Capital Jazz Supercruise 2012

[policecruiser]

One of my aunts, now deceased, was a hotel maid, also. She told me stories about the condition some people would leave their rooms in, and I've been careful not to do that to anyone. It's great that you leave something in honor of your Mom.

 

I love the idea of leaving a CD for the room steward. We usually leave some cash and candy each day but the CD would be extra special. Thanks for the 'tip'.

[hattack]

I treated my Mom to her first cruise in the mid 1990's on the Norway on the Jazz Cruise...she would strip her bed every morning to make it easier for her cabin steward

 

I have great respect for how hard the cruise staff work and how hard it must be to be away from your family for such a long period of time....I always make sure we take a picture with our cabin person..if you enjoy people watching, when they do sound checks in the early morning on sea days for the noon concerts on the lido deck,watch the deck hands clean the deck and sit up the deck chairs to the beat of the music...at night they have concerts in the atrium and the gift shop staff on deck 4 and the staff at the guest relations desk on deck 3 will be dancing to the music..the waiters in the main showroom work their butts off everynight,but they get to see and hear all of the artists both at the show and the midnight allstar jam sessions

[hattack]

We are sailing towards the end of hurricane season, and last year due to storms in the Gulf we could not go to Belize, divert to Grand Cayman, could not get in and wound up in Grand Turk (which was a great beach day)....no one complained and everyone was very thankful that our Captain kept us out of harms way..The Capital Jazz staff did an outstanding job with all the changes and all of the artists chipped in to do extra shows...the only group that could not get to the ship was The Family Stone so one of the house bands Spur of the Moment did a great tribute show on Sly's music

Folks pay to go on the SuperCruise for the music and the artists, not for the ports of call..95% would not mind missing a port and having an extra sea day because that would mean another noon time concert on the lido deck..

[Myrtlewood]

My husband and I had a great time on the SuperCruise in 2010. We decided to join the 2012 cruise and have a group code G607.

 

Book your reservation on the official CaptitalJazz webpage using our group code and enter to win a FREE 3-night stay in Myrtlewood Villas, Myrtle Beach, SC. And enter to win gift cards.

 

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Travel Group - Capital Jazz SuperCruise Oct.20-28, 2012 for details.

[Ms411]

Sigh. I'm one of the 5% who does care about the ports. And I'm not sure even the best of music can keep me from going stir crazy with all the sea days, but I'll bring other entertainment just in case or maybe get off at the last port to avoid more sea days and the chaos in Ft Lauderdale.

 

Uh, oh. Hope my cabinmates don't read this post!:o

[hattack]

Veteran cruisers know that missed or alternative ports during hurricane season are a fact of life and do not become wedded to a particular port. Many of the artists will host a shore excursion..Nick Colionne will probably host a deep sea fishing charter...on sea days you can do the normal cruise stuff...spa,casino,cooking class, reading by the pool at the back of the ship, movies, worshops etc.and take part in all the music activity

You will spend very little if anytime in your cabin and in fact spend alot of time in the public areas with all the new friends that you will make using the love of music as your common thread

As it gets closer, lets make plans to meet at the pre cruise party (if you are planning to come in the day before) and to have lunch in the main dining room on one of our last full days at sea. I would love to listen to your experience. I use to bring a book to read during the cruise..never read a page the entire week.

[hattack]

Mrytlewood...my Mom is from Myrtle Beach and I have retirement property there...what a small world

[Ms411]

Since I didn't go to Antigua last year, that's the main one I want to visit. I'm not too concerned about storms, because the percentage is a lot less in Oct than in Aug/Sep when I sailed last year.

 

I'm trying to remember what I did on the sea day on Carnival last year. Oh yes, I watched the movie since I hadn't seen it, and read some of my book that I still haven't finished, but will probably bring it along on this cruise. On RCI, I went to the cooking demonstrations and specialty restaurant. I like the fact that this cruise has a celebrity chef as part of the lineup.

 

We do plan to go to the pre-cruise party, so I look forward to meeting you there. I should be easy to spot out of the 3,000+ people there!;) But, I'll wear a dark pink, short dress (well, not too short!) with a flower somewhere on my clothing.

 

Gee, you're such a good egg to remember your mother like that!

 

I like the idea of giving a CD to the cabin steward, but St Martin is awash with bootleg merchandise, so I just give extra cash. They may not have any/many jazz bootlegs, though, but for most other music, it's hard to find a legit copy.

 

There's a jazz cafe in Philipsburg, so I'm going to e-mail the owner and make sure he knows we're coming. Since we'll be in port until 8, I want to have something to do after 5, so I'm hoping he can plan something.

[hattack]

The artists will have their own cd's for sale on the ship and there will be many cd release/listening parties during the week to purchase your music..I am a big fan of purchasing my music thru CD Baby, where the artists receive a greater % of the proceeds

 

I suspect you will be very tired but never bored on this cruise

 

Wow...9 months out and you know what you will be wearing..I don' t know what I am wearing tomorrow

I collect and custom frame Jazz Festival posters...plz ask your friend if he has any for sale

[Ms411]

That's because I have little dresses that I only wear on cruises, so I can pack a lot of them in a little space. And now that I've discovered Switch Flops, it's even easier to pull it all together for a cruise.

 

I used to subscribe to some jazz cd by the month club, but they don't ship down here, so I cancelled my membership. Don't remember the name now, but maybe someone posting is aware of it? Maybe they've changed their policy by now.

[hattack]

Once again, great minds think alike....lol.....my basic SuperCruise warobe consist of a nice black/white outfit (theme night), my New Orleans Saints outfit (theme night), however I might change up this year to an NBA NO Hornet's outfit because the point guard for the team has the same last name as mine, and 2 pairs of slacks/knit shirts that I can mix/match

 

I do put together a new 60's or 70's theme night outfit every year that my cabin mate coordinates and during the day my warobe consist of shorts and jazz festival teeshirts that I have attended during the year...i'm able to travel with just one suitcase that I can carry on...it's nice not to have to bring a formal outfit

 

I have all the artists latest cd's downloaded on my Sony MP3 player and just bring the cd covers for them to sign....for the neo soul underground artists whose music I cannot find, I know they will bring their music to sell on the ship. Last year a few of the artists held cd release parties so we were able to obtain the cd prior to being open to sell to the public

[Ms411]

I had a nightmare already about this cruise. I forgot to boo an excrsuion in St Lucia, no taxis could be found, so I was stuck with nothing to do. Guess I'll email a provider and let them know I want to do their tour.

 

No sports jerseys for me, and no jazz tee shirts, either. Well, I'll probably have one made by then. They do the same theme nights every cruise?

[hattack]

No they add new ones every year but the black/white, 70's night, and tailgate party are wildly popular and guests look forward to it and plan for it...since we will be cruising for 8 days we should have new theme nights...Capital Jazz conducts an email follow up survey right after the cruise and ask for suggestions for future cruises including theme nights

 

Lots of cruisers do private tours that they set up on their own and will invite folks that they just met on the cruise to join them....if you let it be known, I'm sure you can find a hook-up

 

If you have been on a cruise, but never on a full charter music cruise and especially on the Capital Jazz SuperCruise, you are in for a totally different experience...ask anyone who has been on a cruise, then goes,on a full charter music cruise, and they will tell you that a normal cruise is very, very, very boring

[Ms411]

Ha, ha! ME, wait until I meet others on the cruise to plan my excursions??? You must be making joke (as they say in the Caribbean).

 

I'm going to book within the next few weeks, because many excursions have limited capacity.

 

Now to find something for 70s night...

[hattack]

If I were a betting man, I would place my $$$$$ that on 70's night we will have a 10 pm lido deck concert with George Clinton and P-Funk

[Ms411]

That would be awesome! I've figured out my outfit.

[hattack]

Does your outfit include a diaper????? lol

 

Two years ago on SuperCruise 4, on our black/white theme night Teena Marie performed at 10pm on the lido deck..she was awesome..what we did not know at the time it would be her last live performance...she died a month later...for our NFL noon time tailgate party on our first day at sea Jeffrey Osborne held a "woo-woo-woo" contest between the cities..it was so funny

Last year due to the weather we held our 70's night theme party inside on deck 5...we had a Soul Train Line best 70's outfit contest (Rerun from the 70's show What's Happening won)...all of the artists partied with us and everyone had so much fun...Chante Moore was hands down the winner of having the most pics taken with (yes, I have a great pic with her, when I got home I enlarged and matted and tell my friends dhe was my date for the cruise..my cabinmate did the same thing with her pic with Eric Benet)...we also had a 70's concert where the artists channelled artists from the 70's (Eric Benet doing Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, was my favorite)

if you look st the website you will see a pic of the lido deck noon concert with Frankie Beverly and Maze...yep, that's all 3000 of us swaying to Frankie..quite an experience..,.hint, this year if you want a good spot for Chuck Brown, stake it out by 8am

[hattack]

I meant Eric Roberson doing Marvin Gaye...Eric is on our cruise this year again (by popular demand)...if you have never seen him or Ken Ford live, put both of them on your must see list

[Ms411]

Ha, ha! Now I'm wondering why you would think it may include a diaper??? I can't think of a diaper/70s relationship! Oh! Now I get it! No, I wasn't born in the 70s!:D

 

I am not taking photos with any of the musicians. That's not my thing. I try to be, as, I think, Henry Louis Gates said, incognegro.

 

I have to work out my entrance for this outfit, and I may need some help. I've got months to work on it, so hopefully I can get it together by then.

 

I recently watched the French movie, "The Heartbreaker", and the star learned the dance routine in "Saturday Night Fever." Talk about chick flick fantasy! Guess I'll start looking at some 70s disco movies to get ready for this cruise.

 

Oh! hattack, do you have posters from any of the St Lucia Jazz Festivals? That's the biggest jazz festival in the Caribbean, and it's one of our stops. You should start laying the groundwork now so you can get posters for your collection if you don't already have them. I'll be on the Segway and at Our Planet, so I won't have time to hold your hand in St Lucia.:)

[hattack]

The St. Lucia Jazz Festival is on my bucket list...I email their website every year asking if I could purchase one but have never received a response so while you and my cabinmate are off during your thing on all 3 islands, I am on a mission in each port to find a store that sells them. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to pass on....and yes I am looking for an official Bermuda Music Festival poster from previous years. (I had breakfast on the last morning of the SuperCruise in October with a group of 8 really nice folks from Bermuda who indicated that the Festival had been discontinued by the Government due to cost), I will gladly send you an official New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Congo Square Poster in exchange..I have about 70 framed music festival/jazz cruise posters that I alternate twice a year when we have time zone changes..the Capital Jazz Festival has an official poster but as of yet, they have not produced one for their SuperCruise...I suggest it every year on the feedback survey so maybe this year........I learned how to custom frame to save lots of $$$$$$$...my signed framed jazz cruise posters with all of the artists are some of my most prized possessions

[hattack]

Hmmmmmmm 70's disco dances...I've never seen anyone dress up in the white leisure suit that John Travolta wore in Saturday Night Fever (wonder why?????? lol)for the 70's night party

 

You can learn almost any of the past and current dances in the various dance classes that are offered during the week...last year my neighbor's teenage daughters taught me how to do " The Dougie"...in return I had to bring them back a personalized signed cd from the man himself...they also have a pole dancing class (for women only)...this year there is a professional step dance troupe that will perform for us and probably conduct workshops where we can learn the dance (sorry no ballroom dancing on our cruise)....you can salsa, couples hand dance, line dance every night in the atrium...the disco is full every night with famous dj's spinning (last year we had Kid Capri among others)

 

Capital Jazz Productions has an internet radio station (find it on their website) where you can hear all of the artists that are on our cruise and at their festival

[Ms411]

Ha, ha! You're using a Stateside mentality in the Caribbean and that just won't work!

 

Maybe if you get down on your knees, crawl, beg, and pay me an exhorbitant fee, I can probably find some for you.

 

Let me send word to my peeps that I'm looking for some, and see what they have to contribute. A friend of mine used to either work for the Jazz Festival or interviewed. I don't remember the entire conversation now, but I'll shoot her an e-mail and see what contacts she may have. I'll also check with the jazz musicians here to see if they can hook me up.

 

The key is establishing dialogue before you get in port. And once you're in port, smiling, greeting, and complimenting are worth more than the dollars you may be thinking of spending.

 

I want to check my photos from my last trip to St Lucia. There's a restaurant there that I thought I would patronize on my next visit, and there must have been a music or food connection that caught my eye. Now to find them, because they're not on my computer!

 

I think you owe me maybe 2 or 3 drinks by now! Plus 2 servings of gumbo, at least!

[Ms411]

hattack, Bermuda isn't in the Caribbean, and I get very annoyed when people try to include it in the region. My consultancy fee for this one would be at least triple.:D

[hattack]

No offense intended..I'll be sure to bring with me an authentic Mardi Gras throw from our Zulu Parade so it will compliment one of your theme night outfits...thanks for helping with my collection

 

I'll bring some bread pudding and a hurricane glass as part of my pennance

[Ms411]

hattack, I talked to someone in St Lucia today. You only want a poster or are you looking for any souvenir? Does it have to be from this year? They're supposed to call me back, so hopefully I should have some lead in a few days.

 

Have you been to any jazz festivals in the Caribean?

 

I didn't even think of dressing as a character/person for 70s. I just thought of someone, though. Let me google to make sure this person was popular in that decade...