December 2nd would be the winner if we use all information sources. https://cruiseradio.net/royal-caribbean-cancels-all-cruises-through-february-2021/ It isn't 'official official' cancellation until it's from Andy's mouth/70k's official media channels. Clearly it isn't happening at this point, and ...
2019 - Mors Principium Est super late night pool deck show - Ne Obliviscaris super late night pool deck show 2018 - Enslaved second set conflicting with... I think Septicflesh and Swallow the Sun, not well scheduled 2017 - Got to see every single set I wanted to see! 2016 - Insomnium's 'right before...
I'm gonna bank on it happening in late November/early December 2021 (not without precedent - remember Barge To Hell sailed first week of December). That way it is still 70000 Tons of Metal 2021. I like your optimism ! If that did happen like you suggest , what would happen with 2022 cruise , not li...
At least VoA got a few shows in, and UTA would not have had a huuuge travel cost. Feel for Omnium/Insomnium the most. All the way to the US from Finland for ONE. SHOW. That would have literally left them tens of thousands out of pocket. Not to belittle Insominium Gatherum but they have the fanbase ...
cowboy71 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 24, 2020 6:02 pm
- Blind Guardian - Twist In the Myth 15th Anniversary set (not necessarily my fave but only album of theirs celebrating an anniv)
It's never THAT accurate, anyway. Call it 20th anniversary of Night at the Opera and sell all of the tickets instantly.
Yeah, this week was the week I was really feeling it coming, and I am a bit surprised that we've heard nothing yet. It's frustrating cause I just wanna keep this hype train going, and its confusing cause each day it gets harder to sell those last few cabins. But we do have the first ever headline t...
I don't think it's a question so much of 'Sold out', in that there are zero tickets/cabins available - because we know they will do some last-minute juggling to get to that threshold - the real question is, at what point are all the desirable cabins/configurations completely sold out for private cab...
The wait list happened immediately after public sales opened. "Sold out" just means it's impossible to buy tickets or change hands anymore. Correct. 70k can really mark it sold out whenever they choose. The previous 2 years have had waiting lists, but don't forget 2017 and earlier. Availa...
Until UMC has begun accepting money from people, those terms and conditions are just words on a website, not legally binding. There is nothing to stop them from announcing Oct 1st, requiring the first payment upon booking, and subsequent payments as normal on every 24th as normal thereafter. There's...
I'm just gonna say it - I think you're reading way too much into an FAQ date for the payment plan as a true 'drop dead' date. Nothing, including the UMC responses, have specifically indicated that there will be announcements before the published payment plan start date - only that the payment plan w...
As incredible as 70k is, having a balcony room every year has been a necessity. The whole experience is overwhelming (in a good way), but having a truly quiet place to silently watch the seas and sip on a drink has been a must for my mental health through the whole thing - just a chance to center my...
The interstitial music used between scenes and in the background is truly awful, it should be noted. It sounds like a 5 year old playing with a drum kit.
Both Alestorm and Amorphis are coming off of very heavy touring cycles where they have played pretty much everywhere, recently, and as such nobody is chomping at the bit to see them again right now, but they're still widely appreciated and respected, and would be more impactful when a boat appearanc...
Insomnium - 2018 - Probably the best set I've seen on the boat, ever, was the ice rink set that more than one person has observed in the past really kicked off 2018 for them. Seeing 'Weather the Storm' with Mikael was once-in-a-lifetime amazingness. Katatonia - 2016 - The pool deck set transformed ...
Megadeth (also, they have their own boat)
Opeth (are they really still metal anyhow?)
Slayer (theoretically soon to be defunct)
Black Sabbath (also now defunct)
Dream Theater (evidently, any given member playing solo is now a festival headliner in the USA)
For all the complaining about repeats, a certain proportion of the billing will be higher-profile bands. At least 80% of the higher profile bands that still exist, play live, and aren't too big for the boat, have done the boat already - most of the rest have probably made a conscious decision not to...
Not to be critical, but I'm noticing some people are listing bands that were announced very late in the cycle, and very unlikely prior to your booking. I think the point of this is the bands you were aware of being on the boat, that served as a deciding factor, before you shelled out your hard earne...
2016 - Overall overwhelming quality of the lineup by the time public sales came around
2017 - Therion, Amorphis, Draconian, and Omnium Gatherum
2018 - Insomnium, Dark Tranquillity, and October Tide
2019 - Eluveitie and Tiamat - with much less enthusiasm than previous years, however
:P This is all in fun but just wondering what you thought was the most pointless moment of 2019? For me, as much as I ADORE Delain, I thought given that they only had 45 minute sets, to do an extended drum and guitar solo was POINTLESS! Also even though I only caught one Kamelot set, looks like the...
Very unlikely to be able to attend this year, but will still leave a list of great bands that I will feel terrible about if they get booked. Alestorm Amorphis Battle Beast Be'lakor Belzebus Blind Guardian Bloodywood Borknagar Chthonic Dark Tranquillity Demons & Wizards Devin Townsend Dimmu Borgi...
Now that it's back up - wow, that's some surprises. Black Dahlia Murder gets 45 minutes (not that I'm complaining). Dark Funeral gets 60? Pleasant surprise! Eluveitie is a headliner! Wow. Rage & LMO are a headliner.... head scratch... confused... has anyone even heard of these guys before? Kamel...
I've spent most of the afternoon trying to figure out why Dragony is catchy, cheesy, but somehow not way too cheesy... and I suddenly realized their sound is basically Visions of Atlantis and Sabaton crushed into one band.
Let’s try to predict the timing of the next announcements (if any :evil:). Since we’re inside of a week, we don’t need dates anymore, just days. - next one on Saturday at noon PST - 2 announcements that day - 3 on Sunday - 4 on Monday - nothing on Tuesday - last one on Wednesday morning, followed b...
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...
I'm not really super familiar with the album, but evidently without the 'unlisted hidden track' instrumental, the tracklist for Roots is 59 minutes long (per Wikipedia). Take that how you will. No. Title Lyrics Music Length 1. "Roots Bloody Roots" 3:32 2. "Attitude" Max Cavalera...
And of course, the less said about Dead Cross the better, but the garbage article one of their members wrote about 70k definitely indicated they didn't know anything about it until a few days ahead of time.
I'm not really super familiar with the album, but evidently without the 'unlisted hidden track' instrumental, the tracklist for Roots is 59 minutes long (per Wikipedia). Take that how you will. No. Title Lyrics Music Length 1. "Roots Bloody Roots" 3:32 2. "Attitude" Max Cavalera,...
I don’t get that. I’ve never gotten to port before noon. What’s the point? Because most people are getting bounced from their hotels by 11 anyway, and once you're on board you have access to free food and socially acceptable drinking. I mean, pretty much exactly that. While last year I was in the m...
The only wrench in that theory is that Andy did specifically state the 2019 cruise would be our last year on the Indy... I do presume 70k will remain on something with a similar capacity, though. When did he ever specifically state it was the last year? The exact wording, to my memory, is 'One more...
Too much extra crap on stage, not enough playing. Sing alongs and band intro/talking. Seemed like they only had about an hour of material to play. Pretty sure one of the sets was a bit shorter than the allotted time also. They played basically the exact same sets (if memory serves, only one song wa...