Princess Cruises Sapphire Princess

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Princess Theater

Overview

Our experiences with staged entertainment on other cruise lines have generally been better that what we saw here. The theater is quite large, but note that seats in the rear of the most forward section have a fairly severe downward slant. We sat here during the Muster Drill and found ourselves sliding out of the seat in no time.

Shows & Performances

What we saw here was strictly square, a painful example of a cruise ship plainly out-of-touch with contemporary entertainment. One show called “I Got the Music” offered a medley of disco classics that were regurgitated with the most pedestrian arrangements imaginable, accompanied by woefully lackluster choreography. The “Motor City” review had sets that wouldn’t pass muster at a backwoods high school. And they may call it a review, but it was really more a retread of the most obvious tunes—the ones we’ve heard a million times before.

The Princess Theater was also used for movies; although the screen was a good size the illumination was a bit dim.