It better be. Can't think of a better way to close the boat.
There were no “listening parties” listed on the schedule.ExtraneouS wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:13 am Do we know if Fleshgod is playing their new album live, or is it going to be a listening party like what Blind Guardian did a few years back?
Can I interest you in missing Napalm Death or the Return to Roots set for In Vain?
SURE
Same here. Showed up at 11 and were on the boat at noon.
Yea, I pitched him a softball question. I am not press and did not want to crash the party and be a dick. I was expecting a softball answer "Due to the hard work of my dedicated crew". I got so much more than I was expecting.Malaka wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 5:29 pmWait a minute... You went to a press conference where you had an opportunity to ask Andy a question, and with all the conjecture regarding the lapse in band announcements, and the overall disdain for the timing of announcements, you asked him about the fucking wind?!slayergeek wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 2:55 pm Not sure where this bit of news belongs, but it’s an awesome story that deserves to be told.
I was at Andy’s press conference at the end of the cruise and got to ask a question.
My question was this:
Given the challenging wind and weather conditions when we left Miami, how in the hell did you guys build the pool stage deck on time.
His answer was not what I expected. This is an not an exact quote, but it’s a summary of his answer.
We turned the ship around and sailed in the wrong direction for 3 hours. This allowed us to counter the winds and was done as much for the safety of the crew building the stage, as well as giving us the opportunity to get the stage ready on time.
This move was not without financial implications. Sailing in the wrong direction and then speeding up to make it to Labadee on time was expensive in terms of fuel consumption. These extra expenses will have to paid for by UMC, but it was worth it for the safety of the crew and to help start off the cruise running as smoothly as possible.
Thank you Andy for all that you do to make sure the cruise goes off as awesome as it always does.
Well played man.
In order for a cruise to be considered international and not subject to US law, the ship must visit at least 1 foreign port. Going to the US and back would subject the ship 100% to all US labor and safety laws. RRC would never allow that.Bolt_Thrower wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 11:42 am 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 the fuel and reduce the effects of the wind.
Surprised they haven't just gone to their private island Coco Cay in the Bahamas. Would be a real short trip from Miami.slayergeek wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:18 pmIn order for a cruise to be considered international and not subject to US law, the ship must visit at least 1 foreign port. Going to the US and back would subject the ship 100% to all US labor and safety laws. RRC would never allow that.Bolt_Thrower wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 11:42 am 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 the fuel and reduce the effects of the wind.
Ron, thanks for asking that, because it really explains why the next morning we were going so damn fast! I had never seen the ship go that fast, and I guess they were trying to make up for the time they went backwards. We were hauling ass on Friday morning!slayergeek wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:18 pmIn order for a cruise to be considered international and not subject to US law, the ship must visit at least 1 foreign port. Going to the US and back would subject the ship 100% to all US labor and safety laws. RRC would never allow that.Bolt_Thrower wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 11:42 am 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 the fuel and reduce the effects of the wind.
I was actually expecting CocoCay as our destination for 2020. It now has a dock and the water-park construction should be all finished by then. Also, the fact that it's so close would mean that they wouldn't have to worry as much about fuel surcharges if they turn the ship to avoid the winds. They could even have sailed "with the wind" during pool-deck shows to minimize the apparent winds across the deck.SavaRon wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:27 pmSurprised they haven't just gone to their private island Coco Cay in the Bahamas. Would be a real short trip from Miami.slayergeek wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:18 pmIn order for a cruise to be considered international and not subject to US law, the ship must visit at least 1 foreign port. Going to the US and back would subject the ship 100% to all US labor and safety laws. RRC would never allow that.Bolt_Thrower wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 11:42 am 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 the fuel and reduce the effects of the wind.
I feel this pretty hard, adding a strong desire not to visit the states if I can avoid it. If none of you had guessed yet based on my post in the wishlist thread, I will probably skip out on next year.SavaRon wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 5:40 pm Probably not doing next year for several reasons. Right after the holidays will be tough. We are doing MegaCruise in October. The whole announcement thing that happens pisses me off. I won't even think of booking until most of the lineup is announced. Which means I would have to buy on the secondary market. Might be back in 2021, who knows.
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 loved them too.
I tried to look up standard SeaPass colors that Royal uses on CruiseCritic and became promptly confused. Royal places a LOT of emphasis on whether you're in a suite or not, and some ships issue black cards for suite guests.
Because this is a charter Andy, to some extent, gets to make up his own rules for that sort of thing.Pellaz wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 2:17 pmI tried to look up standard SeaPass colors that Royal uses on CruiseCritic and became promptly confused. Royal places a LOT of emphasis on whether you're in a suite or not, and some ships issue black cards for suite guests.
Supposedly they do not change the colors of the SeaPass cards based on number of cruises (or number of nights, which is how their point system works), but my experience last year and this year says otherwise.
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 represented. I know we had Singapore and Japan. Not sure about China, Vietnam, Thailand, Etc, etc.
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