Ever been on a cruise on Halloween?

[Hlitner]

So, we are taking about HAL where many passengers go to bed after dinner!  For several years we took a popular Halloween Princess repositioning cruise between NYC and Ft Lauderdale.  Unlike most HAL cruises, folks on Princess actually stayed awake after 9.   There was a pretty large group that booked this cruise year after year and loved to celebrate Halloween with costumes.  Princess had a great Halloween party including a costume contest (held in the atrium) which attracted  far more then 1000 passengers.  It was a lot of fun.  

 

Will HAL do the same?  I doubt it.  HAL might respond by offering a BBC documentary in the main show room...perhaps on the history of Halloween.   I do like HAL but when we go on the that line we expect to spend a lot of quiet time reading our Kindle's   So what would we expect on the OP's cruise? Perhaps HAL would actually have some Halloween decorations and even a pumpkin (Princess actually had a huge hand carved pumpkin display).  But if HAL suggests masks it would likely be N95 masks.

 

We once knew a HAL cruise director that had some good ideas and was fun.  He was quickly relieved of his CD job.

 

Hank

[Chickadee910]

Ouch. Not being a party person, I just wondered about what might be. I’ll be fine if the crew just enjoy themselves. We will be in Cartagena for the day so will probably have an early evening anyway. 

[tennisbeforewine]

We were on the transatlantic Koningsdam in 2016 and there was a costume contest in BB King's.  It was great fun.  The winners were two Dutch guys whose suits we couldn't understand until we realized one was covered with tulips and the other with small American flags.  They were . . . ta da . . . Holland America!  Loved it!

[1ANGELCAT]

Westerdam TA 2017

[Shmoo here]

18 hours ago, Hlitner said:

Perhaps HAL would actually have some Halloween decorations and even a pumpkin

Halloween on our cruise, in the dining room:

[rkacruiser]

1 hour ago, 1ANGELCAT said:

Westerdam TA 2017

 

1 hour ago, Shmoo here said:

Halloween on our cruise, in the dining room:

 

Thanks for posting your pictures.  That's the Halloween that I remember.  There was a late night party in the Crow's Nest as well.  

[Winters in NZ]

The Norwegian Dawn sailed from Quebec City, heading for Tampa, one week before the devastation of Hurricane Sandy on NYC and New Jersey.

 

Manhattan had originally been one of our ports, but as a result of the hurricane   we docked in Boston on Halloween with an overnight.

 

Many passengers had come prepared for the festivities, bringing costumes and decorating their doors too.

 

Most of the crew were also in the spirit of October 31, with great artistry and design in their costumes, including  the splendid festive efforts by the  waiting staff in the MDR.

 

We spent the evening by taking the subway into Cambridge  admiring costumed  trick or treaters as well as some beautiful residential Halloween decorations . A great Halloween for us back then !

 

[Hlitner]

11 hours ago, rkacruiser said:

 

 

Thanks for posting your pictures.  That's the Halloween that I remember.  There was a late night party in the Crow's Nest as well.  

Late night!  On HAL!  Surely you jest 🙂

[rkacruiser]

11 hours ago, Hlitner said:

Late night!  On HAL!  Surely you jest 🙂

 

Nope!  It was on the daily planner.  I did attend and there were a decent amount of guests in attendance.  

[LuAnn]

On 8/1/2021 at 6:04 PM, woodworker&knitter said:

I don’t know what they will do this year, but in previous years they had a costume contest and a party in the Crow’s Nest

 

 

We've been on board for it but some time ago...2004..lots of costumes from passengers and a few crew (mostly "scary" ones) and decorations..I have a fun pic sitting on my bookshelf, me and DH with a VERY scary crew member. Enjoy!!

[Chickadee910]

Recently got off the Eurodam from the transatlantic from Spain. Took candy for Halloween for our cabin steward and the casino staff and they were very appreciative since with all the quarantines they have not had the opportunity to get treats. So on our next voyage on Valentine’s Day I plan on sharing more treats.