DESTINATIONS ENTERTAINMENT ON BOARD | CRUISE


Entertainers are


flown in to perform for a few days, then head off to be replaced by new talent, keeping the entertainment fresh


one sailaway and Marvel at Sea- themed bashes under the stars. In terms of guest entertainers, think singers, pianists, comedians and magicians. I’ve seen them all – and even a group of actors stage a Whitehall farce. Usually these acts are flown in to perform for a few days, then head off to be


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replaced by new talent, keeping the entertainment different and fresh. In March, on board Princess Cruises’ new Sun Princess, it was standing room only for comedian Robbie Printz and comedy juggler Goronwy Thom, who had audiences in fits with his madcap anything-can- go-wrong (and usually does) act. He was replaced by a ventriloquist, whom I wasn’t looking forward to, as a result of too many memories of Rod Hull and Emu. But Gareth Oliver aced it, picking passengers at random to be his ‘dummy’.


OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD


Back on Icon of the Seas, I’ve managed to nab the seat I wanted and it’s not at the back of the theatre, so I can sneak off, like I might’ve done in the past. I’d


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