Cruise Ship Party Ideas

Set Sail on a Romantic Cruise Adventure
A Cruise Ship theme is a great theme for proms, corporate events, retirement parties, birthday celebrations, bon voyage party or going away parties.


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Cruise Ship Party Pass Each

Don't forget your Cruise Ship Party Pass! This two-sided cardboard pass in encased in plastic and hung from a 25 inch nylon lanyard. Give to each party guest to wear and it also makes a great favor to remember your event!

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Cruise Ship Party Ideas

The key to pulling off a coordinated Cruise Ship event: Evoke your theme throughout the affair, it should be the subtle thread that ties everything together. Your location, invitations, flowers, menu, cake, and favors should all cleverly reflect one common concept. Then, get as creative as you can!

Invitations:

Use your computer to make invitations that look like Cruise ship tickets, inviting guests to set sail for a Summer Cruise.

The ship's in the water
the sun's rising high...
let's get together
before summer sails by!
Join us for a
Summer Cruise
on DATE at TIME
LOCATION

HOSTS

Cruise Decorations

The interior of most ships are no more than floating hotels, but the exterior of cruise ships are quite majestic. Plan to transform your venue into the most exciting parts of an actual ship--the exterior areas and lido deck.

The color scheme that works the best with this theme is blue and white, with touches of yellow.

Remember that the tops of your tables provide a very large surface area, so start your decorating the tabletops.

Use navy blue and white striped table linens. White chair covers with yellow chair bands or belts. For serving tables use navy blue underclothes with white overlays. Add white china, crystal glassware and silver flatware. Navy blue napkins folded in a shell shape. Place a Ship's lantern on each table. Dress up your lantern by tying a piece of maritime rope in a slip knot to each lantern. Add a clear glass ginger vase filled with yellow roses. Make mini passports in blue and white and use for name cards or menu cards. Sand dollars also make excellent place cards. Hang maritime flags from the ceiling.

Set up a buffet on your lido deck. Don't forget the Ice Sculpture, every cruise ship buffet has one. Try a dolphin or ship's anchor or ask your caterer for some other suggestions.

Create an Ocean view!

Transform your event or room into a day out at sea! Transform any room by hanging the Ship Deck Backdrop with a removable adhesive.

Ship Deck Props
This set includes nine pieces including six red life preservers, two ship bells and a shuffle board. 9 pieces. Sizes range from 14 inches to 126 inches

Ship Buffet Props
This three piece set includes two tables. Sizes range from 35 inches to 67 inches.

Tropical Cruise Props
This sixteen piece set includes four islands, six dolphins, two sail boats, and three tropical birds and one sun. Sizes range from 10 inches to 55 inches.

Cruise Ship Deck Lounge Chairs
This four piece set includes four lounge chair that measure 40 inches each.

Activities:

Assign an "activities director" to supervise the games and activities.

Entertainment

On board ship there are usually several different entertainment options for guests each night.

It may be a Las Vegas show with Showgirls. If in port local folk dancers or other local entertainers. You will also find a comedy show or magic show.

Dancing is available every night (there are usually several different dance floors on board each featuring a different dance style Disco, Ballroom, Rock and etc.) Have your DJ or Band play a variety of different types of music (Jazz, Rock, Disco, Ballroom, Western & etc.)

And the Casino is busy all the time.

Meals at Sea

Dinner aboard ship is a seat down affair with waiters serving guests.

Buffets are reserved for midnight and afternoons around the pool. The midnight buffets are fantastic with a variety of hot and cold appetizers, salads, fruit platters, vegetable platters, meat platters and fantastic desserts of all kinds. The ice sculpture is always the centerpieces of these tables, along with beautiful floral centerpieces.

Bar Area

From our experience with planning cruises a lot of the passengers time is spent at the bar or casino when out at sea. Decorate the bar area in a sleek style with lots of votive candles, fresh flower bouquets, and serve lifesavers candies in silver dishes.

When your ship's horn signals it's departure time, it's also time for one of the highlights of every cruise—a festive sail away deck party. Laden with trays of exotic bon voyage “umbrella” drinks, bar servers make their way through throngs of cheerful passengers anxious to toast the beginning of their cruise. Without a doubt, the most popular of those tempting bon voyage beverages is the Piña Colada.

The original Piña Colada recipe is:

2 ounces light rum
1 ounce coconut cream
1 ounce heavy cream
6 ounces fresh pineapple juice
1/2 cup crushed ice
Pineapple wedge and maraschino cherry for garnish

Pour rum, coconut cream, cream, and pineapple juice in blender. Add ice. Blend for 15 seconds. Pour into a 12-ounce glass. Add garnishes.

For those who prefer a tasty non-alcoholic Virgin Colada, just leave out the rum.

Whether it's the original recipe, a variation containing other flavors, or a Virgin-version, the Piña Colada is a perennial favorite with cruise passengers world wide.

You will also want to serve martinis, champagne, cocktails and other fun drinks.

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