Dancing?

[My_Pooh]

We are scheduled for a 7 night Eastern on the Fantasy in Jan. Haven’t cruised since late 2019. Any chance there is dancing - silent DJ? I know it’s a long shot but it’s the only time I get to dance . Thank you!

 

[Ikaikalani]

We are scheduled for a 7 night Eastern on the Fantasy in Jan. Haven’t cruised since late 2019. Any chance there is dancing - silent DJ? I know it’s a long shot but it’s the only time I get to dance . Thank you!

I want to know if they have the silent DJ thing too! It looks like a lot of fun, but I never read anything about it on these boards.

 

[dad of 3 addicted to DCL]

We've only had dancing on the 11 night Southern - and it was a blast! Usually, we were in one of the nightclubs dancing during the day, but one night we were waltzing the night away in the atrium and another we danced on deck from 10 until bedtime. Lots of fun. The dance instructors were soooooo much fun and great teachers to boot.

ETA: Willem & Natalia were the dancing instructors. Fabulous

 

[rere101399]

We’ve had the Silent DJ party on DCL pre-covid, but wasn’t on our October 2021 sailing. We made sure to ask in case we weren’t seeing it and guest services confirmed they hadn’t brought it back yet. We sail again next week, hoping it’s back!

 

[Rob1872]

The only time we've done any ballroom dancing is in the corner of one of the lounges while some of the live musicians were performing or in the atrium while waiting in line for pictures (the 2nd one embarrasses our children).

 

[LeiaOfAlderaan]

I think this is one of the many adult activities they’ve taken away since the restart. No silent DJ, no towel folding classes, no cooking demonstrations, no ship tour. All things I was hoping to do on my solo cruise in October (wah). Definitely my biggest complaint—everything else was great (other than lack of buffet at Palo brunch of course!)

 

[thndrmatt]

Can confirm from Magic this week no official dancing opportunities. Lots of activity policy changes in general we hadn't really thought of, which first timers might not even notice. No songbook for Karaoke since we'd all be touching it, just have to write down the song you want and see if they have it. Sing with your mask on obviously by the way, which adds a layer of challenge (literally). No paper switching for trivia to score for same reason, just honestly score your own (which is how some trivia hosts ran it anyway previously). Speaking of dancing, for productions like Dreams, seemed like maybe 60% of the normal size cast? Noticable during dance sequences, the Under the Sea puppet portion, lack of anything in the aisles, the amount of dual/triple/quadruple role performing... Also had some weird incidents like the projections such as the Dreams logo not appearing at all, the entire Tangled show getting stopped and an announcement related to technical difficulties coming over after the initial Flynn Rider descent onto the stage and eventually the rope just falling down mid song.

Kids club for those curious starts on the lab side, goes through a series of activities in a set group of kids in a similar order based on the 90 or 150 minute blocks assigned, ends on the club side with tablet time at the very end. As a result significantly increased participation in the activities/crafts/science experiments/character visits/story reading/etc since there isn't an immediately available alternative they can self-select, and significantly less playing video games on the tablets the whole time, which seemed like overall more fun for ours.

 

[Dug720]

the entire Tangled show getting stopped and an announcement related to technical difficulties coming over after the initial Flynn Rider descent onto the stage and eventually the rope just falling down mid song.

FWIW, that can happen in any theatrical show at any time. I've had Broadway shows (as in shows I'm seeing ON Broadway...not tours or "Broadway style") stopped because of technical issues/scrims falling partway down/light bulbs going out and bursting/etc. That's not something just related to fewer people (if that is truly the case) or the pandemic.

 

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

FWIW, that can happen in any theatrical show at any time. I've had Broadway shows (as in shows I'm seeing ON Broadway...not tours or "Broadway style") stopped because of technical issues/scrims falling partway down/light bulbs going out and bursting/etc. That's not something just related to fewer people (if that is truly the case) or the pandemic.

Something like that happened years ago in Toronto when Colm Wilkinson was playing the Phantom. At the end of act 1 he got stuck in a set piece that was supposed to ascend to the middle of the arch above the stage and it didn't so he had to be rescued

 

[Dug720]

Something like that happened years ago in Toronto when Colm Wilkinson was playing the Phantom. At the end of act 1 he got stuck in a set piece that was supposed to ascend to the middle of the arch above the stage and it didn't so he had to be rescued

And just after I typed what I had, I saw that in the performance of Company on Thursday night one of the large boxes that makes up the set and moves around crashed mere inches from the woman playing Bobby (yes, they made Bobby a female in this - WITH Sondheim's blessing, so no, it was not his ghost haunting the production)! Had she been less than 6 inches further upstage, BEST case she'd be in a hospital.

Especially as shows get more and more technical, the chance for things to happen increases. Part of the fun of live theater!

 

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

as shows get more and more technical, the chance for things to happen increases. Part of the fun of live theater!

Exactly another example is the turn table used for the Lord of the rings musical it had sections that would move up and down well it turned so they used the same technology as elevator doors do to stop it moving if an actor was in the wrong place.

 

[Dug720]

Exactly another example is the turn table used for the Lord of the rings musical it had sections that would move up and down well it turned so they used the same technology as elevator doors do to stop it moving if an actor was in the wrong place.

Definitely a good thing after the disaster that was Spiderman Turn Off The Dark where someone crashed down through a moving floor part that was not in the right position and was hospitalized for several weeks. (And narrowly missed hitting the cast member who was waiting on her set piece to be taken up to stage level. Yes, she had severe PTSD after witnessing it.)

 

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Definitely a good thing after the disaster that was Spiderman Turn Off The Dark where someone crashed down through a moving floor part that was not in the right position and was hospitalized for several weeks. (And narrowly missed hitting the cast member who was waiting on her set piece to be taken up to stage level. Yes, she had severe PTSD after witnessing it.)

I think I also heard about an actor playing spiderman falling into the orchestra pit too during a show I think at this point that show would be the equivalent to McBeth in Shakespearian theatres

 

[Mitura]

Just got off the 11/28 Fantasy and no dancing or silent DJ. The Mrs. was not happy about the lack of silent DJ.

 

[insureman]

Definitely a good thing after the disaster that was Spiderman Turn Off The Dark where someone crashed down through a moving floor part that was not in the right position and was hospitalized for several weeks. (And narrowly missed hitting the cast member who was waiting on her set piece to be taken up to stage level. Yes, she had severe PTSD after witnessing it.)

PTSD from witnessing the accident or from watching the musical itself.

 

[Dug720]

PTSD from witnessing the accident or from watching the musical itself.

The accident. The actor landed less than a foot from her.

 

[My_Pooh]

Thank you for info - can’t say I’m not a little disappointed but I’ll just remind myself that I’m on a Disney Cruise and not in my house - that should cheer me up!