Author Archives: Drew

What is the Warp Factor of Nieuw Amsterdam?

On a call this morning, I was feeling very focused on the matter at hand and ended up at our website, reading over our overview page for 2025 and it seemed like it might be important to verify this “warp factor figure.” My initial recollection, and wow do I… Read More

2013 Ball Pit Investigations

2013 was a year of ballpits. We did really look at how you might bring one onboard but, ultimately, USPH regulations regarding routine ball-sanitization procedures and the difficulty of securing and maintaining a ball-washing machine at sea were overwhelming. Below you’ll find some images of the initial investigations we did… Read More

2019 San Juan Debrief Timeline

With TMBG coming back for 2025, we’ve been going back through docs related to their most recent show with us. It was one of the more miraculous things that happened on JoCo Cruise and was only possible due to a series of things going right (after one big thing went… Read More

Hello World!

Hi there everyone, Drew here. Today we’re soft-launching makingacruise.com. Depending on how you count, it takes a shoreside team of 8-12 people to produce a JoCo Cruise. And, as we’ve grown from a small group on a larger ship to a full-ship charter, we’ve accumulated a critical mass of jokes… Read More