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Cruising With
Kids - Carnival Cruise Line Camp Carnival
Information from Carnival Cruise Line
on their youth program,
Camp Carnival.
At Carnival, fun is a family affair.
We don't just allow kids. We love kids. Every "Fun Ship®" has a
terrific supervised program just for children. We call it Camp
Carnival where your kids will have the time of their lives.
Carnival Cruise Lines
recently enhanced its complimentary fleet-wide kids’ program "Camp
Carnival." Added to the kid-friendly amenities is a new turn-down
service with bedtime cookies, an updated children’s menu and more logoed
items to all "Camp Carnival" participants.
Whether they're teens or toddlers,
Camp Carnival has an age-appropriate program offering full days of
high energy fun under the friendly and competent supervision of Camp
Carnival® counselors.
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Carnival Dream Youth Director, Abby Kracoff
Aboard the Carnival Dream
We haven't forgotten about the
grownups, either. Whether you're looking for dazzling Vegas-style
shows or a late romantic evening in an intimate piano bar,
Carnival's got your fun. And, assuming you can pull your kids away
from the fun they're having, there are plenty of great activities
for the family to enjoy together -- sumptuous meals, sports and
games, and all kinds of entertainment. And that's just on board. You
can explore the activities, culture and sights at every port of
call.
So, bring your kids and your taste for
fun. This year, treat the family to a perfect family vacation aboard
a Carnival "Fun Ship®". And discover for yourself why Family Circle
magazine calls Carnival "The Best Family Vacation Value" among
all-inclusive vacations.
Cruise Tip
All activities
noted on this page are subject to change. All activities vary by
ship, so some activities mentioned may not be available for your
sailing. While this information was accurate at time of publishing,
it may be outdated at the time your read it, so contact the cruise
line directly for the latest information on their Youth Activity
Programs.
Overview
Camp Carnival
It's all in fun...Camp Carnival
includes a wide range of activities designed for children in three
different age groups - Toddlers, Juniors, and Intermediates. All
children are supervised by staff who have experience and/or
education in child-care. You'll see your child's excitement grow as
soon as they meet their counselor and get assigned to their group.
And when it's time to eat kids get their very own menus, featuring
all their favorites like hot dogs, chicken nuggets, pizza, macaroni
& cheese, hamburgers and more.
Toddlers
The age-appropriate activities at Camp Carnival are sure to delight
your 2-5 year-olds. The smaller children enjoy many of their fun
events in the Camp Carnival headquarters. From finger painting to
cartoon time, arts and crafts to puppet shows, your little ones will
have a blast!
We also provide babysitting services in the evenings. So plan a
"date night" or "quiet time" just for two. Toddlers do not have to
be potty-trained in order to be part of Camp Carnival; parents
simply need to provide the youth staff with diapers and toiletries
for their child.
Juniors
When our 6-8 year-old guests enter the
bright and lively world of Camp Carnival they'll enjoy fun-filled
and exciting activities like Spin Art, dodgeball, volcano making and
more. Your pint-size cuties will also participate in a large variety
of themed activities and games - including prize bingo, water
colors, jewelry making, foosball, air hockey, and much more.Your
kids will have so much fun, they won't even noticed they're being
supervised. They'll think of our counselors as just big kids.
Intermediates
Your 9-11 year-olds will feel a flurry
of excitement every time they step into Camp Carnival. Our young
cruisers will play all day long - from dodgeball and pool parties to
video games and scavenger hunts. They'll also be excited about the
new friends they've made. Parents can take advantage of our evening
"After Hours" services from 10 p.m. till 12 a.m. After 12 a.m.,
juniors and intermediate will join the younger cruisers for our
Slumber Party service until 3 a.m.
Welcome to Camp Carnival where kids ages 2-11 have their own space,
games, paints, crayons, pool area and everything else that young
cruisers love. We make sure they have so much fun, they don't even
notice they're being supervised. They think our counselors are just
big kids. And another plus, from 10 p.m. - 3 a.m. every night we
offer great babysitting services!
ACTIVITIES
Sample activities:
»Board Games
»Outdoor Fun
»Reading & Story Time
»Finger Painting
»Kids' Dance Parties
»Kids' Talent Shows
»Music & Movement Activities
»Latest Game Consoles
Circle "C"
The ultimate spot where children ages
12-14 can cruise, chill, and connect to others. Cool activities,
awesome facilities and lots of great new friends to add to their
text-mail lists. The activities (think games, dance parties, outdoor
movies and more) are supervised and created just for them. The
friendly and experienced staff at Circle "C" wants to give your
teens the best vacation experience possible. All activities are
coordinated by a Circle "C" Director and dedicated to keeping the
activities fun for our young guests.
Circle "C" Activities Our playrooms offer a wide variety of games
and equipment including, a video arcade and much more. Specialty
items like air hockey, foosball, and karaoke (these are varied based
on the class of ship) are also available. There are also special
shore excursions, giving your kids the chance to explore our
exciting destinations with a fun cruise director.
Every night aboard a Carnival cruise our young guests can "mix and
mingle" to the latest pop hits at our shipboard dance club.
Welcome to Circle "C" where kids 12-14 can connect with friends or
simply chill. All activities, events and parties are supervised and
were created just for this age group. They'll mix and mingle, laugh
and giggle and rave about all the fun they're having. You'll know
they've discovered Circle "C."
It's Club O2
Club 02 activities are designed to be cool and a little more
relaxed. Teens can hangout with their friends and watch a movie,
listen to the latest music, play video games or join karaoke jam
sessions. We've even set up teen-only shore excursions so your young
adults can enjoy the sites and sounds of our beautiful ports with
their peers. From the moment your teen steps into Club O2 every
activity and event - from basketball and volleyball, to ping pong
and high-energy dance and pool parties - has been specially created
with teens ages 15-17 years old in mind. Club O2 LoungeClub O2's
dedicated lounge area onboard is a hot spot with cool colors, comfy
seating, video monitors, and a state-of-the-art dance floor. Teens
can enjoy Coca-Cola products and other non-alcoholic specialty
drinks as they watch movies, play video games and participate in
this activity driven club - ALL with the goal to keep your teen
havin' FUN.
Welcome to Club O2 where teens 15-17
can hangout around the clock. This special space blends friends,
music, entertainment, sports and style for a teen-themed cruising
experience unlike any other. All supervised events, parties and
activites are just for them. This amazing place is full of things to
do, people to meet and stories to create.
ACTIVITIES
Some of our Club 02 activities:
»Latest Game Consoles
»Board & Card Games
»Sports
»Music Hangs
»Teen-Only Shore Excursions
»Karaoke Sessions
»Dance Parties
»Pool Parties
For a great
vacation value, choose the
be-yourself ease of a Fun Ship®
cruise. Do what you want for
three to eight days or longer.
Relax in the sun. Work out in
the gym. Play in the casino.
Enjoy lavish shows. And explore
new destinations. There's
something for everyone,
including Camp Carnival® for
kids and Club 02(SM) for teens.
This is your time to enjoy a
million moments of fun, one
right after another with
Carnival Cruise Lines.
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Carnival Cruise Lines
With 21
ships cruising from 19 departure
ports to the best of the
Caribbean, Mexico, Alaska,
Hawaii, Canada, and Europe,
Carnival has the perfect
vacation for you.
The new turn-down service provides kids with freshly baked chocolate
chip cookies on their pillows on the first and last night of their
cruise. Accompanying the cookies is a special poem, one welcomes the
child on board and the other thanks them for their "Camp Carnival"
participation.
The children’s menu now includes kids’ favorites like hamburgers, hot
dogs, French fries, pepperoni pizza, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches,
banana splits and daily "Junior Specials." In addition, the ever-popular
"Fountain Fun Card" still offers unlimited soft drink purchases for
children under age 21. The cards, purchased on board, range in price
from $8 on a three-day cruise to $18 on seven-day voyages.
Ping pong, scavenger hunts, poolside water games, toys, puzzles,
computers (including Apple iMacs), outdoor play areas and three swimming
pools are just some of the activities and facilities children can enjoy
on a Carnival Cruise.
Babysitting for children under 2 is also available from 10 p.m. to 3
a.m. Cost is $5 per hour for one child; $3 per hour for each additional
child in the same family.
Carnival
Expands Camp Carnival
From a family reading club to a recreational fitness program and even
youth spa treatments, a host of new activities have been added to
Carnival Cruise Lines' fleetwide children's program, "Camp Carnival."
The new activities complement the wide variety of family-friendly
amenities available on Carnival's 20 "Fun Ships," which are expected to
host a record 450,000 kids this year - roughly half of all children
carried by the North American cruise industry (CLIA member lines).
"'Camp Carnival' is already number one in the cruise industry and we've
made this popular kids program even better, with more fun-filled
activities and hands-on projects than ever before," said Bob Dickinson,
Carnival president and CEO. "Children have their own unique vacation
expectations and these new activities, combined with a huge diversity of
family-friendly amenities, should further bolster our position as the
leader in family cruising," he added.
Included among the new activities is a youth spa program, recently
introduced on Carnival Miracle, which allows kids ages 12-14 and their
parents to experience luxurious body and beauty treatments together on
port days at discounted rates in the ship's expansive 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. Following the trial run on Carnival Miracle,
the program is expected to be expanded to other "Fun Ships" by the end
of the summer.
Also new is "ExerSeas," 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."
There's also "A-B-Seas," 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 counselors, 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.
A new science program, H2Ocean, features a wide variety of fun, hands-on
science projects. Conducted under the watchful eyes of the youth
counselors, the program allows kids to partake in such activities as
making their own ice cream and creating custom-made helicopters and
miniature hovercrafts.
The line's popular EduCruise program has also been expanded to include
even more interactive projects focusing on the cultures, landmarks,
history and geography of the destinations to which the "Fun 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.
Also 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, for example - while learning the
techniques employed by professional artists.
Scheduled activities are planned for the following age groups:
Toddlers 2 - 5 years old
Juniors 6 - 8 years old
Intermediate 9 - 11 years old
Teens 12 - 15 years old
Camp Carnival is not a "Day-Care". The program is designed so that
families are able to enjoy "quality family time" together, and yet also
have the choice of being with peers of their own age, whenever desired.
The program for children, ages 2-15 Hours on Sea Days: Scheduled
activities run from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm. This service is complimentary.
Camp Carnival's age-appropriate activities are sure to delight all
toddlers. From finger painting to cartoon time, arts and crafts to
puppet shows, your little ones are sure to have a blast! We even provide
babysitting services in the evenings, so Mom and Dad can get in some
"quiet time," too.
Babysitting service is available every evening from 10:00pm to 3:00am
in the children's playroom, for children from 4 months to 11 years of
age. In port, group daytime babysitting is available for infants two and
under, from port arrival until noon, for a fee. The cost for this
service is $6 per hour for the first child and $4 per hour for each
additional child in the same immediate family. Payment must be made with
your "Sail & Sign" card and is due upon pick-up. All babysitting is done
in a "slumber party" atmosphere, where kids can enjoy watching movies
and cartoons. Pillows, blankets and cribs will be provided. However, any
toiletries or diapers must be provided by parents.
Toddlers ages 2 through 5 do not have to be potty-trained in order to
be part of Camp Carnival; parents simply need to provide the youth staff
with diapers and toiletries for their child. Children also get their
very own menus, featuring all their favorite foods. Hot dogs, chicken
nuggets, pizza, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are all available on
a Carnival cruise, so even our pint-size guests can feel pampered on
their "Fun Ship" family vacation. We are always looking for ways to make
our guests' cruises more enjoyable, and now we've eliminated the need to
bring a stroller by providing stroller rentals fleetwide, for a nominal
fee.
Junior cruisers ages 6 through 8 will delight in Camp Carnival's
fun-filled and age-appropriate activities. From "Make Your Own Sundaes"
and spin art, to candy art and movie time, your kids will have the
opportunity to participate in fun events and make new friends from all
over the world. Children also get their very own menus, featuring all
their favorite foods. Hot dogs, chicken nuggets, pizza, peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches are all available on a Carnival cruise, so even our
pint-size guests can feel pampered on their "Fun Ship" family vacation.
To make it even easier for parents to enjoy their vacation, Carnival has
implemented fleetwide stroller and GameBoy rentals for a nominal fee.
That's one less thing to remember to pack!
Young cruisers ages 9 through 11 will delight in Camp Carnival's
fun-filled and age-appropriate activities. From "Make Your Own Sundaes"
and swim time, to video games and scavenger hunts, your kids will have
the opportunity to participate in fun events and make new friends from
all over the world. While most of the Camp Carnival activities for this
age group are supervised, there will be times when they are divided into
teams for a game or other such activities, and will not be accompanied
by a member of the youth staff.
Camp Carnival makes sure teens have lots of social events with kids
their own ages, like dances, talent contests and sports tournaments.
Carnival even has a special shore excursion program designed just for
teens. Now your 12- to 15-year-olds can choose from a selection of Camp
Carnival recommended tours; they can go as a group to explore many of
our exciting destinations with a Camp Carnival chaperone. If your teen
loves to dance, we have great news for them. Every night aboard a
Carnival cruise our 12- to 15-year-old guests will have the opportunity
to "mix and mingle" at our shipboard dance club from 9:30pm to 10:45pm.
After 11:00pm, teens 15 and under can join the youth staff for a variety
of activities, such as a late night movie, karaoke or outdoor games.
All of these new activities are included in the complimentary "Camp
Carnival" program, which is available from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
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