Here’s a production photo from the show Blue Planet on the Allure of the Seas. Please click image for larger view.

The mountain unit contains three trampolines used for the acrobatic nature of the scene. This unit also traverses upstage-downstage on the stage’s built-in winch tracks. One unique aspect of the fabrication process was that the initial foam sculpture was done by CNC routing. A 3D scan was made of the designer’s scale model and we added voids where we would be fitting in our wagon units. The CNC routing saved us an enormous amount of sculpting time by creating the basic shape and allowing us to concentrate on the rock detailing itself. The finished sculpture was then fiberglassed for durability.

Production Credits:
Show Concept: Under The Radar Productions Inc
Director/Choreographer: Jeremy Plummer
Scenic Design: Hariton/Baral Design
Lighting Design: Simon Harry
Costume Design: Jackson Lowell

Production Credits:
Show Concept: Under The Radar Productions Inc
Director/Choreographer: Jeremy Plummer
Scenic Design: Hariton/Baral Design
Lighting Design: Mark Pranzini
Costume Design: Jackson Lowell

Amber Theatre

For this venue we provided scenery and props for the productions of CHICAGO and Blue Planet along with the facility’s permanent drapery, masking, and fiber optic package.  Scenically, the production of CHICAGO is an adaptation of the John Lee Beatty design that is currently playing on Broadway.  Two of the elements added to this adaptation are a large lighted CHICAGO logo sign for the show finale and the requirement of the bandstand unit to traverse up and down stage during the show.

Blue Planet is an original production of aerial and acrobatic scenes.  From a rainforest with a tree full of performers to a moving mountain unit containing trampolines, this spectacle was quite the scenic contrast to CHICAGO and heavily utilized our sculpting, coatings, and fiberglass capabilities.  In order to rehearse this show prior to it’s delivery to the ship, we sent the Tree unit and a full size rehearsal version of the Mountain unit to  Royal Caribbean’s rehearsal facility in Florida.

Studio B

Royal Caribbean’s signature ice skating venue, Studio B, is home to two production ice  shows, Ice Games and How To Train Your Dragon™ On Ice (HTTYD).  We provided scenery for both productions as well as the permanent masking and fiber optic package for the venue.  Ice Games is an original production that combines the board game Monopoly with a number of locations onboard Allure to create the show’s concept.  The HTTYD production is one component of a ship-wide entertainment package that was developed from a partnership between Royal Caribbean and DreamWorks® Animation.  This is a live action version of the recently released animated film.

Aqua Theatre

One of the most unique performance venues at sea is the Aqua Theatre which presents high-dive and pool based production shows.  The pool itself is outfitted with three large elevators and the whole area has an elaborate fountain system that is programmed for self-contained fountain shows is also choreographed into the production shows.  The two shows we provided scenery and props for are titled OceanAria and Let Me Entertain You.  A variety of digital printing solutions were used here as well as sculpting and fiberglass fabrication.  This facility also has a permanent set of drapery and masking that we provided and installed.

Royal Promenade

The main item we provided for this venue is a set of five rolling boxes that are used as elevated satellite stages for performers during two large parade events.  These boxes contain battery operated fans and confetti cannons.  The fans are used to deploy large inflatables that are preset inside the boxes.  The boxes are also utilized in other Promenade events and can be arranged in a variety of configurations.

Installation

Our team began the installation at the shipyard in Turku, Finland on September 27th.  We had someone onboard throughout the entire rehearsal process until the final show opened.  Our last installer disembarked the ship on December 19th with the opening of the last Aqua Theatre show that week.  Members of the installation crew were:

Kyle Wichman: Lead Project Installer, Lead Installer – Amber Theatre
Joel Slanker: Lead Installer – Studio B
David Spencer: Lead Installer – Aqua Theatre
Cheryl Earls: Lead Scenic Artist

Installers: Is Austin, William Blankenship, Todd Burgun, Wesley Craig, Chad Engleman, James Harrington, Mark Rapach, Nick Sico, Andy Williams
Scenic Artist: Meghan Urbanski

Thank You!

We’d also like to thank Royal Caribbean and especially the staff at Royal Caribbean Productions for their continued trust and support for our work on their Newbuild and retro-fit projects.  Allure of the Seas was our 19th Newbuild project for Royal Caribbean and marks our 24th ship of theirs on which we have installed scenery.

Production photos by Gerry Hariton of Hariton/Baral Design.(link)

For the 7th consecutive year Rose Brand has placed a photo from one of our productions on the inside cover of their yearly catalog. The image is from a Royal Caribbean production, “Invitation To Dance” which is currently being performed on their ship, Independence of the Seas.

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There are a few photos from our recent installations in the 2009 Rose Brand catalogue. The two examples shown here are both two-page spreads. In fact, our installations have had great exposure by Rose Brand as we have been featured on the inside cover every year since 2004.

Thank You Rose Brand!

 

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Here is an example of a furniture prop that we recently built. The chaise was intentionally covered in the same fabric as the costume.