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I do get the sense that La Nouba was far more popular at its height than Drawn to Life is now. Cirque hadn't overextended itself when La Nouba was new (there were only a handful of tours and two other "resident" shows, both in Las Vegas, in 1998), so there was more novelty, and the two times I saw it (2005 and 2015) it had a good-sized audience. But also, I think one thing that drove La Nouba's success was that it had nothing to do with Disney while still being family friendly; it was high-quality but in a more adult way than other stuff at the resort. The Unofficial Guide's writers regarded it as THE best thing at Disney World and they never received negative mail from readers over it, even getting comments like "it was the best money we spent". But it's telling they haven't done a review of the new show as yet.

<blockquote data-quote="Miss Rori" data-source="post: 10920411" data-attributes="member: 154680">I do get the sense that La Nouba was far more popular at its height than Drawn to Life is now. Cirque hadn&#039;t overextended itself when La Nouba was new (there were only a handful of tours and two other &quot;resident&quot; shows, both in Las Vegas, in 1998), so there was more novelty, and the two times I saw it (2005 and 2015) it had a good-sized audience. But also, I think one thing that drove La Nouba&#039;s success was that it had nothing to do with Disney while still being family friendly; it was high-quality but in a more adult way than other stuff at the resort. The Unofficial Guide&#039;s writers regarded it as THE best thing at Disney World and they never received negative mail from readers over it, even getting comments like &quot;it was the best money we spent&quot;. But it&#039;s telling they haven&#039;t done a review of the new show as yet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Miss Rori, post: 10920411, member: 154680"] I do get the sense that [I]La Nouba [/I]was far more popular at its height than [I]Drawn to Life[/I] is now. Cirque hadn't overextended itself when [I]La Nouba[/I] was new (there were only a handful of tours and two other "resident" shows, both in Las Vegas, in 1998), so there was more novelty, and the two times I saw it (2005 and 2015) it had a good-sized audience. But also, I think one thing that drove [I]La Nouba's [/I]success was that it had nothing to do with Disney while still being family friendly; it was high-quality but in a more adult way than other stuff at the resort. The [I]Unofficial Guide's[/I] writers regarded it as THE best thing at Disney World and they never received negative mail from readers over it, even getting comments like "it was the best money we spent". But it's telling they haven't done a review of the new show as yet. [/QUOTE]