Allure Ice Show - Blades

[Jacklynn]

Reservations opened up for our July 2nd Allure sailing yesterday (finally) and the ice skating show is titled "Blades" instead of the "Ice Games" that I have seen listed in the past. 

Anyone know if it is a completely new show or if it's one they have done in the past? I don't remember seeing anything about it before but I of course could just be unaware

 

[twangster]

It looks like one of those ad hoc shows where the cast just do whatever they feel like in that moment as opposed to a choreographed production like "Ice Games".

[WAAAYTOOO]

Interesting.  Normally those "other" shows don't accept reservations.  I wonder if this is a new show !  It would be awesome to finally get a new show SOMEwhere.

[TXcruzer]

Not a new show, this is the freestyle performance done in addition to the choreographed "Ice Games"

[Jacklynn]

1 hour ago, TXcruzer said:

Not a new show, this is the freestyle performance done in addition to the choreographed "Ice Games"

Good to know. There is no Ice Games show posted yet, only that one. So if they still do the Ice Games one they just haven't posted it yet.

[CrznTxn]

Could be a new cast coming onboard and they have not quite learned the Ice Games moves to perform it yet. On Allure they have just started performing Blue Planet with the new Momma Mia cast who had to learn the new music and moves to add that in addition to Momma Mia. Usually they add only a couple of new cast to the ice show at a time but it could be there were more than usual, Or as what happen on Liberty OTS on several of our cruises the cast had some injuries and illness to too many of the cast and they did an improve show for the guests. Loved those too as it allowed the performers to do what they thought brought the best in their particular talent but still brought us a show.

[Jill]

It’s also been called iskate on some ships. We saw that on one of the oasis class ships we sailed last year. We actually liked it better than the choreographed show

[calvink669]

Just got off Allure yesterday and it was relayed by a cast member who was at chef's table that this was completely replacing ice games.

[Jacklynn]

17 hours ago, calvink669 said:

Just got off Allure yesterday and it was relayed by a cast member who was at chef's table that this was completely replacing ice games.

Thanks for the update!

[MattJump]

Can confirm, just talked to one of the managers of ice games, Igor, who stated that this is a completely new, choreographed show. He said that this is very rare for them to completely change the choreographed show, but this is an exception to the usual “keep the same show.”

[Aray]

We were on the June 18th sailing. We watched Ice Games on 6/24. After the performance, the cruise director came out and announced that it was the last performance of Ice Games. I'm not sure what they are going to replace it with.

[PG Cruiser]

Can I follow up on this?  I'm trying to complete the info on my graphic.

[loki007]

just got off Allure and the App had the ability to reserve mama Mia, Oceanaria, and Blades but the Aquatheater was the only one you actually needed a reservation for. 

[DoomSlayer]

Blades replaces Ice Games.  Saw it in January on Allure and enjoyed it.

[DoomSlayer]

1 hour ago, loki007 said:

just got off Allure and the App had the ability to reserve mama Mia, Oceanaria, and Blades but the Aquatheater was the only one you actually needed a reservation for. 

This has been my experience too unless you want seats close and upfront center stage.  Those seats go quick and having reservations helps if that is where you want to sit.  I have terrible eyesight, so the closer the better for me.

[TessFromFlorida]

Just saw this show last week, it was fantastic IMO. I felt the choreography and sound design/music selection was top notch.

[OCSC Mike]

1 hour ago, TessFromFlorida said:

Just saw this show last week, it was fantastic IMO. I felt the choreography and sound design/music selection was top notch.

And this is why most things are so subjective. Glad you enjoyed it. We saw it in October and pretty much hated it.

Everyone should try everything they think they might like no matter what they read, IMO, be it a show, restaurant, food item, etc.

[TessFromFlorida]

On 3/22/2024 at 10:22 AM, OCSC Mike said:

Everyone should try everything they think they might like no matter what they read

Very true! Sorry you hated it. Given that my previous experience with ice shows was limited to Disney on Ice, perhaps I had set my expectations too low 

[OCSC Mike]

1 minute ago, TessFromFlorida said:

Very true! Sorry you hated it. Given that my previous experience with ice shows was limited to Disney on Ice, perhaps I had set my expectations too low 

Maybe but everyone likes what they like. I may have been influenced by having seen Wonder’s ice show a few months before Blades… and seeing it again a few days ago confirmed that it is easily my favorite.

I’m not a big show guy anyway. I’ll see anything once (except broadway due to length). If I don’t like it, oh well. I was gonna sit somewhere having a drink anyway. 45 mins of anything is never gonna ruin a cruise.