 | Onboard Activities & Entertainment
It is common to be apprehensive about your cruise, as you get closer to the departure date you are more likely to be worried about what you can do onboard. Hopefully the below guide will provide you with useful information about what to expect.
Daytime Activities
There is endless choice available on a Princess Cruise. Even if you decide to never leave the ship, you will still find something new to do.
Poolside Activities
With a choice of up to 4 swimming pools, a kids splash pool and 9 whirlpool spas you can just swim, sun and enjoy yourself. Relax underneath a retractable glass dome, on a terrace above the rolling wake, or work up a sweat and make some of your own waves in a swim-against-the-current-pool. |  | ScholarShip@Sea®
Make learning fun with Princess’s very own ScholarShip@Sea® programme. With a choice of up to 40 different classes on every voyage including, scrapbooking, wine tasting, computer classes, cooking demonstrations, digital photography workshops, ceramic painting lessons and many more you will leave your cruise feeling inspired. In Alaska, naturalists and rangers present an insider's look at the state's wildlife and culture.
Sports
Princess offer a variety of sporting activities for you to enjoy. Practice your golf swing in their gold simulator or the nine-hole putting green. In addition, Princess has a unique New Waves program offers full P.A.D.I. open water scuba certification and snorkeling instruction. Most ships also offer ping pong, shuffleboard, a jogging track and a sports court for basketball and volleyball. |  | Celebrities & Experts
Many of their ships feature celebrity guests or experts in subjects such as art history, culinary, destinations and a world of other disciplines, all ready to share their specialties with you.
Library
Princess have stocked their ships with an extensive library, including contemporary titles in a wide range of categories and books related to specific cruise itineraries. Princess’s onboard libraries have collections of up to 2,000 books
Nightlife
Princess ships offer a multiple choice of entertainment venues and performances, giving you the flexibility to go to see a show before or after dinner, or on another night entirely. |  | Shows
Every cruise will features lavish productions with some of the largest casts at sea, performing Broadway hits and long-running classics.
Dancing, Karaoke, & Comedy
Move to the rhythm of the disco beat or take a spin in the ballroom. And, for some belly laughs, catch a stand-up comedy act or belt out a song in our karaoke lounge.
Parties
Our Princess parties are known for fun that goes well into the night, with themes that add to the festivities, from Caribbean limbo contests to country western hoedowns — yee-hah! |  | Bars & Lounges
Evening cocktails in one of the ship's cosy lounges or swanky bars is a perfect place to meet up with shipboard friends and swap stories about the afternoon's adventures.
Movies & TV
All ships show first-run films and each stateroom has a TV. Where satellite signals prevail, we offer ESPN, CNN, TNT, TCM, CNN Espanol, Cartoon Network, Boomerang Classic Cartoons and kid's programming, plus an onboard version of Discovery Channel.
Below are a few examples of the daily activity program for a Mediterranean Cruise.
Welcome aboard programme
Day at Sea programme
Day at Port programme | |
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