Caps_Shield Posted January 17, 2023 #1 Share Posted January 17, 2023 I am now going to be on the Breeze on the 4th of July and have never done that before. Does Carnival do fireworks or is that not a thing on the ship. What sort of celebration do they do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klfrodo Posted January 17, 2023 #2 Share Posted January 17, 2023 (edited) Why would they celebrate the 4th of July on an international ship with international passengers in international water? They don't have fireworks on July 1st for Canadians. They don't do anything on June 12th for the Philippines. Nothing on July 14th. Nothing on Aug 15th. All equally important dates for the citizens of these countries. Edited January 17, 2023 by klfrodo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingston13 Posted January 17, 2023 #3 Share Posted January 17, 2023 They don't - they do have some things but Carnival never does fireworks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jamman54 Posted January 17, 2023 #4 Share Posted January 17, 2023 We have done several cruises over the 4th of July, and they certainly do acknowledge the day. They will drape a huge American flag in the atrium, and may have a special menu. They will not have fireworks. 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted January 17, 2023 #5 Share Posted January 17, 2023 I'd be concerned of fire hazard at sea 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caps_Shield Posted January 17, 2023 Author #6 Share Posted January 17, 2023 These are all good points. Thanks for the tips all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itried4498 Posted January 17, 2023 #7 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Not Carnival but wee were on RCL's Navigator out of Los Angeles last year. They offered a special menu with stereotypical food - ribs, watermelon and apple pie. They did a special show in the atrium where they line danced to Achy Breaky Heart and some other country song, then dropped hundreds of balloons that were popped. Kinda disappointing, but expected. I'm sure Carnival's similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nybumpkin Posted January 18, 2023 #8 Share Posted January 18, 2023 We've sailed a number off times over July 4 - most of our cruises have been July and August. There has been some observance of the holiday on all of our sailings, whether it be trivia games, deck parties, menus, etc. No, you will not get fireworks - Carnival doesn't do that. (Disney does.) But if you happen to be in sight of land you could get fireworks from shore. One of our cruises left Baltimore on July 4 and we saw fireworks the entire way down the Chesapeake. One of my favorite July 4 sailings had us ported in Saint John, New Brunswick on July 4. Saint John is noted as the settling place for many folks who left the US during the Revolution because they were loyal to Great Britain - the "Loyalists." We had a tour guide dressed as a Loyalist who had a lot of fun with our tour because he was a Loyalist and the tour was almost completely US citizens.😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BasicSailor Posted January 18, 2023 #9 Share Posted January 18, 2023 The 4TH on a Carnival ship, sort of like sleeping on a Balcony waiting on Easter😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamericannn Posted January 18, 2023 #10 Share Posted January 18, 2023 16 hours ago, klfrodo said: Why would they celebrate the 4th of July on an international ship with international passengers in international water? They don't have fireworks on July 1st for Canadians. They don't do anything on June 12th for the Philippines. Nothing on July 14th. Nothing on Aug 15th. All equally important dates for the citizens of these countries. I don’t think it has to do with the international crowd. Carnival do cater to mainly American passengers. The celebrate Christmas even though most Chinese don’t and there are Chinese passengers. There are other countries that doesn’t celebrate Christmas. I think some of the reasons for not doing fireworks are 1. Expenses, 2. Fire danger and 3. Preventing false alerts. Imagine a ship in a distance seeing lights going up and turn back thinking it’s another ship signifies help. Maybe that last point is not too legit but you get the point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbiSox Posted January 18, 2023 #11 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Besides being a fire hazard, the debris that's left over pollutes the ocean. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shof515 Posted January 18, 2023 #12 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Disney does fireworks at sea and Norwegian used to do fireworks back in 2012-2014ish. fireworks can be done. it just too expensive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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