My friend Justin isn't on social media but asked me to post his list for him:

Amorphis
Within Temptation
Equilibrium
Dalriadia
Wintersun
Nightwish
Amon Amarth

Thanks for being on top of things as usual Stats Man!! Can't wait!

Just updated my signature with as many as I could fit. (** top 6) 1st Timers **Voyager **Apocalypse Orchestra Solstafir Caligulas Horse Wilderun Winterhymn Opeth SuidAkarA Repeats **Saltatio Mortis **Apocalyptica **Lacuna Coil **Threshold Blind Guardian Starkill Caliban Dragonforce Amon Amarth Turis...

Eluveitie !!!
Saltatio Mortis !!!
Apocalypse Orchestra!!!
Heidevolk
Tyr
Apocalyptica
Blind Guardian
Voyager
Solstafir
Turisas
Lacuna Coil
Dragonforce
Amon Amarth
Twilight Force
SuidAkarA
Starkill
Caliban
Caligulas Horse
Opeth

Wishlist band! Excellent addition!

Dark Tranquility then Threshold , I missed both on previous cruises so I need to make up for it. Still holding hope for Eluveitie, Voyager , Apocalypse Orchestra and Apocalyptica to be announced among others. You have an amazing taste! Along those lines Dream Theater on your wishlist would be amazi...

Dark Tranquility then Threshold, I missed both on previous cruises so I need to make up for it.

Still holding hope for Eluveitie, Voyager, Apocalypse Orchestra and Apocalyptica to be announced among others.

I contacted 70k and they passed the contact info I gave them to my roommate, so we've sent a few emails back and forth. Really cool, I recommend it. I asked them to do the same, but I have heard from no one. kinda bummed... maybe i am terrifying and i don't know it? Same here, I figure there are lo...

cowboy71 wrote:Fuck it. I'm back baby!

Yes to Sabaton and Yes to Statsman coming back!! Happy day, happy day!!!

spooky wrote:...i paid $100 more to NOT bunk with my friends due to rooms selling out, but i said fuck it and booked anyway. it IS worth it!

This ^__________^

cowboy71 wrote:ALL. GONE.

You forgot the *Mic drop*



Holy crap, our little cruise is all grown up and now everyone knows how COMPLETELY BADASS it is and wants in.


So. Proud.

Pamela wrote:7377 here!!

Cabin upgrade! Anyone else have 8258?

As far as 'selling out' goes, I think it technically has truly sold out, even oversold every year according to the Press stats. on the Majesty they said there would be 2000 passengers: 2011 -2038 guests/passengers (on all stats musicians and staff are listed separate) 2012 - 2051 guests 2013- 2037 g...

7377 here!!

Dragonslayer wrote:Haha well I would say "neither" (or both?^^) But yeah, if the skipper decides to have one of the bands on board... well, I'm already there anyways haha

So excited! I love when past musicians come back as cruisers because they've become part of the Family in the process

is it a crappy average though? 3/12 means you'll have 15/60 which means 30 sets total. Still pretty good if you're picky. Ville usually has way less sets than that to watch and he never whines about it. 2016 was actually bad for me because there were TOO MANY bands I wanted to see (this is coming f...

So far it has been "puke metal central". Very few non death/or growley thrash bands. Reality check: this is NOT Barge to hell tour. Reality check, this is NOT death metal festival. Keep it up and I am sitting this one out. Only TWO bands are to my liking so far: Rhapsody, Sonata Arctica a...

meshuggah wrote:This is not an announcement

And the irony of this comes out now with Meshuggah being the first to be announced

Caliban or Caligulas Horse both on my wishlist... just a thought.....

cowboy71 wrote:

Shadow Son wrote:Question for you cowboy71...how many votes did The Ocean get?

4 votes for The Ocean

Highest votes for O bands
21 Opeth
16 Obituary
7 Ocean Tide
6 Onslaught
5 Origin

Opeth Opeth Opeth Opeth Opeth Opeth Opeth Opeth Opeth Opeth Opeth Opeth Opeth Opeth Opeth

I'll take June 28th although I hope it's sooner. July has always been my favorite month of the year but doubly so now that we normally get tons of announcements that month. June 18 - TPH June 19 - Razor Ramon June 21 - Sgt. B June 21 - mbob June 23 - Ti7aNiC June 22 - bodomdragon June 27 - Shadow So...

I was looking around cruise sites and found this - m It has menus from the RC ships, including some of the restaurants on the Independence. (it's a few years old but you get the general idea at least) The most interesting thing I saw was that Johnny Rockets does Breakfast! I never knew this, or at l...

Welcome Mick! You won't be without friends on the cruise long I guarantee it. Welcome to the family!

Downvod wrote:
The Clevelander Hotel is where everyone will be?

For the most part The Clevelander will be ground zero next year for the pre-parties, deathmetalpat is right that some cruisers will still be near Ft Lauderdale, usually centered around the Riptide hotel on Hollywood beach.

Just got a cabins for my mates and myself! Got in to work at 6:45am and spammed the refresh button like a maniac. I am having trouble containing myself so needed to post this. Also, hi everyone It is absolutely something to be excited about!!!! To all the cruise virgins, you're welcome to meet ever...

Just got a cabins for my mates and myself! Got in to work at 6:45am and spammed the refresh button like a maniac. I am having trouble containing myself so needed to post this. Also, hi everyone It is absolutely something to be excited about!!!! To all the cruise virgins, you're welcome to meet ever...

It's so great to see sales going so well this year! I'm very proud of the amazing community that has grown over the years around UMC and it's great to see all the new faces already here too! SOON everyone!!!

And to those who just booked, Welcome to the family!!!!!!

NO.

(Most entertaining post of the day lol)

Another one off my list! Let's make it four with Dark Tranquility!!

Opeth and/or Omnium Gatherum - either one would be great, both are on my list!

I'm keeping it to my top choices although there are many others I'd be happy with this is my wish list as it stands today: Sabaton Amon Amarth Caligulas Horse Barren Earth Solstafir Skiltron Heidevolk Havok Caliban Cruachan Falconer Varg Omnium Gatherum SuidAkarA Holy Grail Huntress Winterhymn Deals...

It looks like Dave put my video up in the facebook groups so I guess I'll share here also for fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_airLaFhyuE

STARKILL

So this what really happened. 1st DragonForce scheduled show. All we heard in our in ear monitors was a helicopter sound like engine sound of the cruise, louder than anything else. The crew kept saying it was our equipment and it was the same when we finally switched to the in house/cruise monitori...

Andy booked 4 of my top 5 bands this year so nothing will ever beat that again... BUT this early list looks really promising!! I'm most excited about Sabaton, then Amon Amarth, Havok, Annihilator, Sonata Arctica, Van Canto and Gloryhammer. I'll keep my ear to the ground as always, I think 2017 will ...

yup, nightwish last anouncement is possible. I'd be very surprised. Nightwish would be the most expensive band on the boat. That they would be an unadvertised, last minute addition seems highly unlikely. They were on in 2012 and their North American tour starts suspiciously close to the cruise....

I fly out the 31st on Delta from Spokane via Minneapolis then Detroit getting in at 9:09pm at Ft Lauderdale, Fl time.

You didn't really think we let this year end without giving you some more goodies, did you? So let's get this next round started by welcoming some New Wave Of Folk Metal onbroad 70000TONS OF METAL! Please welcome ELUVEITIE onbroad The Original, The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise! THE best lineu...

Some Interior K Quads have become available, and Ocean View I as well. Total Cabins: 1751 Number Sold Out: 773 Maximum Number of Cabins Remaining: 988 I know it's overdue for an announcement when I'm logging into the forums to see what our 'stats man' is now saying and I keep refreshing the lineup ...

2016 is already shaping up really well.. here are some bands I'd like to see that aren't booked yet. ELUVEITIE- a must have to round out the Folk metal dream lineup Barren Earth - Kasper will already be onboard with Turisas- easy pick! Solstafir - One of the best live shows I've seen in a VERY long ...

bleedingkyo wrote:6223 here!

What is the contact info to mail UMC about finding your roommates? Didn't know you could do that!

I just replied to the payment confirmation email I got, that worked lol