Expanded Carnival Towel Creations Book Offers Instructions
for Making Popular Stateroom Towel Animals
10/01/2007 MIAMI (October 1, 2007) – Carnival Cruise
Lines has issued a new book offering step-by-step instructions and photos
for creating the line’s wildly popular “towel animals” that greet guests
when they arrive in their “Fun Ship” staterooms each evening.
Entitled “Carnival Towel Creations with Freddy” featuring
the line’s fun-loving mascot “Fun Ship” Freddy, the new book offers
easy-to-follow directions and diagrams for creating more than 80 different
creatures, including new variations such as a snail, bat, cow, stingray
and goat.
The new 90-page book expands upon Carnival’s original
towel creations book published two years ago which featured instructions
for 40 animals and sold 100,000 copies. “‘Towel animals’ are a signature
element of a Carnival cruise and this new book provides guests an opportunity
to relive their ‘Fun Ship’ cruise each time they create these whimsical
creatures at home,” said Vicki Freed, Carnival’s senior vice president
of sales and marketing.
It is estimated that each year Carnival stateroom stewards
create nine million towel animals which are featured within the line’s
more than 25,000 staterooms fleetwide.
Stateroom stewards also often incorporate guests’ sunglasses,
hats and other accessories to create custom-designed towel animals for
guests’ enjoyment and amusement. Miniature “towel pal” plush toys of
several popular creations are available in the line’s gift shops fleetwide
or on-line at www.carnivaltowelpals.com.
Towel animals are just one of the many personal touches
that adorn Carnival’s staterooms, which also include plush terrycloth
robes, in-cabin amenity kits with brand-name products, and the Carnival
Comfort Bed sleep system with comfortable mattresses, luxurious duvets
and high quality linens and pillows.
“Carnival Towel Creations with Freddy” is sold in the
Formalities gift shops throughout the line’s 22-vessel fleet.
The cost is $14.95. Carnival Cruise Lines is the largest
and most popular cruise line in the world, with 22 "Fun Ships" operating
voyages ranging from three to 18 days in length to The Bahamas, Caribbean,
Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, New England, Canada, Bermuda, Europe and the
Greek Isles.
The line currently has three new ships on order – the
113,300-ton Carnival Splendor, set to debut in Europe July 13, 2008;
and the 130,000-ton Carnival Dream and Carnival Magic, scheduled for
delivery in October 2009 and June 2011, respectively.
(From Carnival)
