The Carwardine Cruise Entertainment Band

An animatronic show presented on Carwardine Cruise ships.

Characters
From stage right to stage left.

Original Lineup (1990-2000)

 * Mario (licensed from Nintendo) (voice: /)
 * Bart Simpson (licensed from 20th Century Fox) (voice: )
 * Inspector Gadget (licensed from DiC) (voice: /)
 * Optimus Prime (licensed from Hasbro) (voice: )
 * Big Bird (licensed from Sesame Workshop) (voice: )

"The New Carwardine Cruise Entertainment Band" (2000-2007)

 * Mario (licensed from Nintendo) (voice: Charles Martinet)
 * Matthias (licensed from Brian Jacques) (voice: )
 * Bart Simpson (licensed from 20th Century Fox) (voice: Nancy Cartwright)
 * Big Bird (licensed from Sesame Workshop) (voice: Caroll Spinney)

"Next Generation Carwardine Cruise Entertainment Band" (2007-2020)

 * Mario (licensed from Nintendo) (voice: Charles Martinet)
 * Matthias (licensed from Brian Jacques) (voice: Tyrone Savage)
 * Cheer Bear (licensed from Those Characters from Cleveland) (voice: )
 * Mega Man (licensed from Capcom) (voice: )

"The Roaring 20s Carwardine Cruise Entertainment Band" (2021-present)

 * Mario (licensed from Nintendo) (voice: Charles Martinet)
 * Matthias (licensed from Brian Jacques) (voice: Howie Bogaert)
 * Montgomery Moose (licensed from Cloudco Entertainment) (voice: Martin Berger)
 * Cheer Bear (licensed from Cloudco Entertainment) (voice: Alex Hall)
 * Mega Man (licensed from Capcom) (voice: Ian James Corlett)

The Carwardine Cruise Entertainment Band Celebrates "Michael Jackson" (1999)
The first of the "Celebrates" series that started in 1999 and continues to this present day.


 * Bad (sung by Mario)
 * Thriller (sung by Mario)
 * Black or White (sung by Mario)
 * Beat It (sung by Mario and Bart Simpson)
 * Smooth Criminal (sung by Bart Simpson)

The Carwardine Cruise Entertainment Band Celebrates "The Beach Boys" (1999)

 * California Girls (sung by Mario)
 * I Get Around (sung by Mario)
 * Wouldn't it Be Nice (sung by Bart Simpson)
 * Barbara Ann (sung by Mario)
 * Kokomo (sung by the entire band)

The Carwardine Cruise Entertainment Band Celebrates "Journey" (1999)

 * Don't Stop Believing (sung by Mario)

The Carwardine Cruise Entertainment Band Celebrates ""Weird Al" Yankovic" (1999)

 * Fat (sung by Mario)
 * Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch (sung by Bart Simpson)

The Carwardine Cruise Entertainment Band Celebrates "The Beatles" (1999)
This is often considered the best of the original 5 showtapes of the "Celebrates" series due to the variety of characters used.


 * Yellow Submarine (sung by the entire cast)
 * Revolution (sung by Bart Simpson)
 * A Hard Day's Night (sung by Mario)
 * Help! (sung by Big Bird)
 * She Loves You (sung by Mario and Bart Simpson)

The Mario, Bart and Big Bird Show (2000)
This tape was used during the 2000 renovations.


 * Bad (sung by Mario)
 * Do The Bartman (sung by Bart Simpson)
 * Surfin' USA (sung by Mario)
 * The Alphabet Song (sung by Big Bird)
 * I Believe I Can Fly (sung by the entire trio)

The Carwardine Cruise Entertainment Band Celebrates "Disney" (2000)

 * When You Wish Upon A Star (sung by Mario)
 * Zip A Dee Doo Dah (sung by the whole cast)
 * The Bare Necessities (sung by Bart Simpson)
 * Kiss the Girl (sung by Mario)
 * You've Got A Friend in Me (sung by Bart Simpson and Mario)

The Mario & Bart Simpson Duo Show (2001)
All songs are sung by both Mario and Bart Simpson


 * Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
 * You've Got A Friend In Me (recycled from Celebrates "Disney")
 * All Star
 * Smells Like Teen Spirit
 * Bohemian Rhapsody

Requested Songs and Tidbits (2011)

 * Never Gonna Give You Up (sung by Mario)

Trivia

 * The animatronics were made by Creative Engineering in Orlando. Unlike most of their animatronics, they are not in the Rock-afire style. The refurbishing of Optimus Prime into Matthias in 2000 were done by AHF Animation Productions.
 * In 2002, some of the Mario animatronics were retrofitted by Garner Holt to more resemble his modern look.