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Originally Posted by KC911
Gotta question for ya...how does it compare to the "Blues Cruise" that I think you've done a couple of now?
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This is VASTLY different IMO, mostly because of the size of the boat and the quality of the food.
On a regular cruise ship you can have plenty of mediocre food, at all hours.
This boat you get much better food, made for 150 people, not 2000 people. Available almost as often.
On a typical cruise you get 'ala carte' experiences for an up charge.
This boat, every 'ala carte' experience (water ski, most fishing, snorkel, shore experiences), most everything except SCUBA trips are included.
Socially, the benefits are nice for a few reasons.
On a big boat, you have 1,500 or 2,500 strangers when you get on, and a few new friends when you get on.
On this boat, you get on with 150 other like minded people and get off with almost as many friends.
I would say the price of this cruise makes it sort of financially prohibitive; take that however you like; for me it means I will meet some people who have worked very hard and will play hard and I might want to stay in touch with, socially and otherwise.
Music?
The Blues Cruise and the "5th Man" franchise cruises provide an amazing volume of music experiences on their larger boats. Totally great if you're a music nut.
This cruise obviously provides a much more narrow music experience. The biggest stretch is when I do a few nights in the piano bar playing trucker songs and no static's favorite show tunes.
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Originally Posted by KC911
And I'm referring to drunken debauchary and virtually anything (and EVERY thing for that matter) goes  . |
Debauchery? See above "work hard, play hard" comments.
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Originally Posted by KC911
If it's even close to what I've experienced on quite a few blues cruises and a Jam(band) cruise over the years, then ya might want to warn the timid beforehand  |
The bar last time ran out of their weekly stock of booze on the second day so we hired a boat to meet us and restock with 3x the typical stock for the week. They liked us. We made them put out a tip jar.
Thanks for your questions!