SANTA CLARITA, Calif.,
Sept. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Princess Cruises, a cruise industry innovator in offering
guests original production shows, today announced yet another new
theatrical experience with the debut of 5-SKIES onboard Sky
Princess and Enchanted Princess. This technologically enhanced
production show features a virtual gaming world, spectacular
digital effects and acrobatics, intricate sets and contemporary
music for one of the cruise line's most visually advanced shows
ever.
Sky Princess and Enchanted Princess guests
enter the greatest virtual reality game of all-time with main
character "Gamer 1" attempting to complete a series of five
increasingly difficult levels, meeting different personalities
along the way in an attempt to reach the highest level where the
Sky Princess character resides. Performed in cadence with a
contemporary song list, 5-SKIES is set amongst digital
effects, spectacular acrobatics, dazzling costume designs and
complex backdrops.
"Our team of creators and collaborators have once again pushed
the boundaries of theatrical entertainment design at sea and
5-SKIES will take our guests on a musical journey through a digital
universe of spectacle, sight and sound," said Denise Saviss, Princess Cruises vice president
of entertainment experience. "Our dedicated team is passionate
about connecting new experiences to our guests and with the advance
of technology and spectacular visual effects, 5-SKIES will surely
wow our audiences."
5-SKIES is scheduled to debut onboard Sky Princess November 2019.
The 5-SKIES creative team includes:
Director and Choreographer Danny
Teeson – choreographed for Grammy Award-winning
artists Carrie Underwood,
Kelly Clarkson and Paula Abdul and Brit Award winners Robbie Williams and Tom
Jones, with whom he won the VH1 Best Video Award
for Sex Bomb. Teeson has acted as Carrie Underwood's creative director,
conceptualizing and directing her Carnival Ride Tour, ACM Awards
performance and was seen on Oxygen Network's hit show Dance
Your Ass Off as a resident judge. Teeson also created
and choreographed the award-winning show for Princess
Cruises - Fantastic Journey which won a
Themed Entertainment Association award for
Outstanding Achievement.
Musical Arranger Nelson Kole – began his
career on the Las Vegas strip
where he accompanied headliners such as Frank Sinatra, Dionne
Warwick, Gladys Knight and
the Pips, and soon became musical director/arranger for
Don Rickles and Ben Vereen. As arranger and musical director of
the 2009 Academy Awards, Kole worked with Beyoncé,
Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Hudgens, Zac
Efron and Queen
Latifah.
Scenic Designer John Iacovelli – won the
Emmy Award for his production design of the A&E presentation
of Peter Pan, starring Cathy
Rigby, which was nominated for a Tony Award for
Best Revival. His television production design credits
include The Old Settler, The Gin Game, Ed,
Babylon and Resurrection Blvd. He's received
the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Lifetime
Achievement in Scenic Design and is a member of The Art Directors
Guild.
Costume Designer Jackson Lowell – has designed
costumes for many celebrities and concert tours including
Katy Perry, Pink, Paula Abdul, Jennifer
Aniston, Cate Blanchett, Cindy
Crawford, Elton John,
Brad Pitt, Barbra Streisand and
Usher. His television show credits include American Idol,
Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Lost,
Private Practice and Scrubs. Lowell has also
designed for many notable dance companies, including Hubbard Street
Dance Company, Paul Taylor, San
Francisco Ballet, Twyla Tharp,
Oakland Dance Company and Philadanco.
This creative team is also behind the previously announced
Rock Opera, another new production show scheduled to debut
onboard Sky Princess and Enchanted Princess. Rock
Opera features incredible costumes inspired
by glamorous avant garde fashion with a musical
soundtrack spanning classic rock, opera and musical
theater. It will be brought to life by special
guest tenor and America's Got
Talent alum Brian Justin
Crum.
More details about the robust onboard features
and itineraries of new cruise ships Sky
Princess and Enchanted Princess can be
found at www.princess.com.
Additional information about Princess Cruises is available
through a professional travel advisor, by calling 1-800-PRINCESS
(1-800-774-6237), or by visiting the company's website
at www.princess.com.
About Princess Cruises
One of the best-known names in
cruising, Princess Cruises is the fastest growing international
premium cruise line and tour company operating a fleet of 17 modern
cruise ships, carrying two million guests each year to 380
destinations around the globe, including the Caribbean, Alaska, Panama Canal, Mexican Riviera,
Europe, South America, Australia/New
Zealand, the South Pacific, Hawaii, Asia,
Canada/New England, Antarctica and World Cruises. A team of
professional destination experts have curated 170 itineraries,
ranging in length from three to 111 days and Princess Cruises is
continuously recognized as "Best Cruise Line for
Itineraries."
In 2017 Princess Cruises, with parent company Carnival
Corporation, introduced MedallionClass Vacations enabled by the
OceanMedallion, the vacation industry's most advanced wearable
device, provided free to each guest sailing on a MedallionClass
ship. The award-winning innovation offers the fastest way to a
hassle-free, personalized vacation giving guests more time to do
the things they love most. MedallionClass Vacations will be
activated on five ships by the end of 2019. An activation plan
will continue across the global fleet in 2020 and beyond.
Princess Cruises continues its multi-year, "Come Back New
Promise" – a $450 million-dollar
product innovation and cruise ship renovation campaign that will
continue to enhance the line's onboard guest experience. These
enhancements result in more moments of awe, lifetime memories and
meaningful stories for guests to share from their cruise vacation.
The product innovations include partnerships with award-winning
Chef Curtis Stone; engaging
entertainment inspired shows with Broadway-legend Stephen Schwartz; immersive activities for the
whole family from Discovery and Animal Planet that include
exclusive shore excursions to onboard activities; the ultimate
sleep at sea with the award-winning Princess Luxury Bed and
more.
Three new Royal-class ships are currently on order with the next
new ship under construction, Sky Princess, scheduled for delivery
in October 2019, followed by
Enchanted Princess in June 2020.
Princess previously announced that two new (LNG) ships which will
be the largest ships in the Princess fleet, accommodating
approximately 4,300 guests are planned for delivery in 2023 and
2025. Princess now has five ships arriving over the next six
years between 2019 and 2025. The company is part of Carnival
Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE:CUK).
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