Carnival look for a godchild for its new Carnival Dream Water Park

Now here is something you don't see every day! Isn't it great to see the children getting an opportunity to take park in the launch of a new cruise ship. I guess it is also great PR for Carnival cruises, but that aside - I love to see younger people being considered. Read on.....

Carnival Cruise Lines is looking for a child with "awesome dreams" to become the first "godchild" to a cruise ship water park on its upcoming new-build, the 130,000-ton Carnival Dream.

In an online contest, Carnival is calling on children between the ages of 7 to 12 in the U.S. and Canada to share their "awesome dreams" for a chance to travel to New York City and christen the Carnival WaterWorks aqua park on its new ship.

The water park will boast a 303-foot-long, four-deck-high corkscrew water slide, which Carnival says is the longest in the cruise industry, and twin 80-foot-long racing slides.

To enter the Virtual Book of Dreams contest, children must complete the thought, "I’m always dreaming up fun stuff. Wouldn’t it be awesome if…" in 250 words or less, from now until Sept. 18.

Carnival said submissions would be judged based on creativity, originality, expression and emotional content.

In late September, Carnival will announce four finalists chosen by a panel of judges, in addition to one wild card finalist who will be selected via public online voting. Each of the finalists will be featured in a final round of public online voting that will run through the beginning of October.

The winning family will receive a cruise on the Carnival Dream when the ship debuts in North America in November, the line said.

This is a cruise blog entry by Phil