Cirque Du Soleil

I’m rating 3 starts because I’ve Seen Totem and it was 10x better. This show had too many clown-​like humor performances in between acrobats. I was expecting a cirque de Soleil experience 100% of the time.

Very poor show. First 30 minutes was geared for 1^st graders. It really was the Tale of two shows. I would give the first part of show zero stars and second part was closer to 3 stars. Cirque has gone downhill and it’s a shame that they mix the show with people that have zero talent with the other’s who deserve to be there. It’s really too bad that they have a blonde bimbo sitting in a lounge chair doing nothing but being an idiot and distracting you from great performers. They brought her on 3 or 4 times and I can’t for the life of me figure out why. She has no talent and detracted from the show. What in the heck are the creators thinking!!! Leisure suit Larry was not much better and had no business in this kind of show either. Get it together Cirque before you start losing your reputation of quality.

Terrible… Not worth 50.00 dollars much less 100.00 per ticket. Did they run out of money? I have seen quite a few
Cirque’s this one is not worth seeing. SAVE YOUR MONEY

A person who would give Cirque Du Soleil anything less than 5 stars warrants a special place in hell.

Unreal show. Dralion has great music. Good acrobatics. Not as much action as other shows but the costumes are great. Loved the clowns, they were really good. The asian kids as always were impressive and the ripped dude on the 3d hula hoop was incredible.

Saw Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion at the Valley View Casino Sports Arena in San Diego on Saturday. Read Dan N.‘s review of Quidam at this site, from April of last year. He’s right; this site is a terrible location and spoils the fun. The show wasn’t up to Cirque’s usual, either. I have enjoyed six of their shows as well and am no longer certain I will spend the money for another.

Cirque Du Soleil shows are some of the most amazing jaw dropping entertaining shows in the world. I’ve seen a total of 6 of their traveling shows and up until Quidam I was never disappointed.
What adds to the ambiance and wonder of each show is the intimate setting created under the «GRAND TENT» and the respectful nature of the crowd. When you go to a cirque du soleil traveling event you really feel like you’re about to see something special.
For those reasons I was disappointed when I went to see Quidam in San Diego.
It just didn’t feel like a cirque du soleil show. For starters it was located inside a sports arena which is probably 5 times as big as a normal setting under the Grand Tents they usually use. The result of using a stadium was that the place was not remotely close to sold out and there were scattered patches of people all over the arena. You really lost the intimate setting Cirque shows usually give. It looked more like a rehearsal then an actual show.
Another drawback of having so many open seats was that many of the performers or members of the cast and crew had their friends and family in the audience. As a result, every time one of the performers did something selective groups in the audience would either scream, cheer, or shout the persons name. It made it feel more like a sporting event rather then a artistic performance show. I was really shocked at how unprofessional and low class that was. In all the shows I’ve been too, the crowd has always been respectful and only cheered after the performers finished their acts.
Another result of the stadium setting was that people decided to take pictures of the show with flash photography. Not only was this dangerous to the performers it was also distracting to everyone who could see the flash.
As for the show, it was your typical cirque du soleil show filled with amazing super human performances. It’s a shame that it was overshadowed by the poor choice of venue and low breed of people who attended.
All in all I would not recommend going to Quidam in San Diego.