What is Carnival Cruise’s Circle C?
Carnival Circle C is a younger teens’ club just for 12-14 year olds on Carnival Cruise Line’s ships. It is a fun place for young teens to gather, meet new friends and take part in age appropriate activities.

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Circle C procedures
The Carnival ships all have a separated designated room for Circle C and have designated staff.
You will have to register your kids for the Circle C kids club. This can either be done online ahead of time or onboard.
The 12 year olds will be issued a wristband that they must wear through out the cruise. The wrist band will show their muster station (emergency gathering spot).
The Circle C participants are able to come and go as they please. A parent does not need to sign them in and out like they do in the younger kids clubs.
The Circle C room will not be open outside of scheduled hours.

On the first day of the cruise, usually before sail away, there will be an open house and registration time scheduled. Check the app.
Tip – Have your young teens go to the meet and greet.
Going to the meet and greet on the first day of your cruise is the best way to get them familiar with the activities available and to meet other same age cruisers.
If they wait until later in the cruise, they may find it more intimidating to go as they can feel like the other kids already know each other and have made their friend groups.
In the Circle C room and on the Carnival HUB app you’ll find the Activity Schedule for the week.
On sea days there are activities often from 10:00 am until 1am with some breaks during the day.
On port days it doesn’t open until later, on our cruise they started at 2pm. There was also a dinner break each day.


Carnival Circle C Activities {2024}
I collected Circle C Activity schedules from the couple cruises I was on so that I could give you a more up-to-date list of activities and what your child can expect.
There will be some variation from ship to ship but the staff did say it is quite similar.

Active games
Most days they had “Active” scheduled which could include:
- Circuit
- King Elephant
- On the ship
- Gaga ball
- Octopus soccer
- Ladders
- Coke & Pepsi
- Statures
- Act it out
- Back to back
Scavenger hunts
Bean bag toss and other outdoor games
Set time in the Sports Square (select ships)
Foosball
Mini golf
Dance parties
Giant Jenga

Other activities
There were several other activities planned such as:
Karaoke
Movie time
Video games – PlayStation (ex/ Minecraft, NBA)
Video game tournaments
Tricked! (game)
Card games
Board games
Craft sessions
Trivia
Build a Bear Workshop (for an extra fee)
Most days they had “U Choose” time, this is where the kids could choose what they wanted to do. Video games, board games, and arts and craft supplies were all set out for them.
Keep in mind as always that things can and do change. The type of activity, hours, costs and procedures can be different for your cruise. This is meant to give you an idea of they types of activities offered in this kids’ club.
On the activity schedule you will notice that some activities are unsupervised and some have an additional fee. These of course are optional.
The unsupervised activities were ones that are out and about on the ship such as scavenger hunts and deck parties.
The activities on our cruise that had an additional fee were the Build a Bear Workshop and the Groove for St. Jude deck party.
Some of the Circle C Carnival activities included taking the teens to other scheduled activities like going to watch a show in the theatre, play mini golf or other activities like the ropes course (depending on the ship).

Having your kids keep a journal of your cruise vacation makes a great keepsake. This one is a print at home which is great because you can use the pages you like to create your own book.
Tip – Point out to your teens the phones on the walls throughout the ship. They can use these to call your stateroom.
To call your stateroom from any of these phones simply dial your room number.
As mentioned, activities and procedures can and will change sailing to sailing and ship to ship but hopefully this gives you an idea of what you can expect at Carnival Cruise Line’s Circle C.
Years ago, both my kids attended Circle C together on the Carnival Dream and both loved it.
For those with older teens Carnival Cruise Club O2 is the free program for teens ages 15-17. Carnival Club O2 is available on all of Carnival’s ships and is included in your cruise fare.

Happy cruising!