Cirque Polynesian at Resorts Casino

This was described on the show’s website as a «Cirque du Soleil-​type show.»
The ONLY thing they have in common is the word «cirque.» Let me make this very clear: Cirque Polynesian is NOT produced by Cirque du Soleil, and has no connection with Cirque du Soleil, but CP evidently wants to give you the impression that they are affiliated without blatantly lying about it.
Only once before in my life have I felt such despair at the complete waste of an hour I can never get back. This show had absolutely NO redeeming qualities as entertainment AT ALL: EVERYTHING was done on the ultra-​ultra cheap and was totally amateur. The sets and props looked like any old crap the producers found in a motley collection of junkyards and basements (I swear that a platform used by a guy who balanced atop some tubes while juggling was my grandma’s kitchen table from 1955 with some tinsel wrapped around the legs!). The costumes were uniformly cheap and cheesy, and didn’t even match, as though the performers were given some general guidelines re what to wear and were then left to bring in their own outfits. There was no continuity to the show and the transitions from act to act were jarring and choppy; it seemed the producers just hired whoever was available with whatever kind of act and then simply threw them together with no eye towards making any kind of a cohesive show. The music was pedestrian and mostly NOT live: the drummer may have been playing live, but the woman strumming guitars, ukuleles, etc., was definitely NOT playing, as a few times she stopped strumming while the guitar part (or whatever) continued. No, she was just there for sex appeal. And that was the extent of the «live band,» two pieces, although the music track had a horn section, etc.
I’d guess the budget for the whole sorry, godforsaken mess — costumes, sets, props, lights, sound, music, salaries, etc. — was around $ 11.82. Perhaps a little less. You’d find a more professional production at any high school variety show, and you’d have a better time, even if it wasn’t your kid onstage.
I don’t like to disparage the performers because they do try, and I can’t blame them for taking a paying gig, so let me just say the overall level of talent matched the rest of the production.
This show was a truly dreary and depressing affair; I’d probably have had more fun ripping up the $ 30 per ticket and flushing it down the toilet. One of our party had never seen a real Cirque du Soleil show; immediately after this one ended, I begged her not to let this horror scare her off from seeing the beauty and wonder of a real Cirque show (sadly for me, none of my friends are talking to me right now, but I guess I deserve it: this was my idea. I have a lot to atone for.)
The best thing about the whole mess was the end — and I mean AFTER the finale. When it was FINALLY over, after an hour that felt like THREE, what it left me wanting was to see some enjoyable, uplifting, professional entertainment: preferably a real Cirque du Soleil show. None to be had in the area right now, alas (one coming next summer, though).
If Cirque du Soleil were a five-​star gourmet dinner prepared by a world-​class chef, Cirque Polynesian would be a moldy bologna sandwich festering forgotten in the back of your refrigerator — but the moldy sandwich might leave a better taste in your mouth than Cirque Polynesian.

Aloha!
The perfect type of Cirque show to see if a person has never seen one and does not know if they would like this type of entertainment. At a little over an hour long and a mere $ 20 it’s a bargain for this highly enjoyable show and a great low cost way to check one out if in AC.
This show features a Polynesian theme and includes fire eaters, dancers and acrobats performing death defying feats with a fun luau vibe. The cast is top notch and performs many Cirque du Soleil stunts such as the wheel of death, spinning from ropes above the stage and flying above the audience, feats of strength, hoola hoop craziness, aerialists, contortionists, and the Cirque humor throughout. All this occurs with terrific backround music performed by a few talented musicians — a drummer/​percussionist and a lady who played at least three stringed instruments and a flute — setting a perfect atmosphere to accompany each performance.
It’s kind of like a mini-​Cirque show. Fun, energetic, humorous, not overly long, and easy on the wallet. Definitely worth the time to check out if in Atlantic City. Performaces run from summer until end of Sept, and then starting up again in Nov. As the show itself is on the short side it left us wanting to see more and wish it was longer, but was still a great entertainment value.
Aloha!