

On a 5 night cruise - what day does everyone dress up? Do they still do elegant night? Or do you take more than one costume?