life ring on Enchanted Princess
Like all major cruise ships, there is a lot to do on Enchanted Princess. The ship has several pools, a number of hot tubs, and lots of deck chairs to relax in. A couple of the hot tubs have lifts so even passengers with mobility issues can use them. There’s also a gym, spa, onboard shops, and quite a few bars and eateries. Some of those bars have live music, mainly in the evenings. The very top deck has mini-golf people can go play on their own.
seawalk
Unique to this class of Princess ship, there’s a seawalk on the Lido deck where you can stroll over a glass floor and look down at the lifeboats and the sea.
arcade
Throughout the day there are quite a variety of games scheduled in different venues around the ship. There are more options on sea days, but even on port days there are some activities scheduled for people who stay onboard.
port talk
Entertainment on the ship is not limited to theater shows, though they do have one each night. The theater is also used for other things like port talks, lectures, and sometimes even movies. One day they had a cooking demonstration that was more comedy than cooking lesson. It was better than most of the actual comedians and followed by a galley tour.
main pool area and movie screen
Outdoor movies or sometimes concerts play on the screen above the main pool deck. The movies are also available on the stateroom TV’s, which comes in handy if it starts to rain in the middle of a movie.
vegetable carving demonstration
Other than the outdoor movies on the screen above the main pool, most other shows are at either the theater or Princess Live, though some things like the vegetable carving demonstration take place in the piazza, which is the central area of the ship.
cornhole in the piazza
The piazza hosts quite a variety of different games. They held things like egg drop and paper airplane contests there as well as cornhole, giant jenga, and bowling down giant blow-up pins with a great big blow-up ball resembling a beach ball.
people dancing in the piazza
Dance lessons and dances are also held in the piazza, or sometimes music on its resident piano. Sometimes it’s just music and people start dancing there on their own.
champagne fountain in the piazza
The piazza has other events too, like a champagne fountain one one formal night. It’s a busy place.
heated ceramic chairs in the enclave at the spa
Much of the ship’s entertainment is free, but some things cost extra like wine tastings, the thermal suite (called the enclave) at the spa, or any spa treatments. Use of the gym equipment is free, but there are some classes held there that cost extra.
trivia
Sometimes there are events that people get invitations to like parties for people of high loyalty status, or a welcome event for first time cruisers (which had great prizes). Art auctions can be entertaining with the right auctioneer. There’s also karaoke, and the usual cruise ship standby – trivia. It’s usually held at Princess Live, a sort of theater in the center of the ship that also hosts nightly game shows.
casino
The ship has a casino, but unfortunately just before our cruise they turned the former fully enclosed cigar bar into an arcade and started allowing people to smoke in the wide-open previously non-smoking casino.
the track is just a painted line on the deck
One thing Enchanted Princess lacks is a promenade deck that goes all the way around the ship. It barely has any outside promenade deck at all, just a couple oversized balcony type areas for public use and a couple others set up as outside eating areas for a couple of the premium restaurants. Instead they just have a top deck track, which consists of a line painted on the deck.
duck under a table
Passengers also make their own fun by bringing rubber ducks to hide and searching for ducks hidden by others. It’s a popular thing on many cruise ships these days.
desserts at the Lido buffet
Eating and drinking are always a favorite pastime on cruise ships and there are plenty of places to eat as well as lots of bars. There’s always something to do on a cruise ship, and of course the option to do nothing is always there as well. It’s up to each individual whether they’d rather relax in a deck chair all day or participate in a variety of scheduled activities – or find their own things to do.
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