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Party Planning - Theme Party Ideas - Cruise Ship Party Ideas

Ahoy for a landlocked cruise.

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.

Ocean View Scene Setter Cruise Ship Deck Scene Buffet Scene Tropical Cruise Scene Ocean Blue Scene Setter
Ocean View Scene Setter Cruise Ship Deck Scene Buffet Scene Tropical Cruise Scene Ocean Blue Scene Setter
Beach Scene Setter Sunset Scene Setter 5' Whales & Dolphins Slot Machine Scene Casino Neon Lamp
Beach Scene Setter Sunset Scene Setter 5' Whales & Dolphins Slot Machine Scene Casino Neon Lamp

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 with 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 undercloths 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.

Decorating for your cruise also depends on were you want your guests to cruise too.

Cruise to Alaska, use scenery representing the Alaska coastline, high snow capped mountains with blue sky and white fluffy clouds, a rocky shoreline with pine trees and mountains in the background or your background could be the beautiful scenery of glacier bay. You could also just set up an Ocean Blue Scene Setter with Whales, so your guests can go whale watching. Have a salmon bake.

Cruise the Caribbean - Use an Ocean View Scene Setter at the top of a wall, next place a Tropical Cruise Scene and finish the bottom with a Cruise Ship Deck Scene. Line deck chairs along the wall. Hang life preservers along the railing.

Cruise the Panama Canal - sail your guests through one of the great natural resources of Panama, Gatun Lake, surrounded by a lush rainforest. Use a rainforest mural as a backdrop for your cruise.

Cruise along the romantic, sun-swept Mexican Riviera. Sandy beaches, palm trees with towering mountains in the background or a beautiful sunset. Make your party a pirate cruise along the jagged rock cliffs of Los Cabos. Use the Sandy Beaches  and high-rises along the beautiful half-moon curve of Acapulco Bay as your backdrop. Use a Sunset Scene Setter & a Cruise Ship Deck Scene to create this beautiful sunset scene.

Or maybe your cruise ship is out a sea with no land visible, then you could decorate with an Ocean Blue Scene Setter, ship's railing and place whales and dolphins in the water. You could also place a ship's railing alongside blue water gossamer, or cracked ice for an ocean illusion!

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 dancefloors 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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