cegr80 wrote:Oh, it's a survivor joke, apparently? Can someone fill me in about this "kitchen" business?
cegr80 wrote:Oh, it's a survivor joke, apparently? Can someone fill me in about this "kitchen" business?
bodomdragon wrote:and if I recall correctly, even Andy added a kitchen joke in one of the announcements. When he gave us announcements, you know.
BostonBruins wrote:Hi!
This is what I think will be the 10th annivesary of 70000 Tons of Metal in 2020. Since Superbowl is played in Miami that year, I think the cruise will not take place during the Superbowl weekend. Either before (mid-January) or after (mid-February). Also I would think to celebrate the 10th, the destination might be Cuba since it seems to be the skipper’s “dream”. Which could mean, going back to Majesty of the Seas since as of right now’s planned shcedules for RCCL until 2020, it’s one of the only two RCCL ships going to Cuba. Maybe it might be a longer cruise (one extra night, with one extra stop). Using the Majesty for this also allows the usage of the same ship for the rebirth of Barge to Hell (maybe in late 2019), making it easier to sell out both cruise since it would be back to a smaller boat.
Thoughts?
bodomdragon wrote:70K will NEVER happen on the Majesty again. It's part of the past. Period.
Pellaz wrote:bodomdragon wrote:70K will NEVER happen on the Majesty again. It's part of the past. Period.
Agreed. As much as I liked the Majesty, Andy has clearly indicated something bigger and better was on the horizon. I'm still uncertain that an Oasis-class ship is a possibility for 70K due to its open-deck design, though.
As for Cuba, the only ships in Royal's current fleet small enough to make port in Havana are the Majesty and the Empress...and they bought Empress back from Pullmantur, a subsidiary, for the express purpose of Cuba visits. She is significantly smaller than even Majesty. I think the Skipper's dream of visiting Cuba will likely remain just that.
Memnoch wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if in 2020 they did 70k and Barge back to back to Cuba on the Majesty.
bodomdragon wrote:the ~1000 cruisers who will lose the chance to get a spot on the cruise.
Amalu wrote:Still the Independence of the Seas did sell out every year.
Nice research.
When did he ever specifically state it was the last year? The exact wording, to my memory, is 'One more year on the Independence of the Seas.' That doesn't exclude further years, it just explicitly commits to 2019 on the Independence without qualifier for 2020.
Ah - real conversation on the matter! You make good points, my friend, but I believe something like Inferno Metal Fest is a much better comparison than MDF. I have friends from Halifax going to Inferno, which is pretty outstanding to me since this isn't exactly a very wealthy part of the country. MDF, to me, still seems quite "underground," to be honest; they cater to the black/death/extreme very well, but if you look at the caliber/mainstream pull that the bands on the original Barge had, it's not really the same. MDF has a 3-5 bands as "big" as about half of the bands on Barge, for example.alex_canada wrote: ↑Sun Jan 06, 2019 3:58 pm You can argue that 6000 people at Maryland Deathfest demonstrates the commercial viability, but that's an event in a densely populated area where ticket prices are as low as $33 for one day passes, and those bodies are counted in the attendance total.
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