Shows

[Poppy42]

It's been about a year since we sailed on Carnival. I have a question about the shows. Do they have a REAL show every night or do they still do shows using fellow cruisers (i.e. Dating Game, Newlywed Game)?

[cruzeluver]

Both. Some nights there are production shows (on most ships now with pre-recorded music) and other nights they have audience-participation stuff like Hasbro The Game Show and Newlywed Game.

[Poppy42]

Both. Some nights there are production shows (on most ships now with pre-recorded music) and other nights they have audience-participation stuff like Hasbro The Game Show and Newlywed Game.

 

We were on the MSC Divinia in December - had great production shows every night - not guest participation shows - sorta spoiled us but we really missed the comedy club on Carnival. Hated going out of Miami - Everglades & Canaveral much more convenient.

[nchikk]

I found that I actually missed the production shows, the ones that were replaced...at first...but as it turned out, I rather enjoy the shows that feature our fellow passengers or the juggler/magician they fly on. Sure, the production shows aren't Broadway-level but we go and enjoy them. As to the audience participation shows, many times we feel those are the best and try to go to all of those.

[Micahs Grandad]

Less professional entertainment than they used to have. The worst is when they have hasbro at night in main lounge for two nights of a cruise.

[maldenmusic]

It's not like it used to be and some ships don't have live bands.

[hotsauce126]

Obviously I wouldn't want all of the shows to be guest participation, but those usually end up being my favorite ones of the cruise

[A&Jfamily]

Depends on the ship. Some have switched over to more Hasbro. We saw shows on the Magic (Country 88?, and two others, one Rock, and one weird guy with a light ball to music thing) that we had never seen on the other ships. The Conquest and Sunshine had been running a classic rock and something else. Sorry the names escape me - I was happy to have a change of pace on Magic. But I miss the old days when they would bring on an illusionist, hypnotist etc.