Advice needed from previous TA passengers

I was just informed that on the TA from Savona to Miami.... There was hardly

any activities organized for sea days except for crafts or dance lessons ....

I was hoping for progressive trivia....Martini classes....

Beer tastings .... Port lectures....Karaoke....pool games and activities of that nature as I experienced on NCL

If these activities are not part of the dailies...... Should the cruise director

be approached about it??!

Any feedback on previous TA experiences appreciated.

Thanks

AJ

Our first Costa TA also, although we have taken a TA every single year since 2007 (some years we take one both directions, spring and fall!) also three trans-pacific ones. We dearly love progressive trivia, as well, but can't see that it will work well on a ship with so many different language speakers. English will, almost certainly, be a minority language among the passengers!

My last Costa TA was a couple of years ago, but I'm sure there were more activities than that. I don't recall ever being bored (which I sure was on my Holland America TA). There's an English-language hostess who should be approached if you want specific English-language activities.

I was just informed that on the TA from Savona to Miami.... There was hardly

any activities organized for sea days except for crafts or dance lessons ....

 

I was hoping for progressive trivia....Martini classes....

Beer tastings .... Port lectures....Karaoke....pool games and activities of that nature as I experienced on NCL

 

If these activities are not part of the dailies...... Should the cruise director

be approached about it??!

 

Any feedback on previous TA experiences appreciated.

 

 

Thanks

 

 

 

AJ

Some of the activities on our TA on Costa Magica sea days last spring other than craft or dance lessons:

Quiz/Trivia in the main bar

Italian lessons

Zumba

Acqua gym

Power gym

VB tournament

ping pong, fooseball tournament

poolside parties

vegetable carving and cocktail making demos

Video quiz

karaoke

port lectures

Im sure by now that we all realise that nothing is a given with Costa having done quite a few repositioning cruises with them it really is up to the animation and how much they put into it.We sailed from Singapore to Savona ( 6 weeks this was a really old ship but the animation crew were brilliant and the number of thing they arranged it was amazing and although the vessel was bad I cried when we left (only time in 80 cruises)

I guess the key would be to contact the animation team supervisor.....now....if we can onlY get more people in our RC.......there is power in numbers :p:D:):eek:

Thanks for the replies

AJ

Totally agree that it is the animation team is the key to sucess or not.

With regards to approaching the animation supervisorto organise specific events, I do not think so but you may be lucky. Most of the animationteam are Italian and tens to interact with the Italian passengers far more than other nationalities.