Sky Princess production show 5 Skies

[GottaLuvCruising]

There were eight in our group and everyone of us disliked this show and can't imagine what Princess was thinking.  We respect the hard work and talent that went into creating it, but wonder why they did.  Others?  

[billco]

After having just sailed on the inaugural cruise of the NCL Encore and seeing Choir of Man and Kinky Boots, I am pretty sure the production shows on my upcoming Sky Princess cruise will be a letdown.

[CruiseVA]

We, on the other hand, loved the show!

 

[BuddyMaine]

The special effects and talent that went into the show was amazing but when you look around at the gray hair and bald heads in the audience you have to wonder what age group were they trying targeting???

 

[hobbyfarmer2]

DW and I both thought 5 Skies was pretty good.  We especially liked that something different and innovative was performed and not more of the same "old" even though we enjoy that as well.

[jeanandjim]

Not impressed with show as a whole. Costumes were amazing, Acrobatics were good, but did they belong in this show?. Voices were quite adequate. In-between scenes vocal commentary in the computer type voice was extremely annoying. Scenery was thrust too far forward on the sides, not allowing for anyone on the sides or near sides to see the back of the stage, where some of the 'action' was taking place. Too many negatives for me to give it a passing grade.

 

Too bad, because the ONLY other production show in our 21 day cruise had me believing this crew has a lot of talent. Too bad they were not allowed to use their talent for our enjoyment.

 

Jim😎

[GottaLuvCruising]

22 minutes ago, jeanandjim said:

Not impressed with show as a whole. Costumes were amazing, Acrobatics were good, but did they belong in this show?. Voices were quite adequate. In-between scenes vocal commentary in the computer type voice was extremely annoying. Scenery was thrust too far forward on the sides, not allowing for anyone on the sides or near sides to see the back of the stage, where some of the 'action' was taking place. Too many negatives for me to give it a passing grade.

 

Too bad, because the ONLY other production show in our 21 day cruise had me believing this crew has a lot of talent. Too bad they were not allowed to use their talent for our enjoyment.

 

Jim😎

We are on the same page.  

[GottaLuvCruising]

So far 64% were either not impressed or did not like the show.  I'd love to hear from more folks who have seen it.  

[EatonDoolittle]

I voted already, (loved it, the production value, music, etc)  but just to stir things up - I was bored to tears with Rock Opera. 

Plenty of talent, yes, but if I want to watch a bunch of people standing on a stage singing, I can stay home and watch American Idol, or one of those talent shows on TV. 

Could not even stay till the end, and I was not the first, or only one,  to leave. 

 

5 Skies, on the other hand, had people mesmerized. I sat toward the back, and did not see anyone leave during the show. 

Before the show, a woman sitting in front of me offered that she had been on the previous cruise, and was seeing it again, she loved it so much. 

Perhaps the Cruise Critic gang is not the exact audience Princess has in mind with this sort of production show.

Kudos to Princess, as Celebrity has already gone to this sort of updated, improved, and more edgy entertainment.   

 

 

 

 

[GottaLuvCruising]

4 minutes ago, EatonDoolittle said:

I voted already, (loved it, the production value, music, etc)  but just to stir things up - I was bored to tears with Rock Opera. 

Plenty of talent, yes, but if I want to watch a bunch of people standing on a stage singing, I can stay home and watch American Idol, or one of those talent shows on TV. 

Could not even stay till the end, and I was not the first, or only one,  to leave. 

 

5 Skies, on the other hand, had people mesmerized. I sat toward the back, and did not see anyone leave during the show. 

Before the show, a woman sitting in front of me offered that she had been on the previous cruise, and was seeing it again, she loved it so much. 

Perhaps the Cruise Critic gang is not the exact audience Princess has in mind with this sort of production show.

Kudos to Princess, as Celebrity has already gone to this sort of updated, improved, and more edgy entertainment.   

 

 

 

 

We, too, were bored with Rock Opera and won't see it again, but still thought it was much better than 5 Skies.  Princess has many production shows we have enjoyed very much and now I will definitely inquire about entertainment prior to booking.  This was our 50th cruise on six different lines; Sky Princess entertainment may very well send us back to Royal Caribbean.

I missed the stage full of dancers, wonderful choreography, fun costumes and upbeat themes most Princess productions offer.  

[phred119s]

On 12/7/2019 at 2:31 PM, CruiseVA said:

We, on the other hand, loved the show!

 

So did we!! My daughter’s amazement during it was priceless!! I took several pics of her with her mouth wide open. 

[phred119s]

9 hours ago, EatonDoolittle said:

Before the show, a woman sitting in front of me offered that she had been on the previous cruise, and was seeing it again, she loved it so much. 

We went because someone part

of the production cast invited us. Then another, not part of production, said we should see it. We are planning to certainly see it again in June. We would like to be towards the middle next time versus on the side just to see better. 

Edited December 9, 2019 by phred119s

[Host CJSKIDS]

It’s now moved to 55% liking it. 

[GottaLuvCruising]

9 hours ago, Host CJSKIDS said:

It’s now moved to 55% liking it. 

Right now it's exactly 50 / 50.  I hope more folks who've seen it will vote.  It's interesting that some folks did enjoy it as our group of eight were united in our disappointment.  

 

I hope we can find future Princess cruises offering the big dance productions with upbeat music and costumes we love so much.  Now I know to check on entertainment before booking.  In April we did Hawaii on the Grand; production shows and the party band were awesome!  

[sbflcruiser]

Well I'm of the loved it crowd, as was my DH.  But then again, I have not really enjoyed a lot of the prior production shows and typically have not gone to many.  There has always been some we have enjoyed, but these new shows were more up our alley.  Really liked the music in Rock Opera, have enjoyed that show as well.  Truly enjoyed the 5 skies, liked all the different action from the aerialist to varied music.  While we were basically front and center for shows, so we did not have any hindrance to our viewing.  

 

Very excited that Princess is putting back a crooners bar on the newer ships, we always found good entertainment there, if we were not interested in a show.  We have never found a lack of enjoyable activities on a ship yet.