JoCo Cruise 2023/Schedule
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Complete event schedule for JoCo Cruise 2023, as archived from the official Sched site. Times are the ship's clock. Clock changes are noted under the day they take effect.
Day 1: Sunday, March 5
| Start | End | Event | Type | Location | Featuring | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | 1:00 AM | Theme: Welcome, New Cruisers! | GENERAL INFO | Whole Ship | We'll be holding events specifically designed to make our first-time JoCo Cruisers feel welcome and to help them ease into the swing of things. Make a particular effort on this day to seek out new attendees and help show them what a great decision they've made by joining us! | |
| 9:00 AM | 5:00 PM | B.B. King's Unavailable Until 5:00 pm | GENERAL INFO | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | ||
| 10:00 AM | 9:00 PM | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room Unavailable Until 9:00 pm | GENERAL INFO | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | ||
| 10:00 AM | 9:00 PM | Hudson Room Unavailable Until 9:00 pm | GENERAL INFO | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | ||
| 11:45 AM | 4:45 PM | Info Desk Hours | GENERAL INFO | Atrium, Deck 1, Midship | If you need information, well heck we have information! Come here for any JoCo Cruise-related questions or issues you may have.If you have questions or problems relating to the ship—your cabin, billing, etc—please go to the ship’s Guest Services Desk, located on the opposite side of the Atrium on Deck 1. | |
| 1:30 PM | 3:00 PM | Speed Meeting | SHADOW CRUISE | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Back by popular demand! Join us for a facilitated and casually structured event where you will get to meet all sorts of people! In each 15 minute round you will have the opportunity to meet 3-5 new strangers and find out all about them. Nametags and prompt cards will be provided. | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Orientation | GENERAL INFO | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | A basic walkthrough of the main logistics of JoCo Cruise, and we'll answer as many of your questions as we humanly can. Show up when you can, leave when you wish. Recommended for new JoCo Cruisers, but open to everyone. (NOTE: If the World Stage theater reconfiguration is completed in time, we'll make an announcement and this event will move to that venue.) | |
| 3:30 PM | 3:45 PM | Safety Check-in | GENERAL INFO | Whole Ship | You must check in at your muster station no later than 3:30 pm. You can view the safety procedures video on HAL's Navigator app or on your stateroom TV. | |
| 4:30 PM | 4:45 PM | All-helper Meeting | GENERAL INFO | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | All helpers, please attend this brief Day 1 meeting with Cruise Mom Thera. | |
| 4:30 PM | 5:00 PM | CO2 Data Collection | SHADOW CRUISE | Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship | Cruising is a high-COVID-risk activity. We can at least inform mitigation behaviors with data. If you have an Aranet or other CO2 measuring device, come grab a log book (while supplies last) and join us in data collection. | |
| 4:30 PM | 5:30 PM | "To Boldly Go" Sail Away Reception and Dance Party | PARTY | Lido Deck, Deck 9 | Riz Rollins | Come watch the land go bye-bye as DJ Riz Rollins plays us out. |
| 4:30 PM | 5:30 PM | Office hours with Josh & the Shadow Crew | OFFICE HOURS | Lido Bar (Midship), Deck 9, Midship | Ask us about your shadow event or just stop by to say hi. If you have questions about your existing shadow event, drop by and we’ll be happy to discuss. Free high-fives for all attendees. *No purchase necessary, you must be alive to enter, offer valid only on earth. | |
| 5:00 PM | 5:15 PM | Game Library Grand Opening | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | It’s the pride of the seas: The JoCo Cruise Board Game Library! The board game library houses the JoCo Cruise permanent collection, combined with titles that your fellow passengers are lending for the week—a literal TON of tabletop board, card, and RPG games.The board game library is open 24 hours and works on a self-checkout honor system. | |
| 5:00 PM | 5:15 PM | Ship-wide Chess Match | GAMING | Atrium, Deck 1, Midship | Which team is the best at strategy? Find out by throwing your lot in as the two teams of Joco match wits in an epic series of chess matches! Add your brainpower to the match to out think your fellow cruisers. Be careful on your move though! Each player only gets ONE move per day in these games! (The chess set will be set up in a small alcove just aft of the actual Atrium; look for the table with the chess set on it.) | |
| 5:30 PM | 7:15 PM | Main Concert (Gold Team) - Opening Night Concert with the Cruise Pals | MAIN CONCERT | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Jonathan Coulton, Paul Sabourin, Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, Aimee Mann, Jim Boggia | Let's get things rolling in the traditional manner: with Jonathan, Paul, Storm and some pals playing some songs. (This show will be 4-5 performers singing and playing acoustic guitars in various combinations.) |
| 5:30 PM | 7:30 PM | Dinner (Red Team) | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | ||
| 8:00 PM | 8:15 PM | Console Gaming Grand Opening | GAMING | EXC, Deck 11, Forward | Stop by and see what video gaming has to offer this year! World 9 Gaming staff are here all week to help you relive your childhood with games new and old. Come get an introduction to the game library and learn about our scheduled events and meet ups. | |
| 8:00 PM | 9:45 PM | Main Concert (Red Team) - Opening Night Concert with the Cruise Pals | MAIN CONCERT | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Jonathan Coulton, Paul Sabourin, Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, Aimee Mann, Jim Boggia | Let's get things rolling in the traditional manner: with Jonathan, Paul, Storm and some pals playing some songs. (This show will be 4-5 performers singing and playing acoustic guitars in various combinations.) |
| 8:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Dinner (Gold Team) | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | ||
| 8:30 PM | 2:00 AM | Nighttime Quiet Zone | GENERAL INFO | Lido Market, Deck 9, Aft | The starboard side of the Lido Marketplace will be designated the "quiet side" after 9 pm. Other than at the designated 24/7 gaming tables in the aft section, no gaming, no meetings, no loud noises, please. Take yer excessive noise over to the port side, please—or to the back deck, where the late-night pizza is! | |
| 9:30 PM | 12:00 AM | Opening Night Disco/Funk Dance Party | PARTY | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Riz Rollins | |
| 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | Beginners Craps Class | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | Come learn the basics of playing Craps, and then we will head to the casino for a real world test. | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:15 PM | The Legendary Bar Crawl | GENERAL INFO | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Four drinks, four bars (Crow's Nest Bar, Lido Pool Bar, Ocean Bar and Billboard Onboard), lots of people making friends. Hop, hop, hop, hop! Sign up via any bartender or bar server, or at the ship's Guest Services Desk. (This event is run by the ship's staff and costs a $22 surcharge plus 18% service charges, which will be charged to your onboard account) | |
| 10:00 PM | 12:00 AM | New Cruiser Karaoke | GENERAL INFO | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Get your sing on in B.B. King's Blues Club with this JoCo Cruise tradition. For this intro session, everyone may (and should) attend, but only first-time attendees may perform. Come cheer on our new JoCo Cruisers! | |
| 10:30 PM | 12:00 AM | The JocoNaughty Munch | SHADOW CRUISE | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | A munch is an opportunity for adults with an interest in kink to get together and talk and meet one another in a no-pressure social situation. If you're such an individual, or interested, we'd love to meet with you! | |
| 10:30 PM | 1:00 AM | Come Play Craps | SHADOW CRUISE | Casino, Deck 2, Forward | Come play craps with a bunch of folks. Beginners welcome! | |
| 10:30 PM | 1:30 AM | Blood on the Clocktower | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | Blood on the Clocktower is a bluffing game enjoyed by 5 to 20 players on opposing teams of Good and Evil, overseen by a Storyteller player who conducts the action and makes crucial decisions. | |
| 10:30 PM | 1:30 AM | Starship Bridge Simulator | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | Ever watched your favorite sci-fi shows and wish it could be you on the bridge? Now you can! Join us for hours of adventure, danger, and comradery playing Artemis and/or Starship Horizons. Will have spare laptops, but please bring a tablet or two if you don't have a computer. | |
| 11:00 PM | 11:15 PM | Late Night Gaming Grab and Go Snacks | GENERAL INFO | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft |
Day 2: Monday, March 6
| Start | End | Event | Type | Location | Featuring | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 12:15 AM | Yell at the Moon | SHADOW CRUISE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | If you yearn to just scream and scream and scream then this is the event for you! Bring all of your pent-up hollering and vent it to the unfeeling moon! We'll gather in the Sea View Pool area then head toward the back railing so that we don't startle the unsuspecting. | |
| 7:00 AM | 12:00 AM | Theme: Captain Day | GENERAL INFO | Whole Ship | Look at us; we're all the captain now! Everybody will automatically ranked up on Captain Day (expect for the actual captain of the Nieuw Amsterdam, who will remain at their current rank). Dress up as your favorite captain of any era, stick some epaulettes on whatever shirt you happen to be wearing, nod at each other with a curt "Captain" as you pass by...go nuts. You have the conn*. *"Captain" title is strictly honorary, no attendees may actually command or steer the ship or make announcements from the bridge. | |
| 8:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Sunrise All Levels Vinyasa Yoga | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | All Levels Vinyasa Flow is a traditional Vinyasa yoga class that features numerous modifications to make the practice accessible for yogis of all levels. Bring your own mat. | |
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 PM | General Crafting Area | GENERAL INFO | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | A number of tables in the forward starboard side of the Lower Main Dining Room are dedicated for crafting during all hours except during dinner setup and seatings (i.e., except between 3 pm - 10 pm). Look for the table signs indicating these tables. No glue, glitter, paints or "generally messy" crafting at these tables, please. | |
| 9:30 AM | 10:15 AM | Early Bird Zumba | SHADOW CRUISE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Ditch the workout, join the party! Move to the music and have a good time, no rhythm required. All skill levels welcome, especially beginners! | |
| 9:30 AM | 10:30 AM | Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Guide/Service Dogs | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | There's a dog on the ship! How? Why? Why can't I pet her? What are service dogs, anyway? Rachel (and Echo) will explain the life and training of guide dogs, talk about their adventures, and highlight how service dogs can change lives. | |
| 9:30 AM | 10:30 AM | Friends of Bill W. | GENERAL INFO | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | ||
| 9:30 AM | 11:30 AM | Improv Workshop | SHADOW CRUISE | Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship | Join us for this fast-paced workshop where we will try out a variety of Improv activities and games to be creative and flex your listening and Yes and...muscles. All experience levels welcome even if you have never done improv before. | |
| 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Beyond the Novel: Memoir, Biography, Non-Fiction and More | Q&A / PANEL | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Mallory O'Meara, John Scalzi, Wil Wheaton | It’s easy to focus on novels, but there’s a world of written words beyond that format. Today our writers talk about the challenges and triumphs of writing books that are not novels, and bringing them to the wider world. With special guests Maris Kreizman and Lauren Panepinto. |
| 10:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Diceborn Heroes Learn-n-Play 2023 | SHADOW CRUISE | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | Diceborn Heroes is a 1-4 player cooperative fantasy dice game. Together you will go on 3 different quests then face the final boss. If you defeat the boss you have saved the kingdom of Dievalice. The choices you make in the game will change the deck and change your chances of success... | |
| 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Clay Gnomes | WORKSHOP | Crafting Room (Microsoft Studio), Deck 2, Aft | Join clay artist Laura Parcel and learn how to sculpt your own polymer clay gnome. Class will include instruction on sculpting and constructing a basic gnome and then participants can sculpt simple accessories like clothes hats and more. Gnomes will be 2" tall and will be cured onboard. Info on pick up details provided in class. Participants ages 12 and up preferred. | |
| 10:00 AM | 1:00 PM | Star Trek: Horror at Sarkis V | SHADOW CRUISE | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | Star Trek: TOS roleplaying using the Fate Core system. Players assume the roles of junior officers aboard the U.S.S. Ares, a Federation destroyer. Content warnings: Sci-fi violence, death, Lovecraftian horror. | |
| 10:00 AM | 3:00 PM | Daytime Quiet Zone | GENERAL INFO | Tamarind Restaurant, Deck 11, Midship | The port side of this restaurant is a dedicated "quiet zone" for our attendees who may wish to use it. Please no gaming, meetings, loud conversations, etc. Look for signs pointing you to the correct entrance and tables. (Note: THO's morning meeting with the ship's staff occurs in this space at 9:30am; it's usually finished by 10 am, but some mornings it may run a few minutes overtime. Thank you in advance for your understanding and flexibility.) | |
| 10:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Info Desk Hours | GENERAL INFO | Atrium, Deck 1, Midship | If you need information, well heck we have information! Come here for any JoCo Cruise-related questions or issues you may have.If you have questions or problems relating to the ship—your cabin, billing, etc—please go to the ship’s Guest Services Desk, located on the opposite side of the Atrium on Deck 1. | |
| 10:00 AM | 6:00 PM | Video Game Librarian Hours | GAMING | EXC, Deck 11, Forward | World 9 Gaming staff are on hand to assist in browsing the video game library. Outside these hours a limited number of consoles will still be available. | |
| 10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Tiny Stage Tap Classics Show | SHADOW CRUISE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Join me for a 30 minute solo rhythm tap show, using my small portable tap floor to perform repertory from my 40 years of dancing, including works from Eddie Brown, Michelle Dorrance, and Josh Hilberman. Come and enjoy some tap dancing! | |
| 10:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Passionate Possession: Collecting and what it says about us | SHADOW CRUISE | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | An anthropologist discusses what we learn about human behavior by looking at what we collect. | |
| 10:30 AM | 5:00 PM | Tabletop Team Consultation Hours | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | The Game Library is open 24 hours, and checkouts and check-ins are self serve, but you’ll find a member of the Tabletop Team offering game recommendations based on your interests and preferences during these scheduled hours. | |
| 11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Crochet Circle | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft | Bring your fiber, or borrow some from the craft supplies, and join in a casual get together. | |
| 11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Too-Young-for-Club-HAL Round Up | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | Get in touch with other kids under 3. Time to exchange contact info and play! Accompanying parents, older siblings, grandparents, babysitters, and other care givers welcome! Feel free to bring toys to share! | |
| 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Shmanners | LIVE PODCAST | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Teresa McElroy, Travis McElroy, Shmanners | Perplexed by thank you notes? Baffled by black tie? Dismayed by dinner parties? Worry no more, Shmanners is the podcast for you! Shmanners is a guide to etiquette both past and present. The lessons of the past, with a little adjustment, can still help today! So join husband-host and wife-host Travis and Teresa every week and let's make the world a little nicer together! (It is requested that this performance not be filmed/recorded.) |
| 11:00 AM | 12:30 PM | Learn hypnosis for fun! | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | This class will introduce Hypnosis for fun. Learn how to hypnotize people (with consent) and learn about what trance is and how we can use it to play and to help ourselves. Scripts and practice time will be provided as well as good ideas for suggestions and a demo. | |
| 11:00 AM | 12:30 PM | Learn to Play - Magic: The Gathering | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | Ever wanted to learn one of the world's most popular trading card games? Here’s your chance! No cards or experience necessary—we'll have free intro decks and a crew of expert coaches to get you started on your Magic journey. | |
| 11:00 AM | 1:30 PM | The Librarian's Almanaq (Puzzle Hunt) | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | We will be solving the puzzles in the book "The Librarian's Almanaq" by Roy Leban. It's a mini-puzzle hunt with sequencing and an "Ending Puzzle." We'll try to solve it over two meetings. | |
| 11:15 AM | 12:15 PM | Office Hour With Cruise Mom Thera | OFFICE HOURS | Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship | Come spend some time with Cruise Mom, she'll be so happy to see you! | |
| 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | Begining Irish Session | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Come join a friendly group to play through reels, jigs, and other instrumental tunes common in Irish sessions. Music provided. Open to all instruments! Beginners welcome! | |
| 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | Character-Driven | WORKSHOP | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Gennifer Hutchison | The tightest plot will fall flat without someone to care about as its center. Great characters and dialogue can make us cry, cheer, feel seen...maybe even inspire us to write pages and pages of fanfic. This informal discussion will dive deep into the nuts and bolts of crafting compelling characters and dialogue. We'll cover backstory, arcs, motivation, strengths and flaws, voice, style, and yes of course...the dreaded exposition. |
| 12:00 PM | 12:30 PM | Mid-Day Mindfulness | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | Mindfulness is back, and it no longer requires waking up early! Join us for a gentle space to breathe in the middle of the day. We will practice guided meditation, read a short thoughtful passage together, and check in with each other. Everyone is welcome. | |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Avatar: Braving the Elements | LIVE PODCAST | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Janet Varney, Dante Basco, Avatar: Braving the Elements | Join hosts Janet Varney (the voice of “Korra”), Dante Basco (the voice of “Prince Zuko”), and special guests for this LIVE ON JOCO CRUISE edition of their hit podcast! Braving the Elements is the official companion podcast from Nickelodeon and iHeartPodcasts. Hosts Janet Varney ("Korra") and Dante Basco ("Zuko") break down key themes, notable battles, and behind-the-scenes trivia from every episode of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” you can’t get anywhere else. Special guests including cast members, behind-the-scenes creators and crew, and celebrity super fans join them to explore elements of the Avatarverse, including the origins of the story and how Avatar was brought to life. (It is requested that this performance not be filmed/recorded.) |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Yes, Judge That Book by Its Cover | SHADOW CRUISE | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Have you ever wanted to know how a book gets its cover? Who decides what a cover looks like? How are artists picked? How much input do authors have? What makes a good cover vs. a bad cover? Join Lauren Panepinto, Creative Director of Orbit Books & veteran of the book design world for 21 years, as she walks you through the entire process from rough manuscript, to printed book on the shelf, and beyond. Split between visual presentation with many examples from the science fiction & fantasy world and a hearty Q A for all those questions you've been dying to ask. | |
| 12:00 PM | 1:30 PM | Joconaut Non-Smarmy, Non-Awkward Pro Networking | SHADOW CRUISE | Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship | Looking for a job? Looking for employees? Not looking, but open to opportunities? We'll go around the room and everyone can introduce themselves and share what they are looking for. Not comfortable with the mic? No problem. show up, and pass a summary sheet to the host to read. | |
| 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Japanese Temari | WORKSHOP | Crafting Room (Microsoft Studio), Deck 2, Aft | Japanese Temari is an ancient art of embroidery on a ball and now is your chance to try it out. Temari artist Jen Weber will teach you step by step how this addictive craft is done, as you stitch your very own ball. All material provided. Class limited to 25 participants and is intended for people who have never stitched a temari before. | |
| 12:30 PM | 1:00 PM | Hello DALL·E: AI Art is here | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | AI art generators like DALL·E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion have been improving at a staggering pace. Join us for a brief introduction to how these tools work, how to use them, and a look at the amazing results they create. No technical background required. | |
| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | I'm Trans, Ask Me (Almost) Anything! | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | Are you a trans person yourself, or are you just hearing about trans people in this description for the first time? Either way, this session is a place where you'll have the opportunity to ask a panel of trans people and allies from various backgrounds the questions you might have been afraid to ask. Feel free to come with your honest questions and we'll do our best to answer them! | |
| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | Multi-day Bananagrams Tournament | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | We did this last year and no one shunned us for it so we’re doing it again! We’re having a multiday tournament of BANANAGRAMS. Join other word scrambling enthusiasts and work your way up the brackets over 3 days of Joco to finally reach your lifelong goal of being crowned master of all things Bananagram! If you’ve never played the game before, Bananagrams is an easy game to learn; all are welcome! Prizes will be given to winners! | |
| 12:30 PM | 2:00 PM | True Crime Happy Hour | SHADOW CRUISE | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | An old school-style “salon” where true crime fans meet, greet and discuss our favorite cases/theories. | |
| 12:30 PM | 4:30 PM | Twit-arr Help Desk Hours | GENERAL INFO | Atrium, Deck 1, Midship | Your Twit-arr developers will be on hand to help answer any support questions you may have. | |
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Worst First Page (JoCoNaut edition) | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Do you love love the official Worst First Chapter but wish that you, too, could sucker punch literature right in the face? Well gather round for our own version. One page only, please! *** Fun and creativity are welcomed, but don't break the JoCo Code of Conduct! | |
| 1:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Kid/Family Friendly JoustMania!* | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | A combination of Tag, Keep-Away, and dancing. Try to shake/jostle your opponents motion controllers, while stopping them from doing the same to you, all while keeping pace with the music. Under 12yo requires parental attendance/supervision. *As seen in the NY Times :) | |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | "Ship of Horrors"- A D&D one shot | SHADOW CRUISE | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | "SHIP of Horrors" is intended to follow the format of Keith Bakers 2019 D&D event "Unfriendly Skies". No idea if it will grow that big. But I have 3 DMs ready to run the one shot meant for beginners and experienced players. If you know of a similar event I would collaborate. | |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Contra Dancing! | SHADOW CRUISE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Folk dancing for all folks! If you can walk, you can contra dance. All dances will be taught and called (with gender-free roles!). No partner or experience required. Wear comfortable clothing and shoes you can move around in, and bring a water bottle if possible. | |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | JCC Snack Exchange | SHADOW CRUISE | Lido Market, Deck 9, Aft | The JCC Snack Exchange is an opportunity for JoCoNauts to share and exchange snacks from wherever they hail from. Everyone is welcome! | |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Lunar Rush Demo - A Simultaneous-Play Euro Game | SHADOW CRUISE | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | A simultaneous-play Euro-style board game that combines time-management, market economics, bidding, and engine-building. You compete to mine the Moon for the newly-discovered Moon crystal and ore. Find out more here: https://www.deadalivegames.com/lunarrush | |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | "Escape Buffet" Escape Room | GAMING | The Loft, Deck 10, Midship | Come try the escape room experience designed specifically for JoCo Cruise 2023! Signup sheets for Escape Buffet sessions will be available near the Game Library, outside the Upper Main Dining Room (Deck 3, aft). Signups for today's (Mon. Mar 6) sessions will occur from 3-5 pm on the day prior—Sun. Mar. 7. Standby/waitlist slots will be available in the Deck 3 Main Dining Room area, concurrent with all Escape Room sessions; if you wish to join the wait list for a given time period, come to the signup table outside the MDR to sign up, and stay nearby in case slots become available. | |
| 1:30 PM | 2:30 PM | Sip n Stitch | SHADOW CRUISE | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Gather to knit, crochet, cross-stitch, spin, embroider, hand sew, or any other string-based craft...we'll show off works in progress, discuss the finer points of technique, and ooh & aah over pretty yarn while sharing community and sipping coffee, tea, or whatever you like. | |
| 1:30 PM | 2:30 PM | Tarot for Creativity | WORKSHOP | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | Learn to use a tarot deck to inspire ideas, break through story blocks, and cultivate a daily creative ritual. Just bring yourself—no deck required! | |
| 1:30 PM | 2:45 PM | You're Wrong About | LIVE PODCAST | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Sarah Marshall, You're Wrong About | Sarah is a journalist obsessed with the past. Every week she reconsiders a person or event that's been miscast in the public imagination. (It is requested that this performance not be filmed/recorded.) |
| 1:30 PM | 3:00 PM | Let's Talk About Satan! | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | Join Victoria from The Dispatchist podcast for a brief history of Satan, from their humble beginnings in the ancient world to TV's Lucifer. Please come with an object, picture, story, etc. representing your favorite version of Satan so we can share and compare. | |
| 1:30 PM | 3:00 PM | Party/Social Deduction Games | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | Come game with others who want to play large party games or social deduction games! We’ve put aside the best and greatest large group games for all ages to enjoy placing cards, playing roles and backstabbing friends and family! No previous experience necessary, just a willingness to have fun and play well. | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Magic Meet-and-Greet | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | An informal time for MTG players to gather, chat and set up their own play times and pods throughout the week. No official play session or product, just a time for socializing. | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Reverse Career Fair | SHADOW CRUISE | Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship | An informal chance for job-seekers and employee-seekers to chat. Job-seekers sit at a table and employee-seekers wander around. Resumes, business cards or job links may be useful. | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Sudorku Challenge | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | Solve challenging sudoku puzzles, each with a nerdy theme, and win the title of "JoCo Sudoku Champ." Trophies will be awarded for top individual and top team. | |
| 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Make Your Own Leather Wallet/Card Holder | WORKSHOP | Crafting Room (Microsoft Studio), Deck 2, Aft | Construct your own leather wallet that looks like a cassette tape. All supplies provided. Entry is rolling so if you do not get in initially wait until someone leaves and then enter. There will be enough supplies for 80 people total. | |
| 2:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 2D Fighter Meetup | GAMING | EXC, Deck 11, Forward | Anyone from the FGC on board looking for a challenge? If you're in to Street Fighter, Tekken, Soul Calibur, or the like come on up to Deck 11 for some friendly matches. If there is enough interest World 9 Gaming will run a tournament. | |
| 2:15 PM | 3:00 PM | Paul's Mocktail Pool Party | PARTY | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Paul Sabourin | Come hang out with Principal Sabourin, drink some non-alcoholic drinks, and "swim" in the Sea View Pool (which is drained and covered over). Not only is this a dumb, silly event to have some fun with, it also provides a public service by illustrating that the pool cover is sturdy and completely safe. |
| 2:30 PM | 3:30 PM | Comedian Meetup | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Are you a comedy performer, writer, or just a fan? Let's introduce ourselves and talk shop! | |
| 2:30 PM | 3:30 PM | Music League Meet-Up | SHADOW CRUISE | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Social gathering for people have participated in the JoCo Cruisers Music League. If you've participated, followed along, or are just curious about what it is, feel free to drop by! This is a chance for participants to meet in person to get to know each other better. | |
| 3:00 PM | 3:30 PM | A Relatively Long Version of "The Captain's Wife's Lament" | READING / PERFORMANCE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, Paul Sabourin | Pretty much what it says in the title. If you know, you know. |
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Clear dining room for dinner service setup | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | The Main Dining Room staff need time to reset the tables for dinner service; we ask that you please wrap up your games and clear the Main Dining Room at 3 pm each day. Thanks! Plenty more tables all over the ship for gaming! | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Intro to Zen Meditation | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | Looking for some calm in your hectic boat schedule? Try Zen meditation with an ordained practitioner. This introductory class will first teach you the basics of Zen meditation, then we'll sit together, followed by a Q&A. Please bring towels/pillows to use as sitting cushions. | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Speed Meeting | SHADOW CRUISE | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Back by popular demand! Join us for a facilitated and casually structured event where you will get to meet all sorts of people! In each 15 minute round you will have the opportunity to meet 3-5 new strangers and find out all about them. Nametags and prompt cards will be provided. | |
| 3:15 PM | 3:45 PM | Merfolk Parade Float Assembly | SHADOW CRUISE | Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship | Merfolk: gather at the Lido Pool and we will head to the parade together. Bring your tail! After the parade we will head back to the pool for aquatic frivolity! | |
| 3:30 PM | 3:45 PM | Fancy Pants Parade | GENERAL INFO | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | An annual tradition. Bring your fanciest pants and vie for the trophy. Who will be the best in terms of pants? | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | Beatles Jam with Leo | SHADOW CRUISE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Bring your voices and your instruments and jam along to Beatles songs with Leo - the 12 year old ukulele player. He'll feature a mix of Beatles songs as some of their solo endeavors. Beatles costumes are not required - but who are we kidding - they are encouraged! | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | Birthworker Meetup | SHADOW CRUISE | Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship | Calling all birthy nerds! Are, or were, you a doula, midwife, lactation consultant, obgyn, birth photographer, or other birth related professional? Are you someone interested in such careers? Let's meet up and chat over some beverages! | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | Blackout Poetry Workshop | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | Blackout poetry is a technique for creating poetry from an existing text (newspapers, magazines, books) and blacking out words to highlight words that create a new poem from the original text. Blackout poetry poems can be funny, illogical, deeply meaningful, quirky, and fun! | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | Something Fishy This Way Comes! Fun Fish Facts | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | Interesting facts about fish biology from two biologists. | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Billboard Onboard Happy Hour | GENERAL INFO | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Happy hour! Your second drink is only $2! | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | BIPOC Meetup | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | A place for people of the global majority but minority on boat to meet each other and connect! | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Medical Meetup | SHADOW CRUISE | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Meet-up for anyone who works in the medical field. All who work in health care are welcome for drinks and conversation. Whatever you do, if your work in some way helps patients (directly or indirectly), come hang out. Students and aspiring health care workers welcome too! | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Ocean Bar Happy Hour | GENERAL INFO | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Happy hour! Your second drink is only $2! | |
| 4:15 PM | 4:45 PM | Memorial for Q Fortier | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | Join us to say goodbye to long-time Joco Cruiser Q Fortier with the community he loved so much, on the Cruise that brought him so much joy. All are welcome to bring photos, memories, and of course, do the same for anyone they've lost in the community during 2022 | |
| 5:00 PM | 6:45 PM | Main Concert (Gold Team) - River Butcher, Open Mike Eagle | MAIN CONCERT | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | River Butcher, Open Mike Eagle | (It is requested that standup comedy performances on JoCo Cruise not be filmed/recorded.) (This show will be one person performing standup comedy, then one person performing hip-hop music; show will include video accompaniment and possible various stage light effects.) |
| 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Dinner (Red Team) | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | ||
| 7:30 PM | 9:15 PM | Main Concert (Red Team) - River Butcher, Open Mike Eagle | MAIN CONCERT | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | River Butcher, Open Mike Eagle | (It is requested that standup comedy performances on JoCo Cruise not be filmed/recorded.) (This show will be one person performing standup comedy, then one person performing hip-hop music; show will include video accompaniment and possible various stage light effects.) |
| 7:30 PM | 9:30 PM | Dinner (Gold Team) | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | ||
| 8:00 PM | 2:00 AM | Mario Party Meetup | GAMING | EXC, Deck 11, Forward | Tonight is the night to make new friends or maybe lose your old ones! Head up to Deck 11 for some classic Mario Party mayhem. World 9 Gaming will have just about every version available from the OG N64 through Switch. | |
| 8:30 PM | 2:00 AM | Nighttime Quiet Zone | GENERAL INFO | Lido Market, Deck 9, Aft | The starboard side of the Lido Marketplace will be designated the "quiet side" after 9 pm. Other than at the designated 24/7 gaming tables in the aft section, no gaming, no meetings, no loud noises, please. Take yer excessive noise over to the port side, please—or to the back deck, where the late-night pizza is! | |
| 9:00 PM | 12:00 AM | "Escape Buffet" Escape Room | GAMING | The Loft, Deck 10, Midship | Come try the escape room experience designed specifically for JoCo Cruise 2023! Signup sheets for Escape Buffet sessions will be available near the Game Library, outside the Upper Main Dining Room (Deck 3, aft). Signups for today's (Mon. Mar 6) sessions will occur from 3-5 pm on the day prior—Sun. Mar. 7. Standby/waitlist slots will be available in the Deck 3 Main Dining Room area, concurrent with all Escape Room sessions; if you wish to join the wait list for a given time period, come to the signup table outside the MDR to sign up, and stay nearby in case slots become available. | |
| 9:30 PM | 11:15 PM | Karaoke | GENERAL INFO | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Get your sing on in B.B. King's Blues Club with this JoCo Cruise tradition. | |
| 9:45 PM | 11:00 PM | Yacht Rock Night, with Admiral Jim and the Captains of Rock | READING / PERFORMANCE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Jim Boggia | Rock the night away in the smoothest possible manner with Jim Boggia and his aft deck band. |
| 10:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Science Image Quiz Show, IV | SHADOW CRUISE | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Do you know your rodents? Can you recognize constellations? What about crystals and minerals? Come to the Science Image Quiz Show and show off your knowledge of all things scientific by identifying items in photographs. Play as a team and compete for trivial prizes! | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:00 PM | WANG WANG! | SHADOW CRUISE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Join us the yearly ceremony of drinking WANG WANGS, shouting WANG WANG, singing WANG WANG and other WANG WANG related shenanigans. WANG WANG! | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Watercolor Doodling for Stress Reduction | SHADOW CRUISE | Crafting Room (Microsoft Studio), Deck 2, Aft | Watercolor doodling is a great way to engage in an expressive process that requires no "artistic" ability. It is a great stress reliever that will allow you to set your imagination free, gain a sense of flow, and have fun creating an image that is unexpected. | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:30 PM | JoCo Book Club #3 | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | The third meeting of the unofficial JoCo Book Club! Come to meet in person and discuss our third read, "The Kaiju Preservation Society" by John Scalzi! | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:30 PM | JoustMania!* | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | A combination of Tag, Keep-Away, and dancing. Try to shake/jostle your opponents motion controllers, while stopping them from doing the same to you, all while keeping pace with the music. *As seen in the NY Times :) | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:30 PM | Wavelet Songs - an ambient electronic performance | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Zachary James Ritter, an NYC-based composer and performer offers up some vibey ambient music that features bleeps, bloops, voice and samples of a variety of sounds. Be prepared to get comfy, meditative, and/or bring along your own instrument to improvise along! | |
| 10:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Magic: The Gathering - Commander Night | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | Bring your commander decks to play with other MTG players who love the format. no tournament, no pressure, just good old fashioned magic. You must bring your own product to participate, loaner decks may be available but not guaranteed. | |
| 10:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Polyamory Meetup | SHADOW CRUISE | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Welcome all polyam and ethically non-monogamous JoCoNauts to your annual meetup(s)! Come chat with other ethically non-monogamous folks about google calendar, compersion, and whatever strikes your fancy. Of course we're having 2 again this year, can't have just 1 of anything! | |
| 10:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Write A Text Adventure Together | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | Go north! Look in mailbox! Get flyer! Read flyer: Using the text-based game engine Inform 7, we're going to write an old-style text adventure together! No laptop needed (but bring it if you want). The output will be a playable HTML file. | |
| 10:00 PM | 1:00 AM | Blood on the Clocktower | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | Blood on the Clocktower is a bluffing game enjoyed by 5 to 20 players on opposing teams of Good and Evil, overseen by a Storyteller player who conducts the action and makes crucial decisions. | |
| 10:30 PM | 1:30 AM | Call of Cthulhu - Welcome Home (ages 13+) | SHADOW CRUISE | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | It's the mid-1990's, and it's new home time for a family of four. It's been a long drive, but finally worth it. Time to put away your stuff and settle in before the new school year. Time to put away your stuff and settle in before the new school year. Time to put away... | |
| 11:00 PM | 11:15 PM | Late Night Gaming Grab and Go Snacks | GENERAL INFO | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | ||
| 11:00 PM | 11:15 PM | Yell at the Moon | SHADOW CRUISE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | If you yearn to just scream and scream and scream then this is the event for you! Bring all of your pent-up hollering and vent it to the unfeeling moon! We'll gather in the Sea View Pool area then head toward the back railing so that we don't startle the unsuspecting. | |
| 11:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Stargazing | SHADOW CRUISE | Observation Deck, Deck 12, Forward | Look at stars! Also, planets, meteors, and for sure the Moon (full on Tuesday). I'll talk about science and mythology, and welcome any astronomers (pro or no) to answer questions too. Deck lights will be off for night vision, please dim phone screens and don't use flashlights. | |
| 11:30 PM | 12:30 AM | Open Mic ComedyNauts | SHADOW CRUISE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Add some extra funny to your day with stand up comedy performances from fellow JoCo cruise friends. We'll sprinkle our experienced comedians in with newbies, so if you always wanted to give stand up a shot get together your best 3-5 minutes and sign up at the info desk! |
Day 3: Tuesday, March 7
| Start | End | Event | Type | Location | Featuring | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:30 AM | 1:00 AM | Standup Comedy with Cdr. Data | SHADOW CRUISE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Have you ever wanted to see Star Trek’s beloved Cdr. Data do standup comedy? You’re in luck! Well sort of: DC comedian Dave McOwen will do his best to channel our favorite android. | |
| 6:55 AM | 11:55 PM | Theme: Cosplay Halloween | GENERAL INFO | Whole Ship | Cosplay has always been a part of JoCo Cruise. But Halloween? That's a new wrinkle. Will there be trick or treating? Probably! Will there be a costume parade/masquerade? Definitely! Prepare to get your oogie boogie down! | |
| 7:00 AM | 8:00 AM | Sunrise All Levels Vinyasa Yoga | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | All Levels Vinyasa Flow is a traditional Vinyasa yoga class that features numerous modifications to make the practice accessible for yogis of all levels. Bring your own mat. | |
| 8:30 AM | 9:30 AM | Adding pockets to garments | SHADOW CRUISE | Crafting Room (Microsoft Studio), Deck 2, Aft | Bring a garment that needs pockets, learn how to add them. There are only 2 sewing machines available so hand sewing will also be shown. If you want your pocket material to match/coordinate with the garment material please bring it with you. | |
| 8:30 AM | 10:00 AM | AcroYoga Jam and Introductory Class | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | We're back! This will be a brief(45 minute) introduction to Acroyoga followed by some open practice time. Acroyoga is a the skill of balancing people on other people and moving through fun and interesting shapes. What could go wrong balancing on top of a person on a swaying boat? | |
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 PM | General Crafting Area | GENERAL INFO | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | A number of tables in the forward starboard side of the Lower Main Dining Room are dedicated for crafting during all hours except during dinner setup and seatings (i.e., except between 3 pm - 10 pm). Look for the table signs indicating these tables. No glue, glitter, paints or "generally messy" crafting at these tables, please. | |
| 9:30 AM | 10:30 AM | Friends of Bill W. | GENERAL INFO | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | ||
| 9:30 AM | 10:30 AM | Roadmap to well-being—an open discussion on mental health | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | We have a mental health crisis, and the system isn't working. I will present data and my experiences (anxiety, depression), but it will be an open discussion. Goal: empower everyone to direct their own path to well-being. This is a judgment-free, accepting safe space. TW: trauma | |
| 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Maker's Exchange | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | An on-boat opportunity for people who make things to show off the things they make and trade goodies with other creators of all types! This is the time for people who previously signed up for the Maker's Exchange 2023 to come and exchange the goodies they've created. | |
| 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Reading - John Scalzi | READING / PERFORMANCE | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | John Scalzi | |
| 10:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Diceborn Heroes Learn-n-Play 2023 | SHADOW CRUISE | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | Diceborn Heroes is a 1-4 player cooperative fantasy dice game. Together you will go on 3 different quests then face the final boss. If you defeat the boss you have saved the kingdom of Dievalice. The choices you make in the game will change the deck and change your chances of success... | |
| 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Crochet a Tropical Fish | WORKSHOP | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | Come make your own amigurumi tropical fish. This is a beginner level project for those who already know how to chain and single crochet. All supplies provided. | |
| 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Swing Dance Lesson and Dance Party! | SHADOW CRUISE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Kira and Erik can't make it this year but we're still going to swing out! Join us for a beginner east coast swing lesson, followed by a swing dance party. No partner or experience necessary! | |
| 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Yarn Happy Hour: your daily dose of fiber fabulousness | SHADOW CRUISE | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Hang out with other fiber friends and the yarn curious. Whether you knit, crochet, or something else entirely, stop by to ask questions, show off your current project, or just share your love of yarnstuffs. Nothing formal, just a place to gather with like-minded folks. | |
| 10:00 AM | 1:00 PM | Star Trek: Hourglass | SHADOW CRUISE | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | Star Trek: TOS roleplaying using the Fate Core system. Players assume the roles of junior officers aboard the U.S.S. Eisenhower, a Federation destroyer. Content warnings: Sci-fi violence, death, natural disasters. | |
| 10:00 AM | 3:00 PM | Daytime Quiet Zone | GENERAL INFO | Tamarind Restaurant, Deck 11, Midship | The port side of this restaurant is a dedicated "quiet zone" for our attendees who may wish to use it. Please no gaming, meetings, loud conversations, etc. Look for signs pointing you to the correct entrance and tables. (Note: THO's morning meeting with the ship's staff occurs in this space at 9:30am; it's usually finished by 10 am, but some mornings it may run a few minutes overtime. Thank you in advance for your understanding and flexibility.) | |
| 10:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Info Desk Hours | GENERAL INFO | Atrium, Deck 1, Midship | If you need information, well heck we have information! Come here for any JoCo Cruise-related questions or issues you may have.If you have questions or problems relating to the ship—your cabin, billing, etc—please go to the ship’s Guest Services Desk, located on the opposite side of the Atrium on Deck 1. | |
| 10:00 AM | 6:00 PM | Video Game Librarian Hours | GAMING | EXC, Deck 11, Forward | World 9 Gaming staff are on hand to assist in browsing the video game library. Outside these hours a limited number of consoles will still be available. | |
| 10:30 AM | 11:30 AM | Yoga for Noobs | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | If its your first class or it's been a while. We will take it slow and have time for questions and modifications so you can see how you like yoga and if you want to drop into an all levels class. Bring your own mat. | |
| 10:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Learn to Play - Two-player Games | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | Have a significant other? Or an insignificant other? Don’t have an other but just love small group games? Come join in as we put aside time and tables for two player games. We have staff on hand to teach games you haven’t played, or to help muddle out rule questions on games you have played. Meet new people, bring old people, meet new old people! No previous gaming experience needed as we enjoy these games together. | |
| 10:30 AM | 5:00 PM | Tabletop Team Consultation Hours | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | The Game Library is open 24 hours, and checkouts and check-ins are self serve, but you’ll find a member of the Tabletop Team offering game recommendations based on your interests and preferences during these scheduled hours. | |
| 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Action Castle!! (And other Parsley Games) | SHADOW CRUISE | Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship | Longing for the days of Zork? A call back to text based adventure games, we will work together to defeat the computer! Only this time a "human" will be the parser and players will take turns giving commands. Created by Jared Sorenson, there are many adventures to choose from | |
| 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Experiments with Block Printing | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | I have recently started working in wood/linoleum block printing as an artistic medium. This event is a presentation of tools, techniques, and resources that I have found, with an emphasis on multi-color printing. | |
| 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Reading - Nnedi Okorafor | READING / PERFORMANCE | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Nnedi Okorafor | |
| 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Scavenger Hunt | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | Join a team of 3-5 people for a nerdy scavenger hunt as you search for items found in abundance only on board the JoCo vessel. A great way to meet new friends. | |
| 11:00 AM | 2:00 PM | "Magic: The Gathering" Draft | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | Join us for a free Magic: the Gathering draft, where you'll open booster packs and select cards to build a brand new deck. Thanks to some generous volunteers, you even get to keep the cards! | |
| 11:15 AM | 12:15 PM | Office Hour With Cruise Mom Thera | OFFICE HOURS | Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship | Come spend some time with Cruise Mom, she'll be so happy to see you! | |
| 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | Fluffy Photo Shoot | SHADOW CRUISE | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Did a stuffed animal join you on your travels? There are lots of plush friends on the boat. Penguins, bears, cats, halfmonky/halfponies, and all sorts of fiber friends. Let's get them all together for a group photo and introduction! | |
| 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | JPTA: JoCoNaut Postcard Trading Alliance Meetup! | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Want to meet your Joco-lovin' postcard pals while you're *in the same room*? Interested in swapping cards with another Naut? Excited about getting (and sending!) Fun Mail all year 'round? Come hang out with us!! | |
| 11:30 AM | 1:30 PM | Painting with Acrylics | WORKSHOP | Crafting Room (Microsoft Studio), Deck 2, Aft | Learn to paint an impressionist masterpiece using acrylic paints. | |
| 12:00 PM | 12:30 PM | Mid-Day Mindfulness | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | Mindfulness is back, and it no longer requires waking up early! Join us for a gentle space to breathe in the middle of the day. We will practice guided meditation, read a short thoughtful passage together, and check in with each other. Everyone is welcome. | |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Looking (Safely!) at the Sun in Hydrogen-alpha | SHADOW CRUISE | Observation Deck, Deck 12, Forward | NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN! With that said, let's look (safely!) at the Sun through a telescope with a Hydrogen-α filter which lets us view detail on the Sun's surface. The Sun is becoming more active, with sunspots, prominences, and other phenomena regularly visible. | |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Mallory O'Meara Q&A | Q&A / PANEL | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Mallory O'Meara | |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Multi-day Bananagrams Tournament - Round Two | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | We did this last year and no one shunned us for it so we’re doing it again! We’re having a multiday tournament of BANANAGRAMS. Join other word scrambling enthusiasts and work your way up the brackets over 3 days of Joco to finally reach your lifelong goal of being crowned master of all things Bananagram! If you’ve never played the game before, Bananagrams is an easy game to learn; all are welcome! Prizes will be given to winners! | |
| 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Improv Workshop (Shadow Cruise) | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | Join us for this fast-paced workshop where we will try out a variety of Improv activities and games to be creative and flex your listening and Yes and...muscles. All experience levels welcome even if you have never done improv before. | |
| 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Escape from the Dungeon of Mad Lord Watziznutz | SHADOW CRUISE | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | This is a D&D-like fantasy game of my own design. By necessity, the plot cannot be described ahead of time (Surprises? I love surprises!!), but simple instructions, dice, and character sheets will be provided. | |
| 12:30 PM | 1:00 PM | A Riverdale Runs Through It At Sea | SHADOW CRUISE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Join Matt and Matt's Mom for a relaxing hour talking about the finest show that Charles Entertainment Whitlock has to offer, Riverdale! | |
| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | Humor in Star Trek | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | Trek isn’t known as a comedy (the relentlessly hilarious Lower Decks aside), but that doesn’t mean it isn’t chock full of humor. Let’s talk about our favorite funny moments, as well as why it’s a crucial element of storytelling in the Star Trek universe. | |
| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | Try your virtual hand at AI art | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | Want to play with an AI art generator? It’s your lucky day! Drop by and join us in asking the AI for an “anatomical study of a half-pony half-monkey monster” or “Wil Wheaton as a bobblehead”. The digital sky is the virtual limit | |
| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | WLS meet-up (Weight Loss Surgery) | SHADOW CRUISE | Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship | Requesting our yearly meeting for the Weight Loss Surgery group. Discuss Weight Loss Surgery, medical route, plastic surgery after, and how to maintain in the years after. | |
| 12:30 PM | 2:00 PM | Autistic Space - Skip the Small Talk & Creating Support | SHADOW CRUISE | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | This is a meetup for those Autistic (Self-diagnosis & Suspected are always welcome) folx on the boat to talk about navigating the cruise with sensory issues, ways they support their needs, figuring out communication differences, and providing a supportive space. | |
| 12:45 PM | 1:45 PM | You Are Good | LIVE PODCAST | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Sarah Marshall, Alex Steed, Josh Gondelman, You Are Good | Sarah Marshall and Alex Steed attempt to understand what the hell it means to be the grown children of dads and other dad-like figures. And, as they do with all difficult subject matter, they do so by looking through a pop culture lens. We'll be discussing the movie Under Siege with special guest Josh Gondelman. (It is requested that this performance not be filmed/recorded.) |
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Kraken Post Meetup | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Kraken Post is a small, white-elephant type gift exchange between cruisers. This is an opportunity to meetup and put faces to the names of your team-mates. | |
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Reading - Meg Elison | READING / PERFORMANCE | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Meg Elison | |
| 1:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Ace/Aro Meet Up | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | Meet and greet for ace/aro folks! Come and go as you like for some friendly chatter. There's no such thing as being late. | |
| 1:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Learn to Play - Tabletop Games | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | If you always wanted to play a certain game but never had the time to learn well, now’s the time! We’ve put together a list of well known and sought after games and have people ready and willing to show you the ropes. No sifting through direction booklets here! Just friends, fun, and …foardgames? Alliteration’s hard | |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Lunar Rush Demo - A Simultaneous-Play Euro Game | SHADOW CRUISE | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | A simultaneous-play Euro-style board game that combines time-management, market economics, bidding, and engine-building. You compete to mine the Moon for the newly-discovered Moon crystal and ore. Find out more here: https://www.deadalivegames.com/lunarrush | |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Puzzled Pint | SHADOW CRUISE | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Puzzled Pint (puzzledpint.com) happens on the second Tuesday of every month. There are four puzzles all leading up to a meta-puzzle at the end. This month's theme is "TBD". Every team solves on their own, so, you are free to arrive at any time. | |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | "Escape Buffet" Escape Room | GAMING | The Loft, Deck 10, Midship | Come try the escape room experience designed specifically for JoCo Cruise 2023! Signup sheets for Escape Buffet sessions will be available near the Game Library, outside the Upper Main Dining Room (Deck 3, aft). Signups for today's (Tue. Mar 7) sessions will occur from 3-5 pm on the day prior—Mon. Mar. 6. Standby/waitlist slots will be available in the Deck 3 Main Dining Room area, concurrent with all Escape Room sessions; if you wish to join the wait list for a given time period, come to the signup table outside the MDR to sign up, and stay nearby in case slots become available. | |
| 1:30 PM | 2:30 PM | Anti-Gravity Derby | GAMING | Atrium, Deck 1, Midship | Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, Thera Heller | This year we’re challenging all engineers, artists, safety-conscious daredevils, and anyone else who likes fun to construct a paper aircraft that will stay afloat as long as possible. Because the last one to hit the Atrium floor WINS! Kudos and prizes* will also be awarded for Artistic Merit, and/or Ingenuity. Plus other fun surprises (tbd). Complete rules can be found here. To participate, meet Coach Cruise (Storm) and Cruise Mom (Thera) in the Ocean Bar (Deck 3, Midship) with your aircraft ready to waft. Those wishing to witness the spectacle are encouraged to go to the Deck 2 Atrium area, or Deck 1 just outside of the central Atrium. *Kudos and Prizes is the name of Storm and Thera’s stage magic act |
| 1:30 PM | 3:00 PM | Advance Your Crocheting | WORKSHOP | Crafting Room (Microsoft Studio), Deck 2, Aft | Already know how to crochet and want to learn a new technique? In this class you will learn how to over lay Mosaic crochet in a simple quick and fun project-a simplified JoCo Icon. All you need to know is how to do a chain, single crochet, double crochet, and how to work in the front and back loops. We will teach you the rest! Bring a small amount of your favorite yarn in 2 contrasting colors and hook to match the yarn or we will provide them. I will be using 2 20g balls of a size 4 weight and a 5 mm hook. | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Daily Visual Diary | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | Draw your day in small pictures. Tips & prompts to keep a visual sketchbook diary. Develop skills, cultivate mindfulness and share your story. Everyone can capture an essence of a day in a way that feels meaningful and fun to view. Bring your sketchbook/journal if you have it. | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | JoCoNaut Podcasting society | SHADOW CRUISE | Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship | Do you have or host a podcast? Are you thinking about starting one? Let's talk podcasting! We will go around the group to give everyone a chance to talk about their show and ask a question about podcasting they are working through. Gear, marketing, content, services and more! | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Nuclear Power Panel Q&A | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | Come ask us about nuclear energy! Our panelists have over 60 years of experience in nuclear power production, design, analysis, and regulatory programs. We will start with a short overview of nuclear plant design and then open it up for questions. | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Purim Spiel | SHADOW CRUISE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Learn about Queen Esther and how she saved the Jewish People in a JoCo-themed retelling of the story of Purim. | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Story Time with Wil | READING / PERFORMANCE | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Wil Wheaton | |
| 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Mario Kart 64 Tournament | GAMING | EXC, Deck 11, Forward | It's a tradition now, welcome back to the annual MK64 tournament hosted by World 9 Gaming! Rules are pods of 4 players will play 4 races in 150cc, each picking 1 track. Scoring is based on Grand Prix (9/6/3/1). Top 2 advance each round. Prizes will be awarded to top 3! | |
| 2:30 PM | 3:30 PM | BEST First Page (JoCoNaut edition) | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | There are far too many talented writers on this boat, so let's celebrate it with a BEST First Page event! Get us hooked with your favorite work in progress, and meet other authors and readers. One page only, please! | |
| 2:30 PM | 3:30 PM | Improv Workshop | WORKSHOP | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Marc Evan Jackson, Annie Savage, Janet Varney, Gary Anthony Williams | Come learn about improvisational comedy from our ridiculously qualified band of performers. All skill levels welcome! |
| 2:30 PM | 3:30 PM | Let's Discuss Gender | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | If you've wanted a chance to have an open, respectful dialog to get your questions about trans, enbies, and others answered, join us for a non-expert discussion to share experiences and answer questions for people who want to learn. | |
| 2:30 PM | 3:30 PM | LGBTQI Party Game Social | GAMING | Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship | Join other members of the Joco LGBTQI community as they mingle and play in a great way to relax and meet new people to start off the cruise. Play party games poolside and get to know other LGBTQI cruisers. | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Clear dining room for dinner service setup | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | The Main Dining Room staff need time to reset the tables for dinner service; we ask that you please wrap up your games and clear the Main Dining Room at 3 pm each day. Thanks! Plenty more tables all over the ship for gaming! | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:30 PM | JoustMania!* | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | A combination of Tag, Keep-Away, and dancing. Try to shake/jostle your opponents motion controllers, while stopping them from doing the same to you, all while keeping pace with the music. *As seen in the NY Times :) | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Painting with Colored Pencils | WORKSHOP | Crafting Room (Microsoft Studio), Deck 2, Aft | Learn a fun and easy technique to create a painting like art with colored pencils. Class will be guided step by step. Previous drawing, art or colored pencil experience is not required. All materials provided but if you have soft core wax based pencils like prismacolor premiere feel free to bring your own. Teens and adults only please, as younger children often find the class to be too challenging. | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | Jason and the Margonaughts Concert | SHADOW CRUISE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Did you enjoy a geurilla birthday serenade on the 2022 cruise? Do you like procrastinating, tacos, drinking, or video games? You just might enjoy this concert of (sometimes nerd-flavored) acoustic-eclectic Americana(strikethrough"na")-omedy. | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | Lockpicking Birds of a feather (advanced picking) | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | This session is for those who are already into the hobby and have their own picks and a lock or two. The learning class is later in the week. This session is where we all talk about more advanced techniques. Share your knowledge, bring your locks, teach us what you know. | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | The secret life of a cruise ship employee | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | Have you ever wondered what its like to work for a cruise line. Is it like what they show on Love Boat? Do you get a nice cabin? Is the food good? Do you get to see the world? These are great questions to find the answer to from a former member of the only American Flagged ship. | |
| 3:30 PM | 5:00 PM | Law Meetup | SHADOW CRUISE | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Do you work in the legal field? Are you a fan of the law? Come meet others like you. We will gather for drinks and stories. | |
| 3:45 PM | 4:45 PM | The Puddles Pity Party Unhappy Hour | READING / PERFORMANCE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Puddles Pity Party | |
| 4:00 PM | 4:30 PM | How to Train Your Therapist - Getting Good Therapy for the Neurodivergent Brain | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | Getting good therapy isn’t easy. Come learn some ND specific tips on how to help your therapist help you from a (licensed) pro in the field. We’ll cover: common therapy pitfalls for ND folks, figuring out what you need in therapy space, how to self advocate, and more. | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Billboard Onboard Happy Hour | GENERAL INFO | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Happy hour! Your second drink is only $2! | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Costuming & Cosplay Cocktail Mixer | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Come meet fellow Cosplayers & Costumers on JocoCruise 2023 for Happy Hour. | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Ocean Bar Happy Hour | GENERAL INFO | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Happy hour! Your second drink is only $2! | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Office Hours - Fountain Pens and Journaling | OFFICE HOURS | Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship | Mallory O'Meara | Hang out and drink and chat with Mallory O'Meara all about fountain pens and/or journaling. |
| 5:00 PM | 5:30 PM | Dinner Seating (Red Team) | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | ||
| 5:00 PM | 6:45 PM | Main Concert (Gold Team) - Josh Gondelman, Rainbow Girls | MAIN CONCERT | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Josh Gondelman, Rainbow Girls | (It is requested that standup comedy performances on JoCo Cruise not be filmed/recorded.) (This show will be one person performing standup comedy, then a trio singing and performing acoustic music.) |
| 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | Dinner Seating (Gold Team) | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | ||
| 7:30 PM | 9:15 PM | Main Concert (Red Team) - Josh Gondelman, Rainbow Girls | MAIN CONCERT | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Josh Gondelman, Rainbow Girls | (It is requested that standup comedy performances on JoCo Cruise not be filmed/recorded.) (This show will be one person performing standup comedy, then a trio singing and performing acoustic music.) |
| 8:30 PM | 2:00 AM | Nighttime Quiet Zone | GENERAL INFO | Lido Market, Deck 9, Aft | The starboard side of the Lido Marketplace will be designated the "quiet side" after 9 pm. Other than at the designated 24/7 gaming tables in the aft section, no gaming, no meetings, no loud noises, please. Take yer excessive noise over to the port side, please—or to the back deck, where the late-night pizza is! | |
| 9:00 PM | 12:00 AM | "Escape Buffet" Escape Room | GAMING | The Loft, Deck 10, Midship | Come try the escape room experience designed specifically for JoCo Cruise 2023! Signup sheets for Escape Buffet sessions will be available near the Game Library, outside the Upper Main Dining Room (Deck 3, aft). Signups for today's (Tue. Mar 7) sessions will occur from 3-5 pm on the day prior—Mon. Mar. 6. Standby/waitlist slots will be available in the Deck 3 Main Dining Room area, concurrent with all Escape Room sessions; if you wish to join the wait list for a given time period, come to the signup table outside the MDR to sign up, and stay nearby in case slots become available. | |
| 9:30 PM | 10:30 PM | Concert from a Hat | READING / PERFORMANCE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Jim Boggia | Audience members submit song names on pieces of paper, then Jim Boggia and special guest Miles Zuniga randomly pull them from a hat and if they think they know them, they try to play them. May not be an actual hat, but you get the idea. |
| 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | Be an Entomophagist | SHADOW CRUISE | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Snack on bugs! Crickets and other insects will be provided. It is recommended you do not consume if you have a shellfish allergy. | |
| 10:00 PM | 10:45 PM | Pushy Quarters Tournament | GAMING | Casino, Deck 2, Forward | It's pretty simple: a bunch of people gather at the "pushy quarters" game in the casino, and everyone who wishes to drops $5 or so worth of quarters into it while everyone else around them cheers them on and celebrates. | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Survivor Challenge pitch (aka Designing Games for Television) | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | Join a game/challenge producer from shows like Survivor, RuPaul's DragRace & King of the Nerds. We'll discuss the considerations that go into designing for TV vs tabletop. We'll simulate a Survivor challenge pitch where you can pitch ideas you want me to take back to the team! | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Tap Improvisation 101 | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | Learn to make music with your feet! I'll teach a very basic tap vocabulary and we'll work on techniques for foot-based rhythmic improvisation, both with music and a capella. All tap experience levels are welcome; wear clothes you can move in and shoes with non-tacky soles. | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:00 PM | WANG WANG! | SHADOW CRUISE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Join us the yearly ceremony of drinking WANG WANGS, shouting WANG WANG, singing WANG WANG and other WANG WANG related shenanigans. WANG WANG! | |
| 10:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Open Mic | SHADOW CRUISE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | A JoCo Cruise tradition: JoCo Cruisers get to show off their performing skills at our Open Mic session. 5 minute/1 song limit per performer. Find a sign-up sheet near the Info Desk in the Atrium. | |
| 10:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Rube Goldberg Machine | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | Join our 4th annual Rube Goldberg machine build. Using various brought and scrounged parts, we make a thing happen in the most convoluted way possible. | |
| 10:00 PM | 1:00 AM | Murder Mystery Party | GAMING | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Finally an opportunity to meet new friends while solving a murder! This large format (75 people) murder mystery party is a great way to mingle and meet friends while also playing a daring game of cat and mouse to figure out who did it and what you can learn from new and old friends. | |
| 10:00 PM | 1:00 AM | Starship Bridge Simulator | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | Ever watched your favorite sci-fi shows and wish it could be you on the bridge? Now you can! Join us for hours of adventure, danger, and comradery playing Artemis and/or Starship Horizons. Will have spare laptops, but please bring a tablet or two if you don't have a computer. | |
| 10:15 PM | 11:15 PM | Late-night Improv Show | READING / PERFORMANCE | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Marc Evan Jackson, Ify Nwadiwe, Annie Savage, Janet Varney, Gary Anthony Williams | We don't have a name for this group of improvisers picked out yet, but we promise it will be the worst, most painful possible one. |
| 10:30 PM | 12:30 AM | Drew's Fhloston Paradise Pride Party | PARTY | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Riz Rollins | From Drew: "The ocean world Fhloston is 98% water and the ms Fhloston Paradise is a lovely vessel. The temperature is tropical and flowing robes and gowns are common among locals and tourists (the non fish, of course, who mostly wear suits). "Tonight you are her passengers, hailing from across the galaxy, onboard for the Paradise’s annual Pride cruise. What is less known about the Paradise is that her unique propulsion system draws passengers from across the multiverse of sci-fi canons. Common traditions among guests on the Paradise include dancing in and around sumptuous bathing pools, basking in the music spun by the ship’s DJ, Riz Rollins, and gargling Pan-Galactic Romulan Ale. "Safety note: the ships multiversal coordinates ensure its permanent existence, imminent/past destruction, that it is yet to be or never will be constructed, and that every fourth wall onboard is in a state of quantum indeterminacy despite continued interaction with classical systems." |
| 10:30 PM | 1:30 AM | Portal Under the Stars (DCC RPG) | SHADOW CRUISE | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | Introductory module for Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG. Dungeon Crawl Classics is a D&D variant that focuses on the feel of 70s and 80s D&D, but with modern mechanics. | |
| 11:00 PM | 11:15 PM | Late Night Gaming Grab and Go Snacks | GENERAL INFO | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | ||
| 11:30 PM | 2:30 AM | Blood on the Clocktower | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | Blood on the Clocktower is a bluffing game enjoyed by 5 to 20 players on opposing teams of Good and Evil, overseen by a Storyteller player who conducts the action and makes crucial decisions. |
Day 4: Wednesday, March 8
Ship's clocks go forward an hour overnight: 2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM (to Atlantic Time for San Juan and Tortola).
| Start | End | Event | Type | Location | Featuring | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00 AM | 3:00 AM | Set clocks forward one hour | GENERAL INFO | Whole Ship | Set your clocks forward to 3 am at this time. | |
| 7:00 AM | 11:00 PM | Port of Call - San Juan | GENERAL INFO | San Juan, Puerto Rico | ||
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 PM | General Crafting Area | GENERAL INFO | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | A number of tables in the forward starboard side of the Lower Main Dining Room are dedicated for crafting during all hours except during dinner setup and seatings (i.e., except between 3 pm - 10 pm). Look for the table signs indicating these tables. No glue, glitter or "generally messy" crafting at these tables, please. | |
| 9:30 AM | 10:30 AM | Friends of Bill W. | GENERAL INFO | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | ||
| 10:00 AM | 3:00 PM | Daytime Quiet Zone | GENERAL INFO | Tamarind Restaurant, Deck 11, Midship | The port side of this restaurant is a dedicated "quiet zone" for our attendees who may wish to use it. Please no gaming, meetings, loud conversations, etc. Look for signs pointing you to the correct entrance and tables. (Note: THO's morning meeting with the ship's staff occurs in this space at 9:30am; it's usually finished by 10 am, but some mornings it may run a few minutes overtime. Thank you in advance for your understanding and flexibility.) | |
| 10:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Info Desk Hours | GENERAL INFO | Atrium, Deck 1, Midship | If you need information, well heck we have information! Come here for any JoCo Cruise-related questions or issues you may have.If you have questions or problems relating to the ship—your cabin, billing, etc—please go to the ship’s Guest Services Desk, located on the opposite side of the Atrium on Deck 1. | |
| 12:00 PM | 12:30 PM | Ask An Agent | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | I'm a literary agent! Ask me questions! I've queried before, and it's weird being on the other side. I can talk about publishing, what agents look for, best practices, and how it works to start a new (second) career from scratch. Or whatever! | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Clear dining room for dinner service setup | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | The Main Dining Room staff need time to reset the tables for dinner service; we ask that you please wrap up your games and clear the Main Dining Room at 3 pm each day. Thanks! Plenty more tables all over the ship for gaming! | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Billboard Onboard Happy Hour | GENERAL INFO | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Happy hour! Your second drink is only $2! | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Ocean Bar Happy Hour | GENERAL INFO | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Happy hour! Your second drink is only $2! | |
| 5:30 PM | 9:30 PM | Dinner (Open Dining) | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | Dinner on this evening is "Open Dining"; you can come to the dining room anytime between 5:30 pm and 9:30 pm. NOTE: Fixed Seating table assignments and dining times will still apply.The ship does request that if you're coming to the main dining room that night, please try to roughly correspond with your usual dining time, so that the staff and kitchen don't get swarmed all at once. | |
| 8:00 PM | 9:15 PM | Jonathan Coulton - Full Band Show | READING / PERFORMANCE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Jonathan Coulton | |
| 8:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Murder Mystery | GAMING | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | Love the murder mystery party format? This event is for those who jump at the idea of becoming a mysterious debonair at a party and whiling away their evening prying secrets from friends and enemies alike. This event is small format with only 30 players so sign up before there’s no room left! | |
| 8:00 PM | 2:00 AM | Sports Video Game Meetup | GAMING | EXC, Deck 11, Forward | He's on fire!!! Anyone nostalgic for some NBA Jam? Tecmo Superbowl? Mario Golf??? Come on by Deck 11, maybe grab a beer and check out the game library provided by World 9 Gaming. Hut hut hike!! | |
| 8:30 PM | 9:30 PM | Adding pockets to garments | SHADOW CRUISE | Crafting Room (Microsoft Studio), Deck 2, Aft | Bring a garment that needs pockets, learn how to add them. There are only 2 sewing machines available so hand sewing will also be shown. If you want your pocket material to match/coordinate with the garment material please bring it with you. | |
| 8:30 PM | 9:30 PM | ADHD, RSD mid week check-in | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | A mid-week check in for those of us who suffer from (RSD) Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria. Some techniques for helping battle those feeling. And an environment of affirmation and help talk about coping mechanisms. | |
| 8:30 PM | 9:30 PM | Hardly Strictly Sea Chanties | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Come and join your fellow Joconauts, and share your favorite chanties and songs of the sea! We will have lyric sheets for old favorites. | |
| 8:30 PM | 2:00 AM | Nighttime Quiet Zone | GENERAL INFO | Lido Market, Deck 9, Aft | The starboard side of the Lido Marketplace will be designated the "quiet side" after 9 pm. Other than at the designated 24/7 gaming tables in the aft section, no gaming, no meetings, no loud noises, please. Take yer excessive noise over to the port side, please—or to the back deck, where the late-night pizza is! | |
| 8:45 PM | 9:45 PM | Disney Sing-along | READING / PERFORMANCE | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Travis McElroy | Hello! Your FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE are back with another Disney Karaoke night and we’re ready to GO THE DISTANCE! Some of your favorite performers are gonna lead you in a sing a long of some of your favorite Disney tunes! All this fun will leave you wanting more and asking WHAT ELSE CAN I DO? Join us and let us be a PART OF YOUR WORLD! |
| 9:30 PM | 10:30 PM | Jamie Loftus - Popup Standup Set | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | ||
| 9:30 PM | 11:00 PM | Law Meetup | SHADOW CRUISE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Do you work in the legal field? Are you a fan of the law? Come meet others like you. We will gather for drinks and stories. (This will be by the bar/in the general Sea View Deck area, not actually *on* the stage. That would be weird.) | |
| 10:00 PM | 1:00 AM | Blood on the Clocktower | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | Blood on the Clocktower is a bluffing game enjoyed by 5 to 20 players on opposing teams of Good and Evil, overseen by a Storyteller player who conducts the action and makes crucial decisions. | |
| 10:00 PM | 1:00 AM | Release the Bats 5.0 | SHADOW CRUISE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Celebrate the fifth (!) anniversary of RtB (Goth Prom) by swaying and slaying on the dance floor. All ages are welcome to lace up, oontz out, or just come vibe with us as we give the decks our perfectly cromulent C efforts. | |
| 10:15 PM | 11:30 PM | The (Slightly Obscure) Early Beatles Dance Party | READING / PERFORMANCE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Jim Boggia | Jim Boggia and his band (tonight collectively known as The Boatles) play The Beatles—but the early, fun stuff before weed slowed down the tempos and acid made things weird. Big Hits and Deep Cuts, but they'll all have you movin' yer butts! |
| 10:15 PM | 12:15 AM | One-Shot RPG Adventure - D&D | READING / PERFORMANCE | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, Travis McElroy, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Ify Nwadiwe | Brennan Lee Mulligan DMs a D&D one-shot adventure with our intrepid celebrity gamers. |
| 10:30 PM | 12:30 AM | Balloon Twisting 101 | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | How do you make balloons even more fun? By turning them into adorable animals, of course! I’ll teach you how to make some favorites and teach you techniques you can use to invent your own balloon creations. Balloons and pumps will be provided. | |
| 11:00 PM | 11:15 PM | Late Night Gaming Grab and Go Snacks | GENERAL INFO | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | ||
| 11:30 PM | 11:45 PM | Yell at the Moon | SHADOW CRUISE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | If you yearn to just scream and scream and scream then this is the event for you! Bring all of your pent-up hollering and vent it to the unfeeling moon! We'll gather in the Sea View Pool area then head toward the back railing so that we don't startle the unsuspecting. |
Day 5: Thursday, March 9
| Start | End | Event | Type | Location | Featuring | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:55 AM | 12:00 AM | Theme: Formal Night | GENERAL INFO | Whole Ship | Formal wear is encouraged, but not required, at dinner. "Formal wear" is defined VERY flexibly. Tuxedo and cocktail dress? Fine. Sport coat and slacks? Sure. Starfleet uniform? Awesome. Full Scottish regalia? Bonnie. You get the idea. Fancy headwear (tiaras, hats, etc.—a sort of JCC tradition for many) welcomed, but not required. | |
| 7:00 AM | 3:00 PM | Port of Call - Road Town | GENERAL INFO | Road Town, Tortola | ||
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 PM | General Crafting Area | GENERAL INFO | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | A number of tables in the forward starboard side of the Lower Main Dining Room are dedicated for crafting during all hours except during dinner setup and seatings (i.e., except between 3 pm - 10 pm). Look for the table signs indicating these tables. No glue, glitter, paints or "generally messy" crafting at these tables, please. | |
| 9:30 AM | 10:30 AM | Friends of Bill W. | GENERAL INFO | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | ||
| 10:00 AM | 3:00 PM | Daytime Quiet Zone | GENERAL INFO | Tamarind Restaurant, Deck 11, Midship | The port side of this restaurant is a dedicated "quiet zone" for our attendees who may wish to use it. Please no gaming, meetings, loud conversations, etc. Look for signs pointing you to the correct entrance and tables. (Note: THO's morning meeting with the ship's staff occurs in this space at 9:30am; it's usually finished by 10 am, but some mornings it may run a few minutes overtime. Thank you in advance for your understanding and flexibility.) | |
| 10:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Info Desk Hours | GENERAL INFO | Atrium, Deck 1, Midship | If you need information, well heck we have information! Come here for any JoCo Cruise-related questions or issues you may have.If you have questions or problems relating to the ship—your cabin, billing, etc—please go to the ship’s Guest Services Desk, located on the opposite side of the Atrium on Deck 1. | |
| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | Role-playing Outside Dungeons and Dragons | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | We're in a golden age of tabletop role-playing games, and we'd like to talk to you about some of our favorites! Join us for a panel led discussion about picking a system that works your group, failing forward, being a fan of every player, and keeping your dice away from Wil... | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Contracts 101 | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | Ever come across an incomprehensible contract? Contracts are a necessary but sometimes painful part of life. I've worked as an attorney for almost 10 years and speak legalese and I feel strongly that others should do the same. I'm here to help translate! | |
| 2:30 PM | 3:30 PM | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward') Unavailable Until 3:30 pm | GENERAL INFO | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | ||
| 2:45 PM | 3:45 PM | Podcasting Panel | Q&A / PANEL | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Sarah Marshall, Travis McElroy, Alex Steed, Janet Varney | Can just anyone make a podcast? Sure. Can just anyone make a *good* podcast? That's a tougher question. Join our panelists—including special guests Jamie Loftus and Carolyn Kendrick—as they discuss their experiences in the ever-evolving podcast landscape, lessons learned, pitfalls they've avoided (or not), and most importantly: what microphone to buy. With special guest Jamie Loftus. |
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Clear dining room for dinner service setup | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | The Main Dining Room staff need time to reset the tables for dinner service; we ask that you please wrap up your games and clear the Main Dining Room at 3 pm each day. Thanks! Plenty more tables all over the ship for gaming! | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Rainbow Girls | READING / PERFORMANCE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Rainbow Girls | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: The Writers' Room | WORKSHOP | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Gennifer Hutchison | The process in a TV writers' room can seem mysterious for anyone who's never been in one. Most people, even those who also work in TV, don't always understand their special alchemy. This workshop will demystify the process, covering how a writers' room works—from etiquette, vocabulary, and hierarchy to the nitty gritty of breaking story and character arcs. |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Balloon Twisting 101 | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | How do you make balloons even more fun? By turning them into adorable animals, of course! I’ll teach you how to make some favorites and teach you techniques you can use to invent your own balloon creations. Balloons and pumps will be provided. | |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Yip! Yip! Wang Wang! | SHADOW CRUISE | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Make a Yip Yip bag, bring the one you already have, or just enjoy the ambience. We'll hang out in the lounge, provide instructions and also the materials to crochet or knit bags based on those lovable muppet aliens, the Yip Yips. Yarnwork helpers will be available to help. | |
| 3:15 PM | 4:45 PM | Playing with Light Painting | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | Taking pics of lights in motion, & players would move the lights in both planned & unplanned motions to create light streaks. People can bring their own light sources (LED's, hoops, balls, necklaces, sneakers, blinky lights, light sabers, etc). Child, teen, & adult friendly! | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:00 PM | Be an Entomophagist | SHADOW CRUISE | Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship | Snack on bugs! Crickets and other insects will be provided. It is recommended you do not consume if you have a shellfish allergy. | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | Anesthesia is a Miracle: Discuss | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | Anesthesia is among the most significant advances in the history of medicine, yet even experts have little idea of how or why it works. Come hear a short and colorful description of anesthesia from a real life anesthesiologist and get your questions answered. | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | BJD Meet Up | SHADOW CRUISE | Crafting Room (Microsoft Studio), Deck 2, Aft | Come meet up with other BJD (Ball Jointed Doll) enthusiasts! There will be a swap table as well as access to small repair items. Please no recasts (though if that's all you have, you're still welcome to attend). | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | LGBTQ Cocktail Meetup | PARTY | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Begun on the ms Westerdam during JoCo Cruise 2012, the annual LGBTQ cocktail meetup celebrates its 10th year of hoping it has a long enough initialism and being a low key get together for JoCo Cruisers of all persuasions. | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | Try your virtual hand at AI art | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | Want to play with an AI art generator? It’s your lucky day! Drop by and join us in asking the AI for an “anatomical study of a half-pony half-monkey monster” or “Wil Wheaton as a bobblehead”. The digital sky is the virtual limit | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Billboard Onboard Happy Hour | GENERAL INFO | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Happy hour! Your second drink is only $2! | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Fancy Headwear and Moustache Formal | PARTY | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Come up to the Sea View Stage in your Fancy Clothes (or whatever you feel like wearing) for the fanciest happy hour there ever was! Admire others' finery and be admired in turn. Fancy headwear and/or moustaches encouraged, but not required. Moustaches available as needed. | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Ocean Bar Happy Hour | GENERAL INFO | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Happy hour! Your second drink is only $2! | |
| 4:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Puzzle Video Game Meetup | GAMING | EXC, Deck 11, Forward | Tetris, Puyo Puyo, Pokemon Puzzle League, Super Puzzle Fighter II. Those are just a few of the gems we'll be featuring today. Come by Deck 11 to scratch that itch maybe play some friendly matches. | |
| 5:00 PM | 5:30 PM | Dinner Seating (Red Team) | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | ||
| 5:00 PM | 6:45 PM | Main Concert (Gold Team) - Paul and Storm, Puddles Pity Party | MAIN CONCERT | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Paul Sabourin, Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, Puddles Pity Party | (This show will be two people singing and performing acoustic music, then one person, dressed as a clown, singing to recorded music tracks; show involves video accompaniment and possible stage lighting effects, but no flashing lights.) |
| 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM | O. | GENERAL INFO | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | ||
| 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | Dinner Seating (Gold Team) | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | ||
| 7:30 PM | 9:15 PM | Main Concert (Red Team) - Paul and Storm, Puddles Pity Party | MAIN CONCERT | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Paul Sabourin, Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, Puddles Pity Party | (This show will be two people singing and performing acoustic music, then one person, dressed as a clown, singing to recorded music tracks; show involves video accompaniment and possible stage lighting effects, but no flashing lights.) |
| 8:30 PM | 2:00 AM | Nighttime Quiet Zone | GENERAL INFO | Lido Market, Deck 9, Aft | The starboard side of the Lido Marketplace will be designated the "quiet side" after 9 pm. Other than at the designated 24/7 gaming tables in the aft section, no gaming, no meetings, no loud noises, please. Take yer excessive noise over to the port side, please—or to the back deck, where the late-night pizza is! | |
| 9:30 PM | 10:30 PM | Office Hours - Play Blackjack with Travis McElroy | OFFICE HOURS | Casino, Deck 2, Forward | Travis McElroy | Travis will be at a blackjack table. Come sit at the table with him and play some blackjack. |
| 9:30 PM | 10:30 PM | Um Actually | GAMING | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | Have you ever had to resist the overwhelming urge to correct someone who was just SO confidently WRONG? You’ve been on the internet so … yes. Well now’s your chance to do it for fun and profit! Based on the popular game show hosted by Mike Trapp this buzz-in style show will allow you to build a team of up to 6 pedants to correct tiny inconsistencies in nerdy topics! | |
| 9:30 PM | 12:00 AM | Come Play Craps - Fancy Garb Edition | SHADOW CRUISE | Casino, Deck 2, Forward | Come play craps with folks in their finest duds. Beginners welcome! | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Late Night Lasering | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | Learn how to make stuff with lasers and modern magic! What are laser engravers, how do they work, how can I make stuff with them? What’s it cost to get started, what’s a nice setup, what can I engrave, what do I need to know about safely using lasers? Samples shown, some giveaways! | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Stargazing | SHADOW CRUISE | Observation Deck, Deck 12, Forward | Look at stars! Also, planets, meteors, and for sure the Moon (full on Tuesday). I'll talk about science and mythology, and welcome any astronomers (pro or no) to answer questions too. Deck lights will be off for night vision, please dim phone screens and don't use flashlights. | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:30 PM | JoustMania After Dark (18 and over) | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | A combination of Tag, Keep-Away, and dancing. Try to shake/jostle your opponents motion controllers, while stopping them from doing the same to you, all while keeping pace with the music. *As seen in the NY Times :) | |
| 10:00 PM | 12:00 AM | One-Shot RPG Adventure - TBA | READING / PERFORMANCE | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, Open Mike Eagle, Caitlin Gowdey, Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan | Aabria Iyengar leads a one-shot RPG adventure with our intrepid celebrity gamers. Aabria hasn't told us the game mechanic she's chosen yet, because we've not yet offered what she's described as "the right price." But we're sure it's gonna be kick ass. |
| 10:00 PM | 12:30 AM | Karaoke | GENERAL INFO | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Get your sing on in B.B. King's Blues Club with this JoCo Cruise tradition. | |
| 10:00 PM | 1:00 AM | Starship Bridge Simulator | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | Ever watched your favorite sci-fi shows and wish it could be you on the bridge? Now you can! Join us for hours of adventure, danger, and comradery playing Artemis and/or Starship Horizons. Will have spare laptops, but please bring a tablet or two if you don't have a computer. | |
| 10:30 PM | 11:30 PM | "Pre-2000s, No Showtunes" Piano Bar Request Night w/Jon Spurney | READING / PERFORMANCE | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Jonathan Coulton's keyboard player, Jon Spurney, hosts a night of keyboard karaoke. Come to Billboard Onboard, put in your requests, and everyone sing along! But, according to Jon, "I'm old, so please don't try to stump me with 'new' songs." | |
| 10:45 PM | 12:45 AM | John Scalzi's Nerd Prom Dance Party | PARTY | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | John Scalzi | A JoCo Cruise tradition, DJ Scalzi plays into the night as you all promise you'll stay friends forever even after you've headed off to different colleges and cities. Enchantment UPON the sea! |
| 11:00 PM | 11:15 PM | Late Night Gaming Grab and Go Snacks | GENERAL INFO | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | ||
| 11:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Group Foot Massage | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | Get your feet rubbed while rubbing another persons feet! Guided by a Massage Therapist with 40 years experience. Come with socks or clean feet. Cleansing cloths provided. | |
| 11:15 PM | 12:15 AM | Video Dave's Birthday Party Powerpoint (with Plentiful Rapping) (feat. Video Dave) (and Perhaps Open Mike Eagle) | SHADOW CRUISE | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | ||
| 11:30 PM | 12:00 AM | Medieval History Discussion with Joel Pattison | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward |
Day 6: Friday, March 10
| Start | End | Event | Type | Location | Featuring | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 3:00 AM | Blood on the Clocktower | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | Blood on the Clocktower is a bluffing game enjoyed by 5 to 20 players on opposing teams of Good and Evil, overseen by a Storyteller player who conducts the action and makes crucial decisions. | |
| 7:00 AM | 12:00 AM | Theme: Retro Day | GENERAL INFO | Whole Ship | On Retro Day, attendees can celebrate the past. Which past, you ask? You name it. Think only '90s kids will understand? Maybe, but do you mean 1990s, or 1890s, or 1290s? All of the above and more! If it's old, it's gold. There'll definitely be a "retro" dance party, but don't ask us which era yet, because thinking about how most music we grew up with constitutes "retro" now makes us feel sad. | |
| 8:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Sunrise All Levels Vinyasa Yoga | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | All Levels Vinyasa Flow is a traditional Vinyasa yoga class that features numerous modifications to make the practice accessible for yogis of all levels. Bring your own mat. | |
| 8:30 AM | 9:30 AM | Watercolor Doodling for Stress Reduction | SHADOW CRUISE | Crafting Room (Microsoft Studio), Deck 2, Aft | Watercolor doodling is a great way to engage in an expressive process that requires no "artistic" ability. It is a great stress reliever that will allow you to set your imagination free, gain a sense of flow, and have fun creating an image that is unexpected. | |
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Roadmap to well-being—an open discussion on mental health | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | We have a mental health crisis, and the system isn't working. I will present data and my experiences (anxiety, depression), but it will be an open discussion. Goal: empower everyone to direct their own path to well-being. This is a judgment-free, accepting safe space. TW: trauma | |
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 PM | General Crafting Area | GENERAL INFO | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | A number of tables in the forward starboard side of the Lower Main Dining Room are dedicated for crafting during all hours except during dinner setup and seatings (i.e., except between 3 pm - 10 pm). Look for the table signs indicating these tables. No glue, glitter, paints or "generally messy" crafting at these tables, please. | |
| 9:30 AM | 10:15 AM | Early Bird Zumba | SHADOW CRUISE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Ditch the workout, join the party! Move to the music and have a good time, no rhythm required. All skill levels welcome, especially beginners! | |
| 9:30 AM | 10:30 AM | Friends of Bill W. | GENERAL INFO | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | ||
| 9:30 AM | 10:30 AM | Let's Build a Boat! | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | Two naval architects lead a group in the adventure of designing our ideal boat together. From concept to construction, we look at what it takes to design and outfit a brand new vessel. Will we create a JoCo party ship, a yellow submarine, or a floating island? You decide! | |
| 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Adapt This!: Taking Books and Bringing Them to Screen | Q&A / PANEL | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Gennifer Hutchison, John Scalzi | The good news: They’re making your favorite book into a movie! The bad news: They’re making your favorite book into a movie! Go behind the scenes of what it means to adapt beloved work from one medium to another, and how these try to balance art, commerce and audience expectation. |
| 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Kids' Disney Sing-along | READING / PERFORMANCE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Teresa McElroy, Travis McElroy | All our littl'uns—and the littl' at heart—are invited for a special session of Travis & Teresa's Disney Sing-along! |
| 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Office Hours: Echo Echo (Poodle Poodle)! | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Echo is Rachel's guide dog. Usually she'll be working and unavailable for petting or socializing. But if you've been dying all week to meet her, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE! Echo will be off-duty and ready to mingle! Feel free to show up at any time during the session. No treats, please. | |
| 10:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Diceborn Heroes Learn-n-Play 2023 | SHADOW CRUISE | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | Diceborn Heroes is a 1-4 player cooperative fantasy dice game. Together you will go on 3 different quests then face the final boss. If you defeat the boss you have saved the kingdom of Dievalice. The choices you make in the game will change the deck and change your chances of success... | |
| 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Japanese Temari | WORKSHOP | Crafting Room (Microsoft Studio), Deck 2, Aft | Japanese Temari is an ancient art of embroidery on a ball and now is your chance to try it out. Temari artist Jen Weber will teach you step by step how this addictive craft is done, as you stitch your very own ball. All material provided. Class limited to 25 participants and is intended for people who have never stitched a temari before. | |
| 10:00 AM | 1:00 PM | Backgammon Tournament | SHADOW CRUISE | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | Join us for a few hours and play one of the oldest board games in the world.I will teach of needed and there is an AMAZING trophy. | |
| 10:00 AM | 1:00 PM | Lido Deck "Last Chance" Merch Sale | GENERAL INFO | Lido Deck, Deck 9 | A satellite store will be set up in the Lido Pool Area for all your JoCo Cruise merch needs. | |
| 10:00 AM | 3:00 PM | Daytime Quiet Zone | GENERAL INFO | Tamarind Restaurant, Deck 11, Midship | The port side of this restaurant is a dedicated "quiet zone" for our attendees who may wish to use it. Please no gaming, meetings, loud conversations, etc. Look for signs pointing you to the correct entrance and tables. (Note: THO's morning meeting with the ship's staff occurs in this space at 9:30am; it's usually finished by 10 am, but some mornings it may run a few minutes overtime. Thank you in advance for your understanding and flexibility.) | |
| 10:00 AM | 5:00 PM | Info Desk Hours | GENERAL INFO | Atrium, Deck 1, Midship | If you need information, well heck we have information! Come here for any JoCo Cruise-related questions or issues you may have.If you have questions or problems relating to the ship—your cabin, billing, etc—please go to the ship’s Guest Services Desk, located on the opposite side of the Atrium on Deck 1. | |
| 10:00 AM | 6:00 PM | Video Game Librarian Hours | GAMING | EXC, Deck 11, Forward | World 9 Gaming staff are on hand to assist in browsing the video game library. Outside these hours a limited number of consoles will still be available. | |
| 10:30 AM | 12:00 PM | The Python Bee | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | The Python Bee is a competition for two-person teams of coders, conducted in front of a live audience. Team partners write simple Python programs, one symbol at a time (alternating between the partners), all without seeing the screen! Awesome prizes and hilarity are guaranteed! | |
| 10:30 AM | 5:00 PM | Tabletop Team Consultation Hours | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | The Game Library is open 24 hours, and checkouts and check-ins are self serve, but you’ll find a member of the Tabletop Team offering game recommendations based on your interests and preferences during these scheduled hours. | |
| 11:00 AM | 11:15 AM | Walk a Mile | GENERAL INFO | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Enjoy a morning stroll along the outdoor Promenade deck. Meets up in Ocean Bar | |
| 11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Mid-Day Mindfulness | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | Mindfulness is back, and it no longer requires waking up early! Join us for a gentle space to breathe in the middle of the day. We will practice guided meditation, read a short thoughtful passage together, and check in with each other. Everyone is welcome. | |
| 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Voice Acting Panel | Q&A / PANEL | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Dante Basco, Erika Ishii, Marc Evan Jackson, Janet Varney, Gary Anthony Williams | Some of our guests who are voice actors sit on a panel and talk about voice acting and answer questions about voice acting. Hence the name of the panel. |
| 11:00 AM | 12:30 PM | Teen Gaming Event | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | Hello fellow teens! Nope! I'm gonna stop there. I can't even pretend. And actually teens are probably sick of us old people trying to pretend to be 'hip' and 'with it.' So, you know what? Y'all should all be cool together instead. Come meet up with other teenagers on the cruise and play some games together. We'll give you the space for it, teach the games you wanna learn, then go watch the news or something while y'all have fun and are cooler than we are. | |
| 11:15 AM | 12:15 PM | Office Hour With Cruise Mom Thera | OFFICE HOURS | Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship | Come spend some time with Cruise Mom, she'll be so happy to see you! | |
| 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | BIPOC Meetup | SHADOW CRUISE | Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship | A place for people of the global majority but minority on boat to meet each other and connect! | |
| 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | Office Hours - Wil Wheaton | OFFICE HOURS | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Wil Wheaton | |
| 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | Professor Shyguy Concert | SHADOW CRUISE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | A dance party where dancing isn't required. Pop/Chiptune music made with a Game Boy, a guitar, and singing! Songs about anything from video games to lyrics in alphabetical order in a song about science. Featuring Blythe Renay performing alongside for these shows! | |
| 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | Sharing the Glory of Sublime Rhyming Stories | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Participants will share rhyming stories that they have written, by reading them aloud. Rhyming stories should be 500-600 words or less -- must rhyme but may be metered or free. Tell a story with a plot -- horror, drama, comedy… More Info: http://bit.ly/3EHbpip | |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Looking (Safely!) at the Sun in Hydrogen-alpha | SHADOW CRUISE | Observation Deck, Deck 12, Forward | NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN! With that said, let's look (safely!) at the Sun through a telescope with a Hydrogen-α filter which lets us view detail on the Sun's surface. The Sun is becoming more active, with sunspots, prominences, and other phenomena regularly visible. | |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Multi-day Bananagrams Tournament - Round Three | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | We did this last year and no one shunned us for it so we’re doing it again! We’re having a multiday tournament of BANANAGRAMS. Join other word scrambling enthusiasts and work your way up the brackets over 3 days of Joco to finally reach your lifelong goal of being crowned master of all things Bananagram! If you’ve never played the game before, Bananagrams is an easy game to learn; all are welcome! Prizes will be given to winners! | |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Yes, It's Another RPG Panel, But At Least This One Is on a Cruise Ship | Q&A / PANEL | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, Travis McElroy, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Ify Nwadiwe | Some of the best in the business talk about RPGs. |
| 12:00 PM | 1:30 PM | Indian Specialty Lunch | GENERAL INFO | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | The Nieuw Amsterdam's culinary staff are preparing this specialty meal of Indian cuisine as a one-time-only event for our passengers. Seating is limited, so sign up early if you are interested. This event is run by the ship's staff and costs a $10 surcharge (plus 18% service charges) that will be charged to your onboard account. You can sign up in the Main Dining Room, or by calling 88 from any phone. | |
| 12:00 PM | 1:30 PM | JoCoCrips and Spoonies (JoCoNauts with Disabilities and/or Chronic Illnesses) | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | A little time and space for JoCoNauts with disabilities and chronic illnesses to meet up, chat, and discuss. Self-identification is fine; we won't check your credentials at the door. | |
| 12:00 PM | 1:30 PM | This Flag Means JoCo | WORKSHOP | Crafting Room (Microsoft Studio), Deck 2, Aft | Make your own pirate flag! Open to those ages 7 and older (under 12 please bring an adult to help). | |
| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | Drew and Sam Sing Seven to Nine Sad Songs with Minimal Talking Inbetween | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Drew Westphal works on JoCo Cruise and is not a professional guitarist. Sam Bolen is an actor, singer and cat dad. They live in the same house and sing songs together, including these. | |
| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | PIVOT! | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | For some, the Excel PivotTable is a super useful tool. For others, it's a form of dark magic. Regardless, you can learn them. In this session we'll review the basics of PivotTables, how to create them, and how to use them. | |
| 12:30 PM | 2:30 PM | Comedy 101 | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | Have you always wanted to try stand up comedy, or are you a fan who wants to look under the hood and see how it works? Great! We'll cover the basics of joke structure, finding premises, writing and performance techniques, and building a set. No experience required! | |
| 12:30 PM | 3:00 PM | The Librarian's Almanaq (Puzzle Hunt) | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | We will be solving the puzzles in the book "The Librarian's Almanaq" by Roy Leban. It's a mini-puzzle hunt with sequencing and an "Ending Puzzle." We'll try to solve it over two meetings. | |
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | The Down Days | Q&A / PANEL | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Open Mike Eagle, Meg Elison, John Scalzi | It would be great if every writer or creative person had an unending streak of successes, but the fact is that even the people at the top of their game have their challenges and disappointments. This panel looks at some of those career and project disappointments, and what can learned from them and - perhaps - what opportunities arose from them. |
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Zoe Gray Concert: The Comeback Kid | SHADOW CRUISE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Zoe Gray returns from her university-length hiatus to bring you all new nerd-inspired songs! Feat. special guest Brian Gray. | |
| 1:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Introduction to the Astrolabe | SHADOW CRUISE | Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship | The astrolabe is a fascinating medieval multifunction calculator. This class will include a discussion of the theory behind the astrolabe and will provide extensive hands-on practical experience in using the various functions. Limited to 20 students | |
| 1:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Learn to Play - New Hotness | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | Every year new games are coming out, some are awesome, some less so. Some are so exceptional you can’t even get your hands on them! We’ve tried our best to bring out the latest and greatest games in the past couple of years and have them ready to teach YOU how to play. If you know how to play or are looking to learn, come join in and enjoy these new great games with other gaming enthusiasts. | |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Lunar Rush Demo - A Simultaneous-Play Euro Game | SHADOW CRUISE | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | A simultaneous-play Euro-style board game that combines time-management, market economics, bidding, and engine-building. You compete to mine the Moon for the newly-discovered Moon crystal and ore. Find out more here: https://www.deadalivegames.com/lunarrush | |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Yarn Happy Hour: your daily dose of fiber fabulousness | SHADOW CRUISE | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Hang out with other fiber friends and the yarn curious. Whether you knit, crochet, or something else entirely, stop by to ask questions, show off your current project, or just share your love of yarnstuffs. Nothing formal, just a place to gather with like-minded folks. | |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | "Escape Buffet" Escape Room | GAMING | The Loft, Deck 10, Midship | Come try the escape room experience designed specifically for JoCo Cruise 2023! Signup sheets for Escape Buffet sessions will be available near the Game Library, outside the Upper Main Dining Room (Deck 3, aft). Signups for today's (Fri Mar 10) sessions will occur from 3-5 pm on the day prior—Thu. Mar. 9. Standby/waitlist slots will be available in the Deck 3 Main Dining Room area, concurrent with all Escape Room sessions; if you wish to join the wait list for a given time period, come to the signup table outside the MDR to sign up, and stay nearby in case slots become available. | |
| 1:30 PM | 3:00 PM | Puppet Building Shenaniganza | WORKSHOP | Crafting Room (Microsoft Studio), Deck 2, Aft | Join Amy and Chuck Robinson owners of peepers puppets for a workshop on building your own hand and rod puppet! Attendees will leave the workshop with their own puppet. Amy and Chuck will share puppet building techniques and tricks from other industry professionals on both building and performing with a hand and rod puppet. Come play with us! | |
| 1:30 PM | 3:30 PM | JoCo's Crisis: Musical Theater Live Band Karaoke | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Theater nerds unite! In the spirit of NYC's gay musical theater singalong dive bar, Marie's Crisis, come take your star turn with our Shadow Cruise musicians. Place a song request pre-cruise at: https://forms.gle/8YHeZRJVVTJR49TV7. Walk-ins welcome time/music-permitting | |
| 2:00 PM | 2:30 PM | JoCo Fantasy Football League Meetup | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | Are you part of the JoCo Fantasy Football League? Do you like fantasy football in general or want to learn about it? Then join us as we spend a little time putting faces to team names, reliving the season, discussing rule changes, & probably talking a little trash (all in fun). | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | All About Japanese Temari | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | Curious about Japanese temari? Come join us to learn more about this ancient craft of embroidery on a ball! We will talk about the history of this fascinating art, what they are used for, how these balls are made, and how you can get started making your own. | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Management Q&A | Q&A / PANEL | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Jonathan Coulton, Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, Paul Sabourin, Drew Westphal | The JoCo Cruise Management sit on a stage and answer your questions about JoCo Cruise. Pretty straightforaward, actually. |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Signing - Marc Evan Jackson | SIGNING | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Marc Evan Jackson | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Signing - Teresa & Travis McElroy | SIGNING | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Teresa McElroy, Travis McElroy | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:30 PM | Signing - Dante Basco | SIGNING | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Dante Basco | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:30 PM | Signing - Janet Varney | SIGNING | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Janet Varney | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:30 PM | Signing - John Scalzi | SIGNING | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | John Scalzi | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:30 PM | Signing - Mallory O'Meara | SIGNING | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Mallory O'Meara | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:30 PM | Signing - Meg Elison | SIGNING | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Meg Elison | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:30 PM | Signing - Open Mike Eagle | SIGNING | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Open Mike Eagle | |
| 2:00 PM | 3:30 PM | Signing - Puddles Pity Party | SIGNING | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Puddles Pity Party | |
| 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Smash Bros Ultimate Tournament | GAMING | EXC, Deck 11, Forward | Are you really feeling it? Well here it is! World 9 Gaming is hosting a double elimination Smash Ultimate tournament. We will use most of the standard competitive ruleset - 1v1, no items, 3 stock, neutral stages, all characters available. Show me your moves! | |
| 2:30 PM | 3:30 PM | Bluegrass / Folk Jam | SHADOW CRUISE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | An informal get-together to play through bluegrass tunes and folk songs. BYO instruments and music. Don't be shy, give it a try. | |
| 3:00 PM | 3:45 PM | Afternoon Tea with Shmanners | GENERAL INFO | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | Teresa McElroy, Travis McElroy | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Clear dining room for dinner service setup | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | The Main Dining Room staff need time to reset the tables for dinner service; we ask that you please wrap up your games and clear the Main Dining Room at 3 pm each day. Thanks! Plenty more tables all over the ship for gaming! | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Now Make It Funny: Creating Comedy | Q&A / PANEL | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | River Butcher, Jonathan Coulton, Josh Gondelman, Sarah Marshall, Paul Sabourin | As the saying goes: "Dying is easy; comedy is hard." We'll be discussing the latter in this panel, about the pleasures and challenges of being professionally funny. With special guest Jamie Loftus. |
| 3:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Advance Your Crocheting | WORKSHOP | Crafting Room (Microsoft Studio), Deck 2, Aft | Already know how to crochet and want to learn a new technique? In this class you will learn how to over lay Mosaic crochet in a simple quick and fun project—a simplified JoCo Icon. All you need to know is how to do a chain, single crochet, double crochet, and how to work in the front and back loops. We will teach you the rest! Bring a small amount of your favorite yarn in 2 contrasting colors and hook to match the yarn or we will provide them. I will be using 2 20g balls of a size 4 weight and a 5 mm hook. | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Hair Braiding 101 | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | Session will cover basic braiding & French braiding time permitting. This is for ANYONE, so to learn how to to dress up a wig, braid your own hair or your kid's hair, braid a horse tail, if you're a cosplayer, or too shy/introverted to ask someone to teach you, this is for you! | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Intro to Zen Meditation | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | Looking for some calm in your hectic boat schedule? Try Zen meditation with an ordained practitioner. This introductory class will first teach you the basics of Zen meditation, then we'll sit together, followed by a Q&A. Please bring towels/pillows to use as sitting cushions. | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | Begining Irish Session | SHADOW CRUISE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Come join a friendly group to play through reels, jigs, and other instrumental tunes common in Irish sessions. Music provided. Open to all instruments! Beginners welcome! | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | Sick Bay at 30,000 Feet | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | Join a (retired) Aeromedical Evacuation Technician for a presentation on how the US Air Force converts cargo aircraft into flying Intensive Care Units to transport sick and injured anywhere, anytime in a way that makes science fiction feel a lot like just another day at work. | |
| 3:30 PM | 5:00 PM | 6th Annual BarCitizen@Sea: | SHADOW CRUISE | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Bar Citizen is a meetup fans of the computer game "Star Citizen", run by the fans, for the fans. This is the 6th Joco Cruise version of this gathering, just hang out at a bar for drinks and talk about the game Star Citizen by Cloud Imperium Games. | |
| 3:30 PM | 6:00 PM | Lockpicking for beginners | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | Not a class this year -- just a table of locks and picks. Come and go as you please. I will be on hand to monitor, but this is everyone teaches everyone! Please bring your own picks and locks if you have them. No kids under 13 without close monitoring with an adult guardian. | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Billboard Onboard Happy Hour | GENERAL INFO | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Happy hour! Your second drink is only $2! | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Ocean Bar Happy Hour | GENERAL INFO | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Happy hour! Your second drink is only $2! | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Office Hours - Gennifer Hutchison | OFFICE HOURS | Lido Bar (Midship), Deck 9, Midship | Gennifer Hutchison | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Office Hours - John Scalzi | OFFICE HOURS | Lido Bar (Midship), Deck 9, Midship | John Scalzi | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Office Hours - Mallory O'Meara | OFFICE HOURS | Lido Bar (Midship), Deck 9, Midship | Mallory O'Meara | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Office Hours - Meg Elison | OFFICE HOURS | Lido Bar (Midship), Deck 9, Midship | Meg Elison | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Office Hours - River Butcher | OFFICE HOURS | Lido Bar (Midship), Deck 9, Midship | River Butcher | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Treasure Hunt on the High Seas Meet-Up and Gift Drawing | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | This year there are even more treasures to be had! Follow the clues on TWITTAR to find the bags of treasure hidden throughout the ship. Five bags are hidden each Sea Day. Join us at this fun event to meet other treasure hunters and enter to win a unique gift! | |
| 4:15 PM | 4:30 PM | Jonathan: your pal JoCoBot needs your help. Please come see me. | GENERAL INFO | Atrium, Deck 1, Midship | Jonathan Coulton, Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo | I sent the JoCo Cruisers on side quests all week long to help me try to process my feelings. I am still not certain I fully grasp them, but found clues that might help. But only if I have your help, I think. I promise I won't become a rogue AI, whether or not you can make it (winky uneasy face). |
| 5:00 PM | 5:30 PM | Dinner Seating (Red Team) | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | ||
| 5:00 PM | 6:45 PM | Main Concert (Gold Team) - Improv Group, Some Other Fun Stuff TBA | MAIN CONCERT | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Marc Evan Jackson, Ify Nwadiwe, Annie Savage, Janet Varney, Gary Anthony Williams | We've gathered five of our favorite improvisers to play around on stage for a while. What else is happening in this show? We're not telling yet. Maybe we'll tell you later. If we feel like it. (This show will involve five people performing improvised comedy sketches. Remainder of show TBA.) |
| 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | Dinner Seating (Gold Team) | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | ||
| 7:30 PM | 9:15 PM | Main Concert (Red Team) - Improv Group, Some Other Fun Stuff TBA | MAIN CONCERT | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Marc Evan Jackson, Ify Nwadiwe, Annie Savage, Janet Varney, Gary Anthony Williams | We've gathered five of our favorite improvisers to play around on stage for a while. What else is happening in this show? We're not telling yet. Maybe we'll tell you later. If we feel like it. (This show will involve five people performing improvised comedy sketches. Remainder of show TBA.) |
| 8:30 PM | 2:00 AM | Nighttime Quiet Zone | GENERAL INFO | Lido Market, Deck 9, Aft | The starboard side of the Lido Marketplace will be designated the "quiet side" after 9 pm. Other than at the designated 24/7 gaming tables in the aft section, no gaming, no meetings, no loud noises, please. Take yer excessive noise over to the port side, please—or to the back deck, where the late-night pizza is! | |
| 9:30 PM | 10:30 PM | Spelling Bee | GAMING | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | That’s right, we for some reason think stressful school events from our childhood are great inspiration for fun vacation activities! Test your ingenuity and indomitability with this traditional single elimination style spelling bee! Limited space for contestants but anyone can watch as we challenge contestants with words like, well, ingenuity and indomitability! And maybe restaurant. That one always tripped me up. Restaraunt? That looks wrong. | |
| 9:45 PM | 10:45 PM | Open Mike Eagle | READING / PERFORMANCE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Open Mike Eagle | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:00 PM | WANG WANG! | SHADOW CRUISE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | Join us the yearly ceremony of drinking WANG WANGS, shouting WANG WANG, singing WANG WANG and other WANG WANG related shenanigans. WANG WANG! | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:15 PM | The Legendary Bar Crawl II: I Still Know What You Did Last Bar Crawl | GENERAL INFO | Crow's Nest ('Ten Forward'), Deck 11, Forward | Four drinks, four bars (Crow's Nest Bar, Lido Pool Bar, Ocean Bar and Billboard Onboard), lots of people making friends. Hop, hop, hop, hop! Sign up via any bartender or bar server, or at the ship's Guest Services Desk. (This event is run by the ship's staff and costs a $22 surcharge plus 18% service charges, which will be charged to your onboard account) | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:30 PM | Rube Goldberg Machine | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | Join our 4th annual Rube Goldberg machine build. Using various brought and scrounged parts, we make a thing happen in the most convoluted way possible. | |
| 10:00 PM | 12:00 AM | My Immortal: A Dramatic Reading | SHADOW CRUISE | Explorer's Lounge Stage, Deck 2, Aft | Originally posted to the internet in 2006, My Immortal is a Harry Potter fanfiction which has cemented itself into fandom history—but how many have actually read it? Come hear it for yourself and discover exactly why it’s made its mark on the internet forever. | |
| 10:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Polyamory Meetup | SHADOW CRUISE | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Welcome all polyam and ethically non-monogamous JoCoNauts to your annual meetup(s)! Come chat with other ethically non-monogamous folks about google calendar, compersion, and whatever strikes your fancy. Of course we're having 2 again this year, can't have just 1 of anything! | |
| 10:00 PM | 12:00 AM | The DJ AutoJim UltraLounge | SHADOW CRUISE | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | Hang out & dance with DJ AutoJim! Stompy? Yes! Swirly! Yes! Neither of those? Also, amazingly, Yes! Stuff you maybe haven't heard before? One can hope! AutoJim's musical interests cross genres, & so do his sets. | |
| 10:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Write A Text Adventure Together | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | Go north! Look in mailbox! Get flyer! Read flyer: Using the text-based game engine Inform 7, we're going to write an old-style text adventure together! No laptop needed (but bring it if you want). The output will be a playable HTML file. | |
| 10:00 PM | 1:00 AM | Blood on the Clocktower | SHADOW CRUISE | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | Blood on the Clocktower is a bluffing game enjoyed by 5 to 20 players on opposing teams of Good and Evil, overseen by a Storyteller player who conducts the action and makes crucial decisions. | |
| 10:30 PM | 12:00 AM | Celebrity Karaoke | READING / PERFORMANCE | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Paul Sabourin | Come hang out and belt at the top of your lungs (as appropriate) with Principal Sabourin and a bunch of our performers in a big fun karaoke sing-along extravaganza. (Performers TBA) |
| 11:00 PM | 11:15 PM | Late Night Gaming Grab and Go Snacks | GENERAL INFO | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | ||
| 11:00 PM | 11:15 PM | Yell at the Moon | SHADOW CRUISE | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | If you yearn to just scream and scream and scream then this is the event for you! Bring all of your pent-up hollering and vent it to the unfeeling moon! We'll gather in the Sea View Pool area then head toward the back railing so that we don't startle the unsuspecting. |
Day 7: Saturday, March 11
| Start | End | Event | Type | Location | Featuring | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00 AM | 3:00 PM | B.B. King's Unavailable Until 3:00 pm | GENERAL INFO | B.B. King's, Deck 2, Midship | ||
| 7:00 AM | 11:59 PM | Theme: Jammies Day | GENERAL INFO | Whole Ship | Everyone's running out of clean clothes anyway, so today is one big day-long celebration of the fact that nobody can make us put on "real" clothes if we don't want to! | |
| 7:05 AM | 11:59 PM | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room Unavailable All Day | GENERAL INFO | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | ||
| 7:10 AM | 11:59 PM | Hudson Room Unavailable All Day | GENERAL INFO | Hudson Room, Deck 3, Forward | ||
| 8:00 AM | 3:00 PM | Port of Call - Half Moon Cay | GENERAL INFO | Half Moon Cay, Bahamas | ||
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Half Moon Cay 5k Run/Walk | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon Cay, Bahamas | I've heard tell of a 5k loop on the island. Let's meet in the excursion courtyard and run or walk the loop. All paces, sizes, runners and walkers are welcome! | |
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 PM | General Crafting Area | GENERAL INFO | Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft | A number of tables in the forward starboard side of the Lower Main Dining Room are dedicated for crafting during all hours except during dinner setup and seatings (i.e., except between 3 pm - 10 pm). Look for the table signs indicating these tables. No glue, glitter, paints or "generally messy" crafting at these tables, please. | |
| 9:30 AM | 10:30 AM | Friends of Bill W. | GENERAL INFO | Half Moon/Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward | ||
| 10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Onboard Booking Form Deadline | GENERAL INFO | Atrium, Deck 1, Midship | Onboard Booking forms must be turned in to the Info Desk by 10 am on Saturday, day 7 | |
| 10:00 AM | 1:00 PM | Info Desk Hours | GENERAL INFO | Atrium, Deck 1, Midship | If you need information, well heck we have information! Come here for any JoCo Cruise-related questions or issues you may have.If you have questions or problems relating to the ship—your cabin, billing, etc—please go to the ship’s Guest Services Desk, located on the opposite side of the Atrium on Deck 1. | |
| 10:00 AM | 3:00 PM | Daytime Quiet Zone | GENERAL INFO | Tamarind Restaurant, Deck 11, Midship | The port side of this restaurant is a dedicated "quiet zone" for our attendees who may wish to use it. Please no gaming, meetings, loud conversations, etc. Look for signs pointing you to the correct entrance and tables. (Note: THO's morning meeting with the ship's staff occurs in this space at 9:30am; it's usually finished by 10 am, but some mornings it may run a few minutes overtime. Thank you in advance for your understanding and flexibility.) | |
| 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Merfolk Gathering/Photoshoot | SHADOW CRUISE | Half Moon Cay, Bahamas | Join the merfolk for some fun on the beach and some group photos. Tails may be available to borrow if you don't have your own and want to try it out (first come first serve as available). | |
| 12:00 PM | 12:30 PM | Ask An Agent | SHADOW CRUISE | Holodeck (Crow's Nest Presentation Area), Deck 11, Forward | I'm a literary agent! Ask me questions! I've queried before, and it's weird being on the other side. I can talk about publishing, what agents look for, best practices, and how it works to start a new (second) career from scratch. Or whatever! | |
| 12:00 PM | 12:30 PM | Group Photo | GENERAL INFO | Half Moon Cay, Bahamas | Anyone who wishes to take part in this year's group photo, meet on the beach outside the "pirate ship" bar on Half Moon Cay. | |
| 1:30 PM | 2:30 PM | Sea View Stage Unavailable Until 2:30 pm | GENERAL INFO | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | ||
| 3:00 PM | 3:15 PM | Board Game Library Closed | GAMING | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft | Like a wave reaching the shore, all board game check outs cease so that they can be carefully packed away. The tabletop team will be on hand to sort and help you pick up games you lent to the library for the week. | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Clear dining room for dinner service setup | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | The Main Dining Room staff need time to reset the tables for dinner service; we ask that you please wrap up your games and clear the Main Dining Room at 3 pm each day. Thanks! Plenty more tables all over the ship for gaming! | |
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Office Hours - Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan | OFFICE HOURS | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan | |
| 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Dance Party | PARTY | Sea View Stage, Deck 9, Aft | ||
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Billboard Onboard Happy Hour | GENERAL INFO | Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward | Happy hour! Your second drink is only $2! | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Escape Room Office Hours | OFFICE HOURS | The Loft, Deck 10, Midship | Office Hours with Bill and Kevin of Funbi Games, makers of "Escape Buffet" - the custom JoCo Cruise 2023 escape room. | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Government Employee Meetup | SHADOW CRUISE | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Meetup for folks working in government, and those who are government-adjacent. Federal/National? Yes! State/Province? Yes! Local? Yes! Contractors? Yes! People who are interested in learning about working for the government? Yes, yes, yes! | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Ocean Bar Happy Hour | GENERAL INFO | Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship | Happy hour! Your second drink is only $2! | |
| 5:30 PM | 6:00 PM | Dinner Seating (Red Team) | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | ||
| 5:30 PM | 7:15 PM | Main Concert (Gold Team) - Jonathan Coulton and Friends | MAIN CONCERT | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Jonathan Coulton | (This show will involve multiple people singing and performing acoustic and electric music with a full band.) |
| 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | Dinner Seating (Gold Team) | GENERAL INFO | Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft | ||
| 8:00 PM | 9:45 PM | Main Concert (Red Team) - Jonathan Coulton and Friends | MAIN CONCERT | World Stage, Deck 2, Forward | Jonathan Coulton | (This show will involve multiple people singing and performing acoustic and electric music with a full band.) |
| 9:30 PM | 11:59 PM | Nighttime Quiet Zone | GENERAL INFO | Lido Market, Deck 9, Aft | The starboard side of the Lido Marketplace will be designated the "quiet side" after 9 pm. Other than at the designated 24/7 gaming tables in the aft section, no gaming, no meetings, no loud noises, please. Take yer excessive noise over to the port side, please—or to the back deck, where the late-night pizza is! | |
| 10:00 PM | 11:30 PM | "Teach Them How to Say Goodbye" Farewell Reception | PARTY | Lido Deck, Deck 9 | Our traditional end-of-cruise gathering to share memories, and enjoy each other's company one last time. Everywhere on the Lido Deck, basically. Cash bar. | |
| 11:00 PM | 11:15 PM | Late Night Gaming Grab and Go Snacks | GENERAL INFO | Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft |