CARNIVAL LAS PALMAS
Carnival Las Palmas is said to be the second biggest in the world. Of course one step behind his more famous brother of Rio De Janeiro. In Las Palmas, the Carnival presents one of the oldest traditions and it´s celebrated for almost 500 years. The oldest source is from the year 1574, when the local inhabitants danced in the costumes and masks on the wedding celebrations of MatÃas Cairasco.
The main scene of the Carnival Las Palmas is Santa Catalina Park. With its area of more than 1000m2 is able to host all those who want to participate. Every year a big stage that presents the actual topic of the Carnival is constructed here. The Carnival is approximately one month long and most of the nights you can watch the galas and after that go dancing to any of the discos behind the stage. Some of them in the open air, another in the large tents, in each of them you can enjoy another kind of music and almost everywhere with the free entrance.
If you´d participated, you woud see that the local inhabitants really live by the Carnival and most of them will wear costumes, so don´t forget to prepare yours. If you´d like to visit the Carnival of Las Palmas, you can reserve with us some of the accomodation offered on the right side. Some of them are within the walking distance from the stage.
The main galas of the Carnival is the Queen Gala and the Drag Queen Gala. The entrance fee is approximately 10-15 euros per person. Outside of the paid area you can wath the stage on the huge TVs located in various places of Santa Catalina Park. The other gala evenings are usually for free.
Friday 29.1.2016
Opening Announcement
Saturday 30.1.2016
19:00 Children´s Comparsas
Sunday 31.1.2016
12:00 Children´s Costume Festival
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Carnival Passenger Dies During SNUBA Excursion in St. Kitts
Posted on February 2, 2016 by Jim Walker
We were informed yesterday that a Carnival cruise passenger from the Carnival Glory died in St. Kitts during a SNUBA excursion booked on the ship.
A cruise passenger who witnessed the spectacle but wishes to stay anonymous states that it allegedly took an ambulance 20 minutes to arrive. The vehicle allegedly had no medical equipment or defibrillator. The passenger who contacted us says that there was "zero medical help" from the St. Kitts paramedics. "They just looked at the guy, said he's dead, and walked away."
Nurses and a firefighter vacationing on the Friar's Bay beach reportedly performed CPR on the passenger for 15 minutes without success.
The passenger complained that there was allegedly no doctor available who could even pronounce the passenger dead so they could take his body away instead of being left in the sun for hours.
Cruise lines need to require every tour operator to have defibrillators and proper first aid equipment with them, particularly in countries where they take their passengers that have ambulances without defibrillators or basic emergency equipment.
Carnival declined to respond to our request for a comment.