Ice Carving

[Zanny]

Hi. Was wondering if they still do ice carving on Australian cruises.Recently I was on P&O and they  never had it .I am sure years ago they had it

Thanks Tanya

[MMDown Under]

2 hours ago, Zanny said:

Hi. Was wondering if they still do ice carving on Australian cruises.Recently I was on P&O and they  never had it .I am sure years ago they had it

Thanks Tanya

I used to love watching ice carving, vegetable carving, champagne fountain and chocolate fountain.  All Free events which made cruising so special.

[windsor26]

They have had it on the last 3 Princess cruises and I think it was on the Carnival Splendor this year   They also had lessons in towel animals

[MMDown Under]

1 hour ago, windsor26 said:

They have had it on the last 3 Princess cruises and I think it was on the Carnival Splendor this year   They also had lessons in towel animals

 Making Towel animals and folding serviettes don’t appeal to me.

[windsor26]

16 hours ago, MMDown Under said:

 Making Towel animals and folding serviettes don’t appeal to me.

Nor me but just noted it was available

[MMDown Under]

Just now, windsor26 said:

Nor me but just noted it was available

Some people love it!

[colourbird]

During our recent Princess cruise around Australia, we saw ice carving and fruit carving. Towel animals were not provided in our cabin although a towel animal demonstration was held towards the end of the cruise.

[MMDown Under]

2 hours ago, colourbird said:

During our recent Princess cruise around Australia, we saw ice carving and fruit carving. Towel animals were not provided in our cabin although a towel animal demonstration was held towards the end of the cruise.

Wonderful. I love watching the talent of the carvers!  

[lyndarra]

I have seen ice carving on Celebrity US cruises pre COVID. I don't know if they still do it.

Celebrity have stopped their Hot Glass presentations. They were always interesting and entertaining.

[MMDown Under]

16 minutes ago, lyndarra said:

I have seen ice carving on Celebrity US cruises pre COVID. I don't know if they still do it.

Celebrity have stopped their Hot Glass presentations. They were always interesting and entertaining.

Was that making glass?

[lyndarra]

24 minutes ago, MMDown Under said:

Was that making glass?

Sure was. It was full on, unlike the glass blowing trinket stuff I had seen on other cruises. Always a packed audience. During the demonstration free raffle tickets were handed out and at the end of the show a lucky person won one of the pieces. Other beautiful items were raffled towards the end of the cruise.

To reduce fire hazard electric furnace/ovens were used instead of gas.

 

[lyndarra]

Sorry about the blanks in the pictures. It was caused by reflection off safety glass screens.

[MMDown Under]

1 minute ago, lyndarra said:

Sure was. It was full on, unlike the glass blowing trinket stuff I had seen on other cruises. Always a packed audience. During the demonstration free raffle tickets were handed out and at the end of the show a lucky person won one of the pieces. Other beautiful items were raffled towards the end of the cruise.

To reduce fire hazard electric furnace/ovens were used instead of gas.

 

Wow that would have been wonderful.  My daughter recently looked at a glass with

native animals on it.  She said did someone actually make this?  

[lyndarra]

1 minute ago, MMDown Under said:

Wow that would have been wonderful.  My daughter recently looked at a glass with

native animals on it.  She said did someone actually make this?  

This was on Solstice during a half circumnavigation Sydney/Fremantle 2018.

[Hogbay]

Easter Splendor ,big ice rabbit in background

[MMDown Under]

1 hour ago, Hogbay said:

Easter Splendor ,big ice rabbit in background

Thanks. Wow impressive!

[Hogbay]

The eggs were hard boiled shelled eggs dyed

[arxcards]

On 4/20/2023 at 5:18 PM, lyndarra said:

Sure was. It was full on, unlike the glass blowing trinket stuff I had seen on other cruises. Always a packed audience. During the demonstration free raffle tickets were handed out and at the end of the show a lucky person won one of the pieces. Other beautiful items were raffled towards the end of the cruise.

To reduce fire hazard electric furnace/ovens were used instead of gas.

 

These were great fun, and even if they return to Solstice, she has moved on from her Aussie seasons. Plus all of the tittering when they were referring to the glory hole.

[Blackduck59]

They have changed the glass blowing demonstrations to by professional glass artist and changed them to passenger participation for a fee. It was that way on Celebrity Eclipse in 2019 when we were on our Alaska cruise. It was just changed over at that time. I would definitely rather watch the pros than a bunch of amateurs schlepping up some blob of whatever to proudly display on the coffee table at home. I would also pay a fair price for something created by a professional artisan on board. Of course there would be no shortage of punters aboard to take a crack at glass blowing, I mean how hard can it be to work molten glass at 600 degrees Celsius?🤔