Things to do?
I know many of you first timers have this question which raises our eyebrows high
especially if you are going with kids and teens. What exactly its there in cruise
to pass or spend time? How the kids and Teens can be kept busy so we couples can
have time? These are some reasonble questions which you like to be answered so all
can have good time.
May be you found encouraging answers from your cruise friends or over the internet.
There is a lot to onboard on the Cruise as a family or alone. In that way, every
cruise lines try to compete each other to offer unlimited ways to entertain their
travellers to increase their onboard experience. Carnival being one of the best
cruise lines is no exception.
Let me split your personality as Fun Seeker and Casual Cruiser which might help
you a bit on selecting certain activites.
Casino
You won't see a big macho type poker tables and just a floor for slot machines like
Las vegas Mega ones but you are sure to have plenty of slots and available ready
to take your money. Don't get me wrong. You all know that many people just go to
Casino for the fun of playing games and lose what they got. So don't set your mindset
to win big millions. Only 1-2% who know how to play the game takes away all the
money we lost.
Actually I heard one lady won $7000 in the slot machine in my cruise. Thats a lot
of money for 25 cents slot but it only happens once in life time of the machine
don't you agree. So take your luck with you and just have fun in the Casino.
Poker tables, Blackjack tables, Slot machines ranging from 25 cents to a dollar,
Roulette,Dice Rolling and other machine driven games which will sure to
keep you busy everyday if you got time.
Fun Seekers:
Casual Cruiser:
Play Fun games
Cruise Ship Directors are paid so much to keep us all entertained and never let
us say the word "BORED" when you are in the ship. You can be assured that
you will never be bored when you onboard. There are activites run all day to entertain
every age.
BINGO - It starts out small with $100 prize and goes to $1000 to get you
all hooked up every day. We played it. I even won $150 on a game and gave part of
it to my wife to buy anything she wanted. BINGO is a good time pass.
Entertainment Events- They usually have fun guest participating events like
Newly Wedded, Talent Shows, Water Waters for Teens, Chess competition, Suddoko Puzzle,
Trivia Competitions and so much more. Check out the Daily Planner
section to get an idea.
Fun Seekers: Casual
Cruiser:
Family Activities
Cruise is the great place to have fun time together with your family. You have pool
parties with kids, Cake/Cookie decorating,ICE Cream eating Compeitions, Family Scavanger
Hunt, Family Teddy Bear Workshops and more.
Fun Seekers: Casual
Cruiser:
Music and Dancing
I love dancing for music. Many Curise lines have Dance floors which are open during
night till 3am. They also have different style musics like Variety, Country in open
bars. Also carribean played in open decks which you can enjoy when you taking sun
bath.
We went for night dancing one day leaving our toddler in the Camp Carnival. We had
good time alone for an hour or so.
Night Broadway Shows/Standup Comedy - Most cruises spend some good amount of money
to hire experienced and talented broadways artists to bring a great boardway shows
during night times. We say some good shows on board. Also family and R rated stand-up
comedians entertained us late night. Don't forget to check out those shows. They
are real fun.
Fun Seekers: Casual
Cruiser:
Eat all you want
Yep!! You gotta all day every day to eat and have fun with all sorts of food items.
You will sure to get tired of all the types of food you can get and eat at the end
of the cruise. They offer everything from American, Mexican, Italian, Carribean,
Indian, Europe etc.,
For some, it is in itself a thing to do for many and keep you busy for atleast some
part of the day.
Fun Seekers: Casual
Cruiser:
Taking care of yourself
Cruise vacation is getting away from day-today activites and we don't have time
take care of ourself. Cruise lines took that for their advantage and benefit of
many guest. They have Gym and running tracks to keep Healtholic person to continue
their workout and others to try to shed atleast small portion of what they eat in
Cruise.
They also offer Massages, Spa's to both men and women. Also they have some good
family packages to spend time together while you take a good massage. They also
offer various facial treatments and body treatments which aren't really expensive.
Tip:If you aren't really interest in shore excursions, take advantage of
port days when they have some good deals. Fun Seekers: Casual
Cruiser:
