Best Entertainment

[DebsGlass]

Which of the ships have the best entertainment? And if your cruise is 10 days, is there something different each night?

[ScooterScott22]

The question is likely to get a variety of answers.  There is quite a lot to do on most of the ships and different things will be the "best" for different people.  Some people like the big shows, some like the entertainers, others the musicians, so this will be tough to get a straight answer.  Expect all of the entertainment mentioned, depending on venues available on the ship, as well as comedians and plenty of activities each day.  Looking at some of the Cruise Compasses from prior cruises might give you ideas of what to expect - https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/cruise-compass 

The headliners are always changing so there you cannot pinpoint those entertainers or comedians to one ship.  The musicians will also be rotating on a regular bases so that experience will vary.  Even the trivia will be hosted by different staff and some maybe more engaging than others even on the same ship.  

The key shows - Broadway, Ice shows, Two70 and Aqua-Theater will not be all that different from sailing to sailing but the cast may rotate in/out based on contracts.  The question is what are you most interested in?  The Oasis class has the Aqua-theater, ice show and main theater shows.  They probably have the most variety but shows vary between ships.  The Quantum class has the main theater and the shows in Two70, which can be interesting, so that might be of interest from an entertainment perspective.  Voyager and Freedom class ships also have Studio B along with the main Theater so a little more variety.  

[Ryan79]

“Best” is a highly subjective term. What’s best for my, is not best for anyone else necessarily. What type of entertainment do YOU like, and then we can help steer you better.

[FireFishII]

And sometimes the best entertainment are so crowded that you can't get in. I hope you find what you consider best.

[Mike n Ky]

First...I second what Scooter said.

My wife will say...Mama Mia on Allure...she goes at least twice every time we sail her.

For the aqua show we liked Symphony over Allure. We are going on Wonder in April so looking forward to seeing the difference.

Even though it's still subjective, it's easier to say what we don't like.

[ScooterScott22]

12 hours ago, Mike n Ky said:

For the aqua show we liked Symphony over Allure. We are going on Wonder in April so looking forward to seeing the difference.

We thought the Ice show and the Aqua show on the Wonder were the best we have seen so far.

[CrimsonCruiser]

I tend to enjoy when there is a variety of entertainment regardless of if it's a variety in one theater every night or different venues. Obviously, the larger ships with more venues can offer more variety (we just did Allure and having a comedy club, jazz lounge, ice rink, aqua theater and main stage meant there were several types of entertainment spread over the ship) but we also did Odyssey and felt that only 2 shows were different - The Book and the Stomp show (this was before they got effectors). Everything else was a lounge singer on the stage. Not boring per se but repetitive. Even the Showgirls headliner felt kind of the same after so many solo singer acts.

So, as others have said, definitely objective. It will for sure depend on what kind of entertainment you like. I think even on a smaller ship you're still going to get a production show, vocalists and comedian as they seem like staples in Royal's entertainment rotation.