The Titanic Gala Dinner can be divided into four parts, I believe.
Titanic artifacts and displays. Very interesting and engaging. Well worth seeing. The written descriptions are very helpful and explain which of the artifacts are genuine and which are replicas. Either way, they help bring the tragedy to life.
The Cast members are very engaging, friendly and they stay in character throughout the evening, which helps set and maintain the story.
The show itself is not what I expected. It was very difficult to hear or understand the dialogue. The primary show stage is in a relatively large room, so better acoustics would help keep the audience engaged. Several times, the stage audio was so poor that dinner guests kept their own conversations going which made it very confusing.
The audience was primarily tourists, I believe. Some dressed in very appropriate period costumes, which added to the atmosphere while others were dressed in typical vacation wear - shorts, T-shirts, flip flops, etc.
The food was not “gala” fare. It was typical of what you may get at a high school sports banquet. Very disappointing.
I didn’t know the show has been in existence since the ‘80s. While, again, the artifacts and cast members are fantastic, it has the feel of a touristy thing people place on their agendas without knowing much about it.
I would highly recommend the artifacts tour, but would not recommend the $84 ticket to the gala.