1349 Alestorm Anthrax Behemoth Blind Guardian Death! Death! Die! Degial Dimmu Borgir Enslaved Epica Ghost God Seed Huntress Immortal Iron Reagan Kampfar Korpiklaani Marduk Melechesh Municipal Waste Necronomicon (can) Nightwish Sabaton Shining (swe) Skeletonwitch Steel Panther Taake Tarja Therion Vre...

NJDevil wrote:Emperor or Immortal and that Noturno Culto will be joining Satyricon for a Darkthrone set

This. Impossible dream announcement for me though would be Watain.

So I contacted Royal Caribbean through their online chat and they told me that the company that charters the boat can make changes to the availability of the beverage packages. If UMC does get a cut of booze sales then the alcohol packages are probably a no go.

No dice. It shows the beverage package but gives me this error "Online sales for Alcohol Packages are currently not available for your sailing. If your cruise vacation begins more than two months from today, please visit the website closer to your sail date. Please note that certain itineraries...

I just checked in online and it wouldn't let me book any beverage packages

Watain would be amazing; one of the best live bands I've ever seen but I doubt they would play on a boat. Other than that Emperor (doubtful) Immortal or Vreid.

Die Antwoord. Completely the opposite of metal but awesome.

I support this.

Pyramus wrote:Nightwish.

Yes; playing Once in it's entirety.

So Simone from Epica is pregnant but due at the end of the summer so they could still play the cruise no....

Definitely Behemoth (Barge doesn't count as a repeat right?:p). And Hate.

I propose Brian Posehn doing impromptu comedy sets and/or hosting Karaoke.

I love drinking Blue Moon on the cruise; exotic stuff to Canadians. Blue Moon and Rickard's White are the exact same beer, actually! Blue Moon Brewing Co. is a part of Tenth and Blake Beer Company, the craft and import division of Chicago-based MillerCoors. In Canada, Blue Moon Belgian White is mar...

biertroll wrote:

alex_canada wrote:Should we just all book rooms in the central one now and take it over?

I'm down with this.

Done deal. Miami International Travellers Hostel booked for 5 of us.

I love drinking Blue Moon on the cruise; exotic stuff to Canadians.

Yup! Just put the bottles (the rule is two per cabin max, but they don't keep track of the cabin #'s at security) in a carry on bag and walk through security with them. One of the security guys even complimented me on my choices. It's a good idea to bring your own corkscrew. Killer; thanks for the ...

Epica, Alestorm, Kamelot, Therion, Orphaned Land. Also Amon Amarth of course

Interested to know if anyone successfully brought their wine on board? We didn't try, thought it might be a hassle but wouldn't mind taking some this year.

We stayed at the South Beach hostel in 2013 which was great but we are thinking of trying to book the Miami International Hostel this year because of the more central location. Has anyone been to both; which one is better?

SatansWrath wrote:Would love to see Brymir

I second this motion.

rootleaf wrote:UMC just needs to stop being small time and get a real credit card processing system instead of Moneybookers.

THIS.

I had this same error for 2 days now; UMC said to contact Moneybookers which is next to impossible. Basically you have to create an account on their site then apply to have your sending limit increased. These are the instructions they sent me: 1) Self-verification Please login to your Skrill account...

I concur. Every year my experience keeps getting worse; this year is by far the winner though.

Stained Class wrote:

alex_canada wrote:vegan black metal chef in the windjammer...cooking workshop?

OMG THIS.

THIS

Mine was just under $300, mostly booze except for a cruise shirt and an excursion.
My travel partner rang it at just under $400, with the same exceptions as above plus a carton of cigs.
We also had $100 worth of "extra" booze on board.

Similar to last year's wish list with quite a few repeats... Anthrax Amaranthe Amon Amarth Arch Enemy Behemoth Blind Guardian Brymir Darkthrone Death! Death! Die! Dimmu Borgir Enslaved Epica Fear Factory God Seed Huntress Immortal Machine Head Mayan Sebastian Bach Skletonwitch Slayer Steel Panther T...

On a related note does anyone know if there is a bar on South Beach where we can catch the Oilers/Flames game? Fat chance I know but worth a shot

Found a pretty decent place called Kill Your Idol on Espanola Way last year to drink; they serve mead There was also a Japanese place that had free beer on Sundays and Mondays with a minimal food purchase, can't remember the name though....

YES.

Epica.

Just reserved the South Beach Hostel, for the price you can't go wrong. We stayed in the Hotel Astor last year which was really nice but the price has shot up like crazy since then. You definitely need to stay on South beach as most things are within walking distance; we stayed in Little Haiti the f...

mooyagi wrote:-Hofbräuhaus Miami http://www.hofbraumiami.com/

THIS.

The past couple years I have been able to troll the Royal Caribbean site for info on the destination and excursions but I can't seem to find anything on Cockburn town. Anyone know what there is to do in this place other than offshore banking ?

X-Thor wrote:
What's wrong with the Banger films stuff?

Headbangers Journey, Global Metal and Flight 666 were all pretty good but when it came to Metal Evolution it just seemed like the focus was too much on Sam Dunn (and how he knows Iron Maiden lol) rather than the music itself.

Until The Light Takes us is a pretty unbiased Black Metal documentary .

Vice does some really awesome shit too; the Banger films stuff generally just pisses me off.

Rock und Wikingerbar is definitely the best bar I've ever been to and Halford's is a close second.

Turisas
Ensiferum
Dragonforce
Helloween

I simply don't have the time and resources to do both cruises so I will be a little choked if Barge steals all the heavier stuff.

As much as I love power, folk and epic metal the thing I love about the cruise is the variety of bands on board. That being said there are no major black metallers announced as of yet. A few suggestions: Watain, Immortal, Vreid, Necronomicon (the Canadian one) Anyone else?

This made my day.