According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the show, which opens officially on Halloween, "is a possibly unsalvageable waste of time and a dead end that literally bored some audience members to sleep."
Chicago resident Damon Ranger told LVRJ writer Doug Elfman, "Everyone in the bathroom was chanting 'bull----' from the urinals." Nearby, a group of six women were led by a woman yelling furiously, demanding their money back. "Dude, it's a train wreck," Ranger said. On a scale of 1 to 10, he rated "Believe" a zero.
Other commentators noted the show had very little magic, and the illusions were laughable, as wires holding people in the air were clearly visible. Elfman also wrote that the show "has no compelling storyline, and it's more about dancing and unimpressive tricks, like pulling doves from a sleeve."
One audience member even said, "David Copperfield is better, and he's old."
