Halloween

[DieHard]

Has anyone been on HAL during Halloween. Do people wear costumes as I can't remember. I will be on the Maasdam and Halloween falls on a sea day which more then likely will be a formal night. I could dress as Dracula

which would cover both Halloween and formal night.

[jhannah]

I think I would be hard-pressed to take a costume in addition to my other garments because of luggage weight restrictions. We barely get by as it is. ;)

[dchip]

We were on the Maasdam for Halloween in 2007. Yes, people dressed up, us included. They had a fun party and costume contest in the Crow's Nest. We brought "costumes" that didn't take much space!

 

Halloween did fall on a formal night, so they changed formal to the next evening. The ship was decorated and it was really fun.

 

Cheers, Denise

[debshomespun]

We were on the Westerdam halloween 2007, and they also dressed in costumes. There were quite a few people dressed in costumes. We didn't. I have enough luggage with just the regular clothes! Some of the outfits were really cute! The ship was decorated for halloween too!

[CaliforniaAC]

We did on our last cruise, and had a blast!

 

DH went as Dracula. We didn't have to bring much, and it was well worth it. We bought a cape, gloves, make-up, and the crest with the red-ribbon, and that was all we had to bring.

 

I dressed up as a cheerleader. I brought my daughters old cheerleading skirt, dance pants and sweater, then used a white tee-shirt (worn again) and sock & sneakers. Also bought a blond wig. Took tissue paper with me (flat) and made pom-poms on a sea day.

 

We also decorated our cabin door.

 

Took all this with us from San Diego to Fort Lauderdale, and it wasn't much of a problem.

 

The party in the crows nest was a blast. I hope you consider taking a costume.

 

I'd show you pictures, but I'm at the wrong computer.

 

Have a great time!

 

AC

[jcrandle]

I've been told that some cruisers even show up with a pineapple on their head!:D

[wander]

I have cruised several Halloweens. I dress as a "tourist", with camera, binoculars, shopping bags with packages and in a weird combination of clothes. Each item of clothing was something I wore on the cruise, just in weird combinations. (Like a print shirt, advertising tee and a different print overshirt.) Won't win any prizes, but it gets me into the spirit, is easy to assemble, does not take any extra space and folks like it.

[rubytue]

We were on the Maasdam in 2005 over halloween. There wa a costume contest and a party, it was pretty fun. I went as Galadriel (reusing my wedding dress) and my husband went as Aragorn (from Lord of the Rings). We did, however, drive to the port :)

 

That said, one thing I remember about the cruise was that the halloween decorations were rotten. Literally. The Lido was decked out in jack-o-lanterns and such, but they looked like they were carved before we left Norfolk 5 day earlier. We were in code red for the first week of the 10-day cruise, so perhaps they were carved in Norfolk