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tedj
Just Boarded
Member # 5768

posted 06-26-2005 05:08 PM

Is there a ship or cruise line that does a better job of providing opportunities to do Big Band / Ballroom dancing at sea.

Our last cruise on the Glory seemed to almost discourage dancing. Other than the hip hop in the disco, no other venues were available.

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 06-26-2005 05:38 PM

You will find more traditional dance opportunities on lines which cater to a more mature clientele, such as Holland America Line, Crystal Cruises, and Cunard. They all feature ballroom dance sets to live bands almost every evening.

Rich

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HendrikusOM
First Class Passenger
Member # 4866

posted 06-28-2005 02:04 AM

Also MSC have (a lot of) live bands, every night, playing music to dance, from foxtrot to pasa doble, and samba to tango.
Enough place to dance.
Henri.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 06-28-2005 02:20 AM

Lines that offer British style cruising, such as Cunard, P&O, Saga and Fred. Olsen are pretty big on ballroom dancing.

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 06-28-2005 07:51 AM

Some of my best cruise video is ballroom dancing on Rembrandterdam, SSNorway, and the Love Boat.

Rich and Malcolm summed it up pretty well. By contrast On a Royal Carribean repo cruise with most passengers over 50, the disco was empty every night.

Rembrandterdam's Queens Lounge has the ambience. SSNorway's ghastly NordKapp Lounge compensated with a really good 12 piece band.

QM2's G32 and Queens Lounge are opposite each other. Queens Lounge closes at midnight when G32 gets started. The later it gets the racier the dancing gets in G32.

The Queens Lounge "Black and White" party starts after 2nd seating finishes. Princess has ballroom dancing during both dinner seatings.

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Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
Lines that offer British style cruising, such as Cunard, P&O, Saga and Fred. Olsen are pretty big on ballroom dancing.

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