Hello and welcome to Byte Size Cruises! We are a travel agency out of Philadelphia, PA and whether this is your first time here or you're a returning traveler, we are glad to have you join us. We specialize in cruise vacations and our goal here is to give you the best and most up to date information so you can go on an amazing cruise vacation! We hope you will fall in love with cruising like we did. Recently our team was on the Carnival Venezia and this post is a review of all the onboard entertainment. If you'd like to check out this post on our YouTube channel, click here.
Our team had a wild four days on the Carnival Venezia and we enjoyed both the food and the entertainment on board. First off, we are going to give Carnival credit in the entertainment category for things that we normally wouldn't include because normally these events are just blah such as sail away parties or parties up on the deck. On other cruise ships, these events aren't often nearly as well attended or as entertaining as what we experienced on the Venezia. Carnival does an amazing job with their sail away and theme parties, even if you're just there to people watch. They are well attended and the Cruise Director, Staff, bands and DJs make it a very fun time.
Next up, let's review the entertainment around the ship. Overall, like the parties, this was very good. There were guitarists and singers in the Gondola Lounge, violinists in the Atrium, and more. We find that on many cruise lines the entertainment around the ship is excellent and the Carnival Venezia was no exception.
The theater shows we didn't think were spectacular but they certainly weren't bad. We will say that with a lot of cruise lines moving away from big production shows due to the cost involved, we are grateful that Carnival is still committed to them. On our cruise they had two production shows and both were good. The music was well done, the themes and technology were good. Overall, these weren't Broadway level shows but again, they weren't terrible at all.
Next up, the game shows on board were so fun! Family Feud's one of our favorite game shows at sea and Carnival's version did not disappoint.
When we spoke with the Cruise Director and staff, they seemed a bit low energy while we were on board. When we spoke with other people on our cruise and different sailings of the Venezia, we got mixed reviews. If you wind up on a sailing that turns into a booze cruise where there are a lot of incidents or fights, that can detract from the energy and take away from your experience.
Keep in mind, when our team does these reviews, even when we give mixed feedback it doesn't mean our team didn't have an amazing time away. We are committed to honest feedback and that's what you can always expect from us.
The last thing we will cover are the nighttime bands. There was a Latin Band in the Carnival Lounge that was great and the comedians were good too.
That is our review of the Entertainment on the Carnival Venezia! Have you sailed on this ship? What were your thoughts? We would love to hear from you!