Christmas decor or events?

[CJ1975]

Hi all,

We are cruising on the Harmony 12/16/18.  Will the ship be decorated for Christmas?  Will there be any Christmas themed activities, shows, Santa, etc?

Thanks!

[WAAAYTOOO]

Yes, the ship will be decorated by then.  We were on Allure this past Thanksgiving and they were setting up all the decorations on that sailing.  So by mid-December they will definitely have everything up.

Santa himself only makes an appearance on Christmas Day so I wouldn't expect to see him.  I don't think there will be any special Christmas shows the week before but there might be something Christmas-themed in the Theater.  I don't know.  I have only cruised Christmas week before.  Even then there isn't much, really.  Just lots of lovely decorations.

[jticarruthers]

As stated, decorations now go up during the Thanksgiving week cruise so you should definitely have a decorated ship. Not aware of any Christmas themed events that you should expect to see though.

[Orange Crush]

On the Majesty the show performers sang Christmas Carols in the promenade one night, but this was the actual week of Christmas.  They also did a short show in the main theater with various other performers doing Christmas music on Christmas Eve.  Not sure if they'd do that for the weeks leading up to Christmas though.

[KAA]

I've been on a few Christmas/New Years cruises! It's not going to be the same as being home for Christmas, but they do really go all out. I am speaking more from an adult perspective, so there was definitely big trees on every ship, but I think different ships do different things. I have seen cookie decorating, getting presents from Santa, plenty of activities. However, we are mostly taking in the sun and the nice weather being from New England :) 

[twangster]

On Indy there was a special Holiday Ice Skating show in addition to the regular ice shows but on Harmony Studio B is used for more non-skating activities so that might not be possible.

[Matt]

The exact Christmas events will depend on ship and sailing, but decorations are a minimum.

[RBRSKI]

I think the ship has a good balance of decorations.  We have been on five different class ships during in the time frame of Nov to Dec and all of the ships had at least:

• garland in on the balcony railing in the main dinning rooms
• garland hanging from the top of the elevator areas to the bottom main deck, usually deck five.
• Gingerbread house 
• At least one Christmas tree
• Christmas Cookies 
• And sometimes a banner for Hanukkah