Activities for days at sea?

[missjanet]

We are taking our first Celebrity cruise in September on the Millennium - there will be 2 "at sea" days. Can you give us an idea of what might be offered on those days? We enjoy wine or drink tastings, dance lessons (if I can convince DH), trivia or "Name That Tune" type of games, things along that line. We don't play Bingo or use the casino or do Karaoke at all.

 

Thanks for your help.

Janet

[Lois R]

We are taking our first Celebrity cruise in September on the Millennium - there will be 2 "at sea" days. Can you give us an idea of what might be offered on those days? We enjoy wine or drink tastings, dance lessons (if I can convince DH), trivia or "Name That Tune" type of games, things along that line. We don't play Bingo or use the casino or do Karaoke at all.

 

Thanks for your help.

Janet

 

Hi Janet:) they offer the items you mentioned and they also have

food demos which can be quite fun....they have their version of

Iron Chef...2 chefs each with a passenger as an assistant and 3

passengers are judges.

 

They also have the food demos..The Chefs of the Specialty Restaurants

make samples with tastings for the audience.

 

They also offer lecturers on different subjects too.

[CaptData]

There is wine tasting ( ask at bar when it is and sign up for it. You can also do a martini flight (on your own). There could be ledtures depending on where you are going. There is always the Port Shopping one too. There is cooking demos.

[Northern Aurora]

Also look for craft activities, such as watercolor classes or scrapbook sessions.

[trabeler]

There will be sports activities such as a putting contest, pool volleyball against the officers, etc. Don't forget the galley tour, ice carving demo, fruit carving demo, cake decorating demo...

 

Of course, not all of the above on one day, but just an idea of what to expect.

[one9marine]

only done RCL so far. have fun doing the belly flop. kinda getting the feeling that X is too stuffy for this. X'ers, am i gonna have fun or be bummed.

[tserface]

We love Celebrity, but do find it to be a little boring compared to RCL. They do *some* crazy stuff like "Dancing with the Stripes" and a married couples game, but no Quest or pool contests that I've seen. The people playing trivia are a lot more hard core on Celebrity than on RCL (in our experience). That takes some of the fun out of it, but we still enjoy it.

 

There are lots of times on sea days where we can't figure out anything to do (RCL tends to pack the schedule with dance lessons and other fun things) and so we just play cards some where we can find a place to sit.

 

The Celebrity experience is definitely a lot quieter and less crazy "family fun" than RCL. We like both kinds of cruises.

 

Tom

 

only done RCL so far. have fun doing the belly flop. kinda getting the feeling that X is too stuffy for this. X'ers, am i gonna have fun or be bummed.

[TeaBag]

One of the sea days will have the big brunch. It is usually advertised in the dailies although a lot of people seem not to find it.

[Clydesmom7865]

Don't ask me my favorite activity on sea days is napping! :D

[Lois R]

only done RCL so far. have fun doing the belly flop. kinda getting the feeling that X is too stuffy for this. X'ers, am i gonna have fun or be bummed.

 

Guess it depends on what you are looking for in a cruise. I don't

think it is stuffy at all but then again, I enjoy just finding a lounge

chair with a good book and a drink:)

 

The Dancing with the Stripes is an evening event and I have been

a judge in that before. I think it is a lot of fun:) and the audience

has always seemed to enjoy it. (On the sailings I have been on

anyway).

 

During the day.....I don't always care about "being busy"....I don't

consider it stuffy at all.......just more laid back and relaxing:D

[emileg]

Celebrity has partnered with the Smithsonian Journeys to provide lecturers on a variety of topics.

 

From Celebrity website:

 

"Beyond the Podium Speaker Series Featuring Smithsonian Journeys Expand your scholarly horizons with exciting presentations from expert speakers on every Celebrity cruise. We're pleased to feature speakers from Smithsonian Journeys on every 2012 Holy Land, Transatlantic, Bermuda, Hawaii, Canada/New England, Panama Canal and select Caribbean sailings."

 

These and many other types of learning activities available can be found on the following Celebrity page:

 

http://www.celebritycruises.com/onboard/level3Type4.do?pagename=onboard_celebrity_celebritylife_activities_learn&parentpage=onboard_celebrity_celebritylife_activities_gateway