Cruisn' Part 2

Now I have cruised on Princess before and it was fabulous. This time we went on Royal Caribbean. Now there is Royal and there is Royalty. There is a difference. Royal Caribbean would be considered a Duke or Duchess and Princess would be a Princess.

The rooms, food and shows were all better on Princess. However the service was better on Royal Caribbean. The bar tenders didn’t ignore you or give you a dirty look on Royal Caribbean when you asked for a coke in your all inclusive coke glass. We had towel animals on Royal Caribbean that were so super cute.

On Princess there were several comediennes, musical shows and a movie theater. On Royal Caribbean there was one comedian that was ok, a juggler and one musical review. The Musical Review was the last night on the ship and it was a 60’s-90’s review of pop music.

Now you have to realize I am no Celine Dion but I sang in church and school choirs for 20 plus years, played musical instruments and my brother is operatically trained. He is good and I used to go to his performances, so I know when someone is flat, sharp, off key or pitchy. And this show had all that and more. I don’t think I ever stopped laughing the whole show, and it was not a comedy.

They opened with a Dusty Springfield song that was a little flat, and then progressed to Sonny and Cher that was off key and then to Aretha Franklin sung by a tiny little blonde girl that was sharp.

Next was a Cindy Lauper like person and all the dancers were dressed in leopard print and pastels with purple top hats. The singing was good on this song. Then a man in a pink velour halter dress over a black satin dress shirt and black satin pants came out singing Father Figure by George Michael with a lisp. I lost it, I about fell out of my chair I was laughing so hard.

The Body Guard song was next and the woman did a great job she could have given Whitney Houston a run for her money. There were a couple Rhythm Nation, Janet Jackson, Earth Wind and Fire and some Color Me Bad songs next. They were all a little pitchy and sharp, but thoroughly entertaining.

The final song was, “It’s so hard to say goodbye” by Boys II Men. It was like battle of the divas they murdered it, one flat, one sharp, and two off key. I was cringing in my seat. They ended with introducing everyone and then the Captain came out and said hello and she greeted everyone as they left that was a nice surprise.

Next time I will go to the super bowl party in the bar.