New Camp Carnival Programs: Any Feedback

[Duck Down]

I read back in August the Camp Carnival has introduced the following programs:

 

Youth Spa Program, ExerSeas Fitness Program, A-B-Seas Reading Club, H2Ocean Science Program, and EduCruise.

 

Has anyone had their kids in the programs. How was it?

 

Thanks,

 

Rob

[sea_u_onboard]

I'd like to know also.

[cali-croozer]

How about the teen only excursions? Anyone with any experience, especially on the Conquest?

[Duck Down]

I ended up e-mailing Carnival for more info, but the response did not contain much info:

 

Camp Carnival Activities

 

 

A variety of new activities have been added to the fleetwide Camp Carnival

Program. These programs include a Youth Spa program, ExerSeas, A-B-Seas,

H2Ocean, EduCruise and a new art program. Details (+) can be found below.

 

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Activities: Toddlers (ages 2-5)

 

. sing-a-longs . finger painting . arts and crafts

. Play dough sculptures . cartoon time . ExerSeas +

. picture bing . puppet shows . A-B-Seas +

. story time . memory game . H2Ocean +

. talent shows . face painting . EduCruise +

 

 

 

Activities: Juniors (ages 6-8)

 

. PlayStation 2; Imac Time . Arts and Crafts . ExerSeas +

. Spin Art; Sand Art; Candy Art . Cookie decorating . A-B-Seas +

. Cartoon time; Movie time . Talent show . H2Ocean +

. Face painting . T-shirt painting . EduCruise +

. Pizza parties

 

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Activities: Intermediates (ages 9-11)

 

. PlayStation 2; Imac Time . Arts and Crafts . ExerSeas +

. Spin Art; Sand Art; Candy Art . Bingo . H2Ocean +

. Movie time . Talent show . EduCruise +

. Swimming under the stars . T-shirt painting . Dance parties

. Pizza Pig-Out . Board games . Scavenger hunts

. Coke-tail parties . Inters after hours

Activities: Teens (ages 12-15)

 

. PlayStation 2; Imac Time . Board games . ExerSeas +

. Trivia games . Dance parties . Youth Spa Program

. Shore excursion program . Talent show (ages 12-14) +

. Sports tournaments . Karaoke . Late night movies

 

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Youth Spa Program (ages 12-14)

 

Currently introduced on select ships, this program allows kids and their

parents to experience luxurious body and beauty treatments together on port

days at discounted rates in the ship's Spa Carnival health and fitness center.

Packages, which are available in mother/daughter and father/son combinations,

include hair and nail treatments, health evaluations and foot and scalp

massages.

 

 

ExerSeas (ages 2-15)

ExerSeas is a recreational fitness program designed to encourage kids to

get out and play through intense physical activity. The program encompasses

a diversity of fun, supervised outdoor activities, everything from obstacle

courses and basketball to popular games such as "steal the bacon" and

"capture the flag".

 

 

A-B-Seas (ages 2-8)

 

A-B-Seas is a new reading program in which the youth counselors read popular

children's books aloud to parents and kids in the ships' libraries. The

program also includes nightly bedtime stories in the children's play rooms.

Following the readings, parents and kids, with the aid of the youth counsel-

ors, present their own creative interpretations of the stories through puppet

shows, skits and other group activities. Also planned for this program are

writing workshops where kids can hone their writing skills and express their

creativity while penning short stories and essays.

 

 

H2Ocean (ages 2-11)

 

A new science program, H2Ocean features a wide variety of fun, hands-on

science projects. The program allows kids to partake in such activities as

making their own ice cream and creating custom-made helicopters and miniature

hovercrafts.

 

 

EduCruise (2-11)

 

The EduCruise program has been expanded to include more interactive projects

focusing on the cultures, landmarks, history and geography of the destinations

to which the ships sail. Through this program, kids can make their own

"dream catchers" popularized by various Native American cultures and create

colorful maps of various Caribbean nations.

 

 

Art Program (2-11)

 

In the works is a new art program that goes beyond typical arts and crafts,

enabling kids to create their own artistic masterpieces - paper mache, oil

paintings and watercolors, while learning the techniques employed by profess-

ional artists.

[Kelly43]

A big THANKS SO MUCH for enlightening us parents who were wondering. Looks like my kids will enjoy the Camp Carnival, hopefully anyway! Happy sailing, Kelly:D

[serene56]

How about the teen only excursions? Anyone with any experience, especially on the Conquest?

 

 

I dont know if I would feel comfortable allowing my teens to go off with camp counselors in an unfamilair place. (espec if I read that certain ports are scarey--like Jamica.)

 

On some excursions I seen family members give parents a hard time.. can you imagine the time a camp counselor will have with the same child?

[cali-croozer]

I dont know if I would feel comfortable allowing my teens to go off with camp counselors in an unfamilair place. (espec if I read that certain ports are scarey--like Jamica.)

 

On some excursions I seen family members give parents a hard time.. can you imagine the time a camp counselor will have with the same child?

I know what you mean......I would need to see all the details first, of course. We have always stayed together on family vacations, that's the point of a family vacation. Just was wondering if anyone had any experience. I remember on our first cruise with the kids, one of their cruise friends stayed on the ship, in Camp Carnival, while their parents were in port shopping. He said he wished his parents would go to the beach, "like other families". I felt bad for him. Of course, he wouldn't have been the age to go on the teen excursion. But, there might be cases like that with some older teens........

[Duck Down]

When we were on our cruise last year, we left the kids (6 & 4) in Camp Carnival for the morning while we went to the shops.

 

After lunch we picked them up and took them to the beach.

 

They could care less about the shopping but enjoyed a couple of hours at the beach. Any longer at the beach and they would have lost interest.

 

I do not know about allowing the older kids to go on a camp outing. I would have to really look at the details...

[cali-croozer]

When we were on our cruise last year, we left the kids (6 & 4) in Camp Carnival for the morning while we went to the shops.

 

After lunch we picked them up and took them to the beach.

 

They could care less about the shopping but enjoyed a couple of hours at the beach. Any longer at the beach and they would have lost interest.

 

I do not know about allowing the older kids to go on a camp outing. I would have to really look at the details...

 

Sounds like everyone had a good time!