Pellaz wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:56 pm

Yipes, I hope not.
I like Arsis a lot...but their current guitarist is also my 3rd person in our triple stateroom on the boat!

Taylor is going? If so, nice !!

Some really good suggestions here - I hope UMC are listening :) Larger discount to payoff against removing early booking rights, no Silver survivors and/or Gold qualifying being 50% or more cruises. I am with you on this on Statsman and hope UMC is listening. It is no secret that Andy wants "f...

In addition to most of the bands already listed in the above wishlist tally, here are some of my Top bands which never played 70K before: TOP 5 would be: Powerwolf - Accept Thy Art Is Murder Dust Bolt Evil Invaders the rest are in alphabetical order: Almanac - maybe not the same year as Rage Between...

Apparently this is fixed... I didn't fill out everything, just the stuff which pertained to my experience, only gave my name and it went through on the first try.

Hmm. From the website: Passengers: 3648 (double occupancy) Ship Crew: 1,300 (average) That doesn't add up much. Is the website just woefully out of date? No it's not, the fact sheet from the captain stated: 3634 guests (double occupancy) with 4375 guests in total. So I guess the difference is for c...

Regarding the amount of cabins, this is what the captain handed out at the press meeting: Total number of cabins = 1817 Ocean View: 1084 (842 with balconies) / Interior: 733 (172 with promenade view) out of those there are 855 with third/fourth berths and 32 are wheelchair accessible The total (poss...

Are those even clues what they are given ??? I just don't see it (or get them)

Anyhoo - A: I could see it being Arsis. Their guitarist also plays (or has been) for Finntroll over here. But I would take Amon Amarth also

DragonLordJones wrote:Sepultura please


SLAYER

Sepultura is touring with Kreator in Europe during the cruise.

weren't you one of the ones loudly saying Miami is better? I now have a free cancellation room in both locations, so I can just kinda hang out and slowly make up my mind for awhile. Loudly? Nope, that was probably Jaimee I always stayed in Miami, regardless. The last 2 years we just went to FLL the...

I'd be more inclined to do Miami if I knew more about the morning plans to get to Ft Lauderdale, but I know it's impossible to get details so early. I'll wait and see. We are looking to organize big buses which will leave at staggered times. And I am sure that some folks will do either Uber/Lyft or...

This is a copy/paste from the 70K Pre-Party group on FB and I highlighted some things: $205 @ Clevelander Hotel (60 rooms) – the party spot with Pool + Patio bar, Rooftop Terrace bar, and sports bar on-site. Adults over 21 only . $195 @ Essex House Hotel (70 rooms) – a quieter location just steps fr...

Well to be honest I followed the votings over the days and was very suprised about the sudden increase in Nervosas votes. That's when I was looking for a reason and found out about their facebook shenanigans. I'm actually surprised they only got like 10 votes out of that bullshit, tells you a lot a...

Meet 'n Greet: while on the Majesty we also had the MnG on just one day. But the times where way different. The bigger band got their own slot with 45 minutes and the smaller ones where paired together with 30 minutes. Yes, it was hectic back then also but IMO it made more sense that way. Now, the b...

Though choice this year but ultimately I voted for ..... Dead Cross Nah .. kidding aside. It was a draw between Distillator, Nervosa and Twilight Force since all 3 kicked major ass. In the end, my vote went to Nervosa. In regards to controversy on them posting it on FB: Since this is a public Forum ...

Oy. I found this with regard to WiFi. If it's accurate, and it's true that it's throughout the ship, I may just suck it up and pay for it, since I work in social media and need consistent access. m Royal Caribbean offers WiFi packages which are actually pretty cheap. Yes, they do offer hourly inter...

Hello, we are a group of 4 german people at 70.000 Tons 2016. Last time here in 2014, there was a Beach Party in Miami. What's it like to now in 2016? Miami? Hollywood? Fort Lauderdale? That although a few information found, but nothing definite. The links here to Facebook not work. Can you give us...

The three headliners probably cause for debate - ATG got 75 minutes on Barge but will they warrant the same on 70k? I honestly don't think so, in part because Barge was more specific to the 'harder' bands. With some of the huge ego's in your 60 minute category, I could see that Andy will have a har...

kaoticsound wrote:Thinking over some of the key concerns I've got with my treatment on the last 70k cruise .....

What happened if I might ask? And we actually do have peers (sort of) already on the cruise. Anybody who walks around with the 70K name shirt on. Vince for instance.

I just came across THIS ; a review from someone who took the cruise after us. Apparently they weren't satisfied with the lack of waiter service neither. It seemed as though the service staff was understaffed. We have become used to bar staff coming by regularly on the pool deck during as sea days; h...

I liked the way they handeled Media. 3 songs and then you are out. but with how early you need to be their to get a front row spot, my suggestion is no Media for the 1st song and then 3 songs and you are out Incorrect! This only happened during a couple of bands. And with the amount of media and th...

The link is for what is offered on a regular cruise. Things will be different on 70K. Only one of the main dining rooms will be open since the other one will be used for Merch. There is no "my dining time" and to be honest I don't know which of the specialty restaurants they will have open...

meshuggah wrote:Steel Panther is in Vancouver on January 15,16. Would it be a "shocker" if Andy was at one of those shows with a contract?

Steel Panther is a LA stable and they will be playing at NAMM during the cruise.

Yes - respect the ship!! It was a disgrace on how the public areas looked like last year. From the bathrooms to the pool deck to the lounge. Use the trashcans for fuck sakes and ashtrays most importantly. And I have to agree with the "dress-code" at the sitdown restaurants and for some rea...

cowboy71 wrote:Interesting statistics.

Percentage of lineup known, with 16 days to go:

2011 - 92.85%
2012 - 83.33%
2013 - 82.92%
2014 - 70.73%
2015 - 62.29%

I think, that is what you call a trend.

Dear god - don't encourage him with stats like that

:death: I'm flying out of Philadelphia, Frontier Airlines Flight 1275 departing at 4:55pm to Miami at 7:45pm on the 21st. I could stay with a lady friend who is in West Palm Beach but I'm worried about over sleeping and missing the boat. I almost feel safer just hitting up a bar until closing time ...

Flying into FLL on the 18th at about 2pm - rent car - drive to Rock 'n Roll Ribs - eat and catch up with a buddy of mine - drive down to Miami - stay on South Beach till the morning of the 21st - drive into Miami for breakfast (found a cute local dive with awesome food) - drive up to Fort Lauderdale...

Someone mentioned this in another thread - Morbid Angel can be ruled out. Not because they don't like cruises, but rather because David will be at NAMM.

As a matter of fact ANY band whose member/s are going to NAMM can be ruled out - so this also includes Testament since Alex is performing in LA

IF moshing is done right there should be no issue. Start the pit about 5+ rows back (depending on the size of the venue and how many people are there) and leave the folks who are close to the barrier alone. BUT, the moshing mentality of some are "let's try to hit everyone who is in attendance&q...

For those who fancy the "harder" bands - Morbid Angel can be ruled out. David Vincent has a longstanding commitment at NAMM and since the cruise is at the same time they can't. As a matter of fact ANY band or musician who you come across announcing that they will be at the NAMM trade show ...

Blind Guardian, Heathen, Grave Digger, Annihilator

At PPM Fest last weekend the photo pit was only open for the first three songs for any band. After that all photographers had to get out. See my post earlier in the thread. While this is industry standard, it wouldn't work on 70K since the photo pits are way smaller than on festivals. The last coup...

As one of those who usually stands in your way I agree to some point and I actually try to take care of business during one or 1.5 songs at the most. First 3 songs won't work since there are WAY to many photog on broad. Having two groups like at some bigger festivals looks nice on paper but the phot...

I have to agree with Mal. The service this year was not up to par. Our room attendant ROCKED and so did some of the servers which knew me already. Other than that ... where were the servers walking around in the Spectrum or the Chorus Line or Boleros at times for that matter. Why didn't the servers ...

I don't know who wrote it somewhere above, but as one of the "OLD PEOPLE" I give my two cents as well. First off, I could care less what people are wearing, at my age I have seen it all (or most at least) and the outfits (be it the dental floss or the speedo) didn't bother me in the least....

I have another newbie question. We are having a family health emergency going on right now and I would really like to be able to stay in touch. Will my cell phone work on the boat even if it cost me a fortune? If that won't work will I be able to use wifi even if its expensive? And in case you have...

Copied from my FB: Jan 27: Get taxi to port @ 11:00am Get onbroad @ 12:00pm Get drink @ 12:01pm 70000 tons of Metal Cruise w/ Bands TBA Jan 31: Get kicked off boat @ 11am Depart Ft. Lauderdale @ 2:15pm SEE YOU ALL SOOOOOOOOON!!! Might want to check with taking a shuttle to the port if you are stayi...

TOM CRUISE wrote:Ummmm Birgit they did not ever have all that beer on our cruises. The highest proof was the Guiness extra in bottle (Eric and I are drinking in my avatar). Those were 7.5% abv. That sure would be nice if they did have tripel at 9%. Mmmmmm

potAto - potato - it was more to show about the prices

While surfing the interweb I found this, it's for the Allure of the Seas, so there are also pics for a wine dispenser, but the menu prices for all the other bars are the same. This will be very helpful for any newcomer !!!

drink menus for the bars on broad

epartos wrote:I emailed RC about this and the representative that answered me said that the packages should be available for 70000 tons. Just book online when checking in was what he said.

YESSSSSSSSS !!!

broegaard wrote:I paid cash each time I asked for a beer....

WHAT ???