RE: Trick or Treat
I'm not much for setting rules whilst on vacation, but it will be guided tho. So as people join the decks or groups will have to figured out, but
I prefer to do so on Halloween as it may be easier for costuming purposes and I think Halloween 2017 lands on a sea day giving ample time to run around the ship, and as in the past
DCL may have some trick or treat events on different decks or main lobby. They had a mouse-quarade (sp?) for kids and costume contest for adults in the evening, per their 2015 navigators.
That mouse-quarade was before and after lunch (11:30-12:15 and again at 2:00- 2:45). Most may not want to miss that.
The past navigators show Bingo as the only big event draw that afternoon and my thinking is they they have Bingo every day and those that want to partake in Bingo that day can choose to to do so and go to Trick or Treat at the other time slot (and hopefully they will return the favor and someone in their party is home to open the cabin door and hand out candy). So, I think between 3-5 is best time also because main dinner seating at 5:15.
Now depending how many we get we can do 1/2 hour slots or hour slots. If it is smaller groups 1/2 hour will be enough to run by a deck or so. Staterooms are on decks 1&2, 6, 7 & 8. Since there are only a few on Deck 1 (and most reserved for entertainment) I think they would be grouped together as Decks 1-2. So we can do 2 decks per group or something - again totally dependent on how many people we get.
Parents Note if we are all OK with somewhere between 3 pm and 5 pm on Oct. 31, 2017 for trick or treat:
1. be aware that dinner is right after so confiscate the candy bag and
2. use it to bribe the kiddos to eat their veggies at dinner - LOL
As far as costumes, I see that as a personal choice - so go for it if you are game, if not no worries.
A treasure hunt could be done but would take a lot more than a 1/2 - 1 hour and
personally I think kiddos like to knock on doors but, if the majority want a hunt in lieu of door to door then it is OK too.
However a treasure hunt could be its own event at another time or day.
Thoughts?