{"id":8735,"date":"2011-07-08T01:13:25","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T08:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=8735"},"modified":"2011-07-08T01:13:25","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T08:13:25","slug":"princess-ships-zumba-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=8735","title":{"rendered":"Princess Antidote for Weight Gain"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know the rule of thumb about cruise ships, right. Ten days, ten pounds. Right there behind the belt buckle\u2026or where the belt buckle used to be until you had to move it a notch. But when you’re being offered food 24-7, and you don’t have to make it, who can resist?<\/p>\n

On Princess<\/a> ships, times are changing. Relax, it’s still food 24-7. There are still all the self-help disciplines to turn your body into a chiseled six-pack. Or three-pack. Or an inch closer to three-pack\u2026but how much time do you have to spend on the treadmill to lose \"\"<\/a>that inch while enjoying high-calorie training?<\/p>\n

Oh yes, Princess.<\/p>\n

It appears the line is onto something. Zumba. That’s not the start of a cheerleading routine, it’s a dance routine, and what Princess discovered is that passengers think it’s fun. Lose (maintain) weight. Have fun. Now there’s a no brainer.<\/p>\n

By the end of the year, licensed instructors will give Zumba<\/a> lessons on all 17 Princess ships. Free. It started last December on 11 ships and was so popular that Princess sent staff members to be trained in the “exhilarating dance-fitness program that blends red-hot international music and contagious choreography.”<\/p>\n

But it’s not the “exhilarating dance-fitness” or even the “red hot” that’s going to make “Zumba!” a passenger cheer. It’s how many inches that belt buckle doesn’t have to move by the end of the cruise.<\/p>\n

Photo courtesy Princess Cruises<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You know the rule of thumb about cruise ships, right. Ten days, ten pounds. Right there behind the belt buckle\u2026or where the belt buckle used to be until you had to move it a notch. But when you’re being offered food 24-7, and you don’t have to make it, who can resist? On Princess ships,… Continue reading Princess Antidote for Weight Gain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,25,19,15],"tags":[204,301,86,35,166,64,655],"class_list":["post-8735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-people","category-ships","category-stories","tag-cruise-ship-entertainment","tag-cruise-ship-food","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-fitness","tag-princess-cruise","tag-zumba","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}