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Originally posted by The Highroller You're right. Refer to my point about having all but given up on this crowd.

To me, I am more inclined to go on a boat, with a lesser quality talent, providing I know more of the people I like are gonna be in attendance, providing a solid vibe and happy times. (hasnt been many of those in a few years for me)

We all know which promoters and boats cater to different crowds in the scene..........cough cough amigos cough sketch cough.

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Originally posted by Special K I want to be excited for this but last year left a bitter taste in my mouth. I can't think of one cruise I went on last year that I REALLY enjoyed (vs the previous years where I had a great time on pretty much every boat party I went on). Boats leaving late or coming back early, sound issues, sound police, super annoying long search lines ... etc.

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Originally posted by Special K It's understandable, people aren't that stupid. $40-60 is still a bit of change. And when you are paying that much and consistently NOT getting what you paid for, it makes sense that people become much more selective about going to these events or not going to them at all.

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Originally posted by The Highroller I'm very skeptical about boat cruises this season. It seems like boat cruises keep getting worse and worse with the following problems (in order of importance):

I agree 100% on all of the above posts ^^

Last season was simply unacceptable, and I'm hoping that Promoters are doing everything they can this year to address these issues.

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I really have absolutely no desire for any boat cruises this summer, EXCEPT for the Calderone Canada Day cruise which I KNOW will be 100% worth my money.

I have only gone on 4 boat cruises since I've started partying...I pick and choose the ones that mean the most to me and that I have a good feeling won't be a complete FLOP:

-Danny Howells (Sept 23 2007)
-Dance 2 Da Boat w/ Aquaviva (Sept 1 2008)
-C&C Canada Day Cruise (July 1, 2009)
-Honey Dijon cruise (July 19, 2009)

Pretty much try to keep it to 1 a summer, 2 MAX if there's a good cruise other than Canada Day.

I wholeheartedly agree in that there are wayyyyyyyyy too many redundant cruises. Seriously, every fucking weekend there's another cruise with the same locals, same ppl. Why?!?!?! Cruises should be SPECIAL and OCCASIONAL events. The more garbage ones you have the more it takes away from the good ones...it's being way too played out.

I can say right now that I will never pay $40-50 to see locals on a cruise for fuck sakes (unless it was something like Addy + Deko-ze + Cam Maxwell + Irgo + D-Unity etc Iberican Local Tribal Party HINT HINT HINT heheh)

And ya, the the fucking wait to leave the dock....... SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS buzzkill!!!!! People get so frustrated and annoyed waiting on the boat to leave that it literally KILLS any previous vibe of getting on and takes a while to even remotely get back, especially when the volume's sooooooo low/weak and only on the water for 2hrs max now.

Actually the more I write about this the more furious I'm getting....fuck it you get my point, im pouring myself a stiff drink now.

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Originally posted by RobSt*r only will pick the cream of the crop cruises to attend this season.

same

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I know there was a similar thread in late 2008 and last year and I pretty much gave up on cruises after the first one I went on last year. I know it puts the promoters and the boats in a difficult position but I have ofter wondered if they started to take a strict approach with the problems if a certain group of people will get the message that they aren't welcomed.

Things to try
1. Start boarding early and have enough security to do a good search and get everyone on board early and leave on time. If people are late leave without them.
2. Make it very clear that drugs are not welcomed on board (come on people its a Saturday or Sunday afternoon) and if needed work with the police until people get the message.
3. If people G out or get totally wasted and are a problem deal with those people right away and severely

Look at what is happening at Picnik this year and Cherry Beach last year. Since there was a group of people who didn't get the concept of a daytime party both promoters have had to change their events because people were getting way too wasted and bringing bad attention to the parties. Now we can't bring booze to Picnik and we have to party in a bush instead of a beach.

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Originally posted by RobSt*r Good points also. But unfortunately we can not search and discard stupidity at the dock like G

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Originally posted by The Highroller I'm very skeptical about boat cruises this season. It seems like boat cruises keep getting worse and worse with the following problems (in order of importance): 1. Boats leaving late and docking early 2. Very low volumes on boats 3. Too many people G'ing out and treating boat cruises like Comfort Zone on water 4. Fort Knox style searches and banning sunscreen I've all but given up and dealing with the "regular scene" crowd on boats. There are just way too many stupid, stupid people who cross the line and ruin it for everybody. I'm looking forward to other boat cruises and outdoor events where I don't have to deal with this horrible, irresponsible crowd anymore. The last boat cruise season was simply an unacceptable mess. I will be going on the Victor Calderone cruise on Canada Day, but my willingness to go to any boat cruises beyond that is pretty low, especially if the same level of stupidity is around this year as was around last year (which I fully expect it to be).

+1 to everything...boat cruises are suppose to be chill out and dance time with friends and cold beverages. There is a time and place to be stupid and on a boat is not the time or the place.

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People need to work together for the good of the business and do boat cruises as a unit instead of competing against each other.

Last year was full of promoters barely able to pay the boat and the DJ talent, let alone spend money on promo (a facebook invite is part of a promotional campaign, it isn't the whole thing) and that's why you would have dead cruises.

i'm only going to hit 1 or 2 cruises this year at most.

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Originally posted by Big Boss People need to work together for the good of the business and do boat cruises as a unit instead of competing against each other. Last year was full of promoters barely able to pay the boat and the DJ talent, let alone spend money on promo (a facebook invite is part of a promotional campaign, it isn't the whole thing) and that's why you would have dead cruises.

They won't.

Same reason why clubs/promotors don't co-operate and try and throw larger parties...that would be just total awesomeness. Like in the late 90s...

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the boats never leave on time... it is to the point where I wonder if they are even allowed to go out at the time that they state on the tickets. 2 years running now, various promoters and all of them left late, and usually they came in early as well. All with different reasons. Last year was by far the worst.

Makes me sad because I really used to love boat cruises. It rarely seems worth the investment anymore.

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I really need to catch a cruise in Miami next year!

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=524021

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