Exciting and fun. Take cash if you want to get expensive snacks. The performance is a lot of fun. Has a lot of heart. Wear shorts. I heard people saying it was hot but I sat in the front row so it was perfect. Worth the money. read more

Cirque Italia - Arts & Entertainment Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Ugh I really hate to leave this review, because I know how hard these people probably work but in all honesty it was boring, had nothing to do with the "water" theme as advertised. A small bottle of soda was $5 (cheapest thing on the menu) Cotton Candy was $10 everything else was $15 or $20. I'm sorry but 10-15 dollars for a hotdog is absurd!! Seating was cramped and tight. Seating was more suitable for children than adults. This is probably the 4th circus I've been to and by far my least favorite. It seemed extremely low budget. My kids were yawning by the time the first half was completed. They had some girls dress up as characters from the popular Netflix movie Kpop Demon Hunters which the little girls loved. Then proceeded to take up time charging parents in the audience $20 for their kid to take a picture with them. Save your money. This circus was a bust read more

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they charge $25 for kids to take a picture with this horrible costume of a transformer all snacks and toys are overpriced as well just make sure you eat and take your own pictures as they come on stage save your money read more

Spent a lot of money to bake inside a "climate controlled" tent in a midsummer Ohio afternoon. I'd say about half, at best, of the acts were commendable. True talented artists (i.e. aerialists, trapeze, balancing). The rest was just a shell game, distractions of filler content that was pretty lame. What you lack in talent can easily be made up with better lights, sound and tech. The "water circus" is merely some lawn sprinklers, which honestly, probably would have felt good if they misted the crowd some. You could expect any performance in any venue to feature overpriced snacks and gimmicks but there's nothing subtle about the gratuitous pandering... $10 for a blurry souvenir photo of you sweating your butt off in the stands... $20 for souvenir photos with characters in costumes. Everything inside the tent is "CASH ONLY" but they gladly offer an "ATM" service with a 10% service fee. Unlike a regular ATM where your bank might reimburse your transaction fees, this is a straight up point of sale transaction. read more

Very disappointing. America got talent s more talented entertainer. Cheap costumes and the water feature was a circle around the water squirming. The music was entirely TOO loud and the show started 20 minutes late. I have been to a number of cirque du soleil shows. This one must have been the bottom of the talent barrel. read more

Halfway through the show, the children wanted to leave; that's how exciting it was, with the performers failing in their acts. The prices for everything were ridiculously high. read more

I was not gonna write the review but I was pretty upset about it had to do it. This is in Florence, KY. One lady came to our restaurant and gave us a free pass of 4 and she left a bunch of advertisements tickets for our customers which we didn't mind. After long day of working we went there with the kids and our seat were already taken and they only had availability seats for $60 per person and including the kids. Since it was after work we got there half way of the show. Since the kids were so excited we asked the staff if we can have half price since we came in half way of the show and he said he will asked the office. We followed him to the office and he came out saying the seats were taken and there was no more seats. We were really upset and felt discriminated against us. The staff were so rude!!!! He told us ohh we will be in Indiana or whatever i told him this location is 2 minutes away from us and we can only get here half way of the show because of work and you expected us to drive Indiana?? This is an end for us. The treatment we received was unbearable and i still remember the disappointment of eyes on our kids. I know if we aren't Asian they will do something about it but I know in my heart this people are nothing but racist! Here is the proof of the staff that let the tickets for advertisement. read more

Cirque Italia - Arts & Entertainment Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Awesome talented performers!!! Love the shows they offer. Prices are very affordable and they have great interaction with the audience all the time as well!!! Highly recommended if they are in your town!!! read more

Cirque Italia is probably the WORST company I've ever dealt with. My husband and I bought tickets a few weeks ago and then the government shut down. I'm impacted by the shut down and am not getting a paycheck so I figured I could ask for a refund so I could put that money toward bills so we can, you know, survive, right? I talked to the Corporate Office twice. The first person literally had zero empathy whatsoever and said, and I quote, "you should have planned better." Completely unprofessional and quite alarming. Goin back and reading the fine print again on the ticket purchase, they don't even do refunds for shows that are cancelled or postponed due to the venue or inclement weather. So basically, they're just robbing people of their money. I figured the government shutting down would be a good enough reason to request a refund. You could hear in their voices that they just didn't care at all. I also emailed corporate and they said that it's not unreasonable for companies to have no refund policies unless someone died basically. I totally understand having a no refund policy, but to be THAT hard up about giving someone with a legitimate reason a refund because "upper management instructed them to say that." Fun fact: I never got updated on the manager speaking to their "boss/Accountant." I was so excited to have this experience with my husband and I'm discouraged because of my dealings with multiple employees. I can confidently say that I will NEVER buy tickets to see their shows. There is no way I can pay to support people who don't care about their customers. read more

Not sure they should call it a water circus! Show was okay at best. A lot of juggling and trampoline jumping. The absolute worst is the concessions!!! $15 for a snow cone! Yes the cup has lights in it but you are buying ice!! People in front of us bought a bottle of Coke and a bottle of water, $6.00!!! You can buy a 2 liter bottle of Coke at the grocery store for about $1.50 and 24 bottles of the same water they sell for $2.99 at the grocery store. And at intermission kids can get their picture taken with some fake Transformer guy for $20!!!!' Some performers were good but most were just fair! Better off watching Americas Got Talent on TV read more

Don't waste time !!' Couldn't sit thru the full act, it's at best good for ages 2-5 years.

As a resident of National Harbor The worst of this experience was the inconvenience to residents living in the harbor. The disturbance caused by the breakdown of the tents and site throughout the entire night was so loud. Definitely a noise ordinance violation but no police stopped it. The noise continued through the entire night and morning. Complete disregard of resident rights. I hope they NEVER come back. read more

I guess I was expecting more along the lines (and caliber) of Cirque de Soleil. Do not go with those expectations. My bad. It is a "circusy" show, well suited for kids. But very expensive. read more

We were so disappointed with the show. They made too many mistakes. My twelve year did not enjoy it. cBoring show. It is not a water cirque where I thought the acrobats would dive into the pool like the one in Las Vegas. It is not worth to go there. read more

I went tonight and was surprised how lack luster the small tent was and ripped seats were wabbling. The first four acts truly showed talent. I chose to leave after the water performance of a young woman in red on a ring doing splits in different directions with her vagina on display for 15 minutes straight. Men In the crowd were shouting cat calls- yeah baby...it was definitely not appropriate for families. I left& I've never left a show acrobats or cruise performance, from being offended because of too much crotch exposure. Usually rings consist of some splits with open&side, twirls, two partners doing acrobatics, etc. Wish I didn't go. read more

Extremely disappointing. When it says it's a water show, it is anything but. They have waterfalls, but none of the entertainers are actually doing anything in the water. It's a glorified fair for a very expensive price tag. Would never recommend this in the future. read more

(For reference I'm in a wheelchair). Their wheelchair ramp was so poorly placed I needed people to help me in and outside each time, and cracked my phone trying to enter on my own. The show on its own was amazing until the only disabled character was a grouchy old man with a cane. When I spoke to the owner as calmly as possible about how that was inappropriate, he rudely explained that the cane was the only way to show he was old. Regarding the difficult entrance, he impatiently expressed that it wasn't his fault I couldn't maneuver myself because they had a perfectly accessible ramp. I left feeling super out of place and like I'd wasted $120. read more

Great show, amazing performances, only one negative thing here... everything is cash only, 20$/ toys, 15$ per cotton candy, and expensive finger food as well, i would recommend to eat well before going to the show. Cost 230$ for a family of 4. read more

Cirque Italia - Arts & Entertainment Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

If you have seen a true Cirque show, Cirque Italia will be a let down I'm afraid. We saw Cirque Italia Water Circus Gold in Mississauga. Fair performers at best and very poor production. Too much nonsense filler to this show (appeals to very young children only). If you are under 10 years of age you'll enjoy it - a little painful and even boring at times for an adult. Worn out uncomfortable dirty seating. $10 for a medium popcorn and $5 for bottled water. (Probably wouldn't have minded as much had the show been worth it.). We paid for good seats at $80.50 per person. This show was not worth our ticket price. honourable mention - one single redeeming act at the very end of the show - two excellent male acrobats. We went as four adults and were disappointed. Noticed some people left prior to the show ending. I might have considered doing the same had we all not gone in the same car. Had we done our homework before buying our tickets we would have discovered that Cirque Italia is not at all associated/affiliated the 'Cirque' shows that we know to be excellent. Surely we are not the only ones that feel duped. We wanted to love it, sadly we did not. read more

The show wasn't bad. There were some cool stunts. The ringmaster was not entertaining at all. This was advertised as a water circus and as being filled with acrobatics. I don't considered what they had as a water prop being a "water circus" and there were a few good acrobats in the show but I felt like there was too much filler. My low review is because I think the price of the tickets were way too high for what it was. You can get tickets to see Cirque Du Soleil for the same price which is wild to me. Again, the show wasn't bad, but it's definitely amateur compared other acts you can see for the same cost. No hate to the performers, I just think they need to rethink their ticket costs and advertising tactics. read more

This is not about the Circus Im just trying to buy tikets for my birthday boy, for me and my littleone 3 of us. I found the price is $69, I thought not bad plus taxes. But when I tried to pay, it show an excesive amount they want to charge almost 300 hunfred dollars, 3 $69.00 tickets. Ok 3. $21.23 Taxes. Ok. 3 $20.00 fee service????? Service of what?? 3 $6.95 e-mail delivery ????? Charge to send an e-mail??? Thats abusive and excesive. We are BUYING tickets to have fun why that extra charge that doesnt make scences??? ARE YOU GOING TO FEED US?? Are we going to have a great dinner or what?? So disapointed!! I won't come, and I don't recomend this!! read more

Cirque Italia - Arts & Entertainment Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Wow is all I can say. Soooo lame! My child's 8th grade performance was better than this for $12! i feel bad for the performers because this might fly in some 3rd world country but not even in the poorest parts of America would this be acceptable for the price-which might be an accurate statement on the US but I feel robbed! They entire show there were multiple people trying to sell crap. The comments about the smell of fas cannot be overstated-I left before intermission because i felt sick. I have back in twice but can't stay...I'd leave if I was not with other people. A sign where they sell way overpriced toys says "no refunds for broken toys " --that should give enough info. PLEASE save your money!!! read more

Cirque Italia - Arts & Entertainment Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Let me start off by saying we live in Phoenix and we went the last day of June and just wasn't expecting there to be no form of ac what . So . Ever ., but some over sized fans. We chose the 4:30 show which is the hottest the day and it had to have been pushing 100 degrees in that tent, no exaggeration. It was 95 degrees outside. I was DYYYING and extremely uncomfortable!! I didn't want to waste $200 and my nephews (teenagers , not children) wanted to tough it out. That being said , the show was adorable!! The performers did a great job. Especially, considering they had to be REALLY HOT ! STAND OUT SHOUT OUTS to the clown, he was amazing , the acrobatic pirates , and the juggler!! I would pay to watch them all day !! Soooo. If you live in a cooler climate , we'll worth the money, if you live in a hotter climate , make sure you see the later showing. Bravo to all the performers. read more

We were harrased by staff member for 4 $ we did not owe her. Kept interrupting us during the show. Honestly ruined the expirance and good time we tried to have. read more

**BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR TICKETS** Cirque is selling out shows nationwide, selling tickets with a firm no refund policy, with no intention of having a show!!! We bought our tickets on Dec 17, 2020. Platinum VIP $50.00, two tickets, front row seats, for a Jan 3, 2021 show held in Irving, Texas. Cirque clearly promoted: "Cirque Italia prides itself on ensuring the safety of our guests. We are continually monitoring each city and state's restrictions of every location on our tour schedule in order to fully comply with each individual municipality. Each of our shows have taken extra precautions, increasing the number of sanitation stations around the shows, disinfecting the entire tent from top to bottom before and after every show, as well as canceling the meet-and-greets with performers. We are taking all the necessary steps to ensure everyone's safety and peace of mind. Any performers or crew members with elevated temperatures and/or exhibiting any flu-like symptoms will be self-quarantined in their homes for a two week period. With that said, we are asking anyone with a fever and/or exhibiting flu-like symptoms to please stay home as well." The added bonus at the end of ticket sales is NO REFUNDS. POSTPONED DUE TO COVID SHUTDOWN, lol. On the day of the show, 6 hours before the show, I received this email: "Due to Covid restrictions the Paranormal Cirque shows scheduled for this weekend and next weekend in Irving, TX have been postponed until further notice. We are diligently working to reschedule and will contact you via email and/or SMS as soon as we have any information regarding rescheduled dates. " We were perplexed to get this email!!! There were no new COVID restrictions in our area to warrant this cancelation. Hotels, Restaurants, bars, and retail are all open in our area. I believe that Cirque is purposely selling out shows nationwide, selling you tickets, clearly stating there is a no refund policy, with no intention of having a show!!! Maybe they had legitimate shows prior to COVID but this is their new normal. Be careful! They purposely make it impossible to contact them via phone or email. I bought our tickets through Travelzoo and tried to get a refund through them. They cannot help me with a refund but they were able to get my complaint escalated, and hopefully take down their ads. Don't believe me?!? Research and read the complaints online. Start with BBB. I started researching online and found that there are numerous complaints against them going back to January 2020 not limited to the Florida area. They have no intent on fulfilling shows or "rescheduling" or "refunding" anyone's money. I joined the bandwagon and filed a complaint with the BBB. I will consider myself lucky if I get my money back. If this has happened to you, please post your story on Yelp, Google Reviews, and Better Business Bureau. read more

They bring the show to Phoenix AZ where is super hot and they had no air conditioning !!!!! Never again will I ever attend one if their shows. It was super hot the food and drinks was overly priced just a horrible experience. It was cooler outside than in the tents. Instead of just wanting to make $$$ invest on portable air conditioning units! read more

This review is for Cirque Italia Silver yesterday in Spartanburg SC. My wife and I really enjoyed the show. It is not a big or fancy circus. If you go , do not expect Cirque de Soliel. The cost is much less. Great value for the ticket price. Interesting acts that show good and strong technique. The clown was great! Water is incidental to show but adds beauty. Well worth an afternoon! But no dinosaurs! read more

Very nice traveling show. Good acrobats and music. Good crowd interactions. Low cost made it affordable to most families.

Worst sitting arrangement I have ever experienced . Seats less than 12 inches wide and 1 1/2 inches apart. Tent was stuffy, humid, and hot at 9:30pm at night in Palmetto FL. The performances were great ; but I had to leave at the intermission due to being completely uncomfortable and drenched in mine , and others around me's sweat and due to loss of feeling in my legs from the chairs. Bench seating would of been better than the plastic they called seating. Next time I'll just save and spend my money at cirque de sole. Btw watch out for security flashing flashlights at you for simply checking your phone , or in my case using a iPhone attach fan. The crew is the worst part of the organization. read more

Cirque Italia - Arts & Entertainment Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

We attended the Paranormal show at Spokane Valley Wa summer of 2023. It was fabulous. Based on that we bought tickets to the 2023 water circus October 22. For the second time in 54 years we walked out of a show. It was amateurish, childish and totally without any enthusiasm. This particular cast needs some serious upgrade. So disappointing. read more

We had a great time at the show! We took three children ages 4,6 and 9 and it kept their attention. Venue: Clean, nice seating, we were seated by ushers to the seats we booked online. We chose G1 - G5, we were about 7 rows from the front. Pretty much every seat was good since there are only about 30 rows going up in the venue. The side seats may be a little harder to see the show as well. They had a decent bathroom, they were not the regular porter potty but the mobile bathrooms with sinks and 4 stalls. Snacks: The snacks were pretty good, typical circus food. Just about all snacks were $5. The popcorn, funnel cakes, frozen icee drinks, snow cones, nachos and cotton candy were all $5 each. I think they also had hotdogs as well. They had two booths to purchase food as well as staff walking around selling snacks. They also sold light up toys that ranged from $10-$15 and offered face painting as well. Parking: the parking was free in White Plains/Waldorf, MD. The show was in the parking lot of a baseball stadium. No lines to get in. We arrived about 15-20 minutes prior to start of the show. The Show: The show was about 2 hours with a 15-20 minute intermission. Enough time to use the bathroom and grab a snack. The acts were really good classic cirque circus acts. They had acrobats, skaters, tight rope walking, two modern clowns, a fake dinosaur that walked around but the kids loved it. At the end of the show the cast came out and let the kids take pictures with them. The only thing that is a little misleading is the water. They have a water feature, not a water act. We attended the 7:30pm show in July and we were happy we went late. It was very comfortable as far as the temperature, I could have used a few degrees cooler but I think a early show in the summer would be really hot inside. Overall it was a great experience, we had a good time. The staff and cast were all very friendly and professional. I would definitely recommend. I also found a coupon online for kids to go free with code "free" when purchasing tickets online. Also I would opt out of spending extra money for the close seats up front as they are not worth the extra money. You would definitely regret it in my opinion. read more

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Brought my boys ages 12, 10 and 5 to the water cirque italia tonight. It was great but over priced. We paid $70 for all of us and even had free tickets for two of the boys! The show was great but towards the end it seemed repetitive so the boys became bored quickly. We had to leave early because my youngest had already sat through 2 hours of the show, and couldnt sit anymore. read more

Cirque Italia - Arts & Entertainment Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

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It is a small circus. My family and I had fun. Lots of audience participation. The concessions are overpriced, but so does everywhere else, so I am not bothered by it. read more

This was not entertaining and very slow paced. I'm more impressed by my overweight cat's abilities. Left early there was more stalling and dreadfully long lipsinc and uncomfortable sexual dances. There is an Elvis themed or something?? Also do not come at the advertised time. It will start an hour later and run out of concessions. If you sadly are being forced to endure this pathetic excuse for a show make sure to eat before hand and cover your eyes from flashing and strobing lights in your eyes. I miss seeing talent and actual entertainment at circuses.Guess these guys cant do if it there is no majestic animal to exploit and mistreat. read more

Was worth the price! Great professional exhibitions! Fortunately, we didn't see any mistakes from the performers like these other reviewers. We also watched during a cool evening. My wife, kids, and I loved it! They put in some humor in-between and get the audience involved by pulling some volunteers into their comedy skits. It seems overpriced to some, but $25 per individual is not bad. Technically, they have a free kid promo, so 1 free kid per $50 adult. If you have 2 adults and 2 kids like I did, that's $25 per person. Make sure to bring cash for their extra merchandise and snacks. read more

We paid for our tickets too! And just as much as everyone else, so how do you expect us to see??! Anyone in sections 4-5 (seat prices the same as 1,2,3) will pay for their seats, and their seats only. Nothing more. Nothing to see but a huge metal post (represented by a small silver diamond on seating chart) blocking - everything. Everyone in these sections was just leaning right and left the whole time trying to get a glimpse of something, anything. Terrible experience! These sections should be non existent. We moved to higher empty seats and the experience was just as awful. The part with the archer was the worst. The lady had her back to us and it was as if the show was meant only for people in the middle section. Very unprofessional read more

Watched Cirque Italia-Gold Water Circus in Abilene, TX yesterday. It was great. Missed some Olympics coverage, so what? Glad I saw a show by professionals. The bungee flyer routine that opened was too short, but will never forget the Lady in the Bubble, talented acrobat, and beautiful. read more

I will give 3 stars based on talent at the show. I also did not pay for my tickets. I got free vouchers for mine in the West Palm Beach Show and decided why not give it a go! I won't lose anything by it. I didn't want to set my expectations too high but also didn't want to have a low expectation about them considering some of the previous reviews I read. The talent is amazing! Fair-type food was decent. As someone who works in the hospitality industry, one of the most important things at a hotel or place of entertainment or where people are gathered is security. It is a target to anyone who would really want to do harm. Groups of large people etc. When we walked in to give our ticket, the gentleman just pointed us in the direction of the side we would be on. There was no bag check whatsoever. Anyone could bring ANYTHING in. When intermission ended, someone walked in who was not in the audience prior to the intermission. The audience levels are close enough and small enough in quantity to scan the room and just know he was not there prior. He was by himself and on his own. No family or children, carrying an extremely large black backpack. He also walked around with no mask. He seemed to linger passed our section to the corner and have a seat in the front row just like if he had just selected that would be a good seat. The gentleman assisting people to their seats (I'll call them carnies) in that section saw him, only to ask him to please put his mask on. I began to freak out inside. I saw him and the carnie that saw him did not even ask him for his ticket or inquire about where his seat was. This is what I mean, as part of this carnies job, it shouldn't have just been to find the seats and sanitize, it should be to look out for suspicious and strange acting people. And I understand if that's not his pay grade, the company should then make an effort to implement this. If he was doing his job correctly, he would have seen the man zoom from seat to seat and should have inquired ab his ticket. When the suspicious gentleman moved to the front row of our seat in between acts, multiple people from the other end where he had just been at started talking to the carnie and pointing at the suspicious gentleman. At this point a few families in our section saw this all take place and began to leave. When I spoke to them briefly outside, they mentioned the same thing. They saw the man walk in during intermission and something didn't sit right with them. This might have been towards the ending part of the show, but I was so ready to leave, especially if no one was going to do anything. When I told my boyfriend "we have to go now", he didn't ask any questions, simply we got up and walked out of the tent. Not a carnie or team member to be found anywhere at the front. An open door completely. I wish I would've taken a photo so you could understand. There was NO ONE at the front or anywhere in the food area, so that if anyone should walk in they could at least ask them to see their ticket. We left and agreed that the talent was so great and worth the ticket price if someone would purchase but we did NOT feel SAFE and that is what ruined the show for us. I wouldn't feel safe knowing I spent $50 on a ticket and it's risking anyone to come in mid-show. This wouldn't happen anywhere else. read more

READ NEXT THREE SENTENCES BEFORE YOU GO. We saw the Water Circus Gold. Our experience did not match the description. Too many cheap tricks and silly stunts. I doubt there was A/C as they claimed because it was sweltering. They said there would be divers and mermaids and dinosaurs. There were none of those. The ring master/clown started doing a mock stripper routine as a joke (family friendly?). I have respect for the perfomers' talent BUT this was very poorly coordinated. 30% of the show time was stage set up. There would be song changes in the middle of a trick and it threw the vibe of the acts. The song choices were obviously trying to mimic certain iconic American top hit songs, but they were not tasteful variations- just tacky knock-offs. The saxophone player at the end was off key the whole time he played "What a Wonderful World." The archery act was so slow. They did about 5 stunts for it and before each stunt we just waited for 2 minutes while they set up. There were 3 or so impressive acrobatic routines. Overall, good family fun, but we were very mislead as to the content and quality. read more

This was truly a sh*t show in every respect. They had massive lines at the "Will Call" window and only 2 incompetent people working. After waiting 30 min in that line, we had the pleasure of waiting another 30 in the line to get in. They eventually got so overwhelmed, and the show was 45 min LATE getting started, that they literally started just collecting Groupons, Living Socials, and Certifikid vouchers and putting blue dots on peoples hands with a blue highlighter. -_- When we went into the tiny little tent, it was sweltering hot- they had a few giant fans blowing to circulate air. The seats were fine, you had a decent view from every seat. The clown was incredibly annoying, the acts where only mildly entertaining, and frankly just before intermission, my 5 year old was begging to leave. This child LOVES shows- but she was miserable, and so was I. We ended up leaving during the intermission because we didn't want to sit in the parking lot traffic jam again for another 30 min when the mad rush of people left. We paid $27 for 2 adults, and nothing for the kids because they had advertising everywhere that kids were free. Of course when we got there the lady at Will Call tried to tell me that it wasn't for people who bought deal tickets. Then she tried to tell me there were no more kids tickets left for sale. WTF. We stood in line for 30 min, and we had bought 2 adult tickets. There was nothing in the small print about not combining offers. ANYWAY- I'm not proud to say I totally lost my cool about that. Especially since they were literally marking hands haphazardly with a highlighter at this point without even looking at the papers. Eventually she just marked our kids hands as well. Guess what- once inside- the place had tons of open seats. SMH. Anyway, this show is just terrible. Save your money. read more

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