Dancing with the Stars Tour

[F1Julie]

Has anyone gone to the DWTS tour yet? We are going on the 26th and would love to hear from someone who has gone.

 

[Jeafl]

Me! I just went this past Saturday. I liked it a lot. We were in a huge arena, and honestly the dance floor was pretty far away! They did have some massive monitors though, so you could still see. All around the dance floor are some small round tables for all the people who spent a fortune on their tickets. We were with the other commoners in the stands.

Harry Hamlin has a pinched nerve so he is out for a few shows, but Drew Lachey, Joey Lawrence, Joey McIntyre and Lisa Rinna were there. Quite honestly, people cheered more for Cheryl Burke and Edyta than the "stars".

Because we were in Chicago, and Jerry Springer lives here, he performed with Kym Johnson which was really cute. I guess we were the only show where he is going to perform though.

Drew and Cheryl did their "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" routine from season 2, and the crowd went nuts. You will see a lot of familiar routines, complete with the costumes they wore on the show. It really was very entertaining, and their "company dancers" were truly outstanding.

The "host" (forgot his name) left a lot to be desired. And the thing that really ticked me off, is that they never let you forget that Slimfast is the sponsor. They spent a lot of time on the woman who learned to dance and lose weight for the Slimfast challenge. In fact, the pre-show was sponsored by Slimfast and it was a bunch of local couples competing from some dance studio. That part was really stupid.

All in all, it was very entertaining, and you got to see a lot of behind the scenes footage from the shows. The entire show was directed, produced and I think written by Carrie Ann Inaba. The entire thing was choreographed by Louis Van Amstel.

 

[Byrd]

Thank you Jeafl as a fellow teacher is quite a fan so I was happy to see the great review. We will be traveling to Atlanta on the 26th after school.

F1Julie we are spending the night at the Holiday Inn on the same street as the arena. Can we walk to the arena from the hotel? Is it a safe area? Any help about Atlanta will be appreciated.

 

[F1Julie]

You can walk to the Arena from the Holiday Inn (at least if its the one I'm thinking of). The hotel is kind of in the same complex as the Arena and you can just walk through parking lots to get there and you won't have to cross any streets. There's an Irish Pub that you can walk to as well. There are some other restaurants near by, but you'd be safer driving to them (because of traffic). That part of Gwinnett is a safe area.