Best Piano Entertainer on Carnival? (Part 2)

Well I said I would review Russell Blues after my two week Dream cruise. I will say I was not impressed at all. He seemed like a fine player and singer, but to me he did not entertain. He did not the the crowd engaged IMHO.

In the two weeks on the ship, I spent 20 minutes in the piano bar one night and ten on the second night.

Now I would not choose a cruise because he was he was the PBE either.

Barry Meijer (https://www.facebook.com/Barrymeijer79) and Elizabeth Setzer (http://www.elizabethsetzer.net/) engaged with the crowd. Both were excellent players and Elizabeth was an outstanding singer.

I will say that when we went to the comedy club, Russell Blues did not impress me either, so I don't think I caught him on a bad night.

I am sure there will be people that will disagree with me on this, but we are all entitled to our opinion, as long as we keep it to being our opinion.

Is any one familiar with Tom Grable? He'll be the one on our Glory cruise.

Also, we were on Ben Gentry's first cruise, too. Awesome!:D

Is that the same a Tommy G? if so, did not care for him. He was on our Magic cruise last month. sand the same songs (not very well) over and over. And he just wasn't friendly

Is any one familiar with Tom Grable? He'll be the one on our Glory cruise.

He is the PBE that the above comments from the Conquest were referencing. Hope you have a better experience. On the FB page for the piano bar entertainers, he has pretty good feedback, so who knows!

Well I said I would review Russell Blues after my two week Dream cruise. I will say I was not impressed at all. He seemed like a fine player and singer, but to me he did not entertain. He did not the the crowd engaged IMHO.

 

In the two weeks on the ship, I spent 20 minutes in the piano bar one night and ten on the second night.

 

Now I would not choose a cruise because he was he was the PBE either.

 

Barry Meijer (https://www.facebook.com/Barrymeijer79) and Elizabeth Setzer (http://www.elizabethsetzer.net/) engaged with the crowd. Both were excellent players and Elizabeth was an outstanding singer.

 

I will say that when we went to the comedy club, Russell Blues did not impress me either, so I don't think I caught him on a bad night.

 

I am sure there will be people that will disagree with me on this, but we are all entitled to our opinion, as long as we keep it to being our opinion.

I was happy to see that someone agreed with my assessment of this guy. I do not understand how he gets such high marks unless it is the late night crowd that likes when he gets raunchy. He does not seem to be about entertaining the guests but about performing his way with no deviation from the plan depending on what the crowd wants.

Does someone know who will be on the Valor Sept. 25, 2016. We like going to the PB. We have had great ones and some not so great. But usually it is a fun night.

Patrick was on the Carnival Sunshine on the 10/1 sailing He was excellent. Bar was always crowded. Knows how to work a crowd.

Can someone post the latest schedule for PBE's on this site? Thanks

Here it is. I don't get over here all that often unless I am looking for something specfic. I tend to focus on updating the list in the FB Group Carnival Cruise Lines Piano Bar-Barians. Sorry!

*** A note about this list: This list is compiled from reports and reviews of current cruisers and reports from the entertainers themselves. There is no guarantee of accuracy. An actual date usually means that the schedule has been confirmed by either the performer or someone inside Carnival. Schedules are subject to change.

I have taken the Spirit off the list because they are going with a different type of scheduling, using guest entertainers week to week. While the Legend is Down Under as well, it won’t be included on this list.

Current(ish) list as of 12/19/2016

Breeze: Tony Ward 12/11/2016 - 4/16/2017

Breeze: Piano Dude Gregg Akkerman 4/30/2017 - 6/25/2017 https://www.facebook.com/pianodudeg...

Breeze: Tony Ward 6/25/2017 - 10/22/2017

Breeze: Mark Johnson 10/22/2017 - 12/10/2017 http://www.facebook.com/markjohnsonpiano

Conquest: Adam Mitchell 12/31/2016 - 1/7/2017 http://www.tiedyepianoguy.com

Dream: Gilbert Arquero 11/27/2016 - 1/29/2017

Dream: Patrick Duffy 2/12/2017 - 4/16/2017

Dream: Piano Dude Gregg Akkerman 8/20/2017 - 10/22/2017 https://www.facebook.com/pianodudeg...

Ecstasy: Scott Morlock 11/22/2016 - 1/10/2017

Ecstasy: Mati "The Piano Mat" Sanchez 1/25/2017 - 3/10/2017 http://www.facebook.com/ThePianoMat

Elation: Andrew “Skippy” Sauer 11/14/2016 - 1/19/2017

Elation: Billy McAllister (aka Billy Mac, aka William Brawner) 1/19/2017 - 5/1/2017

Fantasy: Amber Gartner 11/24/2016 - 1/23/2017

Fantasy: Barry Meijer 1/23/2017 - 4/3/2017

Fantasy: (TBA) 4/3/2017 - 7/1/2017

Fascination: Andrew Hackbarth 11/27/2016 - 1/22/2017

Fascination: Timothy Jenkins 1/22/2017 - 3/5/2017

Fascination: Reynold Senn 3/5/2017 - 6/4/2017

Freedom: Russell Augustin Villarin 12/17/2016 - 2/11/2017 http://villarinfamily.wix.com/pinoypianoman

Freedom: "Piano Bar Bob" Berhalter 2/11/2017 - 7/15/2017 http://www.facebook.com/bob.berhalter

Glory: Reynold Senn 12/10/2016 - 2/4/2017

Glory: Ben Gentry 2/4/2017 - 2/11/2017 https://www.facebook.com/bengentrythepianoman John Heald’s Blogger Cruise 10

Glory: Scott Lyles 2/11/2017 - 2/25/2017 https://www.facebook.com/ScottLylesMusic

Glory: Natalie Carboni 3/11/2017 - 6/10/2017 http://www.facebook.com/nataliecarbonimusic

Imagination: Jeffrey Jones 11/6/2016 - 3/5/2017

Imagination: Ewart Williams 3/5/2017 - 7/2/2017

Imagination: Eden Parker 9/7/2017 - 12/7/2017

Inspiration: Carson Rhodes 12/23/2016 - 1/16/2017 http://www.carsonrhodes.com

Inspiration: Clay Whittington 1/16/2017 - 1/20/2017

Inspiration: Andrew “Skippy” Sauer 1/20/2017 - 4/3/2017

Legend: Patrick Duffy 4/19/2017 - 6/27/2017

Legend: Christine Hetfield 6/27/2017 - 8/22/2017 http://www.christinehetfield.com https://www.facebook.com/pianobarsh...

Legend: "Piano Bar Bob" Berhalter 9/5/2017 - 9/22/2017 http://www.facebook.com/bob.berhalter

Liberty: Mark Haven 12/15/2016 - 2/5/2017 http://www.markhaven.com

Liberty: Tom Grable 2/5/2017 - 5/14/2017

Magic: "Piano Bar Bob" Berhalter 12/10/2016 - 2/4/2017 http://www.facebook.com/bob.berhalter

Magic: Piano Barbarians Cruise v2.0 1/21/2017 - 1/28/2017 Featuring "Piano Bar Bob" Berhalter, Ben Gentry, Marty Gast and Christine Hetfield

Magic: Roddy Spassov 2/4/2017 - 5/21/2017

Magic: Ron Pass 9/16/2017 - 9/24/2017 Rontourage Cruise II http://rontouragecruise.com/

Magic: Patrick Duffy 9/24/2017 - ???

Miracle: Elizabeth Setzer 1/7/2017 - 4/22/2017 http://www.elizabethsetzer.net/

Miracle: Scott Lyles 4/22/2017 - 5/27/2017 https://www.facebook.com/ScottLylesMusic

Miracle: Jordan Heppner 7/22/2017 - 11/25/2017

Paradise: Scott Jacobs 12/15/2016 - 1/2/2017

Paradise: Adam Mitchell 1/16/2017 - 1/30/2017 http://www.tiedyepianoguy.com/

Pride: Brad Alexander 12/26/2016 - 1/15/2017 http://www.bradthepianoman.com/

Pride: Jordan Heppner 1/15/2017 - 3/12/2017

Pride: Tom Grable 6/25/2017 - 9/24/2017

Pride: Piano Bar Bob" Berhalter 9/24/2017 - 11/26/2017 http://www.facebook.com/bob.berhalter

Sensation: Craig (Quiter) Jensen 11/17/2017 - 1/21/2017

Sensation: Peter Thompson 3/18/2017 - 6/1/2017

Splendor: Mark Johnson 12/18/2016 - 2/12/2017 http://www.facebook.com/markjohnsonpiano ?

Splendor: Justin Golan 12/28/2016 - 1/3/2017

Splendor: Andrew “Skippy” Sauer 5/13/2017 - 9/14/2017

Sunshine: Peter Thompson 12/18/2016 - 2/11/2017

Sunshine: Eden Parker 2/11/2017- 06/14/2017 https://www.facebook.com/edenparker...

Sunshine: Roddy Spassov 6/14/2017 - 10/14/2017

Triumph: Sho Ishikura 12/1/2016 - 1/26/2017

Triumph: Gregg Akkerman 1/26/2017 - 3/23/2017 https://www.facebook.com/pianodudegregg/

Triumph: Martin Aucoin 3/23/2017 - 7/13/2017

Valor: Martin Allen 11/12/2017 - 5/11/2017

Victory: Daniel David 12/5/2016 - 2/10/2017

Victory: Timothy “Blackjack” Williams 4/10/2017 - 8/11/2017

Vista: Natalie Carboni 12/11/2016 - 3/5/2017 http://www.facebook.com/nataliecarbonimusic

Vista: Ben Gentry 3/5/2017 - 6/3/2017 https://www.facebook.com/bengentrythepianoman

Vista: Elizabeth Setzer 6/3/2017 - 9/23/2017 http://www.elizabethsetzer.net/

We love Natalie and Ben. Always a good time in their bah.

Anyone have a review on Ewart Williams?

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Any idea on Patrick Duffy as a PBE?

Any idea on Patrick Duffy as a PBE?

Patrick was hilarious!

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Saw a few YouTube videos. He looks like a lot of fun.

DiveTrash. Thanks for the update.

I realize that most people are using the "site which shall not be mentioned" to discuss Piano Bar entertainers; however, I wanted to pop on this thread to add my 2 cents from my recent cruise to benefit other people like myself who don't frequent that other site :)

Splendor B2B 5/21/17 & 5/27/17 - Piano Bar Entertainer Skip - just fabulous! I had a great time in the Piano Bar as did many other people on our cruise. Skip has a large song selection and he is very personable. NEVER asks for tips, plays requests freely and makes all guests feel welcome while offering a FUNSHIP piano bar experience!

Kudos to Skip, for a wonderful time in the Piano Bar and fun chats after hours in the Casino bar!

Does anyone have anything to say about Timothy Williams?

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Does anyone know who is on the Sunshine November 4, 2017? Thank you!

Natalie Carboni is my favorite!

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Christine Hetfield was a blast on the Legend on out July 11th sailing.

I searched for 20 minutes to finally find this thread,,,, is there a part 3 or 4 that has a current lineup of piano entertainers?

I searched for 20 minutes to finally find this thread,,,, is there a part 3 or 4 that has a current lineup of piano entertainers?

I’m not sure that this list is updated much! They mainly use the other site that shall remain nameless!

Joanne

I know this is an old thread that someone revived, but Patrick Duffy is my favorite piano player. There are a lot of good ones out there and unfortunately a few bad ones too. It's never a good sign when you walk past the piano bar around 10 PM and there are literally 5 passengers in there.

The list of Piano Bar Entertainers is constantly being updated in the group CARNIVAL LINES PIANO BAR-BARIANS you-know-where