| Gothic Cruise | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Electronic music |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Founders | Zaida Browne of All Genre Travel (formerly Travelwaves Intl LLC) |
| Website | http://gothiccruise.com/ |
Gothic Cruise is a small, annual electronic gothic-styled music festival that host oversea events relative to the goth culture. It has been operated continuously from a variety of ports within the United States of America with live entertainment venues since 2007. It was founded in 1989 by license advisor Zaida Browne, as she was largely to partly active in the early to mid 1980's, which was when the expansion of the style began to rise in countries, mostly the United Kingdom. The group began to widely expand during the early 2000's, but began to dissipate in passengers in between 2004 until it resumed its festivals in 2007. Like many cruises at the time, the yearly tradition was broken in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sailing resumed for 2021 and 2022, however the company opted for a land-based party in 2023 before resuming cruises in 2024.
In 1989 the first event sailed with 10 people [1] and the company claims to have had and average 140 people per sailing by 2003.
They sailed on Premier Cruise Line, Regal Cruise Lines, and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.
There were no live bands during this time.
2004–2005 there were no sailings.
2006 – Collide was scheduled to play as the first live band on the cruise, but that sailing was cancelled due to Hurricane Katrina.
Vessel: Carnival Glory on Carnival Cruise Lines.
Passengers: 211
Port: Port Canaveral, Florida.
Live Act: [1]
Vessel: Carnival Glory on Carnival Cruise Line
Passengers: 174
Port: Port Canaveral, Florida.
Live Acts: [1]
Vessel: Carnival Legend on Carnival Cruise Line
Passengers: 149
Live Acts: [1]
Vessel: Carnival Liberty on Carnival Cruise Line
Passengers: 237
Live Acts: [1]
Vessel: Norwegian Sun on Norwegian Cruise Line
Passengers: 112
Port: Port Canaveral, Florida.
Live Acts: [1]
Vessel: Explorer of the Seas on Royal Caribbean
Passengers: 291
Port: Newark, New Jersey
Live Acts: [2]
Vessel: Freedom of the Seas on Royal Caribbean
Passengers: 142
Port: Port Canaveral, Florida.
Live Acts: [2]
Vessel: Carnival Breeze on Carnival Cruise Line
Passengers: 265
Live Acts: [2]
Vessel: Carnival Dream on Carnival Cruise Line
Passengers: 147
Port: New Orleans, Louisiana
Live Acts: [2]
Vessel: Carnival Legend on Carnival Cruise Lines
Passengers: 68
Port: Seattle, Washington
Live Acts: [2]
Vessel: Carnival Legend on Carnival Cruise Line
Disclaimer: From this point forward, the Gothic Cruise website doesn't include a passenger count.
Port: Long Beach, California
Live Acts: [2]
Vessel: Carnival Glory on Carnival Cruise Line
Passengers: 184
Live Acts: [2]
Vessel: Carnival Conquest on Carnival Cruise Line
Live Acts:
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vessel: MSC Divina on MSC Cruises
Port: Port Canaveral, Florida
Live Acts:
Vessel: MSC Divina on MSC Cruises
Port: Port Canaveral, Florida
Live Acts:
The 2023 event wasn't a cruise, but rather the company's first land-based meetup.
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Live Acts:
Vessel: Norwegian Escape on Norwegian Cruise Line
Port: Port Canaveral, Florida
Live Acts:
Info TBD
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