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Cruises with ballroom dancing
Posted by Anonymous
4/5/2010  4:23:00 PM
Does anybody know which cruise lines have lounges, clubs, or events with ballroom dancing (smooth or latin)?
Re: Cruises with ballroom dancing
Posted by ClintonCollier
4/5/2010  10:36:00 PM
Cunard line (QM2, QE2, QV) have a ballroom which is the centerpiece of each of their ships.

They include daily at-dea ballroom lessons and dancing to a live orchestra each night. A professional dance couple is on board to provide the lessons and are available for privates.

Four nights out of seven are balls (ie Masquerade ball, Nautical ball, Captains ball, Black and White etc) where dress code is formal.

The ballrooms are beautiful. They even have afternoon tea dances each week.
Re: Cruises with ballroom dancing
Posted by Anonymous
4/11/2010  4:33:00 AM
I just checked out the Cunard site, and it looks amazing...very high class! However, the prices are a little steep for our budget, and we were looking to go to Alaska. They don't have anything going out to Alaska this year. Thank you so much for the recommendation though!
Re: Cruises with ballroom dancing
Posted by DAve
11/2/2010  9:19:00 AM
My wife and I took Radiance of the Seas in Alaska this summer. Lots of opportunity to dance with excellent bands and large floors. Very nice lounge/dance floor with plenty of windows at the stern of the ship. We're not great dancers but we had fun and learned a lot from others.
Re: Cruises with ballroom dancing
Posted by dancer 1
5/10/2013  10:33:00 AM
You can be sure that the instruction on the ships has gone downhill severely. My husband and I used to teach on several of the lines and they would give us a cabin and tripM. We have been all over the world and taught together for about 12 years on the ships. Most recently they are trying to save money and so they let the kids int the show TRY to teach the ballroom classes...yuk,,,,huge mistake. Pathetic, but I feel sorry for them, because I don't think they want to do it either. My husband and I are educated, hold degrees in teaching and also have years of ballroom experience. We have watched as passengers, the ballroom classes nowadays, full of people, interested in learning and by the end of the cruise,,,,,there may be 2 couples in the class. Breaks our hearts, because we love dance and love to teach it...so be aware, that if you are really interested in learning something about ballroom on a ship,,,,you probably won't learn much of anything any more.
Re: Cruises with ballroom dancing
Posted by scoutniagara
4/8/2010  4:55:00 AM
My agency, books my wife and I on Norwegian, Princess, Holland America, Orient, Azamara, Royal Caribbean, Costa and Celebrity, but you should check before you book, 'cause there aren't instructors on every cruise. Also, we aren't all "professional" dance teachers onboard. My wife and I are advanced dancers continually learning gold/advanced steps, but work as "dance instructors" on cruises. Reality is, that we only get to teach beginner steps on any such cruise, but would be available for private lessons where we'd teach some advance steps.
Re: Cruises with ballroom dancing
Posted by jojodancer
4/10/2010  8:13:00 PM
I also teach dance on cruise ships.Do you ever get booked out of the new york or new jersey ports? The agents i use never seem to get those. which ports do go out of ? I would like to talk with you if possible since we only did our first cruise so far
Re: Cruises with ballroom dancing
Posted by Anonymous
4/11/2010  4:40:00 AM
My husband and I are looking to go on an Alaskan cruise. It looks like they usually ship out from Seattle or Canada. We have taken many lessons already. Now we are ready to apply what we learned! I would hope that cruises don't all contain club dancing. So far, Cunard seems to be the ideal of what we're looking for, but the prices are high and they don't go to Alaska.
Re: Cruises with ballroom dancing
Posted by anymouse
4/11/2010  3:03:00 PM
Going on a cruise with hopes of dancing sounds a lot like going to an extremely expensive week long dance that you can't easily walk out of if it does turn out to be all clubbing.
Re: Cruises with ballroom dancing
Posted by nloftofan1
4/12/2010  11:54:00 AM
My wife and I have taken several cruises, on Royal Caribbean and Princess. Both usually have (low-level) instruction aboard, and several places to dance. Usually they have live music of several varieties available in the different clubs. You may have to deal with "dance floors" made of marble, however. The last cruise we took was an Alaska cruise on Princess. They offered some dance classes led not by regular instructors but by some of the professional dancers from their shows; they were very good.

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