I loved an email from a lady who wrote to tell me that her cruise was the best, because she has not gotten off the ship, not once. And yes that can also be your option and that is Actually on board you will not lack activities, or relaxation as you want, because just when most of them are on an excursion or visiting the port it is the best time to enjoy the ship's facilities without stress.
And now doing a review of the daytime activities that you can find on the boats, I tell you the most common of those organized by the ship's own animation team, such as sports tournaments, trivia games, craft workshops, t-shirt painting, collage, newspaper baskets, gymnastics, aerobics, zumba, aquagym ...
The usual thing is that, as soon as the ship leaves, a meeting is held by the animation team, in which you will end up dancing as a family and with a whole flag parade.
Ya professional dance classes are usually organized in the afternoon or evening, of different styles in which to perfect or begin to know salsa, tango, flamenco ... that will take you to a contest. If music is your thing and you want to show off singing, don't worry, there is always a karaoke organized so you can make yourself heard.
These types of activities are very generic, and I am not talking about using the ship's facilities, but those that they propose, but if you are also lucky enough to travel during Halloween time, or at Christmas, for example, they will teach you how to decorate the table, make costumes, prepare pastries for those parties.
Apart from the seasonality in which you travel more specific activities are usually scheduled for the countries you travel to, for example, a wine or oil tasting if it is a cruise through the Mediterranean, or on how to prepare cod if it is a cruise through Northern Europe.