Yeah not a happy xmas for a lot of Aussies :( I'll be heading to Buffalo and Toronto pre cruise then heading down to Miami day before. Not hanging around much after the cruise though - just a night in FLL after the cruise to recover and then home to Australia via LAX and Auckland. So grim here. The...
A few weeks ago I was thinking, what I thought not unrealistically, that we may have 50 bands by the time I fly out of Australia. I fly out Christmas Day. I am now honestly thinking there will probably still be 36 bands when I fly out. I fly out tomorrow to the US and still no 24 bands. Hardly a ce...
I fly out tomorrow to the US and still no 24 bands.
Hardly a celebrating 10 yr mood/vibe.
It's bizarre.
My first cruise back since 2015 and it's been a roller coaster up and down of emotions.
Maybe we'll get a Xmas Eve band pack in a Xmas stocking poster!
Or just the usual pathetic silence.
Hola! Speaking of day trips in Mexico. Um, is there a ferry across to Playa Del Carmen we can take to the temples like Bopa and Tulum? Or are we sailors just stuck on Cozumel for the day? Yep, there are ferries, as that highly informative post stated. HOWEVER, if you want to go to Tulum or Xcaret o...
There should be an ferry every hour to Playa del Carmen and back 365 days a year depending on the weather. The ride takes about 30 minutes. Price 220 pesos ($11.6) one way … 400 pesos ($21) if You want to take the trip back to Cozumel. :D There are now two companies that service the crossing. All b...
Dec 17th marks ONE month since the last band announcement (Atheist) and 3 weeks to sailing. Would be great if some of the confirmed 24 bands just came out and gave us hints. Instead of you know who, leaving us all wondering what in the actual feck is going on. I fly out in 6 days. Doubt I'm gonna se...
Sailors! Tomorrow (Tuesday) is 3 weeks to sailing! We've been uh....calm, sorta, these last few weeks. Ha ha But seriously starting to worry now. Not sweating bullets yet, but geez... E - elimination! E - give us the band now! E - eliminate this radio silence! E - Eliminate, Eliminate! C'mon Skipper...
I want to have time to listen at the announced bands, I dont wanna see 5 announcements per day the week before the cruise... I've been on the cruise 6 times and the communication about this year is really a total bullshit I also fully agree! What is the hold up? Seriously! I leave for the US in 9 d...
Sailors, start off your next decade in style! 1 Month to go until you are onbroad Round X of The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise. On 70000TONS OF METAL will you get unrestricted festival access for 4-days to 60 Heavy Metal bands performing 120+ live performances, signing sessions, ...
Ah yeah, guys, I would LOVE it to be Exhumed. https://www.theaudiodb.com/images/media/artist/logo/exhumed-4f971b14bf7b3.png I have not seen them live since they did a small boat around Sydney Harbor in 2003 (I think it was). So it's been ages since. That would be tops! I hope we get a band announcem...
On 70000 tons Facebook , Archon Angel premiered a new song , nothing out of the ordinary I feel , some may like it , to each his own taste . :| Finally! Between now and sailing, we have 24 bands left to come. Only just getting to know some Archon Angel now. Not much time for the rest to get my ears...
Totally!
Saw them on that 2015 cruise too!
Even though I don't like that small theater they played.
Melechesh are a unique band for sure.
2015 was my last cruise!
2020 booked and ready for the insanity once again!
How exciting..ughh. Sorry, I mean, how BORING. Dec. 7th is the cut off hey? Wow! This is really reassuring for everyone. Hardly! 36 bands only so far and 4 days to the cut off for cancellations. Um, yeah, someone at UMC needs to send that message out and get things active again. Far out. 2 and a hal...
I’m really hoping Andy hasn’t had a recurrence of whatever health issue sidelined him for a few months. it's absolutely unprofessional when it's all on one person. time to sell the 70k brand to a professional agency.... mmm...will there even be a 2021 cruise? If this year's an indication, this is i...
36 days to go! 36 bands so far and 24 bands to come. How do we process 24 bands in such a short space of time? Sorry, let me change that question a little. How do we have time to process NEW bands that many sailors don't know, in that time? With Xmas coming, Xmas work parties, wrapping up shit for t...
Sad to say that we lost another forum veteran this week. Krystyna Maville (known as KRYS here on the forum) has gone on to join those other souls that have left us and entered the halls of Valhalla. She was an absolute darling of a soul and will be greatly missed, but I hope she has finally found p...
If this (supposedly) health issue continues way into December, then what?
I know a way to get better!
Announce more bands!
The perfect distraction from whatever is (perhaps) going on.
Music is the best invention in human history.
Let's get distracted!
I don't recall a gap this long this close to sailing in the past.
Although, I've skipped the last few cruises. So, I wasn't checking periodically the last 4 years or so.
I also saw some sailors dropping out on the facebook forum. Selling their spots. Already people quitting. I don't think I saw their reasons posted, but it made me wonder. With cabins STILL available all over the decks, what Pellaz was saying, drop one AMAZING band and woosh! They come back. JUDAS PR...
I reckon it is Exhorder! It would be really cool. http://www.mhf-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Exhorder_logo.png I know they never played on the few cruises I was on, but have they ever been on broad? I was on 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 but I'm way too lazy right now to go digging. No bands for a w...
Maybe the E band could be Exhorder! They have a new album out. Their website has no shows/tours listed, which is really odd. So, maybe the reason is they are waiting for this announcement here before it gets shoved up to their own web page or something. I predict Monday morning we'll get the E we've...
Well, whatever all his reasoning right now, 3 day drought has been a giant mood killer. Not enough time to get to know the band(s) so close to sailing. Imagine for example, Kissin' Dynamite was announced 2 days out from sailing. For me, that's no where near enough time to know the songs. Know the al...
Last dozen on Jan 3-7....damn. I find that very silly. Let's have 53 bands done by Dec 31. Then 1 a day from 2020 Jan. 1st. Which is also silly. I dunno what I am even saying. I just hate the whole 1 band a day thing anyway. I notice Vienna Metal Meeting has been a bit like this lately too. Doubt it...
I think the last time I saw Atheist was @Hellfest in 2007 for me. So this is a 1 setter for me, this time. Who's the E band going to bE? EXHUMED ENSLAVED EARLY GRAVES ELECTRIC WIZARD ELIS (would have been amazing....RIP Sabine :( gone so early....) ENTOMBED AD or ENTOMBED....so silly how that's pann...
One Day Closer......to what? When Judas Priest is announced on 50 days to go? ha ha A - I just hope this A band is not Atrocity. Although, we would all need a nap at some point! Alien Weaponry, they would love to do the cruise. I am sure. But I will never do the Haka! I have too much respect for the...