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| - When I saw a poster on the wall at The Palazzo of this show, I thought it looked rather intriguing. What I saw were pandas spread all around among bamboo trees. Looks like a good show for kids so of course I took my wifey and two boys (ages 9 and 12).
So we go on a Wednesday night. As we enter the lobby of the Palazzo showroom, you have people dressed up in Panda suits literally crawling all over the place. We take pictures with them and make our way to the showroom.
What I don't get is that you can take all the pics you want out in the lobby, but as soon as you get into the showroom, they tell you that you cant take any photos or video whatsoever.
Anyways, if you plan on seeing this show, I would not recommend sitting in the front 15 rows. Why? Because they use the whole stage as an actual movie screen that tells you a story of what is happening. You also have performers that come out from the ceiling. That's why if you sit too close to the stage, you will literally be missing the big picture.
The show? Meh. I think im spoiled by all the Cirque shows I have seen here in Vegas. I mean, don't get me wrong. I appreciate talented performers, but what these guys do are what I consider below Mystere, Ka, O, etc. My kids thought it was ok but if you ask them, they would rather watch a Cirque show.
This show is about 90 minutes long. They have a mix of everything from acrobatics, kung fu, and fight sequences, to choreographed dances and characters flying through the air suspended by cables. What was kind of confusing to me was that they started the show with a little bit of narration and then the rest of the way, nothing but music and lots of visuals. If you weren't paying attention, the story is basically a bunch of cute pandas protecting a beautiful young princess but fail to ward off some evil looking head honcho and his minions. The Pandas actually get help from a bunch of monks and eventually rescue the kidnapped princess and everybody lives happily ever after.
I would say this show would be good to see at least once. But unlike some of the Cirque shows I have seen and would love to see again, this is not one of them. So its really not all that bad but at the same time, I have seen better.
Yelp 2014 365 Review Challenge #39
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