Where else but in the cruise world would a 44-year-old and a 31-year-old propose that you and your family go and get slimed, just for the fun of it?
It’s happened.
The 44-year-old is Norwegian Cruise Lines. The 31-year-old is Nickelodeon, and shame on you (us) if we didn’t know Nickelodeon has been around for more than three decades! What they have made available are two “Nickelodeon All Access Cruises” next year, one for people in the New World (New York) and the other for people in the Old World (Barcelona).
The title of the promotion means the whole ship (Jewel in New York, Epic in Barcelona) will be Nickelodeon-ized. Live-action characters like (but not necessarily) iCarly, True Jackson VP and the voice of SpongeBob Squarepants, will be there. So will cartoon characters Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob and Aang the Last Airbender, whoever he is.
There will be special viewings and premieres of the TV shows, breakfasts with the characters, messy game shows like Slime Time Live! around the pool. You know…the family that gets slimed together sticks together.
If you’re in our demographic, only the most demonstrative exhibitionists among us will be turned on by this, but most of us have grandchildren to convince us to be like them. There’s plenty of time for them to do that — the Jewel departs New York on February 20, the Epic leaves Barcelona on July 24 — but the early birds get the bonus: up to $250 onboard credit and only half the deposit if booked before September 14 (depending on stateroom).
We’re kind of hoping our grandchildren don’t hear about this. It’s the whole slime thing — we’re the grandparents who like egg whites and oysters fully cooked, and silly string hanging from somebody else’s eyebrows!