Illusion Show and Dinner......what's your opinion?

getting ready to make reservations on the Getaway.....is the illusion show a must?.......or don't waste your time?

We went into it not expecting much, but thought our son would love it. It turned out we all loved it! I'd go again in a heartbeat. Now, it was 8 months ago since we went, and I know performers change, but still...

Our whole family enjoyed the show. My wife was called on stage and assisted with at trick. Even up close she couldn't figure out how they did it.

Our expectations for the food were low based on reviews seen here but we were pleasantly surprised and enjoyed the meal as well..

We actually enjoyed the show on Getaway. The food wasn't great, but the show was. I recommend it.

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I thoroughly enjoyed the show and thought dinner was fine.

The show was awesome! The food was alright but we knew that going in so it wasn't a let down.

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We enjoyed it. We booked the first night and received the discounted rate.

We enjoyed both the show and dinner. I'd see it again!

We did it the first night for the discount - I wouldn't recommend it that night because it started before the sail away show was over. Otherwise, it was decent. Get there early to get under the "dome" ... If you are seated on the outer ring then you have to watch the "overhead" portion of the show on a screen.

We did this show in October last year. It was great Food was good. I would see it again.

Don't miss it

Really enjoyed the food. Show was also enjoyable. It's worth the money.

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We thought the show and dinner were outstanding - do not miss it. Make sure you get there 30-45 minutes before your reservation to get a good table.

We thoroughly enjoyed the magic tricks and illusions. The food was okay and we could have done without the backstory to the show. The actual performers were great. I would do it again but would really just enjoy watching the illusions over and over...

We enjoyed both the show and the dinner. We had floor seating, but I think either of the choices would be fine. Either way you sit at a table with other people, and the rooms set up in a way that allows everyone to see. Ive attached a photo of the room..

My wifes only complaint was that its hard to enjoy your food and watch the show at the same time. Naturally, as soon as you look at your plate, something exciting happens on stage! :p

It was a definite must for our group and well worth it. We really didn't care for the food too much, but there's plenty of other food on the ship to get, so it wasn't an issue. I would say all ages in our group enjoyed it from ages 5-48. My then 6 year old couldn't take her eyes off of it long enough to try to eat. She was amazed. :)

I just saw it last week on GETAWAY. I quite enjoyed it. I had a front row table which was fun. The special effects of the room and style of the show really reminded me of something Disney would do, and that is a good thing.

People complain about the food but I thought it was quite good. They offer salmon as an alternative selection and that is what I had. It was actually excellent.

I guess my husband and I are rare, as we did NOT enjoy the Illusionarium.

We has the UDP so the first night was free. I purchased premium seating, because my husband likes magic shows. This was our first NCL cruise so we had no idea what to expect. Here are some things we thought about it.

1) Our seats were dreadful - they were far back and on the side, so it was pretty much impossible to see anything. If we hadn't paid for premium seats, I wouldn't have been upset, but after talking with NCL they consider where they put us premium! :eek: Not my idea of premium and if I would have know, I never would have paid extra for it. The people who were sitting next to us didn't pay for premium, so we would have been better off not paying.

2) The food was terrible. I didn't eat any of it. I have a nut allergy so I had to get some substitutions, which didn't take long, but the food was not good, in our opinion. I wish we would have eaten at Cagney's beforehand.

3) The show itself was just "OK". I wasn't impressed by the magician's level of talent, nor the special effects. Maybe I just have an extremely high expectation after sailing with RCI, but for a show that has a fee, I expected better!

Just our opinions and I think everyone should go once, but we didn't enjoy it and if we sail Getawat or Breakaway again we would not do it again.

if we sail Getawat or Breakaway again we would not do it again.

Illusionarium is unique to Getaway. Breakaway has a Spiegel Tent instead.

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