I've been on Iona several times, I've always enjoyed the shows but the singers can be a bit hit n miss (just my opinion). However for quality and originality (much as I loath to admit it) the best performers I've seen at sea have been on MSC (both for staging, costumes and singing), followed by Cunard especially Queen Anne which has phenomenal stage effects ( Their version of "Brief Encounter" has to be seen to be believed.) I guess technology moves on so fast there's always something new coming along to build into productions. At the end of the day putting on any show at sea is a minor miracle given the space so it's always good to see how the lines go about it. Enjoyed the video and thanks for sharing 👍 Vik
Hi! Firstly thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Funnily enough we went on our first MSC cruise last year (it's on the channel) and we also remarked on how excellent the shows were - so we were quite pleased to be able to compare the headliners team and honestly, they measured up nicely - a good group of singers and dancers, good voices, good harmonies, and some very good show ideas - they did one based on a Glastonbury style festival, with tents and an extremely funny dance routine featuring portaloos! And then another one all about an airport and the passengers and on the plane (yes they got a plane on the stage, with cockpit and seats, before transforming into the baggage reclaim area with a great dance routine upon a set of moving conveyor belts complete with luggage! We were mesmerized. You'll probably find footage of that on youtube somewhere, because people don't ask permission and just film it despite the warnings. I thought I would go through proper channels and left a good review on the "initial thoughts" survey that gets sent out, and asked Emma, the Entertainments manager, if she could release maybe a still photo or two just instead of my shot of an empty stage, or better still 10 seconds of video. I'm sure it wouldn't have been the end of the world for P & O, but I got turned down - which is a shame because me just telling you what it looked like isn't quite the same as showing it to you. Maybe I won't bother asking next time. That's interesting to hear you comments about Queen Anne, I have been hanging my nose over that particular ship, and having watched a couple of videos on it, I think it would be a bit of a change for us - Sue has already suggested we need to spread our horizons and try another cruise line, maybe Cunards should be our next adventure. Thanks again for watching, we appreciate it.
I've been on Iona several times, I've always enjoyed the shows but the singers can be a bit hit n miss (just my opinion). However for quality and originality (much as I loath to admit it) the best performers I've seen at sea have been on MSC (both for staging, costumes and singing), followed by Cunard especially Queen Anne which has phenomenal stage effects ( Their version of "Brief Encounter" has to be seen to be believed.) I guess technology moves on so fast there's always something new coming along to build into productions.
At the end of the day putting on any show at sea is a minor miracle given the space so it's always good to see how the lines go about it.
Enjoyed the video and thanks for sharing 👍 Vik
Hi! Firstly thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Funnily enough we went on our first MSC cruise last year (it's on the channel) and we also remarked on how excellent the shows were - so we were quite pleased to be able to compare the headliners team and honestly, they measured up nicely - a good group of singers and dancers, good voices, good harmonies, and some very good show ideas - they did one based on a Glastonbury style festival, with tents and an extremely funny dance routine featuring portaloos! And then another one all about an airport and the passengers and on the plane (yes they got a plane on the stage, with cockpit and seats, before transforming into the baggage reclaim area with a great dance routine upon a set of moving conveyor belts complete with luggage! We were mesmerized. You'll probably find footage of that on youtube somewhere, because people don't ask permission and just film it despite the warnings. I thought I would go through proper channels and left a good review on the "initial thoughts" survey that gets sent out, and asked Emma, the Entertainments manager, if she could release maybe a still photo or two just instead of my shot of an empty stage, or better still 10 seconds of video. I'm sure it wouldn't have been the end of the world for P & O, but I got turned down - which is a shame because me just telling you what it looked like isn't quite the same as showing it to you. Maybe I won't bother asking next time. That's interesting to hear you comments about Queen Anne, I have been hanging my nose over that particular ship, and having watched a couple of videos on it, I think it would be a bit of a change for us - Sue has already suggested we need to spread our horizons and try another cruise line, maybe Cunards should be our next adventure. Thanks again for watching, we appreciate it.