Reply To: JCCC4: Post Mortem (Feedback Thread)
First time SeaMonkey ready to offer up my “findings”
Pros: Holy shit guys we were on a boat!
I consider this not only my first JCCC but also my first Con, I’ve never lived near a Con I felt I would enjoy and now after this I am ready for DragonCon and New Orleans ComicCon. Bring it on!
Meeting so many different and yet similar SeaMonkeys, it was just awesome to sit down anywhere and immediately connect with someone on a shared interest.
GAME ROOM! Needs more ballpit, but as long as JS Joust returns, sign me up!
Variety: I was pleasantly surprised by the mix or music genres, comedy, and discussions. Nathan and Grant were fantastic asides to a comedy heavy line-up.
Cons:
Like some above I felt too much of the schedule was karaoke based, or at least the timing was not great I would have preferred to swap the times of the performer shows and the karaoke shows. I enjoyed the PFT/David Rees Karaoke and after that I felt it was repetitious. I absolutely acknowledge some people love it and encourage people of all skill levels to participate. I guess I just wanted to see more of the secondary line up of performers. The Roderick, Tompkins, Hodgeman, Wheaton, etc. I understand not wanting to repeat shows year to year but everything was new for me this year and I regret not being able to experience those past shows in person.
Late events make me sleeeepy. Also bummed my wife crashed out and missed Sarah Watkins, with no recordings she will never see the awesomeness.
Food: This is my third cruise, and I feel the RCI food isn’t up to par with Norwegian Cruise Lines and Carnival personally. In the buffet or dining room areas.I know there’s not really anything that we can do about that but just an observation. I was really bummed with the dining room choices in particular. 🙁
I’d really like a pin on name badge instead of lanyard. <yucky sweat neck>
I liked Jamaica despite all the flak I heard it taking, but hated Labadee. I’m just not a beach lounger and like to explore but felt like I was in a fake Jurassic Park stylized version of Haiti. Plus the blood donation thing I just discovered after never seeing it mentioned anywhere along the way is kind of sucky.
Ok seems like I am picking nits at this point so for now I will just say I LOVED this cruise, I have already preregistered for next year and I hope we can actually make it happen!