7 best musicals you can see on a cruise this year
As the cruising industry become increasingly competitive, cruise lines are always on the lookout for different ways they can entice passengers with onboard entertainment.
With many lines now offering theatre-quality stage shows it’s an exciting time to be headed out on the high seas. Here are seven of the best shows on the ocean this year.
1. Princess Cruises - Magic to Do
If you’re cruising aboard the Crown, Emerald or Ruby Princess you can see Magic to Do, the line’s first production with famed theatre composer Stephen Schwartz, including some of his greatest hits like Defying Gravity from the musical Wicked.
2. Carnival Cruise Line - Amor Cubano: A Caribbean Dance Romance
If you’re travelling with Carnival Vista you can check out Amor Cubano: A Caribbean Dance Romance, which combines LED staging, special effects and a seven piece band performing Latin Classics. Carnival also has a rock and movie music show.
3. Disney Cruise Line - Tangled: The Musical
If you’re cruising aboard the Disney Magic soon you will have the chance to see Tangled: The Musical, a charming stage adaption of the popular animated film that features original music from Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken.
4. Holland America - World Stage Main Theatre
Performances vary from night to night on the new Holland America Koningsdam, which features an incredible World Stage main theatre that’s two stories high. It also has a 270-degree wraparound screen with shows mixing music, dance and movies.
5. Norwegian Cruise Line - For the Record: Brat Pack and Million Dollar Quartet
If you’re travelling with Norwegian Escape you can see For the Record: Brat Pack, a retrospective of coming of age films form the 80s. If you’re travelling with the Norwegian Getaway you can see Million Dollar Quartet, with music inspired form the recording session that brought together Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
6. Royal Caribbean - Grease and Columbus the Musical
The Harmony of the Seas is set to be rolled out with an all new stage production of the classic musical Grease, and you will also be able to see it on the Independence of the Seas. Harmony of the Seas also features original show Columbus The Musical.
7. Regent Seven Seas Cruises - Burn the Floor
If you’re taking the Seven Seas Explorer you will be able to enjoy a range of new productions that are accompanied by a seven-piece orchestra, but the one that’s getting the most buzz is Burn the Floor, based on the Beatles first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show.
Video credit: Royal Caribbean
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