Phoenix wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:41 pm

Also, do we consider this the Megathread?

I don’t think so. I just commented in a different post and it bumped it to the top.

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I honestly don’t see them doing something during the MegaCruise,and give everyone a chance to get back home as well. Or tomorrow morning, as people are disembarking, and longing for a better cruise experience where shows don't get shut down by the police. police? Some inside info?? People on Megacr...

deathmetalpat wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:10 am

I honestly don’t see them doing something during the MegaCruise,and give everyone a chance to get back home as well.

Or tomorrow morning, as people are disembarking, and longing for a better cruise experience where shows don't get shut down by the police.

they have yet to break any promises or commitments Lol https://70000tons.com/home/ “Book your cabins NOW” https://70000tons.com/terms-conditions/ https://70000tons.com/payment-questions/ https://70000tons.com/payment-schedule/ https://youtu.be/FIj1wj34AwU “I made some changes so that should anythin...

cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 17, 2019 2:22 am

Cardest wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:11 pm

How many sailors are also going through some 'mental' health issues?
All of us!

Indeed.

It's now over a week since this was posted, and what have we ACTUALLY got? ACTUAL NEW stuff.

A logo.

A day 4 recap.

*golf. clap*

Hey, it’s not just any logo! It’s.... it’... a green X!

Rapidly losing interest in this. I last mentioned I was about 85% still in. Then the Skip message came out. Recap vids, what a waste of time sitting through those one day at a time. Like, c'mon already, get on with it. Now, I thought for sure like 99% of us, we get bands today. Hours ago.... If not...

cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 16, 2019 3:14 pm

They were on a roll. Four recap videos in 4 days, all at the same time and today!

NOTHING

It was actually 5 days in a row. They did the preparty video on Friday. I bet you they were watching their servers overload at 5:00 today, laughing their asses off.

Well "last festival in a while" could still mean that they're going to play on the 70k SOON. I wouldn't rule them out due to this post. The cruise is 3 months away. Why would they say “last festival in a while” if their next festival appearance is mere months away? Does “in a while” mean something ...

“ Stay tuned for all the news coming next week. Brace yourselves... Full Speed Ahead!!!” 70k has never foreshadowed band announcements or booking codes,news is news and that could be anything from promos to a further explanation for the delay.In fact this all but rules out anything important this w...

Just based on speculation, I'd add... -- Insomnium. New album just out, haven't been on in a couple of years now, and they clearly love the boat. No tourdate conflicts that I remember. -- Omnium Gatherum. See above, except for the "new album" part. :lol: -- Gyze. New album just out and is getting a...

They are on Megacruise, so it's doubtful. Since that is going out of L.A it's still a possibility, but it probably has more to do with Todd and Casey living in Florida though. Thanks or the info. I would wonder though, with Megacruise being next week, perhaps there isn't necessarily an exclusivity ...

Can’t believe there is even speculation here.. it is more than obvious, if boat happens, Epica will be there.

cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 02, 2019 2:59 pm

A game to relieve the MASSIVE. FUCKING. BOREDOM. created by lack of well, anything from 70K.

How do you feel about everything, in a song?

Me previously:

BLIND FAITH - Warrant

NOW:

ALL HOPE IS GONE - Slipknot

Limp Bizkit - Break stuff

ShoreSlayer has been brutally executed... Now what? Shall we concede victory to drrock? We SURELY must have a band announcement by Christmas! Right?!? December 25th drrock Nyet, that's a throw away vote, but yeah technically the winner. Next year when ya'll do this, I picking Oct 15th as the 1st an...

FYI: http://www.royalcaribbeanincentives.com/full-ship-charter-faqs/ So, it looks like UMC is about to make their final payment on the charter in about 2 weeks. It shouldn’t matter to RC if UMC has their customers pay for their cabins in Monopoly money at the time of sailing. Except for the fact th...

They can’t change any terms,those are dictated by Royal Caribbean in the contract, even the price per cabin is. The payment plan is through UMC, not RC. Why would Royal Caribbean care what date UMC uses for their cutoff? They get their money either way. I guess the point there though is that IF it ...

deathmetalpat wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 23, 2019 4:06 pm

They can’t change any terms,those are dictated by Royal Caribbean in the contract, even the price per cabin is.

The payment plan is through UMC, not RC. Why would Royal Caribbean care what date UMC uses for their cutoff? They get their money either way.

Did last year sell out? I remember seeing the "SOLD OUT" announcement in previous years, but don't recall it last year. It's entirely possible I just wasn't paying attention though. The wait list happened immediately after public sales opened. "Sold out" just means it's impossible to buy tickets or...

Maybe. I believe it might struggle to sell out for a while. With so many sailors quitting in anger. Airfares too high and complete lack of news. Suddenly, things will pick up around mid November or so, when we get a few 1st timer bands. Who knows! I’ve seen a lot more people desperate for booking c...

Let's assume that they are a trusted charter client and they can present the passenger manifest on the day before sailing. So the last payment can be done in very early January. That would give them room with the payment plan until in October. No one ever said that 3 monthly payments all need to be...

I definitely side with Godflesh on this one. Yes, sure, they could change the terms & conditions - but by all that is unholy how BAD would that look? Public relations disaster! "The Lord andy has given unto you this 3.....*smash*....2, 2 month payment plan" https://media1.giphy.com/media/11XcgX9MWV...

It seems a bit unfair to open booking at the end of September and then penalize your customers if they don't finalize their full cabin by the beginning of October. That's in addition to the fact of having only a few days (hours? minutes?) to benefit from the payment plan once public booking opens. ...

Here’s my working theory. Whichever big name band (or bands) they had lined up backed out at the last minute. So they’re either trying to figure out how to get them back, or scrambling to find replacements that would be worthy of headliner status for a “milestone” event in Round X. As a result, I’m...

Here’s my working theory. Whichever big name band (or bands) they had lined up backed out at the last minute. So they’re either trying to figure out how to get them back, or scrambling to find replacements that would be worthy of headliner status for a “milestone” event in Round X. As a result, I’m...

Y'all seem to think that UMC can process gold sales in a day or two. The number of Gold sailors increases every year, and in previous years they had like a business week to process these things. And you want them to cram all that work into a DAY? If that's the plan, this is setting themselves up fo...

Y'all seem to think that UMC can process gold sales in a day or two. The number of Gold sailors increases every year, and in previous years they had like a business week to process these things. And you want them to cram all that work into a DAY? If that's the plan, this is setting themselves up fo...

16 days to the four-payment-plan cutoff of Sept 25. It is more and more looking like there will be no gold-silver-public deliniation this year. The following VERY TIGHT timeline only JUST fits in to 16 days, even if announcements start today! *Announce bands* *bit of a break - at least 24 hours?* *...

Not even a "4 months to go!" post.. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. I thought for sure there woulda been a 4 months to sailing post at least I hate all this guessing. It sucks! It’s actually a good sign that they didn’t post that. Those posts are mainly to distract us when they have nothing els...

I don’t give two shits about Demons & Wizards...can we just get some goddamn bands?!? I agree. I never heard about them until last year in this forum, and I’ll repeat my opinion that a band with only 2 albums to their name and 5-digit monthly listeners on Spotify cannot qualify as a first announcem...

---------- * although I'm starting to develop a theory about the delay..... Demons & Wizards "big" first announcement, and needing to wait until after Progpower to announce? Not that 70k NEEDS a big first announcement - it will be sold out within a month regardless of who is announced. But *if* the...

Maybe this is Andy's plan to bring in more fresh blood. Delay things so more veterans drop out and hope that new blood is still their ready and willing to take their place. "If" the delay is a conscience choice for that purpose, rather than the semi-normal behind the scene chaos that is 70,000 tons...

The clock has run out for me. I've set my vacation dates, so I'm officially not going next year, unless something extraordinary happens during the next week. That sucks. But what were you waiting for? I've booked my vacation dates as well, and they coincide with Jan. 7-11. I've also coincidentally ...

So lets use some of these figures for a new theory. **Gold Starts - 3 out of the last 4 cruises there has been a 10 day gap before silver, so lets stick with that. - 10 Day break **Silver Starts - Anywhere from 5 days to 35 days?!?! Hard to say which, but lets go with the low. - 5 Day break **Publi...

Do we even know for sure if the payment plan is still around? If I was Andy and saw that a minority of cruisers used it, I'd just scrap it since it's extra work involved. And then people who pay upfront don't have a discount. Gives umc less work and more money this way. It's stated in the FAQ that ...

It varies wildly year on year, heavily dependent on how long between first band/s and sailing. 2011 - 6 bands first up (over a year out from sailing), a month until next band 2012 - 7 bands first up (almost 300 days before sailing), another 3 forty days later 2013 - 10 bands first up (only 215 days...

Maybe now that he has broken the record for shortest amount of days between first band announcement and sailing, Skipper wants to break another record. Latest point in the year for first band announcement! So maybe 1st of September for first bands - which coincidently is also my birthday, so that w...

To be fair, I don't think Andy has ever posted a Days/Months countdown post unless it was in the megathread Not true, at least not this year. Countdowns have been posted on separate stand-alone threads, to which nobody replies :lol: That being said, if we don't see an announcement in another *check...

How have I gone over! Going over the date would be to pick a date greater than the date the announcement is made Sir, you need to calm down "It's just a TV show, IT'S JUST A TV SHOW!" :lol: It's simple. If announcements happen today (hah hah), mbob can share the prize with Statsman and rebirth. So,...

I reckon there will be at least 24 hours between an official "SOON" post, and first bands announced so it's looking good that we set a record for the shortest number of days between first announcements and sailing :P Even before the SOON post, I would expect a day 4 recap and an Official 2020 Megat...