What kinds of entertainment activities are there on the cruise ships?
The management organizes programs such as visiting ashore three or four times, two or three theme evenings, around four lectures on clinics, Kungfu and fitness, Chinese painting and calligraphy performance, and competition. Evenings are Orient-style and performers by staff. Sometimes, singer stars, local actors can be invited to the show. For example, there is a orchestra from the Philippines on the East King and East Queen. Some larger cruise lines have their own professional troupe on the ships, although size may vary. You needn’t to pay for the ticket during the evening except drinks and wines. There are lectures on some hot subjects, such as China History and Tibet, Three Gorges Dam and Yangtze Ecological Environment Protection, China’s Policy on Planned Parenthood and Population, Chinese Medicine and Health, etc. You can learn Chinese Kungfu, such as Taiji boxing, dance, Chinese painting on the ship. You also have time to have your own activities, such as reading in the library, s