Central de la charla de la travesía

Muchas veces cuando hablo de mi amor para cruzar, oigo cerca de los no-cruceros “Oh, yo pienso que sería así que agujereado en una nave de travesía.” Puedo honesto decir que la única gente que podría ser aburrida posiblemente en una nave de travesía es la gente que sería probablemente agujereado dondequiera ella va o el personal de las actividades y de la hospitalidad de la nave de travesía no hacía su trabajo correctamente. Las naves de travesía tienen tan muchas diversas actividades y atracciones que hay algo para cada uno.

Lo más obviamente posible, las líneas de la travesía ofrecen cenar espectacular, las demostraciones del estilo de la producción y del cabaret, lado de la piscina y tipo música de las vendas, del disco y de la bola del sitio del salón. Tienen a menudo acontecimientos y partidos del tema. La travesía alinea escaparate estos tipos de actividades prominente en su literatura y publicidad. No obstante, alguna gente piensa que ella puede ser que sea aburrida en los límites de una nave de travesía, especialmente el días del mar.

Las líneas de la travesía han trabajado activamente para mantener a sus pasajeros felices y entretenidos con abundancia para ofrecer y el un montón de opciones. En los días tempranos de cruzar, las naves eran generalmente revestimientos marinos convertidos. Estas naves fueron construidas para transportar más bien que entretienen, pero el director de la travesía y su personal compensaron la carencia de amenidades con un programa ocupado de las actividades. Estas actividades pudieron haber incluido bingo, las razas de madera o de la película del caballo, las lecciones de danza del sitio de la bola, las competencias del traje, las demostraciones del talento, y plegamiento de la servilleta. Con el amanecer de las naves de travesía construidas “propósito”, las líneas comenzaron a construir en el diseño de las actividades de las naves cada vez más. Estaba probablemente lo más notablemente posible la introducción de la clase de Voyager de naves Mega en 1999. Estas naves fueron construidas para atraer a la gente activa que pudo nunca tenía un interés en cruzar antes. The “Mega” ships have the most to offer people who prefer to keep busy with physical activity. The Royal Caribbean Voyager Class and newly introduced Freedom class have rock climbing walls, ice rinks, in-line skating tracks, and mini golf. Carnival has recently upgraded some their ships with “active” amenities (and separate serenity areas.) Many of Carnival’s and Royal Caribbean’s ships now feature pool areas with slides and water features found in land based water parks. These mega ships also feature expansive shopping areas and many dining choices. For cruisers who prefer less “active” activities, Princess Cruise has installed huge movie screens that can run movies and other video programming day or night in the pool area for their “Movies Under The Stars” program. Some cruise lines offer bridge tournaments or chess tournaments. In the computer age, more and more lines are offering software learning courses. Some cruises will feature guest lecturers on subjects as varied as Renaissance Art and NASA Space Missions.

Our family loves to cruise Celebrity and we’ve found that this line offers interesting but not over the top activities. Some activities are offered on almost any cruise. I’ve enjoyed trivia games and Name That Tune on all my Celebrity Cruises. Often I’ll just go to these games by myself and meet others while I’m there. They also have a continuing game of battle of the sexes trivia that goes on all week. My husband likes ping pong and he’s even won a tournament or two on some of the cruise. On nearly all our cruises, Celebrity has offered a variety of pool side or outdoor games such as free throw shooting contests, pool Olympics and King of the Ship Contests. Bingo is also a popular activity. On several cruises the line has offered a Q & A session with the resident comedian. On a few cruises, they had a ship model building contest. Celebrity also offers destination specific activities. They had a Polar Bear swim on the Alaska cruise where they gathered a few brave souls together to have a swim in the ship’s pool. They also offered on the Alaska cruise whale watching and nature lectures with the ship’s naturalist. Our Hawaiian cruise featured hula lessons. That cruise also had an extended number of sea days, (10) , so Celebrity brought on a wine maker to offer an extensive series of wine tasting seminars. Finally, Celebrity, like many other lines, offers some activities to their repeat passengers that are not offered to the general public. The galley tour offered to Captains club members was quite impressive, offering us a glimpse into the massive but intricate operations undertaken by the line to produce high quality and timely meals for all of its passengers. The Chardonnay blending seminar exemplified the way they Celebrity tries to provide activities that not only entertain, but inform.

Do you have a particular activity that you have enjoyed during your cruise? Have you ever been bored on a cruise? If so we welcome your comments and input here at Cruise Talk.

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