Testimonials for Dancers At Sea

"Dancers at Sea is an outstanding, high-value program! Everything Wendy Olsen promised on her website was true for our recent vacation to celebrate our Golden Anniversary on Queen Mary 2’s 2024 Fall Foliage cruise. Outlined below are some features that made it a wonderful experience!

QM2, of course, is well known for her excellent ballroom dance opportunities, bands, and 120 square foot, wood dance floor in the Queen’s Room. That was special. Making the trip with Dancers at Sea was absolutely the “cherry on top!” It was superb for several reasons:

• First, our 20-dancer group was big enough for variety and small enough for fun.
• Our program included eight workshops for waltz, tango, foxtrot, cha cha, rumba, swing, west coast swing, and salsa. The top-notch instructors helped beginners and more advanced dancers. They skillfully addressed such important dimensions of good instruction as figure, appearance, partnership, and expression plus such style tips as leader arm and hand moves.
• Wendy also provided a private dance lesson for each dancer, permitting instructors to transform a dancer’s single lesson into a couple’s lesson, if they wished. Thus, my wife and I enjoyed two private couple’s lessons in lieu of our two private individual lessons. Instructors were also available for additional, reasonably priced private lessons, but there was no pressure to do so. We benefited immensely from this option.
• Dinners were special not only because QM2’s food is fine, but because Wendy coordinated relatively private tables for us in the main dining room, which helped us enjoy each other more.
• In the main ballroom, Carrie, who ably assisted Wendy, nightly reserved a section for our group near the bandstand and close to the dance floor so that we could continue enjoying each other.
• During the evening dances, instructors danced with everyone including unaccompanied dancers who comprised most of our group. Dancing with the instructors was instructive, inspiring, and fun.
• Wendy also had her own comprehensive play list for the workshops, but it would also permit dancing if no band were available. That’s not an issue on QM2, but it certainly could be on other ships if their bands don’t cater to ballroom dancers (as we have experienced).

12/08/2024

"I had the most incredible experience aboard the Cunard Queen Mary 2 with "Dancers At Sea!" The dance workshops were absolutely superb - I learned so much and had a blast doing it. The dance teaching staff were not only proficient but also incredibly exciting and engaging. Wendy Olson, the manager/coordinator of Dancers At Sea, was an absolute gem. Her attention to detail and warm hospitality truly made the voyage unforgettable. Thank you, Dancers At Sea, for an exceptional experience that I will cherish forever."

Victor Ruiz

10/06/24

"Hi Wendy:

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for being such a wonderful organizer for the Alaska dance trip. I throughly enjoyed it.

You have a very dedicated host team. Andy, Brandon and Amber were outstanding instructors who took their time get to know the guests and were very detailed in their teaching. Their technical skills were superb. Colleen is a delightful young woman, hostess and roommate who was very helpful, provided me a lot of insider’s information about this trip as well as what to do in certain situations. Suzie is very kind and calm, who enjoys dancing with guests and be there for them. Dale is fun and energetic who loves to keep guests busy on the floor. We love that!

David is very attentive and helpful. He made sure all guests getting their fair share of dancing. Himid and Martin worked very hard to accommodate guests who are not familiar with international style. They tried to dance with guests in American style and would add one or two international style movements here and there to add more fun. Lior is an outstanding dancer who was not afraid of pushing me to dance to my best, which I really appreciate.

I loved this trip. I danced my feet off every night! I would recommend and go on a trip like this again in the future. Thanks again Wendy for this wonderful trip and for all you do."

Nia

08/03/2023

"Hello there Wendy, I just want to thank you for such an amazing experience. I feel like my dancing has soared to new heights. You provided an excellent cruise ship, incredible professionals and very respectful, charming and very good dancers for our dance hosts!"

Arlene

"I wanted to thank you for a truly wonderful experience. It was not just the dancing that was so great but the way you and your staff looked out for me from walking out my door until I got back home. You made travel arrangementsfor me before the cruise, and a member of your staff made contact with me while I was alone on Tahiti. This eased the transition to meeting the rest of the group and eliminated the chaos that can be the boarding of a cruise ship. While on the ship you worked behind the scenes to find us practice and dancing space and integrated our activities into the activities of the ship. The amount of group classes, the availability of private lessons, and the social dancing was perfectly balanced. I came away a better dancer from the experience and I have enjoyed sharing some of my new moves as well as the polish I gained on old steps with the dancers here in Oklahoma."

Mark, from Oklahoma

Gillian Lockitch
ReviewFromTheHouse.com

"Kelly and I had a great trip and really enjoyed meeting all of you. For our first cruise, and as junior dancers, you all made us feel welcome and comfortable! A big thank you to Robert — who has re-ignited our desire to dance! We were at a point where we weren't even sure we wanted to keep taking classes, but after this week — our passion for dancing has been jump started and we are excited about taking our dancing to the next level. Thanks again to all of you for a fabulous holiday, and wonderful dancing!"

"Wendy, Once again, I had a fabulous time on a Dancers at Sea cruise. My cabin mate was great, the dancing was marvelous, and every minute of the cruise was absolutely wonderful. This was my first cruise which Greg attended. I was extremely impressed with him: his teaching was exceptional, his dancing was divine, and he was extremely courteous and gracious. Then, when he was so willing to do those dance photos with me at the last opportunity for photos, well I can’t say enough about his cordiality.

Thanks again for a great time cruisin’."

Karen R.

"Finding Dancers at Sea is the best thing that ever happened to me. I've met lots of wonderful people and some great dancers. This was my 4th cruise with Wendy and Dancers at Sea - on the "Ruby" Princess. Nice to have the ship named after me!! Can't beat that. My most memorable cruise with DAS was to the Baltic countries in Europe, with a side trip to London before and after the cruise.

Wendy makes the trip great, organized, with lots of dancing. The dance hosts and professional dancers are wonderful. Greg and Mario have been on several of my cruises and I hope to see them again on future cruises - they are just wonderful. Missed Raoul (host) on my last cruise - great dancer.

My next cruise is to Hawaii/Tahiti and then I hope to go to Australia next year. For a ballroom dancer, this is the best thing ever!! Thank you Wendy for the wonderful job you do."

Ruby Hotter
Florida

"Just a quick thank you for affording me the best time of my life learning to dance and meet all of the wonderful dance hosts and making of new friends. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment and look forward to doing it again someday soon."

Millie P.
Florida

"To all of you,

"Aloha! We just wanted to let you know my husband and I had the most wonderful time of our lives and highly recommend the experience to our dancing friends. The dancing instructors for our lessons were excellent and not intimidating even for beginner dancers like us. We learned a lot of new techniques and styles of dancing and had a great time. And the joy of meeting new lifetime friends along the way made the trip even more special. Thank you Wendy for all the energy and time you spent making this a memorable vacation."

Rod & Pennie

"Our Dancers at Sea cruise to Australia and New Zealand was great. The hosts and pros did an awesome job-yet again! We especially enjoyed our excursion to the Great Barrier Reef. Warm weather, good food and brilliantly colored coral reef! When in Auckland don't forget to take the ferry ride to the chocolate factory."

Marci, Orange County, Ca

"Thank you for hosting a marvelous cruise! For me, this was the best cruise yet (I think I will probably say that about all of the cruises). The dance venues were lovely - so, especially, was the company. It was a congenial group, and I felt surrounded by friends. I loved having Greg, Dale and Raoul as partners - very different dance styles, but all lots of fun. I am looking forward to dancing with them again at New Years."

Marta, Canada

I can't quite get it settled, which cruise I liked the best. Was it the Baltic Capitals? or, the Mediterranean? or, Venice and the Greek Isles. I'm charting a course of continued participation, and the next cruise to Canada and New England, I'm looking forward to.

My dancing friends ask, "where are you all the time", dancing my life away with other great friends, while, visiting exciting ports of call, fine dining and with good entertainment as well.

You are to be complimented for providing a wonderful convenience, thank you..."
Dean Cooke

"My husband and I just returned from Alaska on Royal Carribean Vision of the Seas, and our fourth cruise with Dancers At Sea. What a wonderful time we had. It is always so much fun to dance and sail with people you have met on previous cruises. Wendy always chooses wonderful dance teachers who take time to see that everyone learns the new moves and patterns. They also give private lessons. We have dinner together every night which gives us the opportunity to visit with everyone in our group. We always meet such nice people. I am a hairdresser and tell all my clients about Dancers At Sea, and what fun we always have with the group. We will be sailing with Dancers At Sea again."

Richard and Marilyn Ball
Glendale, Arizona