mellak Posted October 3, 2006 #1 Share Posted October 3, 2006 I had heard that there was not going to be horse races on the Freedom? Has RCI just stopped them or have they been replaced with another event? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepsicruiser Posted October 3, 2006 #2 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Yes. We were on the Explorer last week and they used car races instead of horses. People bought the cars like buying the horses. I believe the race was down the promenade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover Posted October 3, 2006 #3 Share Posted October 3, 2006 I had heard that there was not going to be horse races on the Freedom? Has RCI just stopped them or have they been replaced with another event? We had HORSES on our 8-27-06 Mariner cruise. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medic123 Posted October 3, 2006 #4 Share Posted October 3, 2006 We had a horse race on Mariner 9-24. Our Cruise Critic group won best lookinig horse.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzboss1 Posted October 3, 2006 #5 Share Posted October 3, 2006 I was on the Explorer is June and they had the car races down the promenade. I "bought" one of the cars at the auction and won the race. It was soooo much fun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAC1 Posted October 3, 2006 #6 Share Posted October 3, 2006 What are these races? I have only cruised once but just booked Mariner for Dec. and it sounds like something we may be interested in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzboss1 Posted October 3, 2006 #7 Share Posted October 3, 2006 This is a brief summary......Usually just before the Love and Marriage Show they hold an "auction". You bid on the right to "temporally" be the owner of the car for the race that is held on the last day at sea. There are 6 cars. They are auctioned one by one. The price you would have to pay varies. Can be $100...can be $400. Depends on the bids. Then the day of the race one person sits in the car (it is tiny!), another pushes, another is the pit crew. The CD rolls die that will have the cars either....not advance, advance one place, 2 places, or 3 places. There is a "pit stop" roll that will keep you still till you get a double. First one to the finish line wins the entire pot. The pot I won was $1,100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillaFee Posted October 4, 2006 #8 Share Posted October 4, 2006 No horse races anymore (except on the Mariner?)? This was such a "cruise thing" back in the day....it would break my heart to think that they would stop such a fun tradition. :( Laura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK_Cruisin Posted October 4, 2006 #9 Share Posted October 4, 2006 The car race sounds fun! I miss the horse race. I just got off Navigator and they did not have either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MszKitty Posted October 4, 2006 #10 Share Posted October 4, 2006 There were no horse races on the FOS when I was there in June. Nothing replaced them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellak Posted October 4, 2006 Author #11 Share Posted October 4, 2006 Thanks for all the responses. We are on FOS this Thanksgiving with a group and have always bought horses in the past. I guess we'll miss it this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjsshipboy Posted October 4, 2006 #12 Share Posted October 4, 2006 It is up to teh individual CD to decide if they want to do this or not. I know in Alaska they normally replace the Horses with Moose. It is one of the old cruise activities that 50% of people see as hokey and outdated, the other 50% see as a cruise essential. So it is all down to the CD and the feedback he/she gets from the crowd they get on that ship. Just because it works on one ship/itinerary, does not mean it will work on all.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazg Posted October 4, 2006 #13 Share Posted October 4, 2006 They had a "HORSE" Race on AOS in August. It was fun to watch and what a suprise ending with a horse that was 5 places back win the race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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