text: O-mazing?  Quite possible. \n\nI think part of Cirque du Soleil's **WOW** factor is dependant on how frequent you see a Cirque du Soleil \"type\" show. The very first CdS I saw touring in the nineties was frakken O-MAZING!  Back in the day, a $50 ticket went a long way towards entertainment. I like to think MY PERSONAL support of the Montreal touring troupe helped pave the way to the spectacle currently in Vegas (I also invented the Man Hug and originated the saying, \"Play it by ear\"). \n\nI've seen a few variations of the traveling Cirque du Soleil show, and the **WOW** factor has diminished with each show. O-MAZING  becomes O-right to only O-kay.  I'm jaded to the quality of CdS because of the expectation that they will outperform last year's show. However, the core of CdS is the same routine OVER and OVER: clowns, asian contortionists, trapeze artists and mood music. By the time the show Dralion toured in their familiar blue & yellow tent, I thought the routine was Bo-O-ring.\n\nHowever, \"O\" at the Bellagio in Vegas adds an interesting twist to the familiar routine. I don't want to take anything away from the many skilled performers, musicians and costumes, but I think the STAR of \"O\" is the ebb and flow of the moving stage that can in seconds morph from an ethereal landscape to depths of danger and excitement. Beneath the stage is a little Vegas secret. The stage is powered by hundreds of dwarves shoulder atop shoulder. But don't quote me on that. \n\nCirque du Soleil tickets are a good gift to give to someone who has never seen the show. I think it's also a good gift to give to yourself if you haven't been over-saturated with such theatrics. You can look for discounted tickets at Showcase on the Las Vegas Blvd near MGM. \n\nThe only thing that I didn't like about \"O\" was...\n\n**SPOILER**\n\n...the use of audience plants. A clown will pull an \"unsuspecting\" person from the audience (read: plant) for some onstage fun and then suddenly that person is whisked into the show and diving off 50 ft platforms! Hello liability. Gimme a break! Health care may be free in Canada, but no way does that stuff just happen in America. These French farts have used this foolery in a few Cirque du Soleil shows. The \"A\" in America doesn't stand for absent minded.\n\nWould I go back? Gonna play it by ear.