{"id":9094,"date":"2017-11-17T03:11:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T03:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/awaywego\/?p=9094"},"modified":"2018-11-26T21:07:47","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T21:07:47","slug":"what-to-expect-on-a-thanksgiving-cruise-with-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/awaywego\/cruising-fun\/what-to-expect\/what-to-expect-on-a-thanksgiving-cruise-with-carnival","title":{"rendered":"What to Expect on a Thanksgiving Cruise with Carnival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"FirstParagraph\">We&#8217;re confident you can list all of the reasons why you&#8217;d like to change up your Thanksgiving tradition this year &#8211; and we bet the following reasons are high on that list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prepping, cooking and cleaning up after the Thanksgiving feast is a lot of work.<\/li>\n<li>Due to all of the prepping, cooking and cleaning, someone always misses the big game or the famous parade.<\/li>\n<li>Each year you are enticed to purchase festive decorations just for the Thanksgiving holiday &#8211; more to buy and more to store until next year.<\/li>\n<li>Most of the continental USA is in a winter deep freeze but even if your home town isn&#8217;t, we can almost guarantee the weather&#8217;s nowhere near as nice as in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/cruise-to\/caribbean-cruises.aspx?cid=icp_dest_awg_10252017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caribbean<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/cruise-to\/mexico-cruises.aspx?cid=icp_dest_awg_10252017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mexico<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/cruise-to\/bahamas-cruises.aspx?cid=icp_dest_awg_10252017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bahamas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"FirstParagraph\">We know that you keep up the Thanksgiving tradition because it&#8217;s so important to you and your family and friends. Just the thought of those happy faces around the dining room table makes your heart glow. So what&#8217;s a Thanksgiving host to do? You&#8217;ve probably guessed by now that we have the perfect solution for you &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/funtastic-holiday-cruises\/thanksgiving-cruises.aspx?cid=icp_onboard_awg_10252017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Thanksgiving family cruise<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p class=\"FirstParagraph\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/awaywego\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mother-children-at-dinner-table-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"mother enjoying thanksgiving dinner with her daughters on a carnival cruise\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/awaywego\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mother-children-at-dinner-table-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/awaywego\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mother-children-at-dinner-table-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/awaywego\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mother-children-at-dinner-table-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/awaywego\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mother-children-at-dinner-table.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>What Carnival&#8217;s Thanksgiving Cruises Offer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"FirstParagraph\">On a Carnival cruise, chefs take care of all the dinner fixings; the dining rooms, bars and lounges feature Thanksgiving decorations and colors; and the staff entertains you and your guests with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/onboard.aspx?cid=icp_onboard_awg_10252017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fun cruise activities<\/a>. You can even catch a Thanksgiving Day parade on the large screen or the big sports game at one of the bars. Best of all, this traditional holiday fun takes place on a beautiful cruise ship while you&#8217;re sailing the wide blue sea, and you don&#8217;t have to lift a finger to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>Need more convincing? These are the Thanksgiving activities on every Carnival cruise:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We serve a traditional Thanksgiving evening meal, featuring roasted turkey, yams, mashed potatoes, cranberry relish, giblet gravy and pumpkin pie.<\/li>\n<li>Staff entertains you with a Thanksgiving Duck Hunt and Thanksgiving Trivia game.<\/li>\n<li>The popular Thanksgiving Day parade is broadcast Thursday morning on every cruise ship that features a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/onboard\/carnival-seaside-theater?cid=icp_onboard_awg_10252017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carnival Seaside Theater<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Compact\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/awaywego\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/family-at-seaside-theater-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"family sits on a carnival cruise deck and enjoys watching the seaside theater\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/awaywego\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/family-at-seaside-theater.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/awaywego\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/family-at-seaside-theater-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/awaywego\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/family-at-seaside-theater-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Benefits of a Thanksgiving Cruise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"FirstParagraph\">When you join in on a Thanksgiving cruise, you won&#8217;t need to worry about missing the holiday traditions if you&#8217;re not at home. But wait, there&#8217;s more! When you&#8217;re not sailing, you&#8217;ll be having the time of your life in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/cruise-to.aspx?cid=icp_dest_awg_10252017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ports of call<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can choose to travel to Mexico, The Bahamas or the Caribbean. Each port offers a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/shore-excursions?cid=icp_shoreex_awg_10252017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unique and interesting excursions<\/a>, covering the gamut from active to relaxed. Depending on the port, you can hike, snorkel, ride horses, enjoy the time away at a private beach resort or take in a cultural tour. Each holiday cruise has plenty of time at sea, which lets you enjoy the amenities of your ship and relax and reconnect with your family.<\/p>\n<p>While on a Thanksgiving cruise, embrace your surroundings and give thanks for the opportunity to share this marvelous experience with the people you love. Make this Thanksgiving extra-special for your loved ones by exploring exotic destinations together on a cruise vacation. Don\u2019t worry, you can leave the work to us.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nc_pixel\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT0yNGU4YjFlZWU2MWVjZGFkZDI1YjI4YzFlMzZhYzJiYw==\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re confident you can list all of the reasons why you&#8217;d like to change up your Thanksgiving tradition this year &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/awaywego\/cruising-fun\/what-to-expect\/what-to-expect-on-a-thanksgiving-cruise-with-carnival\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"read-more\" aria-label=\"Read more of What to Expect on a Thanksgiving Cruise with Carnival\"> read more<\/a>","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":9101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cruising-fun","category-what-to-expect"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What to Expect on a Thanksgiving Cruise with Carnival | Carnival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Still deciding whether or not to celebrate Thanksgiving on a cruise? 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