This was described on the show's website as a "Cirque du Soleil-type show."
The ONLY thing they have in common is the word "cirque." Let me make this clear: Cirque Polynesian is NOT produced by Cirque du Soleil, and has no connection with Cirque du Soleil, but CP evidently wants to give you the impression that they are affiliated without blatantly lying about it.
EVERYTHING was done on the ultra-ultra cheap and was totally amateur. The sets and props looked like old trash the producers found in junkyards and basements. The costumes were cheap and cheesy. There was no continuity to the show and the transitions from act to act were jarring and choppy; seemed like the producers just hired whoever was available with whatever kind of act and simply threw them together with no eye towards making any kind of a cohesive show. The music was pedestrian.
It looked like the budget for the whole thing - costumes, sets, props, lights, sound, music, etc. - was around $11.82, or maybe a little less. You'd have a better time at a high school variety show.
I don't like to disparage the performers because they do try, and I can't blame them for taking a paying gig, so let me just say the overall level of talent matched the rest of the production.
This show was a truly dreary and depressing affair. One of our party had never seen a real Cirque du Soleil show; immediately after this one ended, I begged her not to let this horror scare her off from seeing the beauty and wonder of a real Cirque show.
Cirque Polynesian is a "Cirque du Soleil-type show" the same way a moldy bologna sandwich could be described as a "five star-type dinner."