Reply To: JCCC4: Post Mortem (Feedback Thread)
This was our first JoCo cruise and I wanted to share a few of my experiences as a newbie. For me, having the formal party combined with the live karaoke was perfect. I liked dressing up and I loved watching everyone, but I’m one of those people inherently uncomfortable in a crowd. Several folks made sure that we were having a good time throughout the cruise which was a really nice thing. I don’t know if these were the specific ambassadors or others, but we (well me specifically) really appreciated it.
We have been on other cruises before and normally pack our own boardgames and then spend time in either the card room or one of the lounges playing during downtime. We always have questions and a few folks wanting to join in. We didn’t pack any this year because we knew the game room would be available. However, we were only able to play games in their twice due to the tables being full most of the time. Both times we played a two player version of games so that we could squish onto the edge of a table being used for another game. I don’t know if it is possible to have a bigger space, but it would be great to have a larger area for gaming and hanging out with folks.
I loved the SeaMonkey mail and highly recommend it to folks who didn’t participate this year. It was a lot of fun to bring things and see what fun stuff others had brought.
I also really want to thank the home office for setting up the fixed seating areas for those of us with food allergies and other issues. I had only 1 reaction during the whole trip and that was pretty amazing for me.
I have problems hearing and the only time I had issues was during the first concert. I don’t know that it was necessarily that others were talking or just that the sound wasn’t balanced right. It was much easier for me during the later events.
Thanks again for the adventure and we’ll be back next year barring anything unforeseen!