Well, maybe not quite paradise, but it sure feels like we've been living the life of rock stars. What with not being at our ordinary jobs, having someone else cook for and clean up after us, just being able to hang out, watching concerts, drinking and socializing, being up real late, and sleeping in.
Ok, so maybe the plan to post the blog entry the morning after is a bit flawed... I'll have to work on that for next year. Believe it or not, doing it at 2 a.m. worked better. Huh. But hey, at least it's still the same day we got off of the boat. Barely. And yes, I said "next year" -- I've already handed in my pre-reserve. :)
This was a more relaxing day -- we were in port in Nassau, and like I said, there's not many concerts on board while in port. So I got to sleep in some and take my time getting out and about. Which meant breakfast was at 11. I ran into T. from Alberta there (we met him last year), so we visited while we ate, and speculated about next year's cruise. We did go into Nassau for a couple of hours -- I was on a bit of a mission (mission accomplished). Funny, last year we didn't leave the ship at all, and this year we did both times.
Once back on the ship we had some lunch -- at 3:30 -- then hubby headed to the theatre to see Saxon while I posted the day before's blog entry. I told him I'd meet him there. Well, by the time I got to the internet cafe and did my thing, I got to Saxon in time for the last 2 songs. Then it was up to the pool stage for Kix's sail away concert. We were 1 of 4 ships in port, and as the music started up, some of our neighbours on the Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Sea (parked right beside us) gave us the horns (\m/) (as opposed to the finger!). That was cool.
We went to the last meet and greet -- with Black'n'Blue, London Quireboys, Faster Pussycat, Dio Disciples (and Wendy Dio!), and...Queensryche!! So, yes, we did get photos of us with them (hopefully) AND I got Scott Rockenfield to sign his recipe too. :) So that is 4/4 for the recipe book! Woohoo!
We stopped back at our cabin and got packed up for leaving, then headed to the restaurant for dinner. I think it was 9 p.m. at that point. We skipped dessert 'cause I wanted to get a good spot to see Great White -- and I did! Afterwards, we met up with A&A in the Zebra Bar for our last concert of the cruise: Black'n'Blue. Loudness were close by in the theatre, so my husband disappeared in to see more of them for about 20 minutes. Everything wrapped up by about 1:30. We headed up to the pool deck to see what was happening and got photos of us with Joel Hoekstra, Russ Dwarf, and Michael Lardie. Some of JSRG, the Dio Disciples, and Lita Ford's band were hanging out there too. We finally accepted the fact that the cruise had come to an end, and called it a night about 3. And we had to get up about 6 in order to shower, eat, and vacate our cabin on time. Let me just say I didn't feel very human on three hours sleep.
The disembarkation also went faster this year too. So kudos to the MOR team and MSC for all of the improvements this year!
My husband kept running into rockers at the elevators/stairs: he rode the elevator with Michael Sweet; ran into Eddie Jackson getting off the elevator and they found their way to the pool deck together; and Biff and other members of Saxon climbed up 7 levels of stairs in front of him.
So, it was another very cool rock'n'roll concert cruise vacation experience! And we get to do it again next year! I can't say at the moment that I can't wait, because I'm still recovering from this one, but I have a year + to let the excitement build. And I'm sure that will start to happen once they start releasing more details.
Stay tuned for photos...but give me a week or two!
Ciao for now!
Wednesday 20 March 2013
Tuesday 19 March 2013
"Well, in the middle of the night, and the early morning light, you can hear them a million miles away..." (Def Leppard)
Oy, these 2 a.m. bedtimes are going to kill me! My eyes are so tired, it's getting harder to stick those little pieces of plastic in them every morning.
Let's take care of some miscellaneous biz first, shall we?
So far, we've had very smooth sailing and pretty good weather -- until today. We were already in port in Nassau when I (and probably a lot of other cruisers) woke, and it's overcast and a bit rainy. Hopefully that will change for the better. Saturday evening was the only time it was uncomfortably windy and cool (and I know it's all relative -- it was still a lot nicer than it was at home). Since then, it's been great: warm and sunny.
Also, I have gotten a few autographs -- just 3, which I realize isn't a lot, considering autograph hounds can really clean up on this cruise. But allow me to explain: someone my husband played in a band with way back told us about the "Mosh Potatoes" cookbook. And of the artists on board this year, Lita Ford, John Corabi, Michael Wilton, and Scott Rockenfield all have recipes in it. So. I have gotten Lita, John, and Michael to sign their recipes so far. How cool is that?!
Ok, time for Monday's recap.
It was beach day at our stop at Coco Cay. The MOR team have scheduled things differently this year -- there's not too much happening in the way of concerts on the ship while we're in port. So, we hung out on the beach for a while (where I composed the previous day's blog entry and read), had some lunch, then caught Great White's acoustic set on the beach. After that, we headed back to the ship. There was another cruise ship anchored not too far away from us, and I'm sure they could hear our sailaway concert loud and clear!
"Cinderella and Friends" played on the pool stage late afternoon. I should tell you that the concerts happen at 5 different stages, starting at about noon, and then it's non-stop metal music until 2 a.m. (Hence the late bedtimes.) Back to Cinderella -- Tom Keifer couldn't make the trip due to illness (all of us here wish him well), so they only played one show, with a bunch of guest singers (John Corabi, Ron Keel, guys from Faster Pussycat and London Quireboys), and did covers, everything from Judas Priest to Rod Stewart to AC/DC, and even some Cinderella. It was actually a pretty cool show. After that, we were able to eat dinner (at the real restaurant, as opposed to grazing at the buffet) before heading back out to the pool stage for Stryper. We went to our meet and greet #2, this time with Cinderella (!), Loudness, Jailhouse, Nelson (?), and...Great White!! :) I actually have photos of us with Great White on my camera!
After that excitement, we saw more of Heavy Mellow, then I went in for some LA Guns. And then it was Dio Disciples in the theatre. At midnight (yes, midnight), we headed back up to the pool stage for Queensryche again. They started late (by 40 minutes -- I think they waited until Dio Disciples were done), and I gave up at the 20 minute mark. We ran into one half of A&A there too. I grabbed a snack (more buffet grazing) before we went to catch some of Keel's set. Then we called it a night.
We did get the form to pre-reserve for next year's MOR cruise, but the only info they gave us was March 29, 2014, for 4 days. The rumours abound, of course (different ship, bigger bands), and I've been pumping my inside sources for info, but to no avail. I'll keep you posted, but anyone who's interested, make note of that date! (S. in Scotland, that includes you!)
Only one MOR day -- and tomorrow Great White play!! Wooooo!
\m/
Let's take care of some miscellaneous biz first, shall we?
So far, we've had very smooth sailing and pretty good weather -- until today. We were already in port in Nassau when I (and probably a lot of other cruisers) woke, and it's overcast and a bit rainy. Hopefully that will change for the better. Saturday evening was the only time it was uncomfortably windy and cool (and I know it's all relative -- it was still a lot nicer than it was at home). Since then, it's been great: warm and sunny.
Also, I have gotten a few autographs -- just 3, which I realize isn't a lot, considering autograph hounds can really clean up on this cruise. But allow me to explain: someone my husband played in a band with way back told us about the "Mosh Potatoes" cookbook. And of the artists on board this year, Lita Ford, John Corabi, Michael Wilton, and Scott Rockenfield all have recipes in it. So. I have gotten Lita, John, and Michael to sign their recipes so far. How cool is that?!
Ok, time for Monday's recap.
It was beach day at our stop at Coco Cay. The MOR team have scheduled things differently this year -- there's not too much happening in the way of concerts on the ship while we're in port. So, we hung out on the beach for a while (where I composed the previous day's blog entry and read), had some lunch, then caught Great White's acoustic set on the beach. After that, we headed back to the ship. There was another cruise ship anchored not too far away from us, and I'm sure they could hear our sailaway concert loud and clear!
"Cinderella and Friends" played on the pool stage late afternoon. I should tell you that the concerts happen at 5 different stages, starting at about noon, and then it's non-stop metal music until 2 a.m. (Hence the late bedtimes.) Back to Cinderella -- Tom Keifer couldn't make the trip due to illness (all of us here wish him well), so they only played one show, with a bunch of guest singers (John Corabi, Ron Keel, guys from Faster Pussycat and London Quireboys), and did covers, everything from Judas Priest to Rod Stewart to AC/DC, and even some Cinderella. It was actually a pretty cool show. After that, we were able to eat dinner (at the real restaurant, as opposed to grazing at the buffet) before heading back out to the pool stage for Stryper. We went to our meet and greet #2, this time with Cinderella (!), Loudness, Jailhouse, Nelson (?), and...Great White!! :) I actually have photos of us with Great White on my camera!
After that excitement, we saw more of Heavy Mellow, then I went in for some LA Guns. And then it was Dio Disciples in the theatre. At midnight (yes, midnight), we headed back up to the pool stage for Queensryche again. They started late (by 40 minutes -- I think they waited until Dio Disciples were done), and I gave up at the 20 minute mark. We ran into one half of A&A there too. I grabbed a snack (more buffet grazing) before we went to catch some of Keel's set. Then we called it a night.
We did get the form to pre-reserve for next year's MOR cruise, but the only info they gave us was March 29, 2014, for 4 days. The rumours abound, of course (different ship, bigger bands), and I've been pumping my inside sources for info, but to no avail. I'll keep you posted, but anyone who's interested, make note of that date! (S. in Scotland, that includes you!)
Only one MOR day -- and tomorrow Great White play!! Wooooo!
\m/
Monday 18 March 2013
"Livin' after midnight, rockin' to the dawn..." (Judas Priest)
This is just TOO COOL!! (Have I mentioned that yet?)
Ok, so it wasn't to the dawn, but it was well after midnight...just after 2 am when I got back to our cabin. After a particularly strong mojito. The halls were pretty quiet, but I did pass a silver bustier lying on the floor on my way to our room. ?! Some things you just don't want an explanation for, you know? My other half was asleep with the tv on. (Though I did just double check that hubby wasn't harbouring the bustier-free harlot in our room.) He had left me and A&A partway through Y&T's set -- called it a night around 12:45. We had all met up earlier at Loudness on the pool stage.
I guess I should start at the beginning of the day, not the end.
It was St Patrick's Day, so it was the wearin' o' the green for us. We caught a bit of the Rock'n'Roll Q&A with Mark Weiss (photographer), Dave Meneketti (Y&T), and Wendy Dio (Ronnie James' widow) -- there's a big auction on board for his cancer charity. We actually stopped in at the auction later, where a Tony Iommi-signed Gibson guitar fetched $7,700. Crazy. I caught a bit of Heavy Mellow before posting Saturday's entry. Which I'm thinking was probably after noon. The Meister was there too, working on something. I know I said I'd have the posts up by noon, but that's apparently proving to be "-ish". Considering I'm sitting on the beach right now (not even near the boat) composing this, and it's 10 minutes to noon. Bear with me, people, I'm busy! :)
So after all that, we went to the meet and greet (#2 for the cruise, #1 for us). Same deal as last year, but it seemed to move faster. We met, said hi to, and had our pictures taken with: Saxon, Helix, JSRG, John Corabi, Lita Ford, and Femme Fatale. Then I headed to the Zebra Bar for some XYZ, and sighted some sharks -- of the Great White kind, if you know what I mean. ;) We checked out the Atomic Punks (Van Halen tribute), had a quick bite to eat, went up to the pool stage to see some Saxon, then down to the theatre for Queensryche. Who, I heard, actually started on time. In the theatre. Muchos improved over last year's timing. Queensryche were great, by the way. And as reported, their new singer sounded great. Although no one thought to report that he was a younger good-looking longhair who can rock a pair of leather pants. (Just sayin' -- hairdresser of mine!) Afterwards, we caught a bit of Heavy Mellow, where I was finally able to get their new CD. Then it was up to the pool for some Loudness. As I mentioned, we met up with A&A there and we all headed back down to the theatre for Y&T. A few songs after my husband left us, we went back up to the pool for JSRG. Another great show -- all the bands have been giving great performances. They finished with a rockin' version of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" -- which I'm sure my brother will think is pretty funny, and my niece (an Adele fan) will think is appalling.
And that's finally the end of Day 2.
Tomorrow, a beached whale -- ooops! I mean shark -- Great White is playing a concert on the beach for our stop on Coco Cay. :)
Ok, so it wasn't to the dawn, but it was well after midnight...just after 2 am when I got back to our cabin. After a particularly strong mojito. The halls were pretty quiet, but I did pass a silver bustier lying on the floor on my way to our room. ?! Some things you just don't want an explanation for, you know? My other half was asleep with the tv on. (Though I did just double check that hubby wasn't harbouring the bustier-free harlot in our room.) He had left me and A&A partway through Y&T's set -- called it a night around 12:45. We had all met up earlier at Loudness on the pool stage.
I guess I should start at the beginning of the day, not the end.
It was St Patrick's Day, so it was the wearin' o' the green for us. We caught a bit of the Rock'n'Roll Q&A with Mark Weiss (photographer), Dave Meneketti (Y&T), and Wendy Dio (Ronnie James' widow) -- there's a big auction on board for his cancer charity. We actually stopped in at the auction later, where a Tony Iommi-signed Gibson guitar fetched $7,700. Crazy. I caught a bit of Heavy Mellow before posting Saturday's entry. Which I'm thinking was probably after noon. The Meister was there too, working on something. I know I said I'd have the posts up by noon, but that's apparently proving to be "-ish". Considering I'm sitting on the beach right now (not even near the boat) composing this, and it's 10 minutes to noon. Bear with me, people, I'm busy! :)
So after all that, we went to the meet and greet (#2 for the cruise, #1 for us). Same deal as last year, but it seemed to move faster. We met, said hi to, and had our pictures taken with: Saxon, Helix, JSRG, John Corabi, Lita Ford, and Femme Fatale. Then I headed to the Zebra Bar for some XYZ, and sighted some sharks -- of the Great White kind, if you know what I mean. ;) We checked out the Atomic Punks (Van Halen tribute), had a quick bite to eat, went up to the pool stage to see some Saxon, then down to the theatre for Queensryche. Who, I heard, actually started on time. In the theatre. Muchos improved over last year's timing. Queensryche were great, by the way. And as reported, their new singer sounded great. Although no one thought to report that he was a younger good-looking longhair who can rock a pair of leather pants. (Just sayin' -- hairdresser of mine!) Afterwards, we caught a bit of Heavy Mellow, where I was finally able to get their new CD. Then it was up to the pool for some Loudness. As I mentioned, we met up with A&A there and we all headed back down to the theatre for Y&T. A few songs after my husband left us, we went back up to the pool for JSRG. Another great show -- all the bands have been giving great performances. They finished with a rockin' version of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" -- which I'm sure my brother will think is pretty funny, and my niece (an Adele fan) will think is appalling.
And that's finally the end of Day 2.
Tomorrow, a beached whale -- ooops! I mean shark -- Great White is playing a concert on the beach for our stop on Coco Cay. :)
Sunday 17 March 2013
"We're here for a good time, not a long time..." (Trooper)
Wow. Hmmmmmm...where to start...
First of all, let me just say: Life. Is. GOOD! :) And vacation is highly underrated.
I think I'm going to backtrack a bit:
Friday night was the pre-cruise party at Exit 66 nightclub in Fort Lauderdale. Enuff Z'Nuff and JSRG (aka Vixen) were the evening's entertainment. Enuff Z'Nuff were already on when we got there. We found A&A right away and then the Meister joined us shortly thereafter. It was pretty busy, and the crowd included Jeff LaBar (Cinderella) and the London Quireboys. I was pleasantly surprised by JSRG -- I've never been a Vixen fan, and don't know any of their music, but I thoroughly enjoyed them. We also met A&A's friends from "across the pond" (England), P&S (first time cruisers), who, as I understand it, are heavily involved in Firefest, a big weekend metal music festival every autumn somewhere in England.
And then it was finally Saturday -- the day we boarded the ship for the SECOND Monsters of Rock Cruise!! Wooooo!!
They've changed the process a bit this year, and getting through security, checking in, and boarding all went faster. So, we were on the ship around 2:00/2:30. The first act playing was Heavy Mellow -- Flametal last year -- metal classics played in the Flamenco style, and very cool. I could even play this when visiting with my "old maid Catholic school teacher aunt" (her words, not mine) and she'd never even know she was listening to Metallica or Ozzy Osbourne. :) Anyway, we loved these guys last year and were so glad to see them back on board. We bought their CD last time and I was hoping they'd have a new one this year -- and rumour has it they do! I have yet to actually see or procure it, however.
We hung out at the pool for the "blackout at sea" photo before the sailaway concert with Tesla -- who were great, by the way. (Oh, too funny -- this year someone was wearing a Neil Diamond concert t-shirt!) And speaking of Tesla, we tried the "Tesla-tini" and the Faster Pussycat Iguana (tequila, pina colada mix, pineapple juice, etc., etc.) After that, we kind of roamed around, saw a bit of Russ Dwarf (of Canada's own Killer Dwarfs), Ron Keel, and Motley Inc. Actually, everyone is playing great sets! We tried to see LA Guns and Y&T on the pool stage, but I found it too windy and cool for me. I'm sure we'll get another chance to see both of them. Then to cap off the first day, Lita Ford was in the theatre for 12:30. As I mentioned last year, the theatre concerts NEVER started on time, but she was on and playing by 1:00 (yes, that's a.m.), so that's actually not too bad.
The celebrity sightings are too numerous to mention, but: members of Helix, Cinderella, LA Guns, Stryper, Keel, Black'n'Blue, Loudness, London Quireboys, Lita Ford, John Corabi, Russ Dwarf...well, as I said...
Ok, Day 1 is a wrap, and Sunday is our Rockin' Day at Sea. See you tomorrow!
\m/
Oh -- and Happy St Patrick's Day!
First of all, let me just say: Life. Is. GOOD! :) And vacation is highly underrated.
I think I'm going to backtrack a bit:
Friday night was the pre-cruise party at Exit 66 nightclub in Fort Lauderdale. Enuff Z'Nuff and JSRG (aka Vixen) were the evening's entertainment. Enuff Z'Nuff were already on when we got there. We found A&A right away and then the Meister joined us shortly thereafter. It was pretty busy, and the crowd included Jeff LaBar (Cinderella) and the London Quireboys. I was pleasantly surprised by JSRG -- I've never been a Vixen fan, and don't know any of their music, but I thoroughly enjoyed them. We also met A&A's friends from "across the pond" (England), P&S (first time cruisers), who, as I understand it, are heavily involved in Firefest, a big weekend metal music festival every autumn somewhere in England.
And then it was finally Saturday -- the day we boarded the ship for the SECOND Monsters of Rock Cruise!! Wooooo!!
They've changed the process a bit this year, and getting through security, checking in, and boarding all went faster. So, we were on the ship around 2:00/2:30. The first act playing was Heavy Mellow -- Flametal last year -- metal classics played in the Flamenco style, and very cool. I could even play this when visiting with my "old maid Catholic school teacher aunt" (her words, not mine) and she'd never even know she was listening to Metallica or Ozzy Osbourne. :) Anyway, we loved these guys last year and were so glad to see them back on board. We bought their CD last time and I was hoping they'd have a new one this year -- and rumour has it they do! I have yet to actually see or procure it, however.
We hung out at the pool for the "blackout at sea" photo before the sailaway concert with Tesla -- who were great, by the way. (Oh, too funny -- this year someone was wearing a Neil Diamond concert t-shirt!) And speaking of Tesla, we tried the "Tesla-tini" and the Faster Pussycat Iguana (tequila, pina colada mix, pineapple juice, etc., etc.) After that, we kind of roamed around, saw a bit of Russ Dwarf (of Canada's own Killer Dwarfs), Ron Keel, and Motley Inc. Actually, everyone is playing great sets! We tried to see LA Guns and Y&T on the pool stage, but I found it too windy and cool for me. I'm sure we'll get another chance to see both of them. Then to cap off the first day, Lita Ford was in the theatre for 12:30. As I mentioned last year, the theatre concerts NEVER started on time, but she was on and playing by 1:00 (yes, that's a.m.), so that's actually not too bad.
The celebrity sightings are too numerous to mention, but: members of Helix, Cinderella, LA Guns, Stryper, Keel, Black'n'Blue, Loudness, London Quireboys, Lita Ford, John Corabi, Russ Dwarf...well, as I said...
Ok, Day 1 is a wrap, and Sunday is our Rockin' Day at Sea. See you tomorrow!
\m/
Oh -- and Happy St Patrick's Day!
Wednesday 13 March 2013
"I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it!" (The Pointer Sisters)
3 MOR DAYS!!! WOOOOOOO!!!
Sorry -- I just had to start off with the countdown -- have I mentioned that I'm excited?!? Actually, I can't say whether I was more excited last year because I had no idea what to expect, or whether I'm more excited this year because I do know what to expect!
So. I'm pretty much ready to go. I've packed all but the few last minute things and I've got all of my paperwork together. I have gathered the necessities for the cruise: new MOR 2013 cruise t-shirt, camera, jeans, boots, black clothing, sunglasses, summer clothing, various and sundry accoutrements required for St Patrick's Day festivities... And, we have our door poster all ready to go too. :)
Oh! Speaking of St Patrick's Day, seeing as this cruise takes place over March 17th, I've changed the background colour of this blog to green, in honour of. (You may have noticed.)
This year, we're starting the party early as we're going to the pre-cruise party on Friday night. We'll be seeing our cruise buddies A&A there, and I'll (finally) get to meet the Meister. It should be a good night. (And really, only serve to ramp up the level of anticipation!)
Having been on the cruise last year, and still remembering the crazy schedule trying to see everyone we wanted to -- never mind eat and sleep -- I'm doing things a little differently this time around. I've decided to prioritize: I know the bands I really want to see, so I'll be staying for their whole set. Or sets, if I really like them. Then I have a secondary list of bands I'd like to see, and I'll do my best to see what I can of them, schedule depending. Everyone else is considered hit and miss. (Actually some of them will be out and out misses, as there are a couple I have no desire to see.) Now, for those of you who are laughing at this plan of mine, let me just say, trust me -- you have no idea what it was like last year. And if there are any new cruisers out there reading this, just you wait and see. You'll find out the hard way!
And as if there's not enough excitement here (I'm, like, doing the Snoopy dance inside!), I'm excited to find out the scoop on next year's cruise. That's right, people! The MOR team themselves have alluded to a "2014 cruise", AND they're testing the waters (pun intended -- ha!) to see if a Europe MOR cruise is a possibility!! How cool would that be?!? So, considering they announced this year's cruise while we were on last year's, I'm hoping we are just days away from finding out about next year's. :)
Alright. I'm signing off now until we're actually on the ship. Oh, FYI -- I've also decided to post the morning after during the cruise, instead of at the end of the day (which basically amounts to the middle of the night). So that means the next post should come out Sunday morning. And by "morning" I mean by noon, ok?
Ciao for now!
Sorry -- I just had to start off with the countdown -- have I mentioned that I'm excited?!? Actually, I can't say whether I was more excited last year because I had no idea what to expect, or whether I'm more excited this year because I do know what to expect!
So. I'm pretty much ready to go. I've packed all but the few last minute things and I've got all of my paperwork together. I have gathered the necessities for the cruise: new MOR 2013 cruise t-shirt, camera, jeans, boots, black clothing, sunglasses, summer clothing, various and sundry accoutrements required for St Patrick's Day festivities... And, we have our door poster all ready to go too. :)
Oh! Speaking of St Patrick's Day, seeing as this cruise takes place over March 17th, I've changed the background colour of this blog to green, in honour of. (You may have noticed.)
This year, we're starting the party early as we're going to the pre-cruise party on Friday night. We'll be seeing our cruise buddies A&A there, and I'll (finally) get to meet the Meister. It should be a good night. (And really, only serve to ramp up the level of anticipation!)
Having been on the cruise last year, and still remembering the crazy schedule trying to see everyone we wanted to -- never mind eat and sleep -- I'm doing things a little differently this time around. I've decided to prioritize: I know the bands I really want to see, so I'll be staying for their whole set. Or sets, if I really like them. Then I have a secondary list of bands I'd like to see, and I'll do my best to see what I can of them, schedule depending. Everyone else is considered hit and miss. (Actually some of them will be out and out misses, as there are a couple I have no desire to see.) Now, for those of you who are laughing at this plan of mine, let me just say, trust me -- you have no idea what it was like last year. And if there are any new cruisers out there reading this, just you wait and see. You'll find out the hard way!
And as if there's not enough excitement here (I'm, like, doing the Snoopy dance inside!), I'm excited to find out the scoop on next year's cruise. That's right, people! The MOR team themselves have alluded to a "2014 cruise", AND they're testing the waters (pun intended -- ha!) to see if a Europe MOR cruise is a possibility!! How cool would that be?!? So, considering they announced this year's cruise while we were on last year's, I'm hoping we are just days away from finding out about next year's. :)
Alright. I'm signing off now until we're actually on the ship. Oh, FYI -- I've also decided to post the morning after during the cruise, instead of at the end of the day (which basically amounts to the middle of the night). So that means the next post should come out Sunday morning. And by "morning" I mean by noon, ok?
Ciao for now!
Sunday 3 March 2013
"Take a ride on the wild side..." (Motley Crue)
Well, here's one from the "ask and ye shall receive" files...
In my last post, I mentioned that out of all of the bands on my MOR hit list, I was just missing seeing Motley Crue. (I've seen all of the others over the past year and a half, and will be seeing Great White on the cruise -- can't wait!) And what do you know, but just days after that post went up, a Motley Crue concert is announced for Hamilton in May. :) So. Guess who now has tickets? In the tenth row on the floor, no less? Moi. And my husband. How cool is that?! And I think this is the third time I've seen Motley Crue.
Actually, the best concert experience I ever had was seeing Motley Crue in a club in Oklahoma City in August of '94. It was during the period when Vince Neil had left/been kicked out of the band, and John Corabi (also on the MOR cruise, as he was last year -- we have a pic of us with him) was singing for them. As I understand it, the band wasn't doing so well on that tour, and the venues kept getting downgraded due to poor ticket sales -- a la Spinal Tap. Regardless, it was very cool to see such a big rock band in a smaller club setting.
Speaking of Spinal Tap, we did watch it this past week in preparation for the cruise. Apparently, they're having a Spinal Tap night on board. Hmmm, not so sure we'll be all costumed up for that one... But -- I have found myself a green t-shirt perfect for St Patrick's Day, which will be Sunday of the cruise, the first full day at sea. Which is 2 weeks today!!!
13 MOR DAYS!!!!
(Oh my gosh, I'm so excited!! I can't wait!!)
In my last post, I mentioned that out of all of the bands on my MOR hit list, I was just missing seeing Motley Crue. (I've seen all of the others over the past year and a half, and will be seeing Great White on the cruise -- can't wait!) And what do you know, but just days after that post went up, a Motley Crue concert is announced for Hamilton in May. :) So. Guess who now has tickets? In the tenth row on the floor, no less? Moi. And my husband. How cool is that?! And I think this is the third time I've seen Motley Crue.
Actually, the best concert experience I ever had was seeing Motley Crue in a club in Oklahoma City in August of '94. It was during the period when Vince Neil had left/been kicked out of the band, and John Corabi (also on the MOR cruise, as he was last year -- we have a pic of us with him) was singing for them. As I understand it, the band wasn't doing so well on that tour, and the venues kept getting downgraded due to poor ticket sales -- a la Spinal Tap. Regardless, it was very cool to see such a big rock band in a smaller club setting.
Speaking of Spinal Tap, we did watch it this past week in preparation for the cruise. Apparently, they're having a Spinal Tap night on board. Hmmm, not so sure we'll be all costumed up for that one... But -- I have found myself a green t-shirt perfect for St Patrick's Day, which will be Sunday of the cruise, the first full day at sea. Which is 2 weeks today!!!
13 MOR DAYS!!!!
(Oh my gosh, I'm so excited!! I can't wait!!)
Wednesday 20 February 2013
"Closer to it every day..." (Warrant)
Close indeed! Just 24 MOR days -- less than a month away!! I can hardly wait! :)
It's been a couple of months since my last post, and I figure I have a few things to cover here. So let's get to it, shall we?
First of all, I had a pretty exciting Christmas: friends of ours got us the "Metal Evolution" series on DVD (awesome!!), and my husband surprised me with Bon Jovi tickets (very awesome!!)!
We've only watched the first episode of "Metal Evolution" just yet (life's been too busy...and we have already seen the series once) -- we watched it with our cruise buddies A&A when we got together just after Christmas.
The Bon Jovi concert was just a few days ago, and boy, did they deliver -- what a great show! 2 straight hours of Bon Jovi, plus a 6 song encore. (And it was actually nice not to have to sit through an opening band for once.) The ACC in Toronto was packed and rockin', even though that was their 2nd night there. I've checked my old concert ticket stubs, and I see that this is just the 3rd time I've seen Bon Jovi. My husband isn't really a fan (as evidenced by the "Is this Bon Jovi again?!" comment every time they come up on the ipod), so I took a friend who's a fan but has never seen them. And needless to say, a good time was had by all!
Now if you remember, in one of my first posts, I said my personal Monsters of Rock lineup would be: Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Scorpions, Aerosmith, Motley Crue, and Great White. Well, wouldn't you know it, but in the past 18 months, I've seen Whitesnake, Aerosmith, Scorpions, Def Leppard, and now Bon Jovi. I'm just missing Motely Crue (who I probably should have made more of an effort to see last September when they were in Toronto with Kiss), and Great White (who I'll be seeing on the upcoming Monsters of Rock Cruise). Not too bad, if you ask me. :)
And speaking of the cruise (which is really the whole point of this blog after all)...
We were on vacation in Cozumel (Mexico) a couple of weeks ago, and we saw the MSC Poesia in port there. That got me excited about -- and looking forward to -- the cruise!
The Monsters of Rock cruise has a facebook page, and everyone's been submitting countdown photos, some of which the MOR team post. We've submitted 4 thus far, and have had all 4 posted. Which I think is pretty cool. I'm planning one last one in the coming weeks, too.
And while we're on the subject of the MOR countdown, here's a photo of my "official countdown calendar" that I have up at work:
(Of course, the original will be included in my "official commemorative album" of this year's cruise.)
I'll probably do one more post in March before we sail, so stay tuned. In the meantime...
24 MOR DAYS!!!
(Are you excited?! I'm excited!!)
It's been a couple of months since my last post, and I figure I have a few things to cover here. So let's get to it, shall we?
First of all, I had a pretty exciting Christmas: friends of ours got us the "Metal Evolution" series on DVD (awesome!!), and my husband surprised me with Bon Jovi tickets (very awesome!!)!
We've only watched the first episode of "Metal Evolution" just yet (life's been too busy...and we have already seen the series once) -- we watched it with our cruise buddies A&A when we got together just after Christmas.
The Bon Jovi concert was just a few days ago, and boy, did they deliver -- what a great show! 2 straight hours of Bon Jovi, plus a 6 song encore. (And it was actually nice not to have to sit through an opening band for once.) The ACC in Toronto was packed and rockin', even though that was their 2nd night there. I've checked my old concert ticket stubs, and I see that this is just the 3rd time I've seen Bon Jovi. My husband isn't really a fan (as evidenced by the "Is this Bon Jovi again?!" comment every time they come up on the ipod), so I took a friend who's a fan but has never seen them. And needless to say, a good time was had by all!
Now if you remember, in one of my first posts, I said my personal Monsters of Rock lineup would be: Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Scorpions, Aerosmith, Motley Crue, and Great White. Well, wouldn't you know it, but in the past 18 months, I've seen Whitesnake, Aerosmith, Scorpions, Def Leppard, and now Bon Jovi. I'm just missing Motely Crue (who I probably should have made more of an effort to see last September when they were in Toronto with Kiss), and Great White (who I'll be seeing on the upcoming Monsters of Rock Cruise). Not too bad, if you ask me. :)
And speaking of the cruise (which is really the whole point of this blog after all)...
We were on vacation in Cozumel (Mexico) a couple of weeks ago, and we saw the MSC Poesia in port there. That got me excited about -- and looking forward to -- the cruise!
The Monsters of Rock cruise has a facebook page, and everyone's been submitting countdown photos, some of which the MOR team post. We've submitted 4 thus far, and have had all 4 posted. Which I think is pretty cool. I'm planning one last one in the coming weeks, too.
And while we're on the subject of the MOR countdown, here's a photo of my "official countdown calendar" that I have up at work:
(Of course, the original will be included in my "official commemorative album" of this year's cruise.)
I'll probably do one more post in March before we sail, so stay tuned. In the meantime...
24 MOR DAYS!!!
(Are you excited?! I'm excited!!)
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