Love Halloween and cruises. Halloween on the High Seas is Disney’s answer to a unique and original way for your family to enjoy trick o’ treating while cruising.
Do you ever think about trick or treating on a cruise ship? Not only did my family and I have the pleasure of taking a cruise during Halloween, but did it on the Disney Dream. I always said that Disney is known for taking it up a notch and they’ve ruined me for other cruise lines, but this time they took the cake.
My husband and I wanted to make my daughter’s 13th birthday extra special, why not, she was entering her teen years. It so happens that her birthday lands on the 3rd of November. Just to let you know Disney starts celebrating Halloween in September and ends around October 31st. We found a 4-night cruise leaving Port Canaveral on Halloween and returning on November 4th. Perfect!
What are the best reasons to sail during Halloween:
- Halloween-theme events for the whole family:
Some of the Halloween theme activities include: Mickey’s Mouse-querade Party (games, trick or treating, and character sightings), theme activities at the youth clubs, storytime in the atrium and wait for it, an adults-only costume party with a costume contest. My husband and I enjoyed the adults-only party; the costumes were great.
We knew not only to start planning for the cruise but also plan for our costumes (adults enjoy dressing up just as much as the kids). Of course, it had to be Disney-related. My daughter opted out of a Disney family theme costume and went as Harley Quinn, however, my husband and I love the movie Up. So, my husband decided to go as Carl Fredricksen and I went as Russell.
2. Disney Cruise Lines oldies but goodies
In addition to the Halloween theme events, you will find that Disney Cruise Line’s traditional events are still held. An oldie but goodie is Pirate night. Everyone on the ship is a pirate for the night, even the Disney characters. The evening ends with a deck party. While Disney provides a pirate handkerchief, cruisers, myself included have been known to bring their pirate wear.
Just to let you know, some of the events like character meet and greets require advance tickets, so if you have more than one adult in your party have them line up on embarkation day to do the sign-ups.
Our last night on the ship was my daughter’s birthday. So, you can purchase a cake in advance through Disney. We had the cake bought out during dinner and shared it with our table mates.
3. Land and sea during Halloween
Make additional Disney Halloween memories with a land and sea vacation. Prior to or after the cruise head out to Magic Kingdom for Disney After Hours Boo Bash. This is a 3-hour event that begins August 10, 2021 and ends on Halloween. Depending on the date events begins at 9:00 PM or 9:30 PM.
We have been on many Disney cruises, but this was our first Halloween cruise. We had so much fun, that we are looking forward to booking a cruise for the Christmas holidays.
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