DESTINATIONS the seas


Onboard entertainment has entered a new era, writes cruise expert Jane Archer


i travelweekly.co.uk


can’t quite believe this but here I am gulping down a quick snack in the buffet on


Royal Caribbean International’s Icon of the Seas, so that I can get to the theatre early to bag my favourite seat for tonight’s performance of The Wizard of Oz.


I’ve never been a fan of


production shows on cruise ships. But I’m not up there with the critics who equate cruise ship


entertainment with second-rate singers and shows, either – a view that I think is unfair, and very much out of date. These days, most singers and dancers on ships are a talented performers, while the shows themselves cost the cruise lines hundreds of thousands of pounds to stage and are often choreographed by leading names in the world of showbiz. And lines have been ramping


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PICTURE: Roy Riley, sbw-photo


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