Feb 2, 2013 - JCCC3: It's almost time!
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:31:45
Subject: JCCC3: It's almost time!
From: JoCo Cruise Crazy Booking
It’s almost time! It’s almost time! It’s almost time! It’s almost time! It’s almost time!
...ahem.
JCCC3 is almost here. Here’s a whole bunch of stuff to think about/be ready for/make sure you’ve done. This message has been sent to the primary contact for each booking, please pass it on to others in your booking as necessary. In roughly chronological order:
PASSPORTS PASSPORTS PASSPORTS. ALSO: PASSPORTS
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR PASSPORT (or other appropriate travel documentation) when you get to the cruise port on Sunday morning. RCI will not let you on board if you do not have the appropriate travel documents, and there will be nothing we can do for you on our end. Triple-check, quadruple-check, staple it to your forehead; whatever it takes to remember it.
ONLINE CHECK-IN
If you haven’t done so yet, you only have a couple days left to complete RCI’s Online Check-In process and print out your SetSail Passes, which will save you tons of time at the cruise port on Sunday morning. You need to complete this process no later than three days prior to sailing.
GETTING FROM YOUR HOTEL TO THE SHIP
For those of you staying at the Radisson and the Cocoa Beach Suites: your shuttle from the hotel to the cruise port on Sunday morning (Feb. 10th) is included in your hotel rate. There will be physical sign-up sheets for various shuttle times, and you will sign up for your preferred shuttle time upon check-in. (Our sales reps have pre-reserved enough slots for all JCCC3 passengers on shuttles running between 10 am and 11:30 am. (Times vary depending on your hotel)
Note: larger groups cannot be guaranteed to travel together on the same shuttle--capacities vary from shuttle to shuttle, but usually are around 10-12 passengers. Also note that shuttle boarding that morning can get rather chaotic and crowded, as there will be hundreds of people all trying to get from the hotel to the cruise port in a relatively short span of time. Be prepared, pay attention, and be a bit flexible; everyone is going to the same awesome place, and they’ll be working very hard to get you to that awesome place as efficiently as they can.
JCCC3 REGISTRATION AND MERCHANDISE PICKUP
JCCC3 registration and merchandise pickup will take place in the Freedom of the Seas Conference Center (located on Deck 2, forward) on Sunday from approximately 1 pm - 4 pm. It’s important that you pick up your official JCCC3 Entertainment Pass laminate and lanyard at that time; useful to grab your copy of the “Sea Monkey” newsletter; and the height of chic to get your FREE SWAG! Also, if you pre-ordered JCCC3 merchandise items, you may pick them up in the Conference Center during those hours.
In addition, we will also be opening Registration the evening of Feb. 9th at the Radisson Resort at the Port in Port Canaveral for advance Entertainment Pass and swag pickup (but not merchandise, which will only be available on the ship). You don’t have to be staying at the Radisson to take advantage of this early pickup opportunity, though you do have to get yourself there; plus, this will give you that much more time on the ship to tuck into some tasty frozen drinks!
DRESS CODE
Most evenings, the dining room dress code is “smart casual,” which RCI describes as “jackets and ties for men, dresses or pantsuits for women.” In practice, they are usually pretty lenient with this code; but you are well advised to avoid wearing shorts, ripped jeans, muscle shirts, or flip-flops.
Two evenings--Monday and Friday--are “formal” in the dining room, which RCI describes as “suits and ties or tuxedos for men, cocktail dresses for women.” Again, in our experience, RCI is lenient to a certain extent; and they’ve been advised as to some of our passengers’...unusual definitions of “formal wear.”
In all cases, the RCI dining room staff and management will have final word as to what is “acceptable,” and JCCC Management will abide by their decision. If you do not wish to participate in the formal dining evenings, that’s no problem; the dress code applies to the main dining room only, and there are numerous other dining options available on board.
One final note regarding dress code: due to RCI safety regulations, no full-face masks are allowed in the RCI public areas at any time.. So cosplayers, please be sure that your face (or a reasonable portion thereof) is always visible. Thank you for your cooperation with this RCI policy.
INTERNET ON BOARD
For those of you who can’t be separated from the Internets for a full week (we COMPLETELY understand), RCI is providing our group with a special rate of 20 cents per minute for on-board Internet usage (both wi-fi and on the ship’s computer workstations); this is a savings of anywhere from 10-45 cents per minute over their usual pricing and packages. When you first log in, you will set up a login and password; from there, the system will apply the JCCC3 group rate. SUPER-IMPORTANT: make sure you select the “PER MINUTE” option, and not any of the bundled packages.
If you have any questions about your Internet billing, please notify the front desk and they will be able to get everything straightened out for you.
Alternately, if you wish to take The (Digital) Pledge, David Rees will once again be seeking tech ascetics to join the DEEP-SEA WIFI TEMPERANCE BRIGADE. Members voluntarily refrain from wi-fi, Internet, and all manner of electronic communication for the duration of the cruise.
LIVE JOCO BAND KARAOKE
We’ll be detailing the various official on-board events in an upcoming email and in the “Sea Monkey” newsletter; but we thought we’d make special mention of a brand new event this year, Live JoCo Band Karaoke.
Jonathan will select roughly a dozen or so of “The Hits”--the exact list of songs will be his decision, and will be revealed soon. Sign up sheets will be available in the Conference Center for people who wish to sing any of the listed songs (you can sign up for as many as you like, but will only be allowed to sing one at most). Then, in Studio B on Wednesday night, we will randomly select a person from each song’s list, and those people will get to perform those songs in front of everyone WITH JONATHAN AND HIS BAND PLAYING LIVE.
Neat, right?
A hosted “regular” karaoke session will take place in Studio B immediately following Live JoCo Band Karaoke. We’ll detail the sign-up process for that and more (oh, so much more!) in later communications. Because this email is already packed with more excitement than most people, super-geniuses included, can handle in one sitting.
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The Home Office