The Official 70000TONS OF METAL 2016 Megathread - Page 4

by **Speedy** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:08 am

deathmetalpat wrote:
cowboy71 wrote:One thing I'm noticing at the moment, is that flights from Australia to the US at the moment are WAY cheaper than they were last year.*
There really is a bias towards a lower price when I checked RT flights to Miami from Sydney. It is 50% more expensive if the trip orignates in the USA vs.Australia. I guess the airlines keep the planes full by discounting prices from a country with a weaker currency. Airfare being so expensive from Australia means only you guys get this major help.

Even before the dollar started rising transatlantic roundtrips was generally significantly cheaper from Europe than from the US.

by **bodomdragon** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:51 am

cowboy71 wrote:And also interesting that the US currency fell heavily overnight - Australian Dollar improved almost 2 cents (very significant movement in such a short period of time!).

Hope the trend continues

Yay! My potential trip next year became like $30 cheaper in one night. Way to go, dollar!

by **deathmetalpat** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:59 am

Speedy wrote:Even before the dollar started rising transatlantic roundtrips was generally significantly cheaper from Europe than from the US.

True , the only way for USA people to get a good deal is to use a travel site like Expedia. If I look for rates to Australia or Europe and combine flight and hotel, I can save a lot.They must get some of that money kicked back to them by the airlines.They usually have a flight or 2 with a heavy discount.

by **FrenchMachoBoy** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:45 am

Bookings for motorheadcruise start 25th marth. I guess we'll have some news from the 70k team soon.

Website · by **jodionline** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:39 am

FrenchMachoBoy wrote:Bookings for motorheadcruise start 25th marth. I guess we'll have some news from the 70k team soon.

I do not think that impresses Andy.

by **Godflesh** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 7:15 pm

FrenchMachoBoy wrote:Bookings for motorheadcruise start 25th marth. I guess we'll have some news from the 70k team soon.

Yes I, for one, am going to Motorboat this year.

by **Razor Ramon** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 1:32 pm

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by **meshuggah** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:29 pm

Razor Ramon wrote:...

I think I saw that tumbleweed episode on the Outer Limits. There was another far-fetched episode where there were announcements about 70000 Tons 2016.

.....

by **SaraMarie** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 5:28 pm

Meanwhile in America, we are paying full price no matter where the currency goes and until recent were paying quite a lot more to do anything in Europe when we visited. I think it was $1.30 for one Euro last summer, but the seemingly lower prices tricked me a lot.

In all seriousness, though, I understand having the stronger currency meant it was easier to pay for the flight, which is no small chunk of change.

Having the cruise on Super Bowl weekend, that's some balls, but I'll bet plenty of American regulars to the cruise would be happy with a party for football fans on the ship. Any popular Sunday bands will probably be crowded shows at their first gigs. Me, I don't care for football, so I'll hang out with all the cool foreign people at the less-crowded shows.

I'm already stoked to find out who is going to be announced first. My guess is sometime around the beginning of April but in April for sure. Sad Motorboat took Exodus, but oh wells.

by **Pellaz** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:11 am

Sure, the food on Liberty wasn't great, but jumping ship might be a little extreme.....

http://www.local10.com/news/coast-guard-crews-search-for-cruise-ship-passenger-near-marathon/31960120

by **bodomdragon** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 12:42 pm

Pellaz wrote:Sure, the food on Liberty wasn't great, but jumping ship might be a little extreme.....

http://www.local10.com/news/coast-guard-crews-search-for-cruise-ship-passenger-near-marathon/31960120

Well, he probably wanted some better sushi than the one they served onbroad

by **Phoenix** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 1:06 pm

bodomdragon wrote:
Pellaz wrote:Sure, the food on Liberty wasn't great, but jumping ship might be a little extreme.....

http://www.local10.com/news/coast-guard-crews-search-for-cruise-ship-passenger-near-marathon/31960120

Well, he probably wanted some better sushi than the one they served onbroad

Yeah, eating the sushi was a mistake. Next year, if I'm going back, I'm just going to stick with the salad bar and the freshest proteins I can find.

Breaking my diet with literally everything I ate was not good for my health...

by **Stained Class** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:50 pm

Phoenix wrote:
bodomdragon wrote:
Pellaz wrote:Sure, the food on Liberty wasn't great, but jumping ship might be a little extreme.....

http://www.local10.com/news/coast-guard-crews-search-for-cruise-ship-passenger-near-marathon/31960120

Well, he probably wanted some better sushi than the one they served onbroad

Yeah, eating the sushi was a mistake. Next year, if I'm going back, I'm just going to stick with the salad bar and the freshest proteins I can find.

Breaking my diet with literally everything I ate was not good for my health...

I stopped caring once I went on vacation. I made poutine at the buffet Hahaha. Took weeks to get back on track.

by **JanaPerry** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:52 pm

YOU NEED TO HAVE D.R.I. BACK!!!!!
http://www.dirtyrottenimbeciles.com/home.htm

Andy wrote:Sailors!

Are you getting ready...?

by **Pellaz** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:19 pm

bodomdragon wrote:
Pellaz wrote:Sure, the food on Liberty wasn't great, but jumping ship might be a little extreme.....

http://www.local10.com/news/coast-guard-crews-search-for-cruise-ship-passenger-near-marathon/31960120

Well, he probably wanted some better sushi than the one they served onbroad

Or it made him so sick he went stark raving mad and jumped ship. (I heard a few folks, including my roomie Raf, got sick from the sushi on 70K....)

by **DragonLordJones** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:51 am

Andy should include these as we have asked since the beginning and never seen.

by **Phoenix** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 11:37 am

Well at least we got a booklet this past year, that was pretty nice.

So uh... you alive there Andy? We haven't even been getting the daily posts anymore, just recaps of the LAST cruise.

by **Razor Ramon** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:29 pm

This time last year I was already booked..

by **cowboy71** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:33 pm

Year before last we got 'easter eggs' on Easter Sunday containing Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork, Overkill and Death Angel.

Andy doesn't tend to repeat himself (other than bands LOL

) too much with how announcements are handled each year so I doubt this will happen this year.

I reckon we might be waiting until late April.

by **eddie_beast** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:27 pm

- Testament
- Overkill
- Death Angel
- Tankard
- Exodus
- Anthrax
- Kreator
- Warbringer
- Finntroll
- Eluveitie
- Manegarm
- Turisas
- Ancient Rites
- Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
- Edguy
- Freedom Call
- Helloween
- GammaRay
- Nocturnal Rites
- Wuthering Heights
- Stratovarius
- Unisonic
- Masterplan
- Kamelot
- Luca Turilli's Rhapsody
- Rhapsody of Fire
- Savage Circus
- Angel Dust
- Heavenly
- Iron Savior
- Sabaton
- Sinbreed
- 3 Inches of Blood
- Manowar
- Crimson Glory
- Savatage
- Lordi
- Airbourne
- Scar Symmetry
- In Flames
- Soilwork
- Into Eternity
- Under Threat (COL)
- Amon Amarth
- Dark Tranquillity
- The Haunted
- Carcass
- Symphony X
- Dream Theater
- Shadow Gallery
- Treasure Land
- Andromeda
- Elegy
- Pagan´s Mind
- Ring of Fire
- Ayreon
- Evergrey
- Haggard
- Nightwish
- Dimmu Borgir

by **Mr.Kito** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:48 am

DragonLordJones wrote:

Andy should include these as we have asked since the beginning and never seen.

The Ear Plugs would be enough for me.. i think i'm getting old

by **Goddess of Metal** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 2:27 pm

Just changed my wishlist in my signature to reflect that Immortal is no longer immortal. Instead I want ABBATH!! He is going solo!!!

That would be amazing!!!!

by **cowboy71** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:02 pm

Motorhead Motorboat has already started taking booking and is filling up.

Wacken Full Metal Mountain has announced their first bands and will start bookings tomorrow.

MORC West Coast version has started announcing bands for their 2016 sailing.

Full Metal Cruise released details of their goodie bag.

What we are getting from 70K:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCNwgzM2rQ

by **Sgt. B** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:41 pm

cowboy71 wrote:Motorhead Motorboat has already started taking booking and is filling up.

Wacken Full Metal Mountain has announced their first bands and will start bookings tomorrow.

MORC West Coast version has started announcing bands for their 2016 sailing.

Full Metal Cruise released details of their goodie bag.

What we are getting from 70K:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCNwgzM2rQ

I'm afraid to click the link since the answer is shit.

by **bodomdragon** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:37 am

cowboy71 wrote:Motorhead Motorboat has already started taking booking and is filling up.

Wacken Full Metal Mountain has announced their first bands and will start bookings tomorrow.

MORC West Coast version has started announcing bands for their 2016 sailing.

Full Metal Cruise released details of their goodie bag.

What we are getting from 70K:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCNwgzM2rQ

I don't expect this sort of things to change until 70K has a serious competitor (I don't consider Motorboat or Shiprocked serious competitors).

by **Memnoch** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:23 am

I hope the bookings for 70k don't start yet. I'm hoping the euro gets a bit stronger, so the "cheapest" spots wouldn't be closer to 1000 euros.

by **Phoenix** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 4:57 am

Yeah I don't really want to pay $1300 Canadian for the boat if I don't have to.

by **bodomdragon** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 5:08 am

Memnoch wrote:I hope the bookings for 70k don't start yet. I'm hoping the euro gets a bit stronger, so the "cheapest" spots wouldn't be closer to 1000 euros.

I don't think time is on our side. Chances are euro will get even worse and some say it might reach parity with the USD this year. If I could choose I'd book right away.

by **Sidvarg** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:12 pm

My local currency has gained some strenght against dollar this week. I hope it vontinues to do so, also the guys i was going with are not going now that dollar is so expensive, so now i am hoping booking starts as late as possible while i find someone else hahaha

by **Captain Alex** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:26 am

NIGHTWISH
DIMMU BORGIR
TO/DIE/FOR
EPICA
SONATA ARCTICA
AVANTASIA
SABATON
KAMELOT
AMARANTHE

by **cowboy71** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:24 am

Captain Alex wrote:NIGHTWISH
DIMMU BORGIR
TO/DIE/FOR
EPICA
SONATA ARCTICA
AVANTASIA
SABATON
KAMELOT
AMARANTHE

I love your wishlist

by **Memnoch** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:07 am

cowboy71 wrote:
Captain Alex wrote:NIGHTWISH
DIMMU BORGIR
TO/DIE/FOR
EPICA
SONATA ARCTICA
AVANTASIA
SABATON
KAMELOT
AMARANTHE

I love your wishlist

I love 1/3 of it.

by **deathmetalpat** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:05 am

So at the 312 Days to Departure Point last year we knew....
1)Ship
2)Port of Call and Departure
3)Dates
4)Greater that 10 bands announed
5)Booking Codes for Veterans where sent out
6)Booking confirms for Veterans who booked

This year we know https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XO17UxR2MHA

by **Slayer13** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:44 am

Pellaz wrote:Sure, the food on Liberty wasn't great, but jumping ship might be a little extreme.....

http://www.local10.com/news/coast-guard-crews-search-for-cruise-ship-passenger-near-marathon/31960120

For those that didn't care for the food on the liberty, did you eat at the buffet most of the time or in the dining room? I ate at the buffet twice, grabbed a few slices of pizza here and there and the dining room the rest of the time (with Ben and Jerry's , the cupcake place thrown in for good measure) and I thought the food was really good.

by **Dimma** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:57 am

JanaPerry wrote:YOU NEED TO HAVE D.R.I. BACK!!!!!
http://www.dirtyrottenimbeciles.com/home.htm
Andy wrote:Sailors!

Are you getting ready...?

haha! Well done Jana! Had a blast with you all in 2014 and the tour down under!

by **mooyagi** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:56 pm

Slayer13 wrote:
Pellaz wrote:Sure, the food on Liberty wasn't great, but jumping ship might be a little extreme.....

http://www.local10.com/news/coast-guard-crews-search-for-cruise-ship-passenger-near-marathon/31960120

For those that didn't care for the food on the liberty, did you eat at the buffet most of the time or in the dining room? I ate at the buffet twice, grabbed a few slices of pizza here and there and the dining room the rest of the time (with Ben and Jerry's , the cupcake place thrown in for good measure) and I thought the food was really good.

Buffet was pretty bad compared to other cruises and, due to time, that was where most of my eating was done. I ate at the formal dining room twice. Had one excellent meal and one disappointing meal. The pizza I thought was slightly better than on the Majesty, but that's not saying much. Cupcakes were good for a snack. Went to Johnny Rocket's once and it wasn't as good as in the past.

I miss the Compass Deli.

by **Pellaz** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:12 am

mooyagi wrote:
Slayer13 wrote:
For those that didn't care for the food on the liberty, did you eat at the buffet most of the time or in the dining room? I ate at the buffet twice, grabbed a few slices of pizza here and there and the dining room the rest of the time (with Ben and Jerry's , the cupcake place thrown in for good measure) and I thought the food was really good.

Buffet was pretty bad compared to other cruises and, due to time, that was where most of my eating was done.

Have to agree here. I'm comparing with previous cruises on different ships, not previous 70Ks, but it WAS pretty bad. Very little variety day-to-day, some items were poorly labeled, and (unlike a certain other "fun" cruise line), they didn't have any items from the main dining room's menu available on the buffet.
I wasn't sure if it was Royal's normal buffet fare or if they were deliberately toning it down for 70K's clientele...but the fact that I even had to wonder is a Bad Thing.

I ate at the formal dining room twice. Had one excellent meal and one disappointing meal.

by **Dimma** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:46 am

There's too much emphasis on food here. I believe my fare covers the bands, port taxes/tips and accommodation, food is just a bonus. What do you expect? A Paul Bocuse dining experience! It's bulk cooking, food for the masses.

by **Phoenix** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 6:15 am

If the places on the promenade next year could carry fruit/something not 80% bread into the late night that'd be great. Goes for the dining room as well - very little of the proteins weren't fried or covered in carbs. I know to a certain extent diets don't matter on vacation - but I had so many carbs I got sick. I do believe this year I'll tell UMC of my restrictions. ... But Ben & Jerry's was great. What's with you Americans and JR's? Two of my friends went and explicitly told me NOT to.

You know, once we actually confirm the cruise is a thing.

by **Donnerklang** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:49 am

My wishlist:

Amon Amarth
long time nothing

Nightwish
Stratovarius
Sonata Arctica
In Flames
Power Wolf
Sabaton
Oomph!
Cripper
Within Temptation
Epica
Xandria
Accept
Rebellion
Airbourne
Edguy
Avantasia
Iced Earth
Die Krupps
Children of Bodom
Fear Factory
System Of A Down
Grand Magus
Heaven Shall Burn
Kreator
Tarot
Masterplan
Monster Magnet
Paradise Lost
Xandria

and for my wife:

Doro

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