One of the biggest disappointments on my recent Med cruise on Ruby Princess was the entertainment in the atrium, especially after I saw some great cameo acts there on Ruby when it launched last year and also on Crown Princess in the Baltic last year.
This time we had two stilt walkers dressed as pirates, who appeared again and again, really just having their pictures taken with passengers, which was deadly dull.
But just as we were getting to the end of the cruise, these two appeared - duo Claudio, an act that basically involved him throwing her about at breathtaking speed.
This balancing on him is nothing. Several times he threw her way up into the air - and caught her luckily! - and one time I swear he nearly dashed her brains out when he swept her, upside-down, between his legs, centimetres away from the floor.
I was so amazed at his strength and her absolute faith in him that I was there for each of their performances. I also saw them in Monaco, posing for a picture outside the Royal Palace, he holding her in the air with one hand.
Guess standing side by side for a picture is just so mundane.
Jane Archer
