golfadj Posted December 22, 2013 #1001 Share Posted December 22, 2013 I would agree. Fun passengers can keep the piano bar rocking even with a mediocre piano player. In our experience a mediocre piano player leads to a very empty and dead bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted December 22, 2013 #1002 Share Posted December 22, 2013 In our experience a mediocre piano player leads to a very empty and dead bar. Lol, you are correct. We were one ship where the piano man was begging people to come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfadj Posted December 22, 2013 #1003 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Lol, you are correct. We were one ship where the piano man was begging people to come in. Sounds like Wally B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare patrice1 Posted December 22, 2013 #1004 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Does anyone know who's on Conquest? Leaving in a month.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plant Posted December 23, 2013 #1005 Share Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) We enjoyed Jordan on the Carnival Magic. The best part was that he played early (7:15-8:15). I think he must have had many more fan's in the late evening (9:30-until... :). Edited December 23, 2013 by Plant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patty421 Posted December 23, 2013 #1006 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I know Ben is on the bloggers cruise. Does anyone know the exact date he returns to the Breeze. It says 2/15 but has this changed since the announcement of the bloggers cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwrestler171 Posted December 23, 2013 #1007 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I know Ben is on the bloggers cruise. Does anyone know the exact date he returns to the Breeze. It says 2/15 but has this changed since the announcement of the bloggers cruise? He told me that he will head straight to the Breeze after the Bloggers Cruise. I'm not sure of the exact dates, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCH1234 Posted December 23, 2013 #1008 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Is Ron Pass still around? He was definitely the best piano entertainer I've had but Ben was great too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfadj Posted December 23, 2013 #1009 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Is Ron Pass still around? He was definitely the best piano entertainer I've had but Ben was great too! Ron has moved on. Ben is excellent and now probably they best they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctordi Posted December 23, 2013 #1010 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I can't believe that Martin Aucoin is still playing. Saw him a year ago and he was awful - little talent, intoxicated most of the time, and rude when people walked out! Just of Glory with Dave F. and had a lot of fun. Talented guy who really wants us to have some fun, had people sing with him, and we had a really fun crowd. I hung out there most of the evenings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokomo_Man Posted December 23, 2013 #1011 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Ron Pass is playing in Palm Springs at the La Quinta Resort & Club in the fall, winter, and spring. He will probably play at his usual summer gig in Idaho. Bob Searching for Kokomo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell'sparents Posted December 24, 2013 #1012 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patty421 Posted December 24, 2013 #1013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 He told me that he will head straight to the Breeze after the Bloggers Cruise. I'm not sure of the exact dates, though. Thanks for the info. We are sailing on March 15 and are very excited to see him. I wonder what the dates are for the blogger's cruise. I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare patrice1 Posted December 26, 2013 #1014 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Does anyone know who's on Conquest? Leaving in a month.:) re-post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The4Cruisers Posted December 26, 2013 #1015 Share Posted December 26, 2013 The 12 people who regularly hung out at the piano bar appeared not to drink much and they did not know piano bar customs. Do tell. What are piano bar custom's? I have never heard of this and hopefully I am not making piano bar faux passes. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNJCruisers Posted December 27, 2013 #1016 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Do tell. What are piano bar custom's? I have never heard of this and hopefully I am not making piano bar faux passes. :confused: If you're going to be sitting "at the bar", you should be participating in the process by drinking and singing and possibly requesting songs and if warranted, tipping the piano bar player. What you're not supposed to do is ignore the piano bar player and engage in loud conversation during a song. The more that the audience participates in the process, the better the show is. Some of the players are really good at engaging the audience and this results in an evening of great entertainment. Because of this they have a large, loyal following, like Ron Pass and on our Breeze cruise with him seats at the bar were hard to come by and he put on a whale of a show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sesasheep Posted December 27, 2013 #1017 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Just got off the Splendor(Great cruise, will do a recap in a bit), and Tonya Scott was the piano player. Went in there for a bit most nights, but was usually out by 11 or so. It's only her second week on the ship so she's still learning songs, but what she did know she was very good at, and what she didn't know she tried her best to do. Bar was usually pretty busy, all of the seats at the actual bar were always full, and it was pretty close to SRO on some nights. Only downside that I can think of is that she could play more and talk less, and she could be spacey at times, but overall I was happy, and I think that with time and as she learns songs, she will improve. Everyone that I spoke to about her seemed to like her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chathamman Posted December 27, 2013 #1018 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Was on the Freedom during the summer and Marty Gast was at the piano bar. Fantastic. Bar was rocking every night!:cool: We are going on the Freedom again 6-1-14 and it doesn't appear that he is on the Freedom at that time.:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GROUCHPUSS Posted December 28, 2013 #1019 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Was on the Freedom during the summer and Marty Gast was at the piano bar. Fantastic. Bar was rocking every night!:cool: We are going on the Freedom again 6-1-14 and it doesn't appear that he is on the Freedom at that time.:confused: Marty will be on the Imagination from 1-10-14 to 6-10-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgriff Posted December 29, 2013 #1020 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Just of Glory with Dave F. and had a lot of fun. Talented guy who really wants us to have some fun, had people sing with him, and we had a really fun crowd. I hung out there most of the evenings. So did we. This was our second cruise with Dave and we just love him! We spent most evenings in the PB and stayed virtually until closing every night. I even won a ship on a stick for the TV theme challenge. It was great fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bktaylor30 Posted December 29, 2013 #1021 Share Posted December 29, 2013 This is my only complaint about a Carnival cruise. I wish the piano bars were smoke free. The stench in the Triumph piano bar alone made me avoid it. :eek: Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S4 using the Cruise Critic forums application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GROUCHPUSS Posted December 29, 2013 #1022 Share Posted December 29, 2013 This is my only complaint about a Carnival cruise. I wish the piano bars were smoke free. The stench in the Triumph piano bar alone made me avoid it. :eek: Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S4 using the Cruise Critic forums application. The PBs are smoke free now and have been for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfadj Posted December 29, 2013 #1023 Share Posted December 29, 2013 So did we. This was our second cruise with Dave and we just love him! We spent most evenings in the PB and stayed virtually until closing every night. I even won a ship on a stick for the TV theme challenge. It was great fun! Great to hear. Will be sailing iwth him in just over a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyMelton Posted December 29, 2013 #1024 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Sailed with Ben on the Breeze in Oct. what a great entertainer! This was our 13th Carnival Cruise and the very first time we spent any time in the PB. I will be going back based upon the great time we had on the Breeze. It also helped that Carnival put the PB in a better location on that class of ship. Ben really gets the crowd involved, keeps the glasses full and the bar hoppin. Lots of pros, great song list and good interaction. It appears he loves his job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahlin43 Posted December 29, 2013 #1025 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Was on the Freedom during the summer and Marty Gast was at the piano bar. Fantastic. Bar was rocking every night!:cool: Boo, I hope the new guy Larry Maconaghey is good. We had a blast with Roger on the Pride in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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