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Instead, if the animals are disassembled after being enjoyed for the evening, the same towels can be reused for new friends the next night. Yes, it does take a couple of minutes to craft that fluffy white elephant, floppy-eared dog, or other towel animal. You can use the towels on the ship and even while in port.
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Creating different animals out of bath towels, hand towels and washcloths is a fabric folding art related to napkin folding, origami and other decorative folding arts. While towel animals aren’t as elaborate as more advanced techniques, cruise ship cabin stewards have designed an impressive array of creatures from simple towels that may be folded, rolled, creased and twisted into different fun shapes. The exact origins of cruise ship towel animals are unknown, but the tradition is often linked to Carnival Cruise Line – after all, these creative creations add a bit more fun to a Fun Ship cruise. Today, towel animals are popular on many different lines, including Disney Cruise Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean International and Holland America Line.
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All you need are two hand towels of the same size and you are good to go. Specializing in ocean, river, ultra-luxury, small ship and expedition cruises. At the end of the class, we ended up purchasing a copy of Carnival’s ‘Towel Creations’ book, filled with step-by-step instructions on how to make a variety of animals.
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Each evening, leave your blue towel out for your stateroom steward and you’ll have a fresh towel waiting for you upon your return. In addition to pool time, I love using my towel as a blanket to wrap up in during nightly Dive-In Movies on the Lido deck. Otherwise, by the end of the week we wind up with 6 different towel animals in our cabin. (perhaps being diamond has something to do with it? IDK). If it wasn't Passover and Easter, I'd post a pic of how I arrange them and then I'd get a reprimand letter from the mods as well.
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Among the more elaborate creations include the huge alligator some guests might find lounging on their stateroom bed or even human-like figures crafted in part from guests’ own clothing or accessories such as hats and sunglasses. While we don’t typically use our stroller while we are on the ship, we have found it helpful to have an umbrella stroller on the days we are in port. There’s no need to bring one from home though, you can rent strollers on the ship at the kids camp. I always have the urge to bring along a computer, in case I get the urge to write while I’m sailing. However, having a computer completely defeats the point of being on vacation!
STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO MAKING A TOWEL ANIMAL – DOG
The towel stations near pools often have a pal or two on display, or can even make one if asked. These fuzzy friends are a fun extra stewards add to guest cabins to make a cruise more enjoyable and memorable, but making towel animals is not an official part of a cabin steward’s duties. It is important to be aware, however, that cabin stewards have many other duties, and it may not always be possible to meet more exotic requests. If the day has been very busy or a difficult situation arises, some nights may not feature towel animals at all. There are always new and exciting towel animals appearing on different cruise ships. More easily recognizable animals are some of the most common and popular designs, including pigs, dogs, cats, frogs, elephants, gorillas and dinosaurs.
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It’s become standard practice, with about 100 animals on the roster and more coming—Myszewski says they’re trying to fashion a koala and kangaroo for the line’s first cruise to Australia this fall. “If we don’t make them, [people will] go straight to guest services and complain that there are no animals,” says Carnival’s senior housekeeping manager Marcin Myszewski, about how popular the critters are onboard. Fold the corners or tips of your triangles towards the middle of your crease (step 5 and 6) and roll the sides up to the middle (step 8 and 9). Put one finger in the middle of the towel on the top and grab the left corner of the top layer of the towel and fold it so it resembles some sort of triangle (step 3).
I was always curious and looking forward to the next day to find out what new towel animal the room stewards would prepare. The helpful stateroom stewards were our guides and walked us through the process of turning simple, white towels into a fun-loving creature. I was surprised to learn that there are a few standard techniques to build most of the animals, with only their heads being made differently.
I laugh about it now, but when preparing for our first cruise – I packed snacks for the girls to last an entire week. You’re on a cruise ship where most food is included, plus room service! My girls were thrilled with the menu items each day and our afternoon ritual included room service PB&Js with potato chips during ‘family rest time’. On some sailings, Carnival crew members also put together a towel animal parade or showcase, when a full range of creations are displayed on the pool deck or in one of the ship’s lounges for guests to admire. Persistent rumors about the elimination of towel animals have prompted Carnival Cruise Line to make an official response.
“Towel animals have become synonymous with the Carnival vacation experience and the Towel Creations series has been very successful with upwards of 40,000 books sold each year,” said Gerry Cahill, Carnival’s president and CEO. “We’re thrilled to publish the fourth edition of the popular how-to guide while raising money for one of our favorite charitable partners, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,” he added. While these animals are typically placed on beds during the evening turndown service, some may even be hung from vents, window frames or mirrors, and bats and monkeys both make regular dangling appearances for guests. We occasionally need an extra towel, so a towel animal may get sacrificed to meet that need, but usually we try to keep them all throughout the cruise. My last three stewards have been using the same towel and changing it up each day.
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She said she always loved coming back to the cabin to see what animal has been made. We don't wanna know where the cabin steward got those peepers. Why we don't let our towels party too hard on theme nights. "I vant to suck your bloody Mary," says towel bat on vacation. As the most discerning, up-to-the-minute voice in all things travel, Condé Nast Traveler is the global citizen’s bible and muse, offering both inspiration and vital intel. We understand that time is the greatest luxury, which is why Condé Nast Traveler mines its network of experts and influencers so that you never waste a meal, a drink, or a hotel stay wherever you are in the world.
It has been a great reminder of the memories we made together on our cruise and allowed us to bring the fun home with us too. So until our next cruise, I’ll continue practicing my techniques in hopes that next time I’ll be ready for even more fun at towel animal folding class. Some cabin stewards may make much larger creations from multiple towels, such as alligators or even human-like figures, or romantic options such as hearts, flowers or a sweet pair of swans or peacocks may visit couples’ cabins. I am going to admit right here that I squealed like a little kid when I walked into the room and found the monkey.
Multiple towel animals can quickly take up valuable space in small cabins, and if all the animals stay put for the entire cruise, that is a lot of towels the steward will need to take care of at the end of the trip. Housekeeping carts on different cabin decks often have a friendly towel animal keeping the staff company as well. On family-friendly cruise lines, there may be a big parade or display of towel animals at some point during the cruise, often in a large lounge or near the main pool where a whole menagerie of animals will gather. Cruise Hive was established back in 2008 and among the earliest blogs in the industry.
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