Notes about my 80s themed cruise experience - Ruby, April 9-14

[Honolulu Blue]

Not a true trip report, but more of a listing of what I thought was worth noting about my trip back to the 80s on this cruise.  It may be helpful for those of you who are thinking about taking one of the 80s themed cruises in the future (spoiler alert:  I do think there will be 80s themed cruises in the future, though there's only one on the books now - sailing in a week and probably already sold out).  Well, here goes nothing:

 

1. I booked it almost as soon as it was announced that it was, in fact, an 80s themed cruise.  This was back in August.  I liked having lots of notice about this; it cut down on the people who were ignorant of or hostile to the theme (but didn't entirely eliminate them, as I'll note later)
2. I canceled and rebooked it once.  My interior room ended up costing me about $730, including port fees.
3. I got a refund onboard of my port fees of about $27.  We didn't miss or change any ports on this cruise (unlike the one just before this one), so I assume it's because one of our ports decided to charge us less.  I appreciate Princess doing this.  SOME lines make you grovel and beg for refunds like this.
4. I prepurchased airport shuttles from Princess both ways from IAH to Galveston for $29 each way, which turned out to be a real bargain (Princess increased the price to $54 soon after).  The shuttles did their job; they could've been worse.  
5. I prepurchased Internet access for $25 for the whole trip, which was $5 a day thanks to legacy pricing and a Platinum discount.  It's hard for me to complain about cruise ship Internet at that price, so I won't. 🤬  I'll just note that streaming on ESPN, YouTube, and Hulu worked, at low to medium resolutions, most of the time.  Stuff like e-mail and posting here worked fine.  No Starlink.  Here's the first of several pretty pictures showing a typical speed test, one of the things that I could only get to work sometimes:
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7. I didn't have any significant issues with the Medallion.  I actually attended a lecture on using the Medallion that was designed for new cruisers to Princess and/or things like apps.  It was actually interesting and I learned a few things.
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9. After getting dropped off at the port, I had to pick up my Medallion since I didn't have it sent to me prior.  I regret this, as I had to snake around in a very long line like 90%+ of those who were checking in.  It took about half an hour to get my medallion.  If you get nothing else from this post, I recommend those that are embarking from Galveston get their medallion prior to boarding if they can do so for free, and I highly recommend it even if it costs the $10 to have it shipped.
10. Otherwise embarkation was quick.  Not much to say other than that.
11. My cabin was not the original one that I picked.  I was originally in an interior, but somebody at Princess decided that that was not good enough for me.  They gave me an obstructed ocean view cabin on deck 8.  I liked being close to the public locations on the ship.  I was less than thrilled with being farther away from the trough.  But I like OVs in general and this one in particular, though this one had a much better view of the lifeboat than of the world outside.  I liked the cabin, so thank you Princess!
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13. Yes, there's a story behind that plushie.  No, it didn't come with the room.  Let's just say if you know, you know. 🙂
14. Best part of the cruise?  Seeing Red Corvette perform twice.  They're a Prince tribute band.  Over half the songs they performed were from Purple Rain - including my favorite from the Purple One.  It you don't like this movie or that soundtrack as much as I do, then you probably wouldn't have liked them as much.
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16. Second best part of the cruise?  Seeing DSB perform.  Only once, though I would have been better off seeing them twice.  They're a Journey tribute band.
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18. Third best part of the cruise?  Seeing WANTED perform.  They're a Bon Jovi tribute band.  Even though I've never thought much of BJ's music, the musicians here did the best they could with what they had.  At that they were similar to Slippery When Wet, a Bon Jovi tribute band I saw on a previous Princess 80s themed cruise.  
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20. The other good things about this cruise I won't attempt to rank.  Breakfasts were consistently good at the buffet.  I met some very interesting passengers - including one gentleman who wore the same shirt I did with logos of many iconic rock and roll bands.
21. The two nights in the main theater that weren't filled with tribute bands had sets from our comedian for the week.  One night he had a PG-13 performance, which I heard good things about.  One night, the night I saw him, the show as strictly adult.  He didn't abuse the privilege of using dirty words, IMHO.  I thought he was good.
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23. The weather was very nice on this trip.  The one exception was in Merida, where we got a heavy shower that was extremely localized.  Progreso didn't get any rain.
24. We did have two ports on this trip and we visited them both, unlike the previous cruise.  Our first stop was Cozumel, a port I had been to many times before and plan to visit in the future.  I didn't do much here besides walk around Puerta Maya and do some shopping.
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26. The next day we visited Progreso.  I had never been here before, and the reviews on this place were decidedly mixed, so I wanted to check things out for myself.  They had a 4-mile-long pier, which we were not allowed to walk on (except for a very small portion near the ship), so Princess set up some special bus shuttles to take those who didn't have excursions to town to do what they wanted.
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28. I was one of the ones with an excursion here.  There were three basic excursions for me to choose from - Chichen Itza, the mack daddy of Mayan ruins, highly historic but far away; a closer Mayan ruin that I'm too lazy to look up the name of; and a trip to the big city of Merida.  I chose the latter.  We met in the theater and then were led to our bus.  We had two guides an a driver.  We made three stops - one to a roundabout with a carving that was loaded with historic messages, one to where the state's Governor worked (they weren't in). and a restaurant that smelled like a kickback but actually had good food if you ordered the right stuff, IMHO.  I recommend the mango smoothies.
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30. I attended two lectures from former tour manager Leo Rossi.  One was on his general adventures in tour management, and the other one was on the Beach Boys 50th anniversary tour back in 2012.  He was very good and very interesting.  I was working on his autobiography at the time, and that's also great.  Alas, he had two other lectures in the evening that happened when I had conflicts.  Perhaps I'll catch them some other time.
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32. The good news is I got invited to my first Princess Captain's Circle Party.  The bad news is that I wasn't impressed.  It just seemed like an excuse to drink and for the old salts to chin wag with each other and the officers.  The stats were nice; I'll get to those in a little bit.  But the most cruised passenger had over 1800 cruises on Princess.  I'd need 10 lifetimes before I cruise that much on any cruise line, I estimate.
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34. General stats - there were about 3100 passengers onboard.  2200(!!) were new to Princess.  About 230 were Platinum (like me) and 198 were Elite.
35. Cruise Director Micca was good.  He had a lot of energy and did a lot of introductions.  He also managed the Wake Shows well and kept them under 20 minutes per day.  I thought those shows were interesting in the way they covered the major events of the day and the things we needed to know about the ports we were heading to, among other things.
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37. There were three basic groups on Princess that I could see.  I'll give each their own bullet point.
38. The first group were the 80s diehards.  They were easily identifiable by the clothes they wore (either 80s themed or stuff that was popular in the 80s).  Their age range was roughly 45-65.  Some were couples, and some were solo.  Most didn't have much experience with Princess, but a few did.  If you haven't figured it out yet, this is where I fit in.
39. The second group was the core group you think of when you think of Princess.  They showed up in force at the Captain's Circle Party and I saw them elsewhere around the ship in some quantities.  They were generally 65+ with white hair, almost always couples.
40. The third group was multigenerational.  Some were relatively young couples with kids, some had parents/grandparents and their children, and I even spotted a few grandparents with kids.  There were quite a few children on this cruise.  I'm used to sailing on cruises where kids are either banned or there's a low quantity of them.  This one had about 300 kiddos under 18, which is the most that I've had on any ship I've sailed on in several years.  I didn't mind them; they were mostly well behaved.
41. Danito, my cabin steward, deserves a special mention.  He did a good job of keeping my room clean and giving me those newsletters, flyers, and excursion tickets.  I've found Princess has had the best cabin stewards for my needs and wants.
42. Now comes to the stuff that I don't think Princess did as well.  There won't be many pictures here, so those of you in denial can safely skip out.  Thank you for reading this far.  For the other three of you...
43. Dinner was a definite pain point.  On embarkation day, late afternoon, I decided to grab a burger and drinks from room service.  It took about 45 minutes to get to my cabin.  This was acceptable, though worse than the other Princess room service performances on other ships at other times (with fewer passengers, of course).
44. Another day, Princess chose a dinner theme of a country that's not known for its theme on cruise ships.  This was the one day I couldn't find any main courses worth eating.  So I grabbed whatever scraps I could and ate those.
45. On the same day, I was a little bit hungry, so I decided to gamble on chicken tenders from room service.  After an hour and a half of waiting, I messaged GS to ask what I should do.  The rep said call RS directly.  So I did that.  The lady I got there was sorry, but they were extremely busy.  I told them to cancel my order and they did.  I've heard of people... elsewhere that also had problems with slow room service.
46. On another day, it was after 6 and the buffet should have been open, right?  It wasn't open.  There was no food to be had.  One section had employees that were meeting, but it didn't look like they were prepared to serve food even if they had any to serve.  That day I went to the Salty Dog Grill and had another burger and fries.  It was hot, well prepared, and perfectly fine.  But I still wonder what happened to the buffet.
47. The Ruby's buffet layout was, to put it nicely, substandard.  It's not an open area like most buffets I've seen.  The port side and starboard sides are cut off from each other by walls, which makes it hard to judge where to sit and probably made the seating areas needlessly crowded.  The Royal class Princess ships I had been on previously were much more open and I liked much better.
48. To give the devils their due, the two or three days I could find a decent meal in the buffet were good.
49. I had to miss out on the most interesting trivia sessions because they liked to schedule them during the shows.
50. Voice of the Ocean was on the initial schedule for two days but ended up not happening.  We didn't get that or any regular Princess production shows this week.  This is what I preferred (refer above to best things #1, #2, and #3).
51. For my first several cruises, the facial recognition technology liked my pretty face and waved me through.  This time my luck ran out and I had to see an agent.  I didn't have to do much to get by them, but it was a bit of a sour note.  I don't blame Princess or ICE for this.

 

So, in conclusion, I really liked this cruise and recommend waiting for Princess to release more of them for fans of the 80s.  The theming was strong enough for me, but obviously not strong enough to turn off others who really didn't care about the 80s at all.  

 

Thanks for reading.

Edited April 16, 2023 by Honolulu Blue

[lennythenose]

Loved reading your thoughts. We were on the cruise the week before you. We met several people who fit into your group of “didn’t care about the 80s” who were staying onboard for your cruise and the Panama Canal cruise after yours. I wonder if there would be fewer non-80s fans on a cruise that wasn’t the week before something special like the PC transit?

[Honolulu Blue]

1 hour ago, lennythenose said:

Loved reading your thoughts. We were on the cruise the week before you. We met several people who fit into your group of “didn’t care about the 80s” who were staying onboard for your cruise and the Panama Canal cruise after yours. I wonder if there would be fewer non-80s fans on a cruise that wasn’t the week before something special like the PC transit?

Thank you for your kind words.  And thank you and your friends for taking good care of the ship for us.  I think that there would be a higher portion of 80s fans if it wasn't before the PC transit.  They probably took this into account when planning which cruises to make 80s themed.

 

Oh, one other thing I'd like to mention.  The staff said this was the Ruby's first ship to Progreso.  This usually means a ceremony and a plaque.  Nobody mentioned anything about either for this stop.  And I couldn't find the new plaque, though the Ruby's other trophies were all over the place.

 

Edited April 16, 2023 by Honolulu Blue

[satxdiver]

We also were on the prior cruise and met one couple from SF that were staying on going back home.  They did not look like 80's lovers.  There were 360 (per front desk) aboard and sounds like they either stayed aboard or new ones arrived.  They were well behaved.  All through the week I wished I had also booked this cruise but alas I had to get off.  Maybe next time I will be more cognizant.  We have been to Progresso and went to Chichen Izta, it was a long day due to the long bus ride.  I would love to go to Merida and plan to do it on our next cruise to Progresso.  Great report so thanks for posting.

[arizonaperson]

@Honolulu Blue nice review of your cruise.

love DSB and Wanted. We see them on land every time they come to a casino in Arizona.  Have been seeing them for many many years. Nice they were on Princess.

[KKB]

@Honolulu Blue Thanks for your review!

I did an 80s cruise on the Sapphire with my BFF in Oct & was on the Ruby solo last month.

Funny, I got to the port at Galveston, 15 min. from car to ship, including picking up my medallion. 

Easiest embarkation anywhere.

I found the buffet on the Ruby to be pretty good if a bit small--regarding it being closed, did you check both sides? Sometimes only one side was open. But no signage....🤬

I preferred Wanted to DSB--but I like Bon Jovi better than Journey (no Red Corvette on our cruise; would love to hear the U2 tribute band--my fav band).

We were able to hit EVERY trivia (all 80s) & EVERY show on our cruise (different CD).

I did have scheduling complaints on the Ruby--trivia events would overlap (uh, probably the same crowd...) & trivia would overlap game shows. I have NEVER encountered this before so it seems to be a fluke of this CD. I mentioned it in my review.

 

[Thrak]

[Honolulu Blue]

1 hour ago, KKB said:

@Honolulu Blue Thanks for your review!

I did an 80s cruise on the Sapphire with my BFF in Oct & was on the Ruby solo last month.

Funny, I got to the port at Galveston, 15 min. from car to ship, including picking up my medallion. 

Easiest embarkation anywhere.

I found the buffet on the Ruby to be pretty good if a bit small--regarding it being closed, did you check both sides? Sometimes only one side was open. But no signage....🤬

I preferred Wanted to DSB--but I like Bon Jovi better than Journey (no Red Corvette on our cruise; would love to hear the U2 tribute band--my fav band).

We were able to hit EVERY trivia (all 80s) & EVERY show on our cruise (different CD).

I did have scheduling complaints on the Ruby--trivia events would overlap (uh, probably the same crowd...) & trivia would overlap game shows. I have NEVER encountered this before so it seems to be a fluke of this CD. I mentioned it in my review.

Thank you for your kind words and thanks for sharing your experiences.

 

I must have gotten to the port at the wrong time. The shuttle dropped us off around 1.

 

Yes, I checked both sides. Neither of them had any food at that time.

 

I haven't heard ANY reviews of Hollywood U2 here. They were only scheduled on one ship. The other 80s tribute bands that Princess hired seem to have been well liked (WANTED, DSB, PBX, RC, Double Vision).

 

Your taste in music seems to be the opposite of mine. U2 comes in near the bottom of my personal list. But that's why they have a variety of bands on these cruises.

[Qextor]

Just posting to squee over your Captain Hudson plushie. 

[snoozecrooze]

48 minutes ago, Qextor said:

Captain Hudson

Thanks for jogging my memory because I remember seeing this plush frequently but just couldn't remember the name!

On 4/16/2023 at 9:27 AM, Honolulu Blue said:

Not a true trip report, but more of a listing of what I thought was worth noting about my trip back to the 80s on this cruise.

Great review; thanks for coming back to share with us all. I don't mind anyone who just shares an assortment of bullet points from their trip and I'm glad you enjoyed your 80s throwback! Hoping to read more from your future adventures!

[Honolulu Blue]

4 hours ago, snoozecrooze said:

I'm glad you enjoyed your 80s throwback! Hoping to read more from your future adventures!

Thank you!  I'm glad I enjoyed it too.  And I'm certainly glad I enjoyed things.  

 

Future adventures... SPOILER ALERT... probably not on Princess, unless they 1) run more 80s themed cruises in the future (fairly likely; I have faith that TPTB are not complete idiots), or 2) they have reasonably priced cruises on itineraries that I'm looking for and Princess serves well (always possible).

 

[KKB]

8 hours ago, Honolulu Blue said:

Thank you for your kind words and thanks for sharing your experiences.

 

I must have gotten to the port at the wrong time. The shuttle dropped us off around 1.

 

Yes, I checked both sides. Neither of them had any food at that time.

 

I haven't heard ANY reviews of Hollywood U2 here. They were only scheduled on one ship. The other 80s tribute bands that Princess hired seem to have been well liked (WANTED, DSB, PBX, RC, Double Vision).

 

Your taste in music seems to be the opposite of mine. U2 comes in near the bottom of my personal list. But that's why they have a variety of bands on these cruises.

That is ODD about the buffet--I did see them not open until 6PM for dinner but they did have it nightly. 

My BFF was shocked I knew all the Bon Jovi songs--I was the alternative rock chick!

Learned to appreciate more music from all eras over time. 

(I LIKE Journey, just don't LOVE them...)

Sounds like it was a fun cruise as was ours!

[GonzoWCS]

Fantastic review.  Really enjoyed the way you put your thoughts down.

 

Cheers

[LRDR01]

Thank you for your review.  I am on the Discovery Princess 80's Themed cruise that leaves in 4 days..  Your review of the cover bands with Wanted and DSB have me very excited.  We have a Pat Benatar cover band in place of the Prince one.  Hopefully, meals will go better on the Discovery as I think she is completely sold out for this cruise.   Yikes.   

[Honolulu Blue]

21 minutes ago, LRDR01 said:

Thank you for your review.  I am on the Discovery Princess 80's Themed cruise that leaves in 4 days..  Your review of the cover bands with Wanted and DSB have me very excited.  We have a Pat Benatar cover band in place of the Prince one.  Hopefully, meals will go better on the Discovery as I think she is completely sold out for this cruise.   Yikes.   

I heard several reviews of the Pat Benatar Experience on another Princess 80s themed cruise.  They also seem to be well liked.  

 

We were also sold out, more of less.  The Discovery is a newer ship with a better (IMHO) buffet layout.  You should have a better experience in that department at least.

 

Have a great cruise!  Wish I could make it!!

[Techwizardress]

Hey,

Thanks for your review.  We live in SoCal (about 30 minutes from the port of LA) and did the (4 day) 80's cruise in February on the Discovery.  We are going again this Saturday for the exact same 80's cruise on the Discovery again.  I need two more cruises to become Elite and this made it easy.

We enjoyed our 80's cruise and wore our themed shirts and outfits.  Well, I wore the 80's outfits and my boyfriend wore the couple of MTV shirts I bought for him. We had Hollywood U2 but I am not a U2 fan so we skipped this show.  We had DSB (really good) and Wanted (pretty good) as well on our voyage.  I had seen DSB on land a couple of years ago.  They will be on our Saturday voyage as entertainment. We will also have a Pat Benatar tribute band.

Leo Rossi was our guest lecturer as well in February and again in April.  We first saw him for the first time in January of 2022 on the Majestic.  He is a great speaker.  We love listening to his adventures of touring with bands.  I bought and read his book.

I hope that princess will do more of these themed cruises.  It makes it fun.

I overheard an older couple talking about the outfits and why people were dressed that way.  Someone told them it was the theme of the cruise.  LOL

I loved your review.  Our voyage has been sold out for about six weeks now.

The Discovery is a really great ship.  The food has been really good to great.  We are not big buffet people.  We usually eat in the MDR for most meals.  We have eaten a couple of times in the buffet and it has been pretty good.

Enjoy your next cruise.

Christie and Steve

[Honolulu Blue]

13 minutes ago, Techwizardress said:

Hey,

Thanks for your review.  We live in SoCal (about 30 minutes from the port of LA) and did the (4 day) 80's cruise in February on the Discovery.  We are going again this Saturday for the exact same 80's cruise on the Discovery again.  I need two more cruises to become Elite and this made it easy.

We enjoyed our 80's cruise and wore our themed shirts and outfits.  Well, I wore the 80's outfits and my boyfriend wore the couple of MTV shirts I bought for him. We had Hollywood U2 but I am not a U2 fan so we skipped this show.  We had DSB (really good) and Wanted (pretty good) as well on our voyage.  I had seen DSB on land a couple of years ago.  They will be on our Saturday voyage as entertainment. We will also have a Pat Benatar tribute band.

Leo Rossi was our guest lecturer as well in February and again in April.  We first saw him for the first time in January of 2022 on the Majestic.  He is a great speaker.  We love listening to his adventures of touring with bands.  I bought and read his book.

I hope that princess will do more of these themed cruises.  It makes it fun.

I overheard an older couple talking about the outfits and why people were dressed that way.  Someone told them it was the theme of the cruise.  LOL

I loved your review.  Our voyage has been sold out for about six weeks now.

The Discovery is a really great ship.  The food has been really good to great.  We are not big buffet people.  We usually eat in the MDR for most meals.  We have eaten a couple of times in the buffet and it has been pretty good.

Enjoy your next cruise.

Christie and Steve

Thanks for sharing and thanks for your kind words!  These 80s cruises must be good if they got you to book twice in the same year!  😃  We'll ignore those other considerations.

 

It's too bad you didn't see Hollywood U2, but we couldn't expect you to take one for the team like that.

 

As I've said before, I hope and expect Princess will do more of these 80s cruises - it's just a matter of when they will put them on the schedule.  I'm less certain the comedy themed cruises have a future, but we'll see.

 

It continues to amaze me how many people were on a cruise like this and didn't know about the them.  It's in the title of the cruise!!

 

Enjoy the last 80s cruise for a while!  Tell the boys in the band I said hi!!

[JGmf]

Thanks for the fun read.  I always envisioned these 80's cruises to have a few original acts, but I guess not on Princess?

[Honolulu Blue]

29 minutes ago, JGmf said:

Thanks for the fun read.  I always envisioned these 80's cruises to have a few original acts, but I guess not on Princess?

Thank you for your kind words!

 

No, no original acts on Princess - at least in the U.S.  On one of the UK editions of the 80s theme, they had the REAL ABC, the REAL Nik Kershaw, and the REAL T'Pau.  That would've been interesting to see.  

 

This is a picture of the real ABC that I saw on The 80s Cruise last year.  It was a full charter that wasn't on Princess.  It also cost quite a bit more than this cruise. 🤑

 

[BabsinTX]

We were on this cruise too.  We booked it before it became an 80s themed cruise, so didn't know what to expect.  It was a blast!  Many people in costumes, wigs, etc.  I saw lots of cabin doors decorated with innovative 80s decor.  We've stayed on board for the Panama Canal, and the hallways are very blah now.  I agree about the younger people onboard, now more people are my age (70).  Sigh.  Still very nice but much less energy.  We would book a themed cruise just for the people watching.

[Honolulu Blue]

Just now, BabsinTX said:

We were on this cruise too.  We booked it before it became an 80s themed cruise, so didn't know what to expect.  It was a blast!  Many people in costumes, wigs, etc.  I saw lots of cabin doors decorated with innovative 80s decor.  We've stayed on board for the Panama Canal, and the hallways are very blah now.  I agree about the younger people onboard, now more people are my age (70).  Sigh.  Still very nice but much less energy.  We would book a themed cruise just for the people watching.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.  I did notice some cabin door decoration - some in 80s themes, some in the more usual themes (anniversary, birthday, retirement, etc.).  A few combined both.  No pictures, sorry.

 

All cruises longer than a week will attract an older crowd.  I especially noticed this on Carnival, but thank you for confirming that it's similar with Princess.

 

Maybe we'll be on the same 80s themed cruise together someday?  And maybe I'll give you some eye candy??

 

P.S.  I mentioned earlier in this thread that I hadn't seen any reviews here of the comedy cruises.  I want to link a recent review thread of someone who was on the last comedy themed cruise on the Royal.  The reviewer there seemed to like the comedians, though less so some of the other stuff.

 

[Honolulu Blue]

I just want to note that I passed two significant milestones (for me) on this cruise:

• This was my 25th cruise (all solo), and
• I spent my 200th day at sea.  I'm up to 201 total.

 

This is on all cruise lines, not just Princess.  

 

Let's throw a random picture here.  Why not?  This is some of the many plaques the Ruby has picked up through the years.  I've actually been to two of these POCs, one on Princess (though not on the Ruby).

[BermudaBound2014]

Thanks so much Honolulu Blue. I totally missed this. I think I would love an 80's cruise. Music is a passion for me. My dad was a professional musician and DH entertains me nightly on his acoustic. 

 

Off topic (but since you're the OP I hope you don't mind); I just noticed you are from Michigan. Can't believe I missed the reference to Lion colors all these years. We are from the Brighton area. Are you close? I'm headed back to Michigan now. Leaving my winter paradise. I heard it snowed yesterday. WTH

 

PS: Did Red Corvette include 'Guitar Gently Weeps' into their set? That performance by Prince at the 2004 Rock Hall of fame remains one of my all time favorites. I read somewhere that a reporter asked Eric Clapton how it felt to be the greatest guitar player of all time and he replied, "I don't know, you'll have to ask Prince". He was/is a tremendously underrated musician. I just went back to listen again. Someone in the comments wrote this, and it pretty much sums up Prince for me.....  "Prince is the type of dude that shows up at school in a cape, but then actually flies"

 

 

 

 

Edited April 26, 2023 by BermudaBound2014

[Honolulu Blue]

28 minutes ago, BermudaBound2014 said:

Thanks so much Honolulu Blue. I totally missed this. I think I would love an 80's cruise. Music is a passion for me. My dad was a professional musician and DH entertains me nightly on his acoustic. 

 

Off topic (but since you're the OP I hope you don't mind); I just noticed you are from Michigan. Can't believe I missed the reference to Lion colors all these years. We are from the Brighton area. Are you close? I'm headed back to Michigan now. Leaving my winter paradise. I heard it snowed yesterday. WTH

 

PS: Did Red Corvette include 'Guitar Gently Weeps' into their set? That performance by Prince at the 2004 Rock Hall of fame remains one of my all time favorites. I read somewhere that a reporter asked Eric Clapton how it felt to be the greatest guitar player of all time and he replied, "I don't know, you'll have to ask Prince". He was/is a tremendously underrated musician. I just went back to listen again. Someone in the comments wrote this, and it pretty much sums up Prince for me.....  "Prince is the type of dude that shows up at school in a cape, but then actually flies"

You're welcome.  I'm glad you found this thread (OK, I kind of led you here, but still...)

 

If you love the 80s, there's no doubt you'd love The 80s Cruise.  It's a full charter cruise for those who are fans of the decade - including the music.  Oh my, especially the music!  😮  That one has mostly the original acts, not tributes, but be prepared to pay the price.  🤑  TPTB here will get ornery if I link to it directly, but let's just say putting 80s and cruise in your favorite search engine will get you many more details.

 

I've had a few people get the Lions reference in my nom de plume.  I live very close to Brighton - about 40-50 miles away.  And yes, it did snow yesterday.  Didn't Prince do a song about that once?  Why yes he did!  Red Corvette didn't play that one (or the solo from his HOF induction), but they did play a song from that album.  Here's a picture from that performance:

[BermudaBound2014]

@Honolulu Blue I just looked at the 80's cruise. Looks like great fun. I've sailed on a sister ship; Rhapsody of the Seas and like the size very much.

 

Unfortunately; the dates won't work. Since retiring I am bent on never spending another winter in Michigan. Next winter I'm booked on a 35 night cruise to Tahiti and the French Polynesia. The ship debarks in San Diego and I will then fly directly to Maui where I will reside until the end of April when it's hopefully safe to return. Does Prince have a song about it snowing in May??

 

I count my blessings every single day 🙂