Carnival Cruise Line’s well-liked “Behind the Enjoyable” onboard ship tour will quickly be returning for the primary time for the reason that industry-wide pandemic shutdown. This distinctive tour takes friends into crew-only areas of the ship and presents insights into what it’s actually like working, working, and dwelling on a cruise ship.
Behind the Enjoyable to Return
Carnival Cruise Line will quickly be bringing again the extremely well-liked “Behind the Enjoyable” tour that takes friends into crew-only areas onboard the ship, together with operational areas. The cruise line’s model ambassador, John Heald, hinted of the tour’s return not too long ago on social media.
“A glance behind the crew solely door shall be returning in early February,” Heald mentioned.
The unique, small group tour is likely one of the final options nonetheless on maintain since cruising resumed in mid-2021.
Initially, together with different group options equivalent to VIFP loyalty events, kids’s applications, and elite occasions such because the Chef’s Desk eating expertise, the tour was suspended to reduce crowding and scale back the danger of potential illness transmission. Within the case of the Behind the Enjoyable tour, this precaution was not only for taking part friends, but additionally for crew members working behind the scenes.
As soon as cruising resumed and restrictions started to ease, staffing points continued to trigger challenges with providing small group experiences, and the cruise line centered its efforts on maximizing service to probably the most quantity of friends. As staffing improved, nonetheless, totally different options had been steadily introduced again.
The events for Carnival’s “Very Essential Enjoyable Individual” loyalty program resumed in late June, for instance, whereas the Chef’s Desk expertise resumed from June 30, 2022. Kids’s applications and different onboard programming have additionally resumed.
Now, the Behind the Enjoyable tour is slated to return in February 2023, although apart from “early” there was no affirmation of the precise date the tour will start to be out there. It’s possible that the tour will begin on totally different ships on totally different dates, with tweaks and changes as wanted to supply one of the best expertise for friends on totally different vessels.
About Behind the Enjoyable
Behind the Enjoyable is described because the “final tour” onboard Carnival’s ships, exploring past public areas. Whereas the precise tour will differ based mostly on ship operations and sophistication of vessel, every tour sometimes visits unique areas such because the bridge, engine management room, foremost galley, meals retailer rooms and freezers, and laundry rooms. Excursions may embody a take a look at the ship’s brig, backstage present areas, the “I-95” crew hall, and extra.
Moreover, the tour normally additionally contains some appears to be like at crew dwelling areas, equivalent to crew eating rooms, lounges, and quarters, giving friends distinctive insights into the each day lifetime of dwelling aboard a cruise ship full-time.
Behind the Enjoyable is barely supplied as soon as per crusing on every vessel, and is proscribed to not more than 16 members to make sure a superb expertise and to take care of safety protocols. At totally different areas, crew members provide brief lectures and reply questions on operations.
Excursions final from 2-3.5 hours relying on the ship and out there areas to see, and vary in value from $55-95 (USD) per particular person. Excursions on bigger vessels, equivalent to Carnival Celebration and Mardi Gras, are longer and extra elaborate than excursions on smaller vessels equivalent to Carnival Elation and Carnival Paradise.
Resulting from safety protocols, no baggage, cameras, cell telephones, or different recording units are permitted.
Friends taking part within the Behind the Enjoyable tour should put on close-toed footwear and be capable to navigate steep stairways and slender hallways, and the tour contains average to intensive strolling. Bathing fits and skirts aren’t permitted. Friends should be no less than 8 years previous, and all friends below age 18 should be accompanied by a taking part grownup.
Mementos of the Occasion
Not solely do friends becoming a member of the Behind the Enjoyable tour get superb reminiscences of the expertise, however every visitor additionally receives some commemorative items as a part of their tour.
Every visitor receives a restricted version baseball cap embroidered with “Behind the Enjoyable” and “Honorary Staff Member”, caps that aren’t out there for buy. Complimentary photographs of the group in addition to people (or household teams) are additionally supplied.
Extra items which can be sometimes included are unique lanyards, drawstring tote baggage, soaps, drink samples, and candies, relying on the vessel and what facilities can be found onboard.
Friends excited about reserving the Behind the Enjoyable tour ought to achieve this as quickly as they board their Carnival cruise to order their spot. This tour, sometimes supplied on the final sea day of every crusing, will not be out there to ebook on-line. As a result of it’s a small group, once-per-cruise expertise, out there areas refill rapidly.
