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Regarding the musical entertainment, slim pickens. There was an on board pub that had a one man acoustic act every evening (same guy the whole cruise). He catered to the whatever hot chick was in the pub at the time so I didn't get off to most of his stuff. There was a decent band with a small horn section that played on a small mid-ship stage.



Surprised to hear that. The last cruise we were on was a 3 day weekend thing on the Monarch of the Seas from LA to Ensenada Mexico. That ship was loaded to the gills with entertainment basically from 11 am to 2 am. There were 4 or 5 lounges, 3 big night clubs with one being a main room with over 600 seats, they had several bands playing back to back at the pool and this was just the areas of the ship we had access to. There were VIP exclusive areas we didn't have access to that had entertainment too. I sat in and wound up covering for the single pianist in one of the lounges. He checked me out for about 5 minutes, gave me a thumbs up and took about a 20 minute break. He was good and worked his small audience very well and so did I, I even got a few tips which I left for him. Later I discovered he was part of the musical revue troupe in the main room which was a good Vegas style show.

Overall I thought the performers were pretty good but that's from my pov working with show groups not handling edgy original rock or alternative acts. One of the bands at the pool were from Trinidad doing some pretty good high energy Caribbean party stuff, I chatted with them a bit too. They consisted of 3 keyboards, a drummer with a separate percussionist and a frontman vocalist and there was at least a dozen JBL EON's spread out around the pool and stage area above the pool so the sound was good. There was a waterfall beside the pool with lots of hot babes dancing and having a good time. As an old fart I was still into it <grin>. I'm certainly not looking to pick somebody up who's younger than my daughters but good scenery nonetheless.

At least that ship was a good experience and I highly recommend it. The food was good including the all you can eat buffet's (I also agree with losing 10 pounds before you sail, lol). I'm not a drinker beyond one glass of wine for dinner and maybe one more wine or a single beer throughout the evening so I can't comment on the quality of the drinks.

Bob

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