djfrank Posted April 12, 2023 #1 Share Posted April 12, 2023 A few years back, we had a bridge instructor and helper on our voyage Sydney to Bali. Has anyone experienced this recently on Viking Ocean cruises? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentishincanada Posted April 12, 2023 #2 Share Posted April 12, 2023 I think it is only on the TA. We had an excellent teacher and played every sea day on our Southern Atlantic Crossing in 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazel52 Posted April 12, 2023 #3 Share Posted April 12, 2023 We had a great duo last fall ~ In the Wake of the Vikings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitbob Posted April 12, 2023 #4 Share Posted April 12, 2023 We were on British Isles last summer, and do not recall any mention of Bridge in the dailies. This said I assumed that instruction and play depends on the itinerary. BIE is 15 days with 14 ports, so we found little time for activities on the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimiya11 Posted April 12, 2023 #5 Share Posted April 12, 2023 On the Panama Canal cruise last month, there was a Bridge instructor and his wife lead creative writing sessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mich3554 Posted April 13, 2023 #6 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Bridge instructors tend to be on ships with many sea days. So if you have a port intensive cruise, you won’t find this offered. We have found them on trans Atlantics, South America and the WC. Some have been better than others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlyerTalker Posted April 13, 2023 #7 Share Posted April 13, 2023 5 hours ago, Mich3554 said: Some have been better than others. Some have just read what they have on their powerpoint screen -- and have no real understanding of what they are trying to teach. Viking uses SixStar, which will basically put onboard almost anyone who will pay their agent fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mich3554 Posted April 13, 2023 #8 Share Posted April 13, 2023 1 minute ago, FlyerTalker said: Some have just read what they have on their powerpoint screen -- and have no real understanding of what they are trying to teach. Viking uses SixStar, which will basically put onboard almost anyone who will pay their agent fees. I have not found this. What I meant is some know their game, but have not been particularly good teachers. I have taken bridge lessons on 5 cruises with as many different instructors, and I don’t remember any just reading pp presentations. However, they have all been good bridge players. Being good at something doesn’t necessarily mean you can teach it. The WC has an excellent instructor, but we chose not to play bridge as it takes up time from a lot of the lectures we want to go to. We did several of her classes before we realized we didn’t want to make the time commitment on this cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CILCIANRQTS Posted April 14, 2023 #9 Share Posted April 14, 2023 There are way too many navigational instruments on the bridge to master in one cruise!!😉😎 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentishincanada Posted April 15, 2023 #10 Share Posted April 15, 2023 I thought our bridge instructor on the southern Atlantic Crossing was very good and certainly did not read from any pp presentations. There was a large span of sea days and two rooms were full with bridge players, one with the more experienced playing duplicate and the other room taking instruction. Everyone enjoyed and we even had a small party in the Wintergarden at the end of the cruise for the bridge attendees and the instructor and his wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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