Are there two shows in the main showroom on Joy?

[coffeebean]

We just discovered that earlier specialty dining reservations are all booked for our upcoming Joy cruise in December. Our reservations for the specialty restaurants will all be late. We don't mind dining late because we have always gone to the early show in the main showroom.

 

Are there two shows per night in the main showroom on Joy? We are just off a Royal Caribbean ship and there was only one show per night at 9:30 in their main showroom. If this is the case on Joy, we will not be able to see the show.

[vacation44]

Yes per the dailies that have been posted.   They show 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. for Footloose.

[shof515]

they also repeat the same shows twice on two different days

[bkrickles1]

3 hours ago, coffeebean said:

We just discovered that earlier specialty dining reservations are all booked for our upcoming Joy cruise in December. Our reservations for the specialty restaurants will all be late. We don't mind dining late because we have always gone to the early show in the main showroom.

 

Are there two shows per night in the main showroom on Joy? We are just off a Royal Caribbean ship and there was only one show per night at 9:30 in their main showroom. If this is the case on Joy, we will not be able to see the show.

They only release a small percentage of dining reservations prior to your sail date. With limited capacity, you will easily be able to change your reservations after boarding. 

Go directly to teppenyaki to make dining reservations and the Social for entertainment reservations. They are directly across from each other. 

I'm sailing Joy in January and will be doing the same. 

[Sue Do-Over]

We just returned (Nov 20-27 on Joy).   Two show times each night (7p and 10p), with Footloose and Elements on different evenings.  The first night, Footloose had technical problems and cancelled the early show after two attempts.  They gave up on the elevated stage for the late show, and had some stumbles with mic's cutting out, but managed to get through it.

Elements has LOTS of special effects, including a foam blizzard and confetti, that went off without any visible tech issues.

 

Our sailing was capped at 60% capacity for bookings, but actually only was at about 30% (1700 guests of ~5000 capacity).  Perhaps because it was the Joy's first trip this season.

 

With such low occupancy, there were several (many!) empty tables in the specialty dining rooms, entire empty sections at the buffet.  The only time most tables were full was on Thanksgiving at dinner time, since the regular dining rooms (Manhattan, Savor and Taste) were all serving a traditional holiday meal.  All three regular dining serve from the same menu each night -- standard fare on left, and the daily rotated options on the right in the menu book. 

 

The daily newsletter also noted a reservation hour the first day, where a crew member would be at a specific kiosk to make all your reservations at once.

Edited November 30, 2021 by Sue Do-Over

[coffeebean]

Thank you to those who responded to my question.