Kiss Kruise 2011 - YOUR reviews!

Post by **Admin** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:26 am

If you went, please share your reviews of the Kruise!

Did they have tourbooks/programmes, that's what I want to know!

nilzzz · Post by **nilzzz** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:28 am

I was told by my friends that there were no program/tourbook.

cwr18 · Post by **cwr18** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:03 am

Admin wrote:If you went, please share your reviews of the Kruise!

Did they have tourbooks/programmes, that's what I want to know!

Got back a few hours ago, and now back at the grind in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

Julian: no programmes.

timstar78 · Post by **timstar78** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:12 am

cwr18 wrote:
Admin wrote:If you went, please share your reviews of the Kruise!

Did they have tourbooks/programmes, that's what I want to know!
Got back a few hours ago, and now back at the grind in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

Julian: no programmes.

Thanks for all the updates, cwr18! Look forward to your review...

nightwingken · Post by **nightwingken** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:25 am

timstar78 wrote:
cwr18 wrote:
Admin wrote:If you went, please share your reviews of the Kruise!

Did they have tourbooks/programmes, that's what I want to know!
Got back a few hours ago, and now back at the grind in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

Julian: no programmes.
Thanks for all the updates, cwr18! Look forward to your review...

I second that...it was awesome. We would love to have you on the podKISSt as part of our november show.

heart_of_chrome · Post by **heart_of_chrome** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:32 am

cwr18 wrote:
Admin wrote:If you went, please share your reviews of the Kruise!

Did they have tourbooks/programmes, that's what I want to know!
Got back a few hours ago, and now back at the grind in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

Julian: no programmes.

as soon as you have done your stuff, please upload videos

lorakiss · Post by **lorakiss** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:43 am

I am waiting in the fort lauderdale airport on my way home from what has to be one the greatest kiss events I have ever experienced. The unplugged show was great with a nice set list. Not sure if it has already been posted. I was asked up on stage to ask the band a question. Unfortunately they made me alter my question about 'leaked kiss demos', but it was still worth it. I asked when the next cd box set was planned for release. No plans at this time, as per Paul

I asked the band for guitar picks and took away 5 different ones from that q&a. I shook their hands and thanked them.

The set lists were a dream come true for both nights. Lots of kiss look a alikes. Met some great people from the kiss FAQ on board, some that actually helped me get on the boat, as I had flight trouble that almost cost me to miss the kruise. Big thanks, Chris!!!!!

My fiancé was great, as she did the impossible. They said no cameras or video and she got both. They said no autographs during the kiss picture taking, and she got me Paul's autograph on the back of my leather jacket. I'll post pics when I get home.

Lots to do, q&a with doc was great, kiss trivia was fun, even though my team didn't win. Cool merchandise, 99% Tommy and Eric era, so that is kind of fitting.

Cool kiss gambling chips in the casino. Kiss napkins, luggage tags, posters, jerseys, etc..

Kiss army party for paid members was a cool way to wrap things up for me. Got a free copy of kiss icon cd, a cool kiss navy pick, and said goodbye to some awesome fans/friends I met while on board.

This will and should go down in kisstory!!!! Thanks kiss. Love you guy!!!

Post by **Admin** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:45 am

lorakiss wrote:Unfortunately they made me alter my question about 'leaked kiss demos'

In what way? Do tell more!

MrBlackwell · Post by **MrBlackwell** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:54 am

was a proper logo at the stage? or was just a screen showing the logo? (I can't tell by watching the you tube videos)

Diss · Post by **Diss** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:17 am

One of you bastards needs to post video of "Getaway" toot-sweet! I don't even know who sang it yet. Assuming Singer, but still ...

cwr18 · Post by **cwr18** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:18 am

timstar78 wrote:
cwr18 wrote:
Admin wrote:If you went, please share your reviews of the Kruise!

Did they have tourbooks/programmes, that's what I want to know!
Got back a few hours ago, and now back at the grind in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

Julian: no programmes.
Thanks for all the updates, cwr18! Look forward to your review...

My pleasure-- it was exciting knowing fellow fans like yourself were back here and able to see necro's updates on the day one show. lorakiss is an awesome guy and a true fan. His trivia team barely lost. Gido blaster's team won. The trivia contest was quite a scene by itself. The band's management submitted the questions according to the MC's who were just mouthpieces and knew nothing. One of the most wild moments was during trivia when disagreements broke out on the answers. Shouting and grabbing the mike,. etc. I was buzzing on my beer with my teammates and we lost horribly. There were over 50 teams.

Some easy questions (What was the orginal title of "Beth") some tough ones (for me, not lorakiss and others) ("What was the song, the movie and name of the all star group that featured a member of Kiss and a song co-written by Desmond Child") A: Shocker, etc.

At the end while the tallies were being done, it became a semi free for all of stump the chump. Dude's stepping and asking questions, etc. Some making speeches, etc. I then left and headed to the Q/A with McGee.

fissaman · Post by **fissaman** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:38 pm

cwr18 wrote:
timstar78 wrote:
cwr18 wrote:
Admin wrote:If you went, please share your reviews of the Kruise!

Did they have tourbooks/programmes, that's what I want to know!
Got back a few hours ago, and now back at the grind in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

Julian: no programmes.
Thanks for all the updates, cwr18! Look forward to your review...
My pleasure-- it was exciting knowing fellow fans like yourself were back here and able to see necro's updates on the day one show. lorakiss is an awesome guy and a true fan. His trivia team barely lost. Gido blaster's team won. The trivia contest was quite a scene by itself. The band's management submitted the questions according to the MC's who were just mouthpieces and knew nothing. One of the most wild moments was during trivia when disagreements broke out on the answers. Shouting and grabbing the mike,. etc. I was buzzing on my beer with my teammates and we lost horribly. There were over 50 teams.

Some easy questions (What was the orginal title of "Beth") some tough ones (for me, not lorakiss and others) ("What was the song, the movie and name of the all star group that featured a member of Kiss and a song co-written by Desmond Child") A: Shocker, etc.

At the end while the tallies were being done, it became a semi free for all of stump the chump. Dude's stepping and asking questions, etc. Some making speeches, etc. I then left and headed to the Q/A with McGee.

Glad you had a great time, Chris....Sounds like you had an absolute blast.

Thank you ever so much for keeping Necro informed of the set lists and pics etc, who in turn kept us geeks informed. You're too cool. \m/

cwr18 · Post by **cwr18** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:45 pm

fissaman wrote: Glad you had a great time, Chris....Sounds like you had an absolute blast.

Thank you ever so much for keeping Necro informed of the set lists and pics etc, who in turn kept us geeks informed. You're too cool. \m/

It was a great time to be part of the family here at the FAQ. Necro had the hard job! Thanks, Sean! Wish you guys were there!

fissaman · Post by **fissaman** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:51 pm

cwr18 wrote:
fissaman wrote: Glad you had a great time, Chris....Sounds like you had an absolute blast.

Thank you ever so much for keeping Necro informed of the set lists and pics etc, who in turn kept us geeks informed. You're too cool. \m/
It was a great time to be part of the family here at the FAQ. Necro had the hard job! Thanks, Sean! Wish you guys were there!

cwr18 · Post by **cwr18** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:58 pm

heart_of_chrome wrote:
cwr18 wrote:
Admin wrote:If you went, please share your reviews of the Kruise!

Did they have tourbooks/programmes, that's what I want to know!
Got back a few hours ago, and now back at the grind in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

Julian: no programmes.
as soon as you have done your stuff, please upload videos

My spouse is doing so right now-- they are being pulled in by AceDecade, I think...

She took very few at the electric set as we just enjoyed it and rocked out. Mostly the sail away stuff.

rikstom · Post by **rikstom** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:36 pm

cwr18 wrote:
heart_of_chrome wrote:
cwr18 wrote:
Admin wrote:If you went, please share your reviews of the Kruise!

Did they have tourbooks/programmes, that's what I want to know!
Got back a few hours ago, and now back at the grind in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

Julian: no programmes.
as soon as you have done your stuff, please upload videos
My spouse is doing so right now-- they are being pulled in by AceDecade, I think... She took very few at the electric set as we just enjoyed it and rocked out. Mostly the sail away stuff.

Thank you so much for the updates cwr18!
Exciting stuff

gothunder · Post by **gothunder** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:44 pm

Thanks to all.

CStomp1 · Post by **CStomp1** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:45 pm

cwr18 and the Necro relays of the news absolutely ruled. Thanks to you both and anyone else who posted stuff. It was truly a blast to read, so I probably would have fallen overboard with excitement if I was there!

KOL has posted a recap that makes the event sound even more fun and crazy with Craig Gass, WWE's Edge and others on board. This is a must for 2012. Might need a bigger boat!

gshaller · Post by **gshaller** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:49 pm

CStomp1 wrote:cwr18 and the Necro relays of the news absolutely ruled.

INDEED!!! Thanks to both!!!

kissthat · Post by **kissthat** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:28 pm

Admin wrote:
lorakiss wrote:Unfortunately they made me alter my question about 'leaked kiss demos'
In what way? Do tell more!

Yes , PLEASE tell more.What was your original question?

Erwin · Post by **Erwin** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:31 pm

cwr18 wrote:
Admin wrote:If you went, please share your reviews of the Kruise!

Did they have tourbooks/programmes, that's what I want to know!
Got back a few hours ago, and now back at the grind in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

Julian: no programmes.

Thank you for keeping us posted man!
Good times

CrimeDawg · Post by **CrimeDawg** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:49 pm

As I said yesterday, big thanks to everyone who helped post info about the Kruise.

MrBlackwell · Post by **MrBlackwell** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:17 pm

MrBlackwell wrote:was a proper logo at the stage? or was just a screen showing the logo? (I can't tell by watching the you tube videos)

spacecat · Post by **spacecat** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:56 pm

post pics of the guitar picks when you can-thanks for sharing all of the info

spacecat · Post by **spacecat** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:57 pm

post pics of the guitar picks when you can-thanks for sharing all of the info

AlexStiff1945 · Post by **AlexStiff1945** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:07 pm

kissthat wrote:
Admin wrote:
lorakiss wrote:Unfortunately they made me alter my question about 'leaked kiss demos'
In what way? Do tell more!

Yes , PLEASE tell more.What was your original question?

Yes! GimmieGimmieGimmie!!!!!!!

KISSFACE · Post by **KISSFACE** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:07 pm

lorakiss wrote:My fiancé was great, as she did the impossible. They said no cameras or video and she got both. They said no autographs during the kiss picture taking, and she got me Paul's autograph on the back of my leather jacket. I'll post pics when I get home.

Hah, sounds like your fiance rules!

kisscorky · Post by **kisscorky** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:37 pm

The Kruise was awesome! Three KISS Concerts, great food, great islands, activities that rocked! The best was meeting all the KISS fans. Everyone was just cool! Looking forward to next year's KISS Kruise 2012!

cwr18 · Post by **cwr18** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:22 am

MrBlackwell wrote:
MrBlackwell wrote:was a proper logo at the stage? or was just a screen showing the logo? (I can't tell by watching the you tube videos)

Actual logo.

There was a small vid screen behind that which played images I had not seen before---mostly B&W images of the make-up faces.

The lighting was basic.

No pyro, noise makers or strobes.

No blood or fire. No solos--even "She" lacked the extended guitar ending.

Just dry ice smoke on the floor and confetti at the end.

cwr18 · Post by **cwr18** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:28 am

Here was (to me) the most interesting keepsake. Some one got these b/c I did a walk thru early yesterday mornig and the tables had been sanatized with generic covers.

The casino chips (at least some) had Kiss motifs--lorakiss got them I assume-- I did not. They were in at least the $5 and $25 varieties. But the table top would have been cool to have.

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cwr18 · Post by **cwr18** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:51 am

Here is lorakiss (NY--USA), me (FL--USA), and Finnish FAQER pollux on the last night, right after the sublime look alike contest.

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Meeting and hanging out with fellow Kiss fans was the best part of the Kruise.

lorakiss · Post by **lorakiss** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:57 am

Hi, guys. My original question, was something like, "Were you guys aware of the songs, Mistake, and Ain't The Smoke being leaked to the internet, and will these unrleased tracks ever see the light of day on an official box set?

I was told by sixthman that Kiss didn't want to do a deep discussion about illegal downloading. So I modified my query to ask about when the next cd box set would be released.

They actually handed me a stock question: Who's voice do you hear on the beginning of Destroyer as the news broadcaster? I couldn't ask that, and told them it was lame. The allowed me to modify my original submission.

I thought the question sucked, so I took the opportunity to ask for guitar picks instead. Yay!!! I got 5 while I was onstage during the Q&A.

cwr18 · Post by **cwr18** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:02 am

Double post....

lorakiss · Post by **lorakiss** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:09 am

NICE!!!!! Great times. Thanks, Chris.

P.S., yes I had to have 1 of each Kiss Kasino chip. $5 and $25. $5 has the logo, and $25 has the Kiss Kruise band image.

drgbootz · Post by **drgbootz** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:09 am

Awesone experience, highlight for me was the electric show, best ever!!

naokiss · Post by **naokiss** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:55 pm

cwr18 wrote:Here was (to me) the most interesting keepsake. Some one got these b/c I did a walk thru early yesterday mornig and the tables had been sanatized with generic covers.

The casino chips (at least some) had Kiss motifs--lorakiss got them I assume-- I did not. They were in at least the $5 and $25 varieties. But the table top would have been cool to have.
IMG_1169.jpg

What a cool!
thank you for posting.

http://naokiss-japan.blogspot.com/

kisssman · Post by **kisssman** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:00 pm

cwr18 wrote:lorakiss, me and pollux (Finland) on Kruise. Good times... meeting the informed & dedicated Kiss fans was the coolest part of all of it for me.
IMG_1257.jpg

Lorakiss.......I LIKE that shirt!!

lorakiss · Post by **lorakiss** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:35 pm

Thanks. It's one of my favs. I brought enough Kiss shirts for me and my fiance.

futon · Post by **futon** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:10 pm

Will post more when I can as imam still enroute home. It was awesome! I got into the first show and I saw the second show from my front row centre seats! How close was this? No moat between fans and stage, so i was just inches from them when they moved forward, so close Gene was sweating on my wife and I! Gross but cool! Gene placed a pick in my hand and a few songs later placed another pick in my wife's hand! The others just threw the picks, so good on Gene! The setlist was amazing, they looked like they had a blast, and being that close to them playing was the dream come true for me, that and getting the pick! I have a ton of pics, will post ASAP. No tour books but we were given KISS cruise tote bags, pins, guitarpicks, a KISS Kruise bottle opener, I got a Kruise poker chip, the cd, i even grabbed the Kruise bar napkins. It was awesome!

cwr18 · Post by **cwr18** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:14 pm

futon wrote:Will post more when I can as imam still enroute home. It was awesome! I got into the first show and I saw the second show from my front row centre seats! How close was this? No moat between fans and stage, so i was just inches from them when they moved forward, so close Gene was sweating on my wife and I! Gross but cool! Gene placed a pick in my hand and a few songs later placed another pick in my wife's hand! The others just threw the picks, so good on Gene! The setlist was amazing, they looked like they had a blast, and being that close to them playing was the dream come true for me, that and getting the pick! I have a ton of pics, will post ASAP. No tour books but we were given KISS cruise tote bags, pins, guitarpicks, a KISS Kruise bottle opener, I got a Kruise poker chip, the cd, i even grabbed the Kruise bar napkins. It was awesome!

Bro, wish we could have linked up with you! The bottle opener, though is not Kruise related-- I think it is generic VH1 Heavy Metal Day fare. I see the official pics with the band are now up as well.

futon · Post by **futon** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:16 pm

cwr18 wrote:Here was (to me) the most interesting keepsake. Some one got these b/c I did a walk thru early yesterday mornig and the tables had been sanatized with generic covers.

The casino chips (at least some) had Kiss motifs--lorakiss got them I assume-- I did not. They were in at least the $5 and $25 varieties. But the table top would have been cool to have.
IMG_1169.jpg

They had a card tournament with the table top being the top prize. The logo behind the band btw was a screen, but it looked great!

kisssman · Post by **kisssman** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:18 pm

lorakiss wrote:Thanks. It's one of my favs. I brought enough Kiss shirts for me and my fiance.

Is that a vintage shirt, like the "four faces" of the same style?

Or can it be purchased somewhere?

futon · Post by **futon** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:20 pm

cwr18 wrote:
futon wrote:Will post more when I can as imam still enroute home. It was awesome! I got into the first show and I saw the second show from my front row centre seats! How close was this? No moat between fans and stage, so i was just inches from them when they moved forward, so close Gene was sweating on my wife and I! Gross but cool! Gene placed a pick in my hand and a few songs later placed another pick in my wife's hand! The others just threw the picks, so good on Gene! The setlist was amazing, they looked like they had a blast, and being that close to them playing was the dream come true for me, that and getting the pick! I have a ton of pics, will post ASAP. No tour books but we were given KISS cruise tote bags, pins, guitarpicks, a KISS Kruise bottle opener, I got a Kruise poker chip, the cd, i even grabbed the Kruise bar napkins. It was awesome!
Bro, wish we could have linked up with you! The bottle opener, though is not Kruise related-- I think it is generic VH1 Heavy Metal Day fare. I see the official pics with the band are now up as well.

The opener has the logo, cruise, etc on it. They gave them to us when my wife got me to go play bingo. They gave us two then came back and gave us two more.

. Would have been nice to hook up but my wife and i used this as an anniversary thing as well. She had such a blast we're doing the second cruise!

cwr18 · Post by **cwr18** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:35 pm

futon wrote:
cwr18 wrote:
futon wrote:Will post more when I can as imam still enroute home. It was awesome! I got into the first show and I saw the second show from my front row centre seats! How close was this? No moat between fans and stage, so i was just inches from them when they moved forward, so close Gene was sweating on my wife and I! Gross but cool! Gene placed a pick in my hand and a few songs later placed another pick in my wife's hand! The others just threw the picks, so good on Gene! The setlist was amazing, they looked like they had a blast, and being that close to them playing was the dream come true for me, that and getting the pick! I have a ton of pics, will post ASAP. No tour books but we were given KISS cruise tote bags, pins, guitarpicks, a KISS Kruise bottle opener, I got a Kruise poker chip, the cd, i even grabbed the Kruise bar napkins. It was awesome!
Bro, wish we could have linked up with you! The bottle opener, though is not Kruise related-- I think it is generic VH1 Heavy Metal Day fare. I see the official pics with the band are now up as well.

The opener has the logo, cruise, etc on it. They gave them to us when my wife got me to go play bingo. They gave us two then came back and gave us two more. . Would have been nice to hook up but my wife and i used this as an anniversary thing as well. She had such a blast we're doing the second cruise!

Cool for you...did the bingo, eh?

futon · Post by **futon** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:43 pm

cwr18 wrote:
futon wrote:
cwr18 wrote:
futon wrote:Will post more when I can as imam still enroute home. It was awesome! I got into the first show and I saw the second show from my front row centre seats! How close was this? No moat between fans and stage, so i was just inches from them when they moved forward, so close Gene was sweating on my wife and I! Gross but cool! Gene placed a pick in my hand and a few songs later placed another pick in my wife's hand! The others just threw the picks, so good on Gene! The setlist was amazing, they looked like they had a blast, and being that close to them playing was the dream come true for me, that and getting the pick! I have a ton of pics, will post ASAP. No tour books but we were given KISS cruise tote bags, pins, guitarpicks, a KISS Kruise bottle opener, I got a Kruise poker chip, the cd, i even grabbed the Kruise bar napkins. It was awesome!
Bro, wish we could have linked up with you! The bottle opener, though is not Kruise related-- I think it is generic VH1 Heavy Metal Day fare. I see the official pics with the band are now up as well.

The opener has the logo, cruise, etc on it. They gave them to us when my wife got me to go play bingo. They gave us two then came back and gave us two more. . Would have been nice to hook up but my wife and i used this as an anniversary thing as well. She had such a blast we're doing the second cruise!

Cool for you...did the bingo, eh?

My wife made me, she loves that stuff!

. Got me the Kruise openers tho, so I was happy!

dursin · Post by **dursin** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:28 pm

cwr18 wrote:
MrBlackwell wrote:
MrBlackwell wrote:was a proper logo at the stage? or was just a screen showing the logo? (I can't tell by watching the you tube videos)
Actual logo.

There was a small vid screen behind that which played images I had not seen before---mostly B&W images of the make-up faces.

The lighting was basic.

No pyro, noise makers or strobes.

No blood or fire. No solos--even "She" lacked the extended guitar ending.

Just dry ice smoke on the floor and confetti at the end.

If that was an actual logo, how did they make it do this??

KissRocks7 · Post by **KissRocks7** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:56 pm

Any questions asked about the next Kissology?

cwr18 · Post by **cwr18** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:56 am

dursin wrote:
cwr18 wrote:
MrBlackwell wrote:
MrBlackwell wrote:was a proper logo at the stage? or was just a screen showing the logo? (I can't tell by watching the you tube videos)
Actual logo.

There was a small vid screen behind that which played images I had not seen before---mostly B&W images of the make-up faces.

The lighting was basic.

No pyro, noise makers or strobes.

No blood or fire. No solos--even "She" lacked the extended guitar ending.

Just dry ice smoke on the floor and confetti at the end.
If that was an actual logo, how did they make it do this??

I guess you are right bro! It seemed real! I never even noticed that!
Will find a pic of the stage before the show started for clarities sake.

cwr18 · Post by **cwr18** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:39 am

Here are some pre-show shots of the second electric show.

Dursin was right-- no proper Kiss logo.

The Japanese lady in the one shot was there with her husband both dressed in traditional Japanese garb and could not speak english except when they sang along to the tunes. Bad photo due to distance but you can see Shannon and Nick (sitting behind her).

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Australia1980 · Post by **Australia1980** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:51 am

cwr18, sincere thanks to your for making the effort to share the events of the cruise in real time with the people here. You were our link to some extremely cool events, and we really appreciate whatever excitement your updates gave us.