Warped Tour Cruise – what you need to know?
There are plenty of traveling music festivals in the world, but none of them can claim the popularity card like Warped Tour. This music festival was founded by Kevin Lyman twenty-five years ago and many of the newest punk pop stars, and other musicians, got their big start from performing at one of the festivals.
Back in 2016, Lyman decided that Warped Tour wanted to do something different, which is when the Warped Tour Rewind at Sea was created. The artists that performed during the very first nostalgia cruise were carefully chosen, with many of them having performed in years past at the festivals. A few of the more popular ones included Less Than Jake, The Starting Line, Bowling for Soup, and Good Charlotte.
Those who purchased a ticket and boarded the ship for four nights of fun were rewarded with amazing music, as well as beer pong tournaments, belly flop competitions, and the infamous traveling dance party.
The very first Warped Tour cruise began its journey in New Orleans on October 28thof 2017 and traveled all the way to Cozumel before returning to New Orleans on November 1st. While the music and the fun rarely stops on the ship, it is eerie as to how quiet it is when everyone arrives in Cozumel. All two thousand plus fans, as well as the musicians, disembark the ship to have some fun on the local beaches and do some shopping.
The rest of the time, every fan spends their time on the ship trying to decide on which of the five music venues to stop at first. This can be tricky, as no one wants to miss an act, but sometimes an autograph session or an artist-hosted activity wins over a simple music performance.
There is very little time to sleep while on the ship, as the music and fun seems to be twenty-four hours a day from the time the ship leaves port until the time it returns. However, no fan feels like they are sacrificing anything as they dance to the beat of their favorite tunes.
There wasn’t a Warped Tour Cruise in 2018, due to the festival being in their final cross-country tour stage. However, this year, Warped Tour will be celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary, which means that the hopes are high that there will be a new Warped Tour cruise for the fans.
Kevin Lyman has just started to make announcements of this year’s schedule, so those who want to see Warped Tour will want to keep their eye out to see when the festival will be nearby. And hopefully, a new Warped Tour Rewind at Sea or a different Warped Tour cruise will be announced as well!