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Wajang Theater and Culinary Arts Center

Overview

The Wajang Theater is a multi-purpose venue that is primarily used for the Culinary Arts Center, a show kitchen used for cooking demonstrations that were scheduled several times daily. On our cruise there were opportunities to learn penne a la vodka, lobster salad, smoothies, chilled raspberry soup and crème brûlée (not exactly Rachel Ray, eh?). The best event was called Cooking with the Stripes and featured the ship’s captain preparing pizza at the same time as a freeform Q&A about the ship’s operation. We kept our head down for this one.

The Wajang Theater is also the ship’s screening room, and a different film was shown daily (once at midday and two in the evening). Unfortunately, the screen size is too small for the number of seats—especially for wide-screen presentations, which might better be called short-screen.