Long gone are the days on cruises where the only activities were deck quoits and shuffleboard, now you are more likely to enjoy rock climbing, surfing or even a spot of golf. Many cruise lines now offer a wide range of activities for guest on board to keep them fit and active during their stay like Royal Caribbean’s bigger vessels offer ‘Flowrider’ surf machines and they have real ice rinks.
The smaller ships often have platforms from which you can swim, windsurf, waterski or kayak in port, as well as rock climbing walls which the Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas boasts to have the largest along with the longest running track on deck at around half a mile long.
For tennis and golf fans many ships offer shortened tennis on their all-weather sports courts and many ships have putting greens, simulators and driving cages. Some Costa and Celebrity vessels have real grass. For a touch of British class Some Celebrity ships have half an acre of real grass for croquet or boules and P&O ships offer cricket bats, balls, pads and wickets to use in a netted area. They also hold five-a-side football tournaments, as do Royal Caribbean.
You may think that was probably as much sporting activities they cut fit onto cruise ships however as well many cruise ships offering state of the art gym facilities some Royal Caribbean ships have a full-size boxing ring where you can use the coach’s training pads, sparring with a punch bag or mirror boxing.
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