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Intro to Seuss at Sea
It’s Tyler here from TheTravelingToddler.com. I hope you’ve been enjoying our cruising articles, including our Camp Ocean Review and our Tips on Cruising with Kids. Today I’m going to give you a Toddler’s Eye Review of Carnival Cruise Line’s Seuss at Sea (https://www.carnival.com/onboard/seuss-at-sea)
I’ll give you an introduction to the program and information about each activity, plus my final verdict about the program as a whole.
Background
Seuss at Sea is a special program available on Carnival Cruise Lines. Additional activities featuring Dr. Seuss characters, including the Cat in the Hat and Thing 1 and Thing 2, are scattered throughout the cruise.
The Seuss at Sea activities are geared toward younger children. With the exception of the Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast, all activities are included in the base cruise fare.
Not all Carnival ships currently have this offering, and not all ships have all offerings. Make sure to double check your booking if this is something that you’re interested in.
Camp Ocean
Some of the Seuss at Sea offerings are interspersed throughout the normal Camp Ocean activities. These may include making crafts or T-shirts with a Dr. Seuss theme.
Dr. Seuss Bookville
Not available on all ships, this is a Dr. Suess themed reading area. It’s decorated with wacky furniture and has loads of books, including all of your Dr. Suess favorites.
Seuss-a-palooza Parade
Along with the Storytime, this is part one of a two part event. In the Seuss-a-palooza Parade, you pick you favorite Dr. Suess themed adornment and march down the length of the ship chanting Dr. Suess slogans.
This event ends with the Storytime, although you are not required to participate in both activities. You could do the Parade, Storytime, or both.
Seuss-a-palooza Storytime
As noted above, the Storytime is the second part of a two part event, beginning with the Parade. You are not required to participate in both events.
Sit down in the theater with the Cruise Director and listed to a favorite Dr. Seuss book with life-sized characters acting out the parts.
Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast
The Breakfast is one of the highlights of the entire cruise. The Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast replaces the regular breakfast on the last full day of the cruise.
Whimsical breakfast creations like multi-colored waffles and even Green Eggs and Ham are amongst the items served here. Life sized Dr. Seuss characters come to your table for greetings and pictures. Very similar to a character meal at Disney.
This is the only Seuss At Sea event that requires a surcharge. However, at only $5 per person, it was very reasonable given the uniqueness of the meal and the character interactions. If you only do one Seuss at Sea event, this should be the one.
Summary
I thoroughly enjoyed the Seuss at Sea activities. They were definitely geared toward kids in my age group. I added even more fun to an other wise fun cruise.
However, I don’t feel that Seuss at Sea is something that should be a deciding factor in planning your cruise vacation. All total, we probably spent 2 hours participating in the various activities.
So in summary, if you cruise line or ship offers Seuss at Sea, then by all means participate. However, it shouldn’t make a big impact on your cruise trip one way or another.
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