cegr80 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:36 am

Can someone with polling rights please create the poll for the 2019 Cripper Award? Thanks

Are we even going to bother with it? I thought after all that weirdness with one of the bands "priming the pump" too much a few years ago, the Cripper Award had, alas, been retired....

According to the source of all truth (AKA, Google) there are 197 countries in the world. As 70k usually only has representation from 70-ish countries that leaves a heck of a lot that haven't 70K-ed yet. Yes? And...? <In Wallace Shawn/Vizzini voice> We're WAITING! :lol: Numbers were actually down th...

cegr80 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 12, 2019 12:31 pm

Sent a PM to Tom Couture on fb asking for our group photo. He hasn't replied yet

I knew it. My ugly visage broke his camera. R.I.P.

March 28th Castroh
March 31st cowboy71
April 15th Slayergeek
May 5 Speedy
May 10 Jeyrow
June 25th nekrobarr
July 3rd meshuggah
July 20th Pellaz
July 24th Godflesh
August 5th mbob
September 1 AstridDragon
September 10th Tiki108

As for pointless moments, I have to agree that Kalmah's "jokes" also took the cake. (Just not the embark-day cake. )

IT. WAS. NOT. I've been 5 times and I've never have seen these cakes except in recap vids. Apparantly you have to go directly to the Windjammer after boarding. They actually did two cakes this year. There was one on boarding day, and another one on day 3(?). I have no idea when they were actually s...

And I don't just mean those that have done all UMC cruises, or those that have done all 70000 Tons cruises. I'm talking about those of us that were there for the first one. Those of us that took a massive gamble by throwing obscene amounts of money at some upstart cruise, where the organiser would ...

cegr80 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 13, 2019 12:22 pm

Who's coming this year and what is your favorite band to see? Mine are Barren Earth and Psychotic Waltz

I'll be there, of course. (Hell, I'm local.)
I'm actually co-sponsoring Barren Earth.

cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 09, 2019 5:56 am

According to the source of all truth (AKA, Google) there are 197 countries in the world.

As 70k usually only has representation from 70-ish countries that leaves a heck of a lot that haven't 70K-ed yet.

Yes?

And...?

<In Wallace Shawn/Vizzini voice> We're WAITING!

I second the vote for the Viking Crown lounge as next years meeting space. Plenty of space Almost always very quite Only down side is the bar in unlikely to be open, but maybe we can put a bug in someone’s ear to have it staffed :) Viking Crown Lounge, noice! A place I've never seen on the boat. Th...

LOL, I remember I went to the Windjammer once cuz I was craving for a burger and made myself one. I was lit so the burger tasted like glory :lol: You must have been REALLY lit, then. I haven't had a hamburger THAT bad since high-school. :shock: . . I think Viking Crown sounds like a great idea. Bar...

Yeah, that might happen. How about at the elevators on deck 11 or 12 at the same time (where you go to WJ, forward elevators?)? No one can get outside so it should be quite quiet place. I second the vote for the Viking Crown lounge as next years meeting space. Plenty of space Almost always very qui...

That's actually a good question. Every time they announce the number of nations, I believe it must be a mix of both attendees and band members. Considering there are 195 countries, we can assume we are missing a lot of nations represented on the boat I think the Asian countries are likely under rep...

Yep, I'm thinking maybe the Sports Bar or -- if we can be SURE it's open at embark -- the Viking Crown Lounge for 2020. . . Was good to meet a few of you for, oh, about 30 seconds. LOL I remember your Sigh t-shirt. :D Looking forward to seeing them later this year in Atlanta. . Stupid me didn't real...

Probably the pit during the Fleshgod Apocalypse's Ice Rink show I lost one of my brand new earplugs during this set. I think I was putting it on/removing it when a crowdsurfer kicked me. Tried looking for it after the show but no dice Yep. HATE it when that happens. I always try to carry a spare or...

Here is one I forget, that I think Andy needs to make a real attempt to bring on board Violence is uniting for shows in April in the Bay Area. They have been defunct for a VERY long time and are an awesome band, both in studio and especially live. A Violence reunion on board would be awesome! Make ...

Here we go for 2020. I'll get around to updating my signature soooooooon. 1349 Abbath Aeternam Agalloch Agathodaimon Alestorm Allegaeon Amon Amarth Amorphis Animals As Leaders Arsis Ayreon Bal Sagoth Barren Earth Battlelore Behemoth Black Crown Initiate Blind Guardian Borknagar Cannibal Corpse Child...

Question about black survivors. Are they the only ones who would get that status or is it gonna be for anyone who reaches 10 cruises from now on? It sounded like it was for 10 cruises, but I'm not sure if any of us know. I hope they do it again, those cards were sweet. All the Royal Caribbean crew ...

mooyagi wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:36 am

Devin Townsend and Vuur so Anneke van Giersbergen can join him.

THAT would be totally awesome. We got that rare privilege at PPUSA, and it would be great to have that on the boat.

Thanks as always for your hard work on the app! Regarding the issue with the app on my LG V20 -- full schedule not displaying and no button on the top right to bring it up -- what info do you need from me to try to troubleshoot the problem? Now that you have a proper Internet connection. If you cli...

That's interesting about sailing backwards to build the stage. My question would be why does the ship need to go anywhere? Does anybody really care about the destination? Why not just sail out far enough until we no longer can see land, drop anchor, and turn the ship into a 4-day party barge? Save ...

Popped down to the Schooner Bar and it was too packed so I left. Sorry folks. :lol: Maybe next time. Excuses, excuses... In all honesty, it was indeed too packed and it was actually hot. We had to move out of the bar to take the group picture. Maybe try for the Sports Bar next year? It's a bit more...

Tiki108 wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 04, 2019 3:48 pm

Here’s the screenshot I took last night that led to the confusion.

https://imgur.com/a/zSD6K8O

Interior for just $435? Let's go!

Phoenix wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:25 am

Close second was everyone on the pool deck headbanging during the And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope breakdown. Always so very good.

Yep. One of the high points during the cruise for me.

Thanks as always for your hard work on the app!

Regarding the issue with the app on my LG V20 -- full schedule not displaying and no button on the top right to bring it up -- what info do you need from me to try to troubleshoot the problem?

This would have to wait until 2021 due to 2 of the bands being onbroad this year Opeth + Hypocrisy + Paradise Lost + Katatonia = Bloodbath with all 3 vocalists. Add Edge of Sanity to bring Dan Swano to the party. Or just add Dan Swano. Aside from ProgPower USA, I'm not sure he's ever performed on t...

AstridDragon wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 28, 2019 10:08 am

ollyhills wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 28, 2019 6:18 am

(I have reason to believe that Nekrogoblikon have been asked if they’re available )

I hope you are right and they say yes, daaaaaamn!

Rumors on the boat said Nekrogoblikon were asked shortly before the cruise...and given just an hour to confirm.

Last gig: BOAT!
Next ticketed gig: Iron Maiden. but I'm sure something else will come along before that tour

Really looking forward to this. See y'all in a bit more than 12 hours!

Also, at times when the pool deck can't be used, due to stage construction or bad weather, just drop down one deck to Deck 10 and use the stateroom corridors to bypass from one end of the ship to the other.

Cool, Napalm Death.

"M"elechesh would make ME really happy; so would Moonspell or Myrath.
"M"y Dying Bride would make my cabinmate Derek VERY happy.

I'd mentioned earlier that I was going to try to wear a fairly "unique" t-shirt to the Meet'n'Greet. I should be wearing a t-shirt from our Atlanta metal show WREKage. We only made about 30 of them so it should be pretty unique. :lol: (I might also wear a truly unique baseball-style cap. For that on...

Cue Dallas going bananas :P LOL, this was the first thing I thought of when I saw Dragony appear on the 70K app. :lol: . Necromancing the stone maybe next? seeing as a cruiser has filled in for them before and the ensiferum/arsis tour ends nearby. Pellaz, start interrogation ;) Nothing's been menti...

Last gig: I've completely forgotten
Next gig: BOAT! --Probably including a bucket-list band at 5:15 am OR right after muster-drill, but...BOAT!

After I saw the Kalmah tote being offered my mind quickly changed regarding standing on line for a ticket! This will be my first cruise so I obviously haven't experienced the merch queue but just from a numbers perspective, I can't understand why the lines would be so long. At a typical show that i...

Godflesh wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 26, 2019 1:32 am

I’ll take “Something trivial or commonplace that concludes a series of significant events” for $400, please.

Funny post, but CoB would be a non-trivial, significant announcement.

I'm still expecting Wintersun last, though.

Well, definitely can't say that Andy doesn't pay attention to our posts and hashtags... :lol: Not sure how to interpret that post, though. T and C are capitalized but do NOT have quotes around them. My best guess is as someone else surmised: three more announcements from three different countries. M...

The cruise has been fantastic every single year and he has never failed to book the number he said he would (and sometimes one or two extra) but any last minute emergency cancellation that necessitated sailing with under 60 bands would be a severe hit to his credibility. I get the idea that waiting...

cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 24, 2019 6:39 pm

Wow, so it wasn't that they pulled out - it sounds like they were PULLED :O

In the words of the kids from South Park, "This is some fucked-up shit right here."

For anyone who has done the coaster, it says you can have a guest on your cart. Do they need to pay separately or can they just come on your reservation? Per Royal's website: "Purchase a ticket and take a person along in your cart for free!" So, who wants to split it? :twisted: OR, I suppose someon...