New theme parties on Carnival

Second attempt at answering.

Good question and I don't know the answer. Just passing along the information that my PVP shared. I guess we'll just have to be surprised if we have the chance to sail on her.

That's a very good question and I don't know the answer. This was generated by Carnival and distributed by my PVP.

That's a very good question and I don't know the answer. This was generated by Carnival and distributed by my PVP.

.maybe I missed it (or just didn't zoom in enough) but what about Venezia? Joining Carnival banner in just a few shirt weeks, one would expect to see her listed... Or maybe Italian themed ships are "beyond" themes as being Italian IS the theme?!

It's a deck party or atrium party (depending on the ship) everyone wears white and glow sticks then we just jam out!

I've never been able to figure out HOW to know what "group" may be on our cruise. I've asked our PVP and he says that generally they don't know. Sometimes they are given the information and sometimes not. I just go with the flow. But it would be fun to join in. We actually were on a cruise when a group of Renaissance folks from Texas boarded. We knew some of them. They did invite us to join them, but we had no "proper clothing", so chose not to do so.

I cannot complain overall about the themes or styles of certain evenings onboard. Now, granted, I am somewhat disposed to rockin' the night away with a 50's theme night. Black and white deck parties are always a blast.

I have on one occasion doing a B2B had a theme cruise tacked on to our whole cruise. If I had known that I would have been better prepared for the size of the groups that boarded the ship, maybe planned accordingly.

Any cruises we now take, we attempt to find out if there are groups or themes happening during the cruise.

Knowledge is better before than experiences after......

We enjoy that too...and thanks for that list, in a weird way it reminds me of an old casino saw...if they didn't have names, you wouldn't know which one you were in, or what ship you were on.....and yes, I wish there were more pre announced themes besides these...I could dress like a Klingon, suits my mood sometimes heheheh.........

I'm on the Mardi Gras in July. I wish they had the white hot night. That's my favorite!

Re: AuntPinkie. Thanks for the reply.

Other specific theme parties are popular on ships, and USUALLY, it is very difficult to find if a particular theme is on your cruise, unless you search EVERY theme option. You may take your family on a cruise, not knowing a particular theme is a big percentage of the passengers. I have been on both sides of the issue. Cruise ships try to limit theme groups to a controllable percentage of the ship.

You can see occasional posted Shipmate pictures of various themes. If you were booked for that cruise, I am sure the cruise line will not warn you in advance of the theme group. I have searched in the past. Certain themes will list the various ships and sail dates, but if you independently search the same ship and sail date - I am sure you WILL NOT BE TOLD of the theme onboard. These comments regard unique theme parties. NOT the generic ship wide parties you originally listed/posted.

I appreciate your valuable insight and comments on this forum. Happy cruising !!