Zumba craze hits princess

The Zumba fever is taking over the nation and has now spread to the cruise ships. For those of you who don’t know Zumba is a dance-fitness program that blends red-hot international music and fun dance moves while working out. Since December last year, passengers on many Princess ships have been joining in the hip-shaking fun with free classes taught by licensed Zumba instructors.
 The classes quickly became among the most popular activities on board, and now additional staff members will complete the official training to become licensed Zumba instructors as the program expands fleetwide. Onboard the workouts are complimentary and can be taken twice a day, a great way for you to feel less guilty about that extra piece of cake you had at dinner the night before. I am not surprised that Zumba is so popular onboard as all of my friends are completely obsessed with the Zumba classes and our local gym that runs the classes even have to turn people away if you don’t arrive early enough. The Zumba classes are the same onboard apparently with the princess director saying ‘our onboard Zumba classes are always packed, and consistently receive positive feedback from passengers who are happy to have the opportunity to try something they’ve been hearing about, or to continue with the program they have at home’.

The Zumba classes are so successful they are available on Caribbean Princess, Dawn Princess, Diamond Princess, Emerald Princess, Grand Princess, Golden Princess, Island Princess, Ruby Princess, Sapphire Princess, Sea Princess and Star Princess. The program is expected to be available fleetwide before the end of the year.

Will you be Zumbering on your next cruise, or does the idea of doing exercise while you’re on your holiday sound like a nightmare. Me personally, I think I’d be happy to watch from the sidelines on my sun lounger, book in one hand, cocktail in the other.