Traveler1977 Posted November 24, 2023 #1 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, does anyone know when Royal Caribbean decorates its ships for the Christmas holiday season? It would be nice to see festive decorations on Freedom for my upcoming cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puerto penasco lady Posted November 24, 2023 #2 Share Posted November 24, 2023 The decorations go up immediately after Thanksgiving. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted November 24, 2023 #3 Share Posted November 24, 2023 13 minutes ago, Traveler1977 said: Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, does anyone know when Royal Caribbean decorates its ships for the Christmas holiday season? It would be nice to see festive decorations on Freedom for my upcoming cruise. Decorations should be going up this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDawg79 Posted November 24, 2023 #4 Share Posted November 24, 2023 They will all be decorated within the next day or two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BND Posted November 24, 2023 #5 Share Posted November 24, 2023 (edited) I've seen a couple of FB posts where some decorating has already started as of a couple of days ago. Our experience though is the day after Thanksgiving is when they start. They mostly work overnight. Edited November 24, 2023 by BND Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted November 24, 2023 #6 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Got the last several years we cruised the week after thanksgiving and they were completely up or at least partially up when we boarded. Sailing in 2 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler1977 Posted November 24, 2023 Author #7 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Thanks for the responses. Something to look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjrpar Posted November 24, 2023 #8 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Anyone know when they take th decorations down? We sail on 1/7/24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyFan33579 Posted November 24, 2023 #9 Share Posted November 24, 2023 33 minutes ago, rjrpar said: Anyone know when they take th decorations down? We sail on 1/7/24 On Wonder last year they took all the decorations down on December 30th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogbay Posted November 24, 2023 #10 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Was it not just Easter ??? 🙄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mets123 Posted November 24, 2023 #11 Share Posted November 24, 2023 2 hours ago, rjrpar said: Anyone know when they take th decorations down? We sail on 1/7/24 They'll be gone But some of the Caribbean ports may still have some up I've seen the port area in St Maarten still decorated in mid January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatka Posted November 24, 2023 #12 Share Posted November 24, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, puerto penasco lady said: The decorations go up immediately after Thanksgiving. Not on all ships. They started decorating Anthem on Thanksgiving cruises only since last year. We will have Tree Lighting today though!!! Edited November 24, 2023 by Tatka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjrpar Posted November 24, 2023 #13 Share Posted November 24, 2023 1 hour ago, mets123 said: They'll be gone But some of the Caribbean ports may still have some up I've seen the port area in St Maarten still decorated in mid January. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatka Posted November 24, 2023 #14 Share Posted November 24, 2023 3 hours ago, rjrpar said: Anyone know when they take th decorations down? We sail on 1/7/24 Depends on ship. On Grandeur for example we had decorations for Christmas & New Year. On Anthem they took it down during Christmas cruise and we didn’t have it for New Year because they use space for crowd during NYE celebrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted November 24, 2023 #15 Share Posted November 24, 2023 They started the Wednesday Morning before Thanksgiving on Serenade a few days ago, tree is up and some garland on the railings in the centrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wreckem2013 Posted November 25, 2023 #16 Share Posted November 25, 2023 12 hours ago, Traveler1977 said: Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, does anyone know when Royal Caribbean decorates its ships for the Christmas holiday season? It would be nice to see festive decorations on Freedom for my upcoming cruise. Last year I did an 8 night Thanksgiving cruise on Odyssey. Overnight after thanksgiving day they decorated pretty much the entire ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler1977 Posted November 25, 2023 Author #17 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Thanks for all the feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fla33023 Posted November 26, 2023 #18 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Left Independence this morning and not one decoration was up. I had seen on FB that Liberty was decorating so that was a tad disappointing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlbecker1 Posted November 26, 2023 #19 Share Posted November 26, 2023 4 minutes ago, fla33023 said: Left Independence this morning and not one decoration was up. I had seen on FB that Liberty was decorating so that was a tad disappointing! We left Rhapsody this morning without any decorations also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fla33023 Posted November 26, 2023 #20 Share Posted November 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, Tlbecker1 said: We left Rhapsody this morning without any decorations also. I felt bad because I met a group of first-time cruisers. Told them how beautiful the ship will look Fri or Sat all decorated, they can take pictures, etc. Glad I didn't see them again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlbecker1 Posted November 26, 2023 #21 Share Posted November 26, 2023 4 minutes ago, fla33023 said: I felt bad because I met a group of first-time cruisers. Told them how beautiful the ship will look Fri or Sat all decorated, they can take pictures, etc. Glad I didn't see them again. I was really surprised also. We cruised last year on 3 different ships starting on Thanksgiving and enjoyed all of the Christmas trees up. We board the Liberty tomorrow and we are really looking forward to the decorations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler1977 Posted November 26, 2023 Author #22 Share Posted November 26, 2023 A couple of disappointing last minute updates. Boarding Freedom tomorrow. Hoping the decorations are up. Whether they’re up or not won’t matter, we are going to have a great time on our cruise either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deliver42 Posted November 27, 2023 #23 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Probably Jason Liberty has cut back on decorations so he can have a bigger bonus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepcman Posted November 27, 2023 #24 Share Posted November 27, 2023 On 11/24/2023 at 12:55 PM, rjrpar said: Anyone know when they take th decorations down? We sail on 1/7/24 That's the week they start putting up the Easter decorations. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyFan33579 Posted November 27, 2023 #25 Share Posted November 27, 2023 6 hours ago, Tlbecker1 said: I was really surprised also. We cruised last year on 3 different ships starting on Thanksgiving and enjoyed all of the Christmas trees up. We board the Liberty tomorrow and we are really looking forward to the decorations. I am getting on Liberty tomorrow too and hoping the ship will be completely decorated. If not it won’t be a big deal. However, I will be disappointed if Independence isn’t decorated in two weeks, since I booked this cruise mainly for the decorations (plus all the other fun stuff associated with cruising) since I am not doing a Christmas cruise this year like I did the past two years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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