phoneman69 Posted May 13, 2023 #1 Share Posted May 13, 2023 DW and I are sailing along with our two Grand children and daughter. We are sailing on the Venezia out of NY on the 19th of June. I (Grampy) had 2 different cruise t-shirts made for Everyone. I want our embarkation photo to be in one of the shirts that say family cruise on it. Just wondering if i am acting over the top? It's the Grand Kids first cruise. ( yes i booked us the Dr. Suess breakfast as well) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wemjam Posted May 13, 2023 #2 Share Posted May 13, 2023 People do it ALL the time. You will fit right in. My mom and I did a cruise together one time, and she made them for us too! I don't think I have been on one cruise where I didn't see them. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgttami Posted May 13, 2023 #3 Share Posted May 13, 2023 I've seen it on many cruises for family celebrations/anniversary/graduation/wedding as well as other groups (on the FB pages). I've never participated because I never cruised as part of a group! Enjoy. I'm sure the kids will love it as part of their first cruise! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvilleCruiser Posted May 14, 2023 #4 Share Posted May 14, 2023 We had matching t shirts on two of our family reunion cruises. We picked one sea day to wear the t shirts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utopiahereicome Posted May 14, 2023 #5 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Have a 4 generation cruise in 2 weeks on Celebration, my daughter made t shirts for all from 18 month great granddaughter to 84 year old grandpa, wearing them for embarkation day! In all my 20+ cruises this matching cruise shirt thing will be a first for me! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneman69 Posted May 14, 2023 Author #6 Share Posted May 14, 2023 11 hours ago, utopiahereicome said: Have a 4 generation cruise in 2 weeks on Celebration, my daughter made t shirts for all from 18 month great granddaughter to 84 year old grandpa, wearing them for embarkation day! In all my 20+ cruises this matching cruise shirt thing will be a first for me! Yes that's what where doing with 3 generation. Hoping the embarkation photo makes it all worth while. Although the grand kids were Very Excited to get their shirts. Now i just have to my sure they have them in 35 days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneman69 Posted May 14, 2023 Author #7 Share Posted May 14, 2023 11 hours ago, DanvilleCruiser said: We had matching t shirts on two of our family reunion cruises. We picked one sea day to wear the t shirts. Nice idea as your around the boat together 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare AFS1970 Posted May 14, 2023 #8 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Someone from our cruise made them and sold them online. I bought them for DW and myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneman69 Posted May 14, 2023 Author #9 Share Posted May 14, 2023 1 minute ago, AFS1970 said: Someone from our cruise made them and sold them online. I bought them for DW and myself. Interesting idea. My son designed the shirts and one of them is for the Carnival Venezia as we will be sailing on her June 19th her 2nd voyage under the Carnival umbrella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColeThornton Posted May 14, 2023 #10 Share Posted May 14, 2023 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare AFS1970 Posted May 14, 2023 #11 Share Posted May 14, 2023 2 hours ago, phoneman69 said: Interesting idea. My son designed the shirts and one of them is for the Carnival Venezia as we will be sailing on her June 19th her 2nd voyage under the Carnival umbrella. We will be on the Venezia on September 17, going to Nova Scotia. DW is active over on [that other website that isn't CC] where she networked with the person who made and sold the shirts. They have the ship name and dates, and the back is a map of the route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SRQbeachgirl Posted May 14, 2023 #12 Share Posted May 14, 2023 If I went on a group family cruise and everyone wore the same t-shirt, they would say "We're with the grouch who refuses to wear one of these t-shirts." 🤣 But I don't wear t-shirts. At all. Ever. Now, if they'd screenprint it on a nice flowy, sleeveless Georgette fabric tunic, we could talk... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mz-s Posted May 14, 2023 #13 Share Posted May 14, 2023 There are several groups every cruise who wear the t-shirts they had printed. I notice them every cruise. Getting t-shirts printed for a cruise is absolutely not something that my family does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate melting cake Posted May 14, 2023 #14 Share Posted May 14, 2023 (edited) We've taken many cruises and I started making tees long ago. It's easy--just get "iron-on" sheets, design what you want on the tee, print it on your home printer (do not use laser printers as the plastic could melt and jam them up!) and iron them on. The only drawback is they're only good for about 10 washings. What people seem to enjoy at the P&D party is when we wear the tee that I add a "patch" to for each cruise. Here are some pix of the shirts---including the front and back of what I made for our 3 grandchildren for the Suess breakfast. Enjoy your cruise! Edited May 14, 2023 by chocolate melting cake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mz-s Posted May 14, 2023 #15 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Adding a patch for each successive cruise is a very neat idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneman69 Posted May 14, 2023 Author #16 Share Posted May 14, 2023 1 hour ago, chocolate melting cake said: We've taken many cruises and I started making tees long ago. It's easy--just get "iron-on" sheets, design what you want on the tee, print it on your home printer (do not use laser printers as the plastic could melt and jam them up!) and iron them on. The only drawback is they're only good for about 10 washings. What people seem to enjoy at the P&D party is when we wear the tee that I add a "patch" to for each cruise. Here are some pix of the shirts---including the front and back of what I made for our 3 grandchildren for the Suess breakfast. Enjoy your cruise! Very Nice work. Did not even consider the Dr. Seuss as a t-shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momof3cruisers Posted May 14, 2023 #17 Share Posted May 14, 2023 1 hour ago, phoneman69 said: Very Nice work. Did not even consider the Dr. Seuss as a t-shirt My daughter who was 24 at the time is a huge Dr Sue’s fan. I made her a shirt with a pattern I bought on Etsy that says “Why fit in when you were born to stand out!?” It has Things One and Two, some of the trees from The Lorax and Horton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenexus2k Posted May 15, 2023 #18 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Yup, they are everywhere, so go at it and have fun with it if you so choose! There are even more now, aa everyone that bought a Cricut during the lock down is just itching for an excuse to use it! 😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eli_6 Posted May 15, 2023 #19 Share Posted May 15, 2023 (edited) No! Not at all. We don't do it on every cruise, but we do it on our "big" cruises. This one cracks me up every time. You can tell which child was less than enthusiastic about matching his family. Edited May 15, 2023 by Eli_6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneman69 Posted May 15, 2023 Author #20 Share Posted May 15, 2023 First shirt style came in. I know the funnel is the Costa yellow but I like the whale tail better. Front and back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sparks1093 Posted May 15, 2023 #21 Share Posted May 15, 2023 We'll probably be doing some for DW's daycare cruise next year. We've also seen them on every cruise. I remember one family wore green t-shirts and the boarding photo was taken in front of a green screen, so their picture was all disembodied heads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmtska Posted May 16, 2023 #22 Share Posted May 16, 2023 We do, because I am extra lol. My mom and I have matching shirts and a matching magnet for our door. Last cruise my friends and I got the same shirts, but different colors. We're all Harry Potter fans, and all in different houses, so we got the colors of our houses. Etsy is my friend lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ibarrio Posted May 16, 2023 #23 Share Posted May 16, 2023 I am that guy who doesn't like to wear matching shirts. I can do it on embarkation for a few hours 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneman69 Posted May 16, 2023 Author #24 Share Posted May 16, 2023 8 hours ago, ibarrio said: I am that guy who doesn't like to wear matching shirts. I can do it on embarkation for a few hours If we were all the same what Fun would that Be ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneman69 Posted May 16, 2023 Author #25 Share Posted May 16, 2023 8 hours ago, mmtska said: We do, because I am extra lol. My mom and I have matching shirts and a matching magnet for our door. Last cruise my friends and I got the same shirts, but different colors. We're all Harry Potter fans, and all in different houses, so we got the colors of our houses. Etsy is my friend lol. Please not silver & green. Yes the only trivia i look for on the ship is Harry Potter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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