Best ships for dancing

[MYMOTHERSCHILD]

Don't even mention Carnival please, but otherwise, what ships offer the most and best dancing every night, other than disco?

[cruisestitch]

Within the Celebrity fleet, the best ships would be the four M-class ships, Infinity, Millennium, Constellation, Summit. These four have a dance venue, the Rendezvous Lounge.

[kruzgal]

If you are considering all cruise lines I would have thought Cunard.

[C 2 C]

Within the Celebrity fleet, the best ships would be the four M-class ships, Infinity, Millennium, Constellation, Summit. These four have a dance venue, the Rendezvous Lounge.

 

You can add Century but all the dance floors are quite small.. er "intimate" ;).

 

We love the Rendezvous lounge.

[Esprit]

Forget the S Class ships, unless you like dancing on a tiny floor beneath the main staircase with passengers walking between you.

 

Nothing can beat the QM2 dance floor

[miched]

The Boblo out of Detroit. They would have moonlight cruise sailing the Detroit River with a dance band and basically one whole deck was dedicated to the dance floor. :D

 

I have been on many different lines and usually in the late evening it is usually a DJ in one of the large lounges at the rear of the ship.

 

For ballroom type dancing your best bet is to look for a theme cruise. We by chance were on one that we weren't aware of when we booked. It was a 50's rock and roll cruise. All of the lounges featured dance bands and groups.

 

 

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[keesar]

If you like dancing, forget the S-class ships.

 

Look at the smaller ships from Celebrity that have a Rendezvous Lounge.

[Oliver Wilson]

Don't even mention Carnival please, but otherwise, what ships offer the most and best dancing every night, other than disco?

 

I vote Cunard- QM2, Queen Victoria or Queen Elizabeth. Dancing day and night if you like.

[MYMOTHERSCHILD]

I vote Cunard- QM2, Queen Victoria or Queen Elizabeth. Dancing day and night if you like.

Thanks everybody. I'll try Cunard but it's pricey.

It seems to me that, in the dark ages, a ballroom on a ship was as traditional as cruising itself. Yes, dancing at the bottom of a wide stairway, on a tiny dance floor, with passengers lined up many evenings to have pictures taken is ridiculous.

[skandls]

The Royal Caribbean Oasis and Allure have many dancing venues at different times. Ballroom, Salsa, Disco and cover band (60s to 80s) almost every night.

[WestLakeGirl]

Not only is the Rendezvous Lounge a nice place for dancing, it's also a great place for watching others dance while enjoying a pre dinner adult beverage

[C 2 C]

Not only is the Rendezvous Lounge a nice place for dancing, it's also a great place for watching others dance while enjoying a pre dinner adult beverage

 

 

We do the same after dinner as well...:D

 

And the dancing shoes are so much more mobile...;)

[Hlitner]

We have been on more then 60 different ships of 14 cruise lines and the best ballroom dancing, by far, was on the Queen Mary 2. Not only do they have a big band orchestra (with singer) but they have an amazing ballroom where more then 50 couples can be on the floor without it getting overly crowded.

 

Hank

[keesar]

The Queen Mary 2 has a 24 by 42 foot wooden dance floor. That is your ship if you want to dance. Plus a live big band at times.

[C 2 C]

But the problem when asking this question on the Celebrity board is that we sail mostly on Celebrity. The dance floor is a nice addition but Cunard ships sail mostly where we don't..

 

The itinerary is more important than the dance floor for many.

[cafeDB]

I vote Cunard as the best, way ahead of any other line I have tried.

However, if you're looking for a biggish wood floor and don't mind being one of very few couples on it, and music that is not always suitable; but has good itineraries, I have danced every night on the Pacific Princess ( only 3 dancing couples on our Holy Land Cruise) to DJ music (better than a band which can't keep the proper tempo for ballroom) and most nights on the Voyager class ships of RCL - when they were not using the lounge for game shows and if the band plays danceable tunes.