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We are going on the Dream 11/3-11/7. We were wondering on the Pirate Night situation. We are also going to MNSSHP on Halloween! My thought is to have pirate costumes that we can utilize for both the MNSSHP as well as Pirate Night. DH's thought is just simple tee shirts for Pirate Night. My question is - how many dress up for these things? Wouldn't it be fun - or too over the top? We are driving so packing extra is no big deal.
We always dress in full pirate costume for pirate night. It's so much more fun that way! Almost everyone will at least wear the bandanas DCL gives out. I'd guess 10%-20% of people were really dressed up like us. We got a lot of attention with many folks asking to take pictures with us. It's fun to see all the different costumes folks come up with, and for me at least it just has a great feel being "someone else". Arggg!
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By your dates, I'm guessing you are sailing a 4-night on the Dream. Sometimes the shorter cruises have more new cruisers than some of the longer sailings and those new cruisers may not be as prepared for Pirate Night. Having said that, there will definitely be a range so go all out and have a great time. Using the same pirate costume for both the cruise and MNSSHP makes perfect sense. Great planning!
It's definitely been our experience that more folks are dressed up on the 7-night cruises than the 3-4 nights. On our last 7-night I brought extra eye patches and temporary tattoos and gave them away to folks who wanted some piratey stuff.
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We always admire those who go all out for Pirate Night, because we can't, as we're always flying to join a cruise. I say go for it - you won't feel out of place. I have to be honest, on the shorter cruises we've done, we haven't noticed less people dressed up for Pirate Night, but then again, I haven't really paid that much attention.
We always dress in full pirate costume for pirate night. It's so much more fun that way! Almost everyone will at least wear the bandanas DCL gives out. I'd guess 10%-20% of people were really dressed up like us. We got a lot of attention with many folks asking to take pictures with us. It's fun to see all the different costumes folks come up with, and for me at least it just has a great feel being "someone else". Arggg!
We noticed that many adults wore the bandanas, eye patches, etc on our last 4 night cruise. My DD11 wore her Halloween pirate costume and loved it while my DD14 simply wore a black dress and added some pirate gear to make it fun (banadan, eye patch, single gold hoop earring).
I say where whatever makes you happy and comfortable!!
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I'd say about 40% of people on our 4 night dream cruise were dressed up and it was great fun. We all were dressed up in full costume and it really made the night. Go for it!!
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