Ocean Princess Entertainment

[cruisequeen4ever]

Does anyone know if the Ocean Princess offers...

 

Bingo?

 

Comedian?

 

Movies?

 

Game shows?

 

Has anyone done the Christmas Caribbean Connossieur cruise specifically, and if so, what was the entertainment like?

[caribill]

Does anyone know if the Ocean Princess offers...

 

Bingo? yes

 

Comedian? There are guest entertainers. Sometimes that includes a comedian.

 

Movies? On a small movie screen near the casino area

 

Game shows? Yes

 

Has anyone done the Christmas Caribbean Connossieur cruise specifically, and if so, what was the entertainment like?

 

see above in red

[fishywood]

To answer your last question: the small ship Connoisseur cruises are done very infrequently out of Florida, the last one run a few Januarys ago only because Pacific Princess' drydock was cancelled at the last minute; can't remember if one was done over the Holidays in the current millennium. As for entertainment, the cruise director's staff double as the company of singers and dancers (beyond one featured male and one female vocalist) so the production shows will feature lots of awkward shuffling and lip-syncing.

Edited August 13, 2015 by fishywood

[cruisequeen4ever]

Thank you!

[caribill]

As for entertainment, the cruise director's staff double as the company of singers and dancers (beyond one featured male and one female vocalist) so the production shows will feature lots of awkward shuffling and lip-syncing.

 

It is more that the dancers, who are trained as much as their counterparts on the larger ships, double as cruise staff.

 

Some of the better shows we have seen have been on the small ships.

 

The lip synching by the dancers is normal even on the larger ships as they were hired to dance, not sing. The lead singers do not lip synch unless too ill to sing.

[emmak8]

You can enjoy a smaller ship as much as a larger one.

[beg3yrs]

It is more that the dancers, who are trained as much as their counterparts on the larger ships, double as cruise staff.

 

Some of the better shows we have seen have been on the small ships.

 

The lip synching by the dancers is normal even on the larger ships as they were hired to dance, not sing. The lead singers do not lip synch unless too ill to sing.

 

Completely agree here, especially about better, albeit smaller, show. Because the dancers also work as cruise staff, you end up developing a relationship with them. As such, when you attend their show in the small theater of the OP, they work very hard to put on a good performance.

 

On the large ships one rarely sees the dancers and singers out and about and I sometime perceive an aura of aloofness from them during their performances. Maybe it's because they don't get much of an opportunity to know the passengers.

[fishywood]

It is more that the dancers, who are trained as much as their counterparts on the larger ships, double as cruise staff.

 

Some of the better shows we have seen have been on the small ships.

 

The lip synching by the dancers is normal even on the larger ships as they were hired to dance, not sing. The lead singers do not lip synch unless too ill to sing.

 

Understood that even on the large ships the backing vocals are canned and the dancers wear the headset mics strictly for show. Just letting the OP know there will only be two featured vocalists rather than six. And on my one long-ago small ship Princess cruise the CD made an endless running joke of his "singing and dancing cruise staff" which quickly grew real unfunny. For at least one show they didn't even have costumes, they just went on stage and Milli-Vanilli'd in their regular cruise staff clothing.

Edited August 13, 2015 by fishywood