Culture hounds can:

• Check out the Explorations Café, powered by The New York Times with over 2,000 books, music listening stations, Internet access, puzzles, and more
• Go on a self-guided iPod® art tour of the ships’ multi-million dollar art and antiques collections
• Attend one of our special enrichment presentations, designed just for RSVP guests and our community
• Learn how to master a new cooking style at our Culinary Center
• Watch a first-run movie, or the best of recent gay cinema

Fitness fans can:

• Work out in the fully-equipped Fitness Center
• Take a class in low-impact aerobics, spinning, yoga or Pilates
• Play a game of basketball, ping pong, tennis, volleyball
• Power walk around the ship – three laps is a mile!
• Swim in one of two outdoor pools

Hedonists can:

• Rejuvenate at the elegant Greenhouse Spa & Salon with services that include: exotic skin, body, and hair treatments ranging from hot stone massages and pedicures to hair styling and facials
• Take a soothing Jacuzzi
• Relax in the Thermal Suites
• Soak in the Hydro Pool

Shopaholics can:

• Take a self guided tour of the extensive art collection onboard Nieuw Amsterdam
• Go duty-free shopping for brand names such as Lladro®, Swarovski®, Waterford®, Gucci®, Givenchy®

• Be a part of our famous RSVP theme parties
• Enjoy an RSVP headline entertainer on the main stage
• Thrill at the talents of our newest stars performing in the RSVP Cabaret series
• Take part in a sing along in the RSVP Piano Bar
• Party through the night
• Start or end the evening with drinks and dancing in the Ocean Bar
• Relax with friends over a quiet drink at one our many bars and lounges, all featuring live music
• Try your luck at the blackjack table or roulette wheel
• Take a gaming lesson from a professional card shark
• Stop by the Crow's Nest for a highball or two (or three)
• Head to the Explorer's Lounge for an after-dinner drink or espresso, hand dipped chocolates and classical music

Entertainers

RSVP brings you today’s best gay and lesbian entertainers. From the funniest comedians to hot musical acts on the main stage, to a variety of cabaret performers throughout the ship, we’ll entertain you nightly.

Our main stage features a wide variety of acts – from comedians like Michele Balan, Cory Kahaney, Sabrina Mathews, Brian Bradley, the Kinsey Sicks, Varla Jean Merman, ANT, Kate Clinton, Margaret Cho, to Broadway stars like Chita Rivera, Cheyenne Jackson, Ann Hampton Callaway, Lorna Luft, Franc D’Ambrosio, and movie and television personalities like Leslie Jordan, Jennifer Coolidge, Nikki Blonsky, Debbie Reynolds, Bruce Vilanch, Judith Light and Robert Gant. Each night is different, so there is something for everybody.

RSVP’s Cabaret series features the hottest singers and musicians from the cabaret world. RSVP Favorites Amy Armstrong & Freddy Allen, Mia Dorr, Levi Kreis, Michael Holland & Karen Mack, Michael Holmes, Andy Anderson & Nathan Fry, Lori Dokken, Judy Donaghy, Debbie Duncan, Dan Chouinard, Erin Schwab, Jonathan Rayson, Patti Peterson, Jay Fuchs, Roger Carr fill the intimate lounges with their music and witty banter until the late night hours. This is a “no holds barred” situation folks, be prepared to laugh or cry – and everything in between.

If an intimate Piano Bar is your thing – you will love our programming. Each night we offer performances and sing-a-longs with some of the most entertaining piano men and women around. Order a drink, grab a stool and “sing out, Louise!” You and your fellow passengers will have the time of your lives singing the standards or Broadway favorites all night long. Do you have a special song? These folks take request...