MEmomMA Posted March 24, 2008 #1 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Had a great time at the piano bar on carnival Valor (in fact we closed it down every night). We want to try RCI next and were wondering if this is something that we might encounter on the Adventure of the Seas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheerysmom Posted March 24, 2008 #2 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Hi - If I remember correctly, there was an intimate piano lounge in the Schooner Bar. Very interactive and a lot of fun. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehfl Posted March 24, 2008 #3 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Schooner bar usually has a piano player or guitar player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMom57 Posted March 24, 2008 #4 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Schooner Bar's piano bar was a lot of fun on Adventure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare silentbob007 Posted March 24, 2008 #5 Share Posted March 24, 2008 There is not the same piano bar experience as on Carnival. On RCCL, in one of the standard bars, there will be someone playing piano, taking requests, etc. In my experience, it does not match the closed-off room dedicated to the piano on the Valor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmomMA Posted March 24, 2008 Author #6 Share Posted March 24, 2008 So... it is similar but much more toned down. Not the boisterous sing-a-longs of Carnival? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negc Posted March 24, 2008 #7 Share Posted March 24, 2008 It may depend on the piano player. When Matt Yee performs in the Schooner Bar, things can get quite boisterous. Other performers may be more low key, but it is usually a pleasurable experience.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsesrus Posted March 24, 2008 #8 Share Posted March 24, 2008 It may depend on the piano player. When Matt Yee performs in the Schooner Bar, things can get quite boisterous. Other performers may be more low key, but it is usually a pleasurable experience.:) That has been our experience. We're pretty dedicated RCCL travelers but we did a Carnival cruise this past fall on Ecstacy and had the BEST time in the piano bar every night. I really wish RCCL had that same type of set up, I enjoyed that way better then karaoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted March 24, 2008 #9 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Never been on Carnival, but the atmosphere sounds like Dueling Pianos. Alas, RC has gotten rid of those. All Schooner Bars are piano bars. Many of the piano players are chock full of personality and lead great singalongs. Not all, though. Matt Yee is in a class by himself. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmomMA Posted March 24, 2008 Author #10 Share Posted March 24, 2008 For those who have never sailed carnival.... the piano bar is a circular bar in the center of which is a piano. People are able to sit all around the piano and the player will play songs or take requests of well known songs that a good deal of people would know the words to. For instance Jimmy Buffett songs are quite common so everyone would sing along, clap and have a great time. Group Karaoke in a sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnoble74 Posted March 25, 2008 #11 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Matt Yee is in a class by himself. :rolleyes: AMEN to THAT!!! Great entertainment - Great talent - Great time! Oi! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmfan Posted March 25, 2008 #12 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Schooner Bar's piano bar was a lot of fun on Adventure This is the place to be.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uksimonusa Posted March 25, 2008 #13 Share Posted March 25, 2008 The places to be on the AOS for a sing a long, are the Schooner Bar and the Duck and Dog pub on the Promenade, they normally have a good guitar player in the pub for a sing along and as other people have said a piano player in the Schooner Bar:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieGator Posted March 25, 2008 #14 Share Posted March 25, 2008 They had a really entertaining 'dueling pianos' act going on in Boleros' when I was on the Sovereign. It was that game where they'll play it as long as you'll pay for it...then you get outbid for another song. As it was a 3 day cruise with lots of Floridians on board, the lounge was nearly equally divided between rowdy UF and FSU fans, trying to outbid each other to play their school's fight song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberry0820 Posted March 25, 2008 #15 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I was on the Carnival in June 2007. Is Mark still the piano player? He is amazing!! I'm not sure RCCL has anyone that could compare with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted March 25, 2008 #16 Share Posted March 25, 2008 They had a really entertaining 'dueling pianos' act going on in Boleros' when I was on the Sovereign. It was that game where they'll play it as long as you'll pay for it...then you get outbid for another song. As it was a 3 day cruise with lots of Floridians on board, the lounge was nearly equally divided between rowdy UF and FSU fans, trying to outbid each other to play their school's fight song. As I said above, that is gone from the ships now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssolomon56 Posted March 25, 2008 #17 Share Posted March 25, 2008 We've experienced the piano bar at it's best on HAL too. It's actually one of the best things about HAL. I don't believe that RCI has quite the same concept going on. The most I can recall on the ships I've experienced are piano players who are really just performing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewlrybabe Posted March 25, 2008 #18 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Carnival has the BEST piano bars!! I have never seen anything like it on RCCL. This guy is the best! http://www.ronpass.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted March 25, 2008 #19 Share Posted March 25, 2008 We've experienced the piano bar at it's best on HAL too. It's actually one of the best things about HAL. I don't believe that RCI has quite the same concept going on. The most I can recall on the ships I've experienced are piano players who are really just performing. Carnival has the BEST piano bars!! I have never seen anything like it on RCCL. This guy is the best! http://www.ronpass.com/ It's the luck of the draw. Some of them really get the crowd going and participating. Some just play "background music". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyjo0930 Posted March 25, 2008 #20 Share Posted March 25, 2008 We had a really good time last year in the Schooner Bar with the piano guy on the Granduer. Don't remember his name, but he was a lot of fun. We were there waiting for a show in the lounge that it on the other side (you actually walk through the Schooner to get there)... and we had such a good time, that we ended up there almost every night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisnpat Posted March 26, 2008 #21 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Yes but only you can tell if it is what you want or not. Best way to find out is to book or RC and see for yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillychick Posted March 26, 2008 #22 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Schooner Bar's piano bar was a lot of fun on Adventure That's great to hear because my two times on the Enchantment we closed the piano bar. Both players were great (James Barr & Patrice Doucet). I'm sailing on the AOS in August. Barbara from Philly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillychick Posted March 26, 2008 #23 Share Posted March 26, 2008 I've sailed both RCCL & Carnival & I've enjoyed the piano bar on both. It all depends on the crowd. My last cruise on the Enchantment (beginning of March), the piano bar rocked every night especially when the spring breakers joined in. As I said in my previous post, we closed Schooner's every night. Barbara from Philly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vered4 Posted December 18, 2018 #24 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Piano bar on Harmony of the Seas currently has a great performer!! We had Matt Ganim on Allure of the Seas who was unbelievably amazing!! Love the piano bars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted December 18, 2018 #25 Share Posted December 18, 2018 16 minutes ago, vered4 said: Piano bar on Harmony of the Seas currently has a great performer!! We had Matt Ganim on Allure of the Seas who was unbelievably amazing!! Love the piano bars! Holy Crap, vered4! You resurrected an almost 11 year old thread! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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