Last Friday evening I was glued to my computer, listening to a live Norwegian Cruise Line webcast about the entertainment on Norwegian Epic.
I admit I wasn't enthralled with the Blue Man Group, which is going to be performing eight times per cruise on Epic. It's great to have something different on a cruise ship, but I caught a taste of their performance during the "reveal" in New York in May and felt quite queasy (!) watching what they did with what I think were marshmallows.
I'm not saying more - you'll have to go on board to find out!
But on to Friday's news. There will be duelling pianos in a late-night rock-and-roll show called Howl at the Moon, which is performed at 14 venues across the US and will be playing four times per cruise, and Legends in Concert, a tribute show that plays in Las Vegas among other US cities.
I'm not usually a fan of someone pretending to be a big star because too often they don't have even the physical presence to carry it off, never mind the voice, but judging by the website the "Legends" at least have to look like the people they are playing.
I'll have to wait until I go on board the ship, which launches next July, to judge if they sound like them as well, but I reckon both shows look really fun and exciting.
During the webcast, NCL's entertainment's chief Richard Kilman said his goal is to change the face of cruise ship entertainment on the 4,200-passenger Norwegian Epic.
Wouldn't it be nice if, in so doing, he changed the face of cruise ship entertainment per se and we were able finally to put to rest the dire songs from the shows.
Jane Archer
