Cruiseship Comments

Whilst performing on cruiseships many guests very kindly send me photographs & personnal comments of their memories of nights at the piano bar or Schooner Bar on Royal Caribbean Cruiseline ships. 

Thank you for those very kind comments, compliments & feedback. I would like to share a few of them with you:-

Hi Tony, Selena here from the recent Serenade of the Seas sailing. Just wanted to thank you for such a wonderful time at the piano bar! We had such a great time. Happy Travels!!! Selena (20/9/11)

Hi Tony !  It has been over 2 years since our trip on Navigator of the seas, and we would like to cruise again on one of your ships. Please let us know what you are doing cruise wise early 2012. We often think of you and what a good time we had!                                                                   
Elain, Vicky and Dawn , Kansas City, Missouri. USA

Tony Billinge playing piano in the Schooner Bar made every night  a fantastic experience. I found the Schooner Bar to be the only place to go after 10pm, not everyone wants to be part of a game or disco & Tony provided a welcome change of pace.       Jonathan Breese 26/8/11.

Hi Tony. It's Laura from last week's cruise. We are missing "piano bar sing alongs" already. We found "Hot Love by T-Rex" on ITunes but you sing it better. Bob is missing Country Roads; Kevin loved your Beatles melody and Debbie misses just being there. I didn't take any pictures to share with you but wanted to tell you how much fun we had because of you. If you ever think of selling CD's of your recordings, please let me know as I would be interested in purchasing one. We often get together with Debbie and Kevin for game night or cards and it would bring back such terrific memories of the cruise if we could listen to your music and sing along. Thank you sooooo much for a wonderful time. Sincerely,       Laura Allen (August 21, 2011 cruise)  

Tony Billinge is a superb pianist, we spent every evening listening & singing along with him. We found the Schooner Bar both relaxing & full of fun.                 Rosamund Breese 14/8/11

Hey Tony B. We were on a cruise with you in February from San Juan on the Adventure of the Sea. Just wanted to say hi and hope you're doing well. We're planning another cruise for next Feb. and we're hoping to catch up with you again. If you know where you will be in Feb. let us know. We had such a good time at the Schooner Bar with you. Where are you now? Again, hope things are well with you.                Gene & June

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Hi Tony, (22/5/11)
It was beautiful evenings in the "Schooner Bar" with you at the piano on the transatlantic trip on the "Adventure of the Seas. You play wonderful piano and the music was exactly our taste.
Attached a picture of us and from you at the piano.
Best wishes and happy (next) holidays, Cheers
Ines und Frank, Germany, Thuringia
01.05.-14.05.2011, Adventures of the Seas

Hey Tony,
I hope you remember me.. I cruised with you from March 27th til April 3rd..Joleen and I had the best time and I hope to see you again (on a Carnival ship) in the future.. Keep in touch!!
Shelley (Carnival fan) (24-4-11)

Hey Tony!
Wonderful memories! Thank you so much for helping us celebrate! "Lady in Red", "Joy to the World", "Brown Eyed Girl" .. So much fun! I am attaching a few pictures. 
Thanks again, Debbie Tucker (The Lady in Red's sister) (18-4-11)

Tony B is definitely etched into our 50th Anniversary's memories! Over those 50 years we've sat at many a piano bar, but none as sparked with talent and excitement as yours! Our children - Lady In Red - Joy To The World - Sex Bomb - Russian Dance - Dancing - Happy Holladays ------We'll never forget it all. 
Thanks, Joy and Tom (Toddy ) Greer (14-4-11)

Hello Tony
I was at Schooners' piano bar a few nights while on a Royal Caribbean Cruise with the ship Adventure of the Sea. I truly enjoyed your music and you play piano beautifully. I just love music and dance! Those evenings with you were the highlight of my cruise, yes they were. You made an impression on me for sure.
Your Friend,
Diane Seguin Hare (14-4-11)

We really enjoyed your show on the Adventure! You helped to make my parents' 50th anniversary cruise an amazing experience for all. Perfecto.
Happy Hollidays!
-- Trey (Toddy and Joy's son) (10/4/11)

Hey Tony B....
Wanted to jot a note and tell you how very much we enjoyed getting to spend a few nights at 
your piano listening to your awesome piano playing and singing. It truly was a highlight of our 
trip and holds wonderful memories. You have a tremendous talent for getting people to "sing 
their hearts out!" and we truly enjoyed it. 
Attaching some pics for your website if you want. They are great memories for us! Hope to see 
you again someday on another great cruise!
Happy Holidays!!! :0)
The Maddens
Rodney, Tanya, Zach, Lacey, Blake, Haley and Darbey (3/4/11)


Hello Tony,
We've been home just over a week after our cruise on Adventure of the Seas and I wanted to 
write to say, again, how much we enjoyed your music in the Schooner Bar every night (except 
Wednesday - your night off) on the cruise. My daughters still are so incredibly impressed with the repertoire 
of music! You certainly added a lot of fun to our cruise.
Your friends in Mississauga, Canada
The Hatfield Family (1/4/11)


Hi Tony
What cruise ships will you be performing on this year. You made our trip a memorable one. We 
told all of our friends how much we enjoyed your music.They would like to check you out on 
their cruises. Hope it is Royal Carribean. 
Donna & Marion (28/3/11)


Hello Tony;
Thank you for all the great music and now the great memories!
Here are some pictures from our Cruise with you.
New York / New York!
Kim & Ken (17/3/11)


Hi Tony,
Thought you would like to have some photos of your back up dancers. We had a great time 
meeting you and really enjoyed hanging out when you were playing.
Hope we run into you on another cruise sometime.
Warmest Regards,
Lo (13/3/11)


Hey Tony 
We were on Adventure of the Sea Feb.6-13. We enjoyed the Schnoor Bar and listening to your 
music. We were with the group from Minn. the dancing girls. Gene and I are from SC and Dick 
and Shirley are from Canada. We wish you all the luck in the world.
Gene & June (27/2/11)


Dear Tony,
Thanks for a wonderful cruise! You will never guess who I ran into in the security line at the 
San Juan airport--Barbara and Charlotte! We again talked about how talented you are!!
I was suffering from piano bar withdrawal tonight and decided to look at your website. I loved 
hearing your voice again but there is nothing like hearing you in person.
Thanks for the wonderful memories,
Lorraine (22/2/11)


Hi Tony
We had a wonderful time and wish we had been there longer. The nights in the bar were great . I 
am sending the two photos. 
Hope we meet again in the near furure. 
Love Linda x (17/2/11)


Hello Tony, 
It's your friend, Karen, from South Boston. Hope you are well. Mary Ellen and I continue to 
reminisce about the laughs and wonderful fun we had singing with you alongside your piano.Seems 
like ages ago. 
All the best, piano man.
Karen Evans (7/2/11)


Hi Tony:
Here are a few photo`s from the Schooner Bar. Thanks for making our trip so much fun. We are 
ready to come back at any time! 
Take Care
Donna (5/2/11)

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Happy New Year Tony....
we just jumped cruiselines and tried Celebrity, Soltice. Their piano bar had beautiful 
classical music, but after some champagne we needed more of a "Tony" piano bar and spoke to the 
Aussie's from Brillance
(Gail and Ian) and they also jumped ship and tried Celebrity and said the same.
Don't let this go to your head but we enjoyed your bar better than all others on Celebrity....
Hope all is well with you and have a wonderful 2011
Ron and Kathie Rusko ox (10/1/11)


hey tony!!!!! 
cool website you have i was able to re-live our cruise sort of. didnt see a recording for my 
favorite song. bohemian rapsody!!! yes its me steph miss seeing you every night after dinner. 
hope you are still partying!!!! every time i hear sweet caroline i can see you and brad 
singing.. lol we really had a great time. you are quite the entertainer. take care and 
hope to hear from you.. 
steph (16/11/10)


Hi, Tony
I was just thinking about the cruise Karen and I went on on the 2nd and how you and your music 
enhansed it so much.
You are a very personable individual with a mulitbale of extraordinary talents. Thank you for 
making my vacation better than I could have imagined. 
Maryellen (17/10/10)


Hi Tony, 
I must tell you how much fun we had every evening on our cruise. 
Neither Turkan or I usually feel comfortable in bars, but you were so talented, happy and fun 
we had a great time. We felt like we had known you for a long time.
I thought you were such a gentleman and adorable. 
I am now going to contact a few cruise lines to tell them how great you are for buisness. You 
were so friendly to the customers and taking requests made us all have so much fun. I hope to 
see you on another cruise. 
Take care, Krish (Lucrecia) Wathen (5/7/10)


Hi Tony, 
Just a quick note to say thanks once again for making our cruise holiday special over the last 
week. We had a fantastic time as your groupies, and are missing the sing-alongs already!
Enjoy the rest of your time on board.
Regards, 
Andy & Dawn (6/4/10)


Tony baby!
Thought I'd drop you a line to tell you how much we enjoyed the cruise and of course the 
excellent entertainment.Karen went on to your web site and imagine our surprise when we read 
what distinguished company you've been keeping over the years,you'll have to tell us more about 
the Stevie Wonder thing but more impressive to me is the Auf Weidersen Pet episode! Look after 
yourself mate and I'll talk to you soon!!
Steve & Kaz (30/3/10)

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