Entertainment

[doowopbob]

Have a quick question regarding late night entertainment.  This is our first Viking cruise.  We just got off a back to back Regent cruise we enjoyed very much.  After the show (if we bothered) we would always go into the club where they had a duo playing each night.  They were wonderful singers.  Does Viking have anything like this or is it just a couple of band members playing instruments ?

[TayanaLorna]

In Torshavn beginning at 9 pm there is some sort of music.  If the Viking Band is not part of the Star Theatre that night, they will be playing in Torshavn early.  If they are part of the "show" then they start in Torshavn at 10:30 or so.  Often the resident guitarist will play there when it opens until the band arrives.  People drink and dance.  

[doowopbob]

Thanks for the info, do they ever have anyone singing or is it just instrumentals ?

[duquephart]

16 minutes ago, doowopbob said:

Thanks for the info, do they ever have anyone singing or is it just instrumentals ?

 

Hearing someone singing (and playing) "The Boxer" is why I stuck my head into Torshavn one evening.

[Moonlion]

On our cruise, there was a guitarist/singer who performed in the Explorer Lounge most evenings.  My husband (who is a musician) and I thought he was quite good.

[Heidi13]

4 hours ago, doowopbob said:

Thanks for the info, do they ever have anyone singing or is it just instrumentals ?

 

On our cruise the band included 2 singers.

[Jim Avery]

5 minutes ago, Heidi13 said:

 

On our cruise the band included 2 singers.

Andy was one of them....😱

[Twitchly]

On our cruise on Mars last month, they had two great, bluesy singers in Torshavn. I much preferred them to the four Abba/Beatles/showtunes singers in the Star theater.

[LindaS272]

I think the band always includes two singers….at least in our experience.

[PlanoTim]

On all of our Viking cruises the Viking Band had two singers (a male and female) and a 4-piece band - drums, base, keyboard, and guitar.  We have always thought they did a good job.

[Twitchly]

From what I could tell from the opening night show (the only one I attended), our cruise had two vocal groups, the 2-person Torshavn pair (man and woman) and the 4-person Star theater group (2 men, 2 women). They had small backup bands. This was in addition to the guitarist in the Explorer Lounge and the classical duo and pianist in the Living Room. 

Edited October 14, 2022 by Twitchly

[doowopbob]

Thanks everyone.  Since this is our first Viking Cruise we are looking forward to the Abba & Beatles shows.  Never thought we would take a holiday cruise but thanks to Viking's no children policy we booked it.

[jc522]

I’m not a fan of cruise ship entertainment, so I’m not disappointed with what little Viking has to offer. One thing Viking does provide is music in several venues throughout the day, and IMHO that music is really bad. I grew up listening to 60s and 70s rock, jazz and blues, and a bit of classical, still do. So I’m solidly in Viking’s target age demographic, and after 8 days I’m real tired of listening to nothing but pop music and old show tunes all day and into the night. It is mind numbingly boring.

Edited December 18, 2022 by jc522

[LindaS272]

25 minutes ago, jc522 said:

I’m not a fan of cruise ship entertainment, so I’m not disappointed with what little Viking has to offer. One thing Viking does provide is music in several venues throughout the day, and IMHO that music is really bad. I grew up listening to 60s and 70s rock, jazz and blues, and a bit of classical, still do. So I’m solidly in Viking’s target age demographic, and after 8 days I’m real tired of listening to nothing but pop music and old show tunes all day and into the night. It is mind numbingly boring.

Yes, you’ve told us this on another thread.

[jc522]

And you can't fix it for me? Aren't you one of the resident experts?

Edited December 18, 2022 by jc522

[KBs mum]

Our policy is to find out where the band and or singers are performing then be sure to be somewhere else. 

The pianist and guitarist are usually not to bad, the string lot are good but are stuck with a tedious (as in only one repeated a lot) set

[jc522]

I might have spoken too soon. Tonight they did Dancing Under The Stars. A rousing 3 hours of disco, and of course Sweet Caroline, Proud Mary and YMCA, followed by a line dance and a conga line. Fortunately there were no heart attacks or strokes.

Edited December 19, 2022 by jc522

[sugarside]

Dancing under the stars(or moon in our case)on Viking Sky last week was fabulous.

I’m not a dancing kind of person usually but the exuberant Joseph of the singing group tempted me up and onto the conga line.😂😂😂

The leader of the Viking band ,their trumpet player ,has to be heard to be believed .

In fact every single member of the entertainment staff was phenomenal.

The best team yet.Thankyou all for great nights aboard.

[molymoo]

Don't often partake in the entertainment.  We are early to bed people and after 9:00 (generally) the only thing I am looking at is the inside of my eyelids.  I did, however, catch a post on another site from someone on the Neptune crossing the Atlantic.  He/she (I was killing time in the vet's office so not sure and can't find the post again) claimed that they had changed the entertainment and there were no ABBA or Beatles shows!  What!?!?!  I have seen each once or twice and, although perhaps a bit hokey, enjoyed them.  We board Neptune in three days so I can find out for myself!  Stay tuned.

[MikeyB]

1 hour ago, molymoo said:

Don't often partake in the entertainment.  We are early to bed people and after 9:00 (generally) the only thing I am looking at is the inside of my eyelids.  I did, however, catch a post on another site from someone on the Neptune crossing the Atlantic.  He/she (I was killing time in the vet's office so not sure and can't find the post again) claimed that they had changed the entertainment and there were no ABBA or Beatles shows!  What!?!?!  I have seen each once or twice and, although perhaps a bit hokey, enjoyed them.  We board Neptune in three days so I can find out for myself!  Stay tuned.

We were on the Neptune last month.  I can happily concur that the Abba and Beatle shows are history.

[Flgreg]

On Viking Sky 11-26 to 12-6-22 they did Abba, Beatles and Dancing Under the Stars. We found them all enjoyable enough.

 

However, while watching Dancing Under the Stars I was simply sitting in the chair (not tipping it back or doing anything unusual) and the left side of the chair fell off, the whole chair collapsed and I ended up on the floor. Luckily no injuries. The next day they did sent some macarons and called to make sure I was ok.

[donaldsc]

What also hasn't been considered is that if you do get them on the ship and use them on board you might get in real trouble with the ship security people.

 

DON

[CurlerRob]

13 minutes ago, donaldsc said:

What also hasn't been considered is that if you do get them on the ship and use them on board you might get in real trouble with the ship security people.

 

DON

Perhaps meant for the Christmas Crackers thread? 🍺🥌

[KBs mum]

21 minutes ago, CurlerRob said:

Perhaps meant for the Christmas Crackers thread? 🍺🥌

Depends how bad the acts are😁

[Moonlion]

4 hours ago, MikeyB said:

We were on the Neptune last month.  I can happily concur that the Abba and Beatle shows are history.

What?? We'll be on the Neptune in May for the British Isles Explorer cruise with a stop in Liverpool  No Beatles show, not even the night before or night of our visiting Liverpool? 😉