formal Bridge play on Celebrity

[bigjeter312]

Does Celebrity offer formal Bridge play on their ships? If so, do they offer

duplicate bridge. I traveled Celebrity several years ago and they had a bridge

session both in the morning and afternoon that was run by a bridge expert who was employed by the cruise line. Does Celebrity offer this on trans-Atlantic

[WestLakeGirl]

This was discontinued some years ago

[jackdiamond]

And, those bridge experts were, in most cases, not Celebrity employees. In fact, they were individuals who were given partial free transport for their services.

[baldercash]

I sailed Oceania and it was offered on the 19 day cruise I was on.

I signed up for the learners sessions and was awarded best new player. There was not much else offered so I attended the lessons.

The couple teaching were from Australia and they said the average age of a Bridge player in the US was 65. A game that is rapidly loosing traction.

Edited February 7, 2014 by baldercash

[deise17311]

Azamara had it last January...however, on our 1/11/14 Reflection sailing they did not...quite disappointed...especially because most activities these days seemed to be a disguised sales pitch...

[Clydesmom7865]

Does Celebrity offer formal Bridge play on their ships? If so, do they offer

duplicate bridge. I traveled Celebrity several years ago and they had a bridge

session both in the morning and afternoon that was run by a bridge expert who was employed by the cruise line. Does Celebrity offer this on trans-Atlantic

 

There was a discussion about this last month here: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1966403

 

Celebrity talked about bringing one back but it hasn't happened. On both my cruises I did not see a huge demand for bridge players. There were a couple of small groups on their own but nothing formal.

[CU64]

I sailed Oceania and it was offered on the 19 day cruise I was on.

I signed up for the learners sessions and was awarded best new player. There was not much else offered so I attended the lessons.

The couple teaching were from Australia and they said the average age of a Bridge player in the US was 65. A game that is rapidly loosing traction.

 

Duplicate bridge is hardly losing traction and now getting even more popular

as baby boomers are aging/ one of the best games to keep your mind and memory agile

There are bridge cruises........check into them

On Princess, there use to be bridge ID in the daily newspaper

Barbara

[May B]

Duplicate bridge is hardly losing traction and now getting even more popular

as baby boomers are aging/ one of the best games to keep your mind and memory agile

There are bridge cruises........check into them

On Princess, there use to be bridge ID in the daily newspaper

Barbara

 

Many 65-year-old are just learning bridge, and guess what? Some of them will be playing for the next 30 years! I'm way ahead of them -- well, first of all, I'm 67, but more importantly, I've been playing duplicate for 40+ years.

 

I don't know how many years I have left, but I expect I'll be playing bridge for most of them. Just not on a cruise ship!

 

:D