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...

For anyone planning on spending extended amounts of time in the casino - I hope you like smoke. Maybe I'm just a softy from California where cigarettes are banned basically everywhere outside the home, but I couldn't stand being in there for much longer than the time it takes to walk from one end t...

One urban legend is that Royal uses any unsold cabins for extra beer storage. It is quite possible, and I think someone DID post that they saw crew members handtrucking beer out of a cabin down the hall from their room. :shock: :twisted: On the 2015 cruise, there was a dead cabin across from the on...

I got 11.
It got a little easier for me later in the video because they had more melodeath bands toward the end.

It's the day we get on the boat. The only period of time where there's nothing to do. Between this forum meet n' greet, "La Esquina De La Ñ" (latinos' meet n greet) and the ProgPower USA photo, I get quite busy before we start sailing Yep, it will be a fast run to get to the PP photo shoot. :lol:

Thanks! For some reason it bothers me less to spend $70 a day for unlimited drinks rather than $7 ten times for bottles of beer. Oh well. From what I understand, they offered the unlimited drink package on one of the first 70k’s, and we literally drank the ship dry. To the point where they had to c...

The bands have to be booked many months in advance. Actually a good portion of bands don't know they're doing the cruise until we do. Diamond Head in 2016 for example were contacted about a week before the cruise. Yep. Wintersun was booked the Sunday before sailing in 2015, and were famously announ...

So far we got: 1 Captain 1 Commander 1 Lieutenant 2 Sub-Lieutenants 1 Ensign 3 Chief Petty Officers 4 Petty Officers 1 Crewman 1 Wiper Need to add Godflesh as a middie and me as an ensign. Although, in the space-navy-based fan club I'm a member of*, I'm a Captain junior-grade and the skipper of a b...

Really happy to see Tyr added, especially this late in the game. Lots of great possibilities for "B" too. Borknagar would top my list there. What the hell is with making an "Arrival Appointment"? And why is the earliest one 11:30? RC should know by now, people will be lining up at 8am wanting to get...

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Borknagar would make me deliriously happy (bucket-list band for me), while Beast In Black would make my cabinmate Derek very happy. I'd like to see Black Crown Initiate; Be'Lakor would be good, too. Body Count? Sore, and they should be required to do their "remake" of "Institutionalized." :lol: I'm ...

I went ahead and booked the alpine roller-coaster for Labadee. Last time I booked the water park/coaster combo, but the water park was a waste since I didn't have the arm-strength to do it. Live and learn! Also booked the Surf-n-stream Internet for one device and the soda-only package. For those who...

Razor Ramon wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 11, 2019 5:41 pm

So how many will I thumbs down, meh, or celebrate? Hmmmm..

I'm gonna say 9 thumbs-down and maybe one thumbs-up, which might or might not be Wintersun.

last_candle wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:31 pm

well, the "preparation" with its short test-line and such easily takes an hour, but there isn't much walking involved

Yes, THAT part is true. Not the kind of thing you can knock off in 20 minutes.

The ‘T’ band will be either TYR, TURISAS, or TROLLFEST. Then 2x3 Cripper bands. Then a thrash band, perhaps ANNIHILATOR, but hoping for POWER TRIP. Then a party band, probably TROLLFEST, unless they’re announced next, in which case it will be TYR or TURISAS instead. Then WINTERSUN announced shortly...