We took the PADI certification aboard a Princess ship, and I am sure it works about the same way. They had us read the book on our own time, and then we did class room work together as a group of 6 of us. We went to the pools together, and got to dive on two of our port stops. Since we would have gone snorkeling if we hadn't got the opportunity to dive, we loved it! The class room time wasn't intrusive of our cruise, because we were doing what we wanted to do. Learning to dive. But really, it was a couple hours of class room time before lunch, and then pool time in the evenings, before dinner. It wasn't every day either, just on sea days.
When we returned home, we went to the dive shop, and started working on our advance diver certification.
I think it was a great way to learn to dive, and you don't have to pay both a local dive shop, and the cruise ship, to do your certification. That is what happened with our Advanced cert. Paid our dive shop for the books and class room, then had to pay the people who took us for our dives. They charged the same as if we did the whole certification at both locations.
Has anyone taken the PADI certification course on a RCCL ship?
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We took the PADI certification aboard a Princess ship, and I am sure it works about the same way. They had us read the book on our own time, and then we did class room work together as a group of 6 of us. We went to the pools together, and got to dive on two of our port stops. Since we would have gone snorkeling if we hadn't got the opportunity to dive, we loved it! The class room time wasn't intrusive of our cruise, because we were doing what we wanted to do. Learning to dive. But really, it was a couple hours of class room time before lunch, and then pool time in the evenings, before dinner. It wasn't every day either, just on sea days.
When we returned home, we went to the dive shop, and started working on our advance diver certification.
I think it was a great way to learn to dive, and you don't have to pay both a local dive shop, and the cruise ship, to do your certification. That is what happened with our Advanced cert. Paid our dive shop for the books and class room, then had to pay the people who took us for our dives. They charged the same as if we did the whole certification at both locations.
KT