Private Room

[Stacy1436]

I am cruising on the Elation 10/5 with a group of 37 ladies. On our last sea day, one of our ladies is teaching an art class. We tried to book a private room for the 2 hour painting class but are told by our travel agent that we have to pay for it and I should call Carnival myself. (We won't even get into the problems with the agent).

 

Does anyone have experience in getting a private room for a little while? We already have a cocktail party booked for another day so we know that procedure. All we need is an empty room with tables for about 20 ladies.

 

Advice and suggestions please!

 

 

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[Cricket63]

Try asking at guestcare@carnival.com

[winddawn]

I am cruising on the Elation 10/5 with a group of 37 ladies. On our last sea day, one of our ladies is teaching an art class. We tried to book a private room for the 2 hour painting class but are told by our travel agent that we have to pay for it and I should call Carnival myself. (We won't even get into the problems with the agent).

 

Does anyone have experience in getting a private room for a little while? We already have a cocktail party booked for another day so we know that procedure. All we need is an empty room with tables for about 20 ladies.

 

Advice and suggestions please!

 

 

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My first thought is--painting at sea may not be a welcomed activity on a cruise ship. I could see how even mature, responsible adults might make a mess, especially if the sea is rocky that day. I think I would be surprised if you got a positive response from Carnival for asking for permission to paint. Come back and let us know what they say though. That is just my first impression.

 

Hope you have a fun time with your group of friends.

[Stacy1436]

It's done all the time. I've been on two "art at sea" cruises. Painted in private rooms each sea day. Just never organized it before.

 

 

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[winddawn]

It's done all the time. I've been on two "art at sea" cruises. Painted in private rooms each sea day. Just never organized it before.

 

 

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Thanks, Stacy. Is it anything like Painting With a Twist that you can do on land? I've done that a couple times, and it was a lot of fun with a big group of GFs.

[Stacy1436]

Yes. Just like that. It's going to be great fun. Just hope we get a room so we aren't setting up in the buffet area! Lol!

 

 

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[RuthlessBoss]

Yes. Just like that. It's going to be great fun. Just hope we get a room so we aren't setting up in the buffet area! Lol!

 

 

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Why not? All you have to do is invade a space as a group. Why take up a special room and deprive other passengers the right to that space?

I saw this once on Liberty, the whole rear pool area was shut off to the public. Sure, the group there was having a great time in their new private area, but the rest of us were deprived of that space.

[Stacy1436]

RuthlessBoss you misunderstood the question. We are trying to book a conference room to avoid having to take up multiple tables on a public deck. If we wanted to use shared public space there wouldn't be an issue.

The ships have meeting / conference rooms for groups to use -(Weddings, continuing education, meetings).

 

We are now in contact with someone at group services and almost have a room booked. Just working out the details now. Thanks everyone for your input!

 

 

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