Category: Music
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Ultimate Disco Cruise 2023, Part 1
If you’d like to see the video version of this post, click below: This post will cover my pre cruise travel, the hotel, and boarding. Future posts will cover the rest. We had a nasty little ice storm in southern Michigan on Wednesday the Wednesday before my cruise. I never lost power, though many other…
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How To Choose a Music Themed Cruise
Three factors to go through before booking There are three general groups of factors to go through every time you attempt to book a music themed cruise. 1. Who’s playing? If you’re going to pony up the cash for a music themed cruise, of course the performers are extremely important to your experience. If a…
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My Comparison between the Princess 80s Themed Cruises and The 80s Cruise
Click below for the video version of this post: The Cruise Lines Princess cruises are, obviously, run by Princess Cruise Line. Its ships are somewhat more upscale and luxurious than Carnival, Royal Caribbean, or NCL. The 80s Cruises in the past and near future charter ships by Royal Caribbean. Royal tends to hit middle America…
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The One That Got Away: Soul Train Cruise
A detailed analysis of the items I consider when booking a music themed cruise If you’d rather watch the video version, just click below: Around the time I was preparing to embark on the Ultimate Disco Cruise last February, I was offered an opportunity to book the Soul Train Cruise for 2023. These are the…
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Princess 80s themed cruises for 2022-23
A couple of months ago, Princess announced several cruises with a 1980s theme. You can review the list at this link. The purpose of this post is to discuss the cruises in more detail. Things in common All cruises promise the items listed in the image above. These include live music acts, trivia, TVs and…
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The 80s Cruise (TEC), part 6
The disembarkation process and other miscellaneous comments If you’d rather see the video version of this post, click below: I got up early to pack and generally prepare for the long day to come. I surprised myself with the ability to pack all my stuff into my hand tote and carry-on. I like to think…
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The 80s Cruise (TEC) 2022, part 5
Final day with Belinda Carlisle and A Flock of Seagulls If you’d like the video version of this post, click below: After a leisurely breakfast at the Jammer, I decided to wait in line to book this cruise for next year. It was about a half hour wait as they didn’t have too many personnel…
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The 80s Cruise (TEC) 2022, part 4
Q&A with Belinda Carlisle, Berlin and Paul Young concerts If you would like to watch the video version of this post, click below: After breakfast I went to Lori Majewski’s Q&A session with Belinda Carlisle in the main theater. There was a decent crowd there, though not nearly as many as would see her performance…
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The 80s Cruise (TEC) 2022, part 3
The day where I had three concerts! If you would like to watch the video version of this post, click this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ9QpzhT4co The first concert was from tribute/cover band Trial By Fire. This had a heavy metal theme that I thought was interesting. They played songs from Motley Crue, Megadeth, Skid Row, Iron Maiden,…
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The 80s Cruise (TEC) 2022, part 2
A day at St. Thomas, a concert from The Human League If you would like to watch the video version of this post, it’s linked below: We made it to St. Thomas in the morning. I had been there several times before and didn’t feel like getting off the ship in port. So I didn’t.…