One of the questions we get about cruises is "besides eating what is there to do while you are at sea?" To me the sea days are often more fun than port days, because you can do as much or as little as you wish. All the cruise lines print a daily activity sheet and deliver it to your state room the evening before, usually mine is waiting for me when I return from the evening entertainment. No matter what your interests are you will find something happening every hour of the day while you are at sea. On any given sea day you will find such activities as trivia games, bingo, enrichment lecture series, first run movies, crafts, art auctions, cooking classes, photography classes, gold lessons, wine tastings, and more.
Of course while you are at sea the on board duty free shops and the casino are open. Please note that the Disney Cruise Lines do not have casinos, and N.C.L. does not have a casino on its Hawaiian based ship.
Evenings on a cruise ship can be a whole lot of fun with entertainment in the theatre, such as Broadway style production shows, or individual performers like magicians, comics and solo artists. Additionally there is usually live entertainment in several of the on board lounges, BTW no cover charge! The activities staff also has something going every night my favorite being the 50's
60's night! Some of the newer ships also are now featuring movies on their BIG (and I do mean big) screen on deck. I was quite surprised when I was on a ship inspection on the Carnival Liberty at how clear the picture was and this was in the daylight. Other ships have on board golf courses, rock climbing walls, golf simulators, and of course the cruise ship staples of swimming pools, shuffleboard, table tennis, basketball and health clubs.
The great thing about all this, is you can pick and choose what you want to do, as much or as little. Usually during one sea, and sometimes a port day, day I plan an afternoon in a deck chair relaxing!
A handy tip! When I am on board I carry a set of walkie talkies with me, this enables my wife and I to got separate ways, if we choose, and arrange to meet at area's of mutual interest. There are several types available that can be purchased for well under $100.00 a pair and for the most part they work very well on board. Please note that some units are required to be licensed by the F.C.C., if that is the case with the ones your purchase a license application will be included with your radios.
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