Music Cruises: Still a Trend

In 2005, as we noted, the San Francisco Chronicle called music cruises a trend, asking, “[H]ow long will it be before a Holland America ship hosts Burning Man?” In 2006, we pointed out that Rolling Stone called the Jam Cruise with Les Claypool, Bela Fleck and Umphrey’s McGee a hot ticket. Now, in 2007, AP reports—imagine this—a rise in floating festivals. However, they’re still not a major force in the cruise industry. “It’s still on a small scale because chartering a ship takes a lot of moxie and money,” Jay Shapiro, owner of Five Star Travel in Fort Lauderdale and a member of the Cruise Lines International Association, told the AP. “You have to have a big name to get top dollar for tickets and draw people.”

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