Dancin_Traveler

Thank you for the update. I’ll pop over to take a peak.

Notes from my solo cruising experience 😎 I recently went on my first solo cruise. I traveled on Norwegian Encore which had Solo Studios (all inside cabins) and a Solo Lounge. These facilities vary greatly within Norwegian and aren’t always available, so do your research! —— I cannot say enough about the great experience I had! ——- The lounge held a ‘ship-wide’ singles meeting every day at 5:30. By seeing these people a few times, I would then see them in dining areas. Being willing to compliment someone, make a humorous aside or ask a question you might already know the answer to - are all great conversation starters. (Also, read the book ‘How to win friends and influence people’ for more conversation tactics.) On my first excursion, I struck up a convo with a group of 3 on the elevator and ended up hanging with them for an informal taxi tour of SD Dom Rep, lunch back on the ship and poolside time that day. Then, I continued to see them & wave, run into them and hang out, then even made reservations together. Dining is a challenge with crowded ships. But my tactic, since I often forgot my little ‘BRB’ card, was to wait to see which attendant was monitoring/clearing the tables. Then I personally shared that I would be right back. BTW, my biggest challenges are packing, packing early enough so I don’t pull an all nighter, and photos! I got home from this trip with so few good photos of myself! (Someone earlier mentioned this.) Tips for photos: 1 - Offer often to take photos of others. They will often return the favor. 2 - Ever heard of Steelie? It’s a brand of phone holder based on a magnet. So, with this magnet on your phone case, MANY ship walls become your timer photo friend! With my Apple phone and Apple Watch, I did a couple of ‘photo shoots’ on remote parts of the ship. No one was watching - except the security camera and I’m am pretty sure they were laughing at me! Cheers!

Cool! I was thinking about the same sort of thing. My faves are WCS, country round dances, and can hold my own in basic ECS, cha cha, NC2Step, & simple waltz. I'm oddly starting to like line dancing since it's 'solo'. On my recent NCL cruise, I got 1/2 a song of ECS in as my only partner dance on the cruise! So, for NCL Encore, there were two spots with small dance floors: Sugarcane lounge and the Social (disco). I cruised with Seabourn a long way back and I recall that they had a very decent dance floor and they actually encourage some social partner dancing. They offered a dance lesson at some point. The image below is not how I specifically remember on my ship (Sojourn), but it is indicative and seems to have a good surface. https://www.theluxurycruisereview.com/nightlife/seabourn-odyssey-nightlife/

Hi Sugar&Buddy. I’m curious. What are your top 3 types of dance? You, too, Dancer Bob?

I saw that Cunard has some ‘hardcore’ ballroom dancing going on! At least two of the ships apparently have huge dance floors.

@oakridger Thanks for the idea! I just made post cards with “I’ll be right back” on them!