Today is the day to really let your cosplay flag fly! While you're welcome to cosplay any and all days of the cruise, this is your day for pulling out all the stops. Particularly if you're cosplaying as a pipe organ.

Qigong is a gentle, movement-based meditation that anybody can do to stimulate your ‘qi’, or energy for the day. Join Andrea Hildebran Smith for an hour of exercises from the Flowing Zen school of qigong. We’ll learn the Eight Pieces of Brocade series and enjoy practicing them together.

Come learn about a random topic from the European and Mediterranean Middle Ages (500–1500 CE)! There will be a brief lecture with slides, time for questions and discussion, and suggested further reading. And possibly stickers!

In historic fashion the uke players on the ship will be meeting and playing together each morning! All levels welcome! We are happy to teach.

If you need information, well heck we have information! Come here for any JoCo Cruise-related questions or issues you may have. If you have questions or problems relating to the ship—your cabin, billing, etc—please go to the ship’s Guest Services Desk, located on the opposite side of the Atrium on Deck 1.

HAL offers their Kids Club youth activities program for kids and teens 3-17 years old. See the HAL Kids Club page for details. Note that operating hours for JoCo Cruise are different than those listed on that page.

Learn to fold a jumping frog and a dinosaur.

Maker’s Exchange is an opportunity for people who make things to show off what they create & trade goodies with other creators of all types! This event is when those who signed up Maker's Exchange 2025 will come together to exchange the goodies they've created.

World 9 Gaming staff are on hand to assist in browsing the video game library. Outside these hours a limited number of consoles will still be available.

A quick overview of the board game making process: -The economics of how a game is chosen for publishing. -Developing a prototype into a working product (aka play testing). -Marketing and Kickstarting. -Manufacturing and shipping. -How it gets into your hands.

NOTE: this session will be structured specifically for kids and teens, and will take place on the starboard—i.e., non-bar—side of the Ocean Bar space) Is your star command a little bland? Your magical tale kind of stale? Whether your worlds are full of magic, technology, demons, or wuxia cultivators, sometimes mixing things up can open new possibilities, introduce new perspectives—or it can just be fun. Let's dip our metaphorical toes into the unclassifiable chaos of genre mashing—writing stories with characters and worlds that should have nothing to do with each other. This workshop is for anyone who writes, wants to write, or just wants to try something new. Please bring pens, notebooks, crayons, laptops—whatever you use to write. There will be writing and sharing and laughter—and maybe even a little learning. And yes, our final writing prompt will invoke penguins.

A combination of Tag, Keep-Away, and Dancing? Try to shake/jostle your opponents motion controllers, while stopping them from doing the same to you, all while keeping pace with the music. Under 12yo requires parental attendance/supervision.

Diceborn Heroes is a cooperative 1-4 player fantasy dice adventure. Where players play through a scenario, defeating monsters, levelling up their hero and finally taking on a final boss. It collectively you beat the boss then you win the game! Can you save kingdom of Diavlice?

Star Trek: TOS roleplaying using the Fate Core system. Players assume the roles of junior officers aboard the U.S.S. Ares, a Federation destroyer. Formerly titled "Horror at Sarkis V." Content warnings: Sci-fi violence, death, monsters.

Come swing out with Kira and Erik! Join us for a beginning swing dance / Lindy hop lesson, followed by a dance party with nerdy swing music. No partner or experience necessary.

Learn the classic Byzantine weave and create a colorful bracelet. This beginner friendly class will teach you foundational chain mail skills. The Byzantine pattern is a beautiful, sturdy weave that's perfect for jewelry and can be applied to countless other projects. No experience necessary and all tools and materials are supplied. Please bring glasses or magnifier if needed for close up work.

We will offer a brief introduction and discussion on both Tarot and meditation. We'll draw Tarot cards and offer simple meditative options to accompany the readings. Feel free to bring your own deck; there will be some decks provided as well.

The port side of this restaurant is a dedicated "quiet zone" for our attendees who may wish to use it. Please no gaming, meetings, loud conversations, etc. Look for signs pointing you to the correct entrance and tables. (Note: JoCo Cruise's morning meeting with the ship's staff occurs in this space at 9:30am; it's usually finished by 10 am, but some mornings it may run a few minutes overtime. Thank you in advance for your understanding and flexibility.)

Do you have a puppet friend along and want to introduce them to others? Are you a puppeteer and want to talk with other puppeteers? Or do you just think puppets are cool and want to hang out with some? This casual meet and greet is for you!

Come to the pool and enjoy a water exercise class set to the music of our favorite musical groups. No experience necessary.

Bring your knitting, crocheting, embroidery, spinning, sewing or any other craft along with a coffee, tea, cocktail, or mocktail of choice as we sit, sip, and stitch on our projects. Crafters of all ages, backgrounds, and experience are welcome and encouraged.

"oin Clay Artist Laura Parcel and learn how to sculpt your own polymer clay gnome. Class will include instruction on sculpting and constructing a basic gnome and then participants can sculpt simple accessories like clothes, hats, and more. Will your gnome be a boat captain? Or maybe a Pirate? Perhaps a Mergnome? Flower Pot Protector? It’s time for a “Choose Your Gnome Adventure”! Gnomes will be 1.5-2 inches tall and will be cured onboard. Info on pickup details provided in class. Participants arriving in the final 30 min of classtime may not have sufficient time to complete a gnome; work cannot be continued after class concludes. Participants aged 12 and up required.

Learn about birds you may see and hear on land, sea, and skies during our sailing to the Baja Peninsula; how to describe and identify birds with the Merlin Bird ID app; and the IRL birds that inspired your favorite geekdom birds, like the Millenium Falcon, Nadu, Kenku, and Zapdos

Learn the relaxing and meditative craft of diamond painting. In this class you'll learn the basics of diamond painting while completing a sea turtle key chain.

All Waldos, Wendas, Woofs, Wizard Whitebeards, and Carmen Sandiegos are welcome to join in a photo and a drawing for who will be the one and only “Waldo” (giving out prizes). Be ready for people to tell you they found you only to realize you aren’t the Waldo they are looking for.

Got a song in your heart but no idea how to get it out? Tim has helped hundreds of kids and adults write their first real song, and now it’s your turn. No instrument, no problem: we’ll be writing to existing tunes. No kidding, you can do this!

Are you part of the JoCo Fantasy Football League? Do you like fantasy football in general or want to learn about it? Then join us as we spend a little time putting faces to team names, reliving the season, discussing rule changes, & probably talking a little trash (all in fun).

Ever wanted to learn one of the world's most popular trading card games? Here’s your chance! No cards or experience necessary—we'll have free intro decks and a crew of expert coaches to get you started on your Magic journey.

Are you a fan of Taskmaster? Come and participate in (or watch) a number of live tasks, where ridiculous tasks will be performed, scored and/or mocked by the Taskmastarr. The winner will receive fabulous* prize. (*fabulousness not guaranteed)

Let's look at the Sun through a telescope that has a filter which rejects most of the harmful energy and only lets through Hydrogen-α light which allows us to view detail on the Sun's surface, and possibly some prominences.

Megan and Michael are getting Marrrrrried and everyone is invited! Come join our pirate wedding for the ceremony, first dance, and an open mic for toasts! With special musical guest Mollylele!

Come sing kids' songs with (at least one) toddler. Aimed at young kids, but older kids or adults without kids are also welcome to join, just expect to be singing simple songs like Wheels on the Bus, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, etc.

Live action board game version of the original Wiz War! The game can hold 4 to 6 players at a time. Fun to watch and play. The room will require a 20' by 20' space and incorporates live action with you as the playing piece on the board. Has been featured at KublaCon.

Build the first lunar metropolis in Lunar Skyline! A double-suited trick-taking game of high-stakes bidding where every trick secures resources and lucrative bonus contracts.

We will have our scrapbooking supplies available! (This activity will take place in the general Crafting area in the forward section of the starboard side of the Lower Main Dining Room)

An overview of technological advancements in nuclear energy including small modular reactors (SMR) and the use of AI for safety protocols.

THIRD YEAR THIRD… BEER? FEAR? TEAR?! Whatever! We’re having a multiday tournament of BANANAGRAMS for the third time in a row! Join other word scrambling enthusiasts and work your way up the brackets over 3 days of JoCo to finally reach your lifelong goal of being crowned master of all things Bananagram! If you’ve never played the game before, Bananagrams is an easy game to learn—all are welcome! Prizes will be given to winners! Prizes will also probably be given to non winners as well!

Come hang out and ask the designer of Spirit Island questions! (Presumably about Spirit Island, though who knows?) Eric's also happy to sign stuff, but conversation's the main focus of this get-together.

Are you really feeling it? Well here it is! World 9 Gaming is hosting a double elimination Smash Ultimate tournament. We will use most of the standard competitive ruleset - 1v1, no items, 3 stock, neutral stages, all characters available. Show me your moves!

High Score, the ship's arcade, is open daily from 1 pm to 11 pm. All ages are welcome at all times. Pinball, multicades, Skeeball, and more!

Come for a friendly gathering of penthusiasts to show off our pretties and chat. Opportunity to try multiple fountain pens, inks, and nibs, depending on what everyone brings with them. Bring your pens and inks. Make new pen friends. Get a pentastic stamp in your Passporto. Pens!

Meet-up for the teen cruisers on board.

The GamerWave Rave back for year 2 of synthwave on the high seas! Join us as KENKU spins the best of retro-futuristic beats, nostalgic gaming sound bites, and the 80s hits of yesteryear. Cyberpunk and 80s themed attire are encouraged!

Learn to play Circle of Six: A JoCo Secret Teams Card Game. You’ve always suspected that the performers on JoCo Cruise play favorites...Red Team or Gold Team? Now you get to step behind the curtain and play as one of the secretive Circle of Six.

Learn the basics of painting 3D table top miniatures and take them home with you! Materials provided.

Kraken Post is a small gift exchange between cruise participants. This is an opportunity to meet other participants and put faces to the names of your team-mates.

Have a significant other? Or an insignificant other? Don’t have an ‘other’ but just love small group games? Come join in as we put aside time and tables for two player games. We have staff on hand to teach games you haven’t played, or to help muddle out rule questions on games you have played. Meet new people, bring old people, meet new old people! No previous gaming experience needed as we enjoy these games together.

Our team will be on hand to help answer any support questions you may have.

Flying robots want to bring you all the things! Explore the challenges and technology of drone delivery to operate safely in shared airspace. Janessa was part of the flight ops team for the first US commercial drone delivery company approved by the FAA (Part 135).

Kittens in Space is a light, fast & furry-ous card game for up to 6 players! Rescue and rehome cosmic cats in a low-gravity shelter as you race to shed your hand first. Chaotic, casual, and cat-astrophically cute!

Learn to fold and glue a map into a cover, then personalize it with drawing, coloring, and stamping. Map making predates written history and has been independently invented by cultures worldwide. In this class, you'll creating your own personalized keepsake. What You'll Get: - Two pre-printed maps (illustrated cruise route map & coastline) - Two Covers - 40-page zine with instructions for making your own illustrated maps - Bone Folder - Pen and Pencil The Craft Room has additional coloring supplies when classes are not in session. You may also decorate using Passporto stamps hidden around the ship.

Spend some time with Community Care Officer Thera, she'll be so happy to see you! Bring your questions, concerns, and high-fives!

An informal time for MTG players to gather, chat and set up their own play times and pods throughout the week. No official play session or product, just a time for socializing.

Using the ship as a subject, learn 10 tips to compose interesting, fun photos. All types of cameras welcome - I exclusively use my iPhone - and no apps required. We will meet in an open area, take photos indoors, then move outdoors if weather permits.

Calling all the lovers of cheese. Bring your favorite cheese or local specialty cheese, or favorite cheese enhancer to share. Hang out with us while we savor many varieties of deliciousness. This event will take place on the starboard side of the Ocean Bar (the one with all the tables and chairs, not the side with the bar and stage).

We'll look into how to create a unique, personalized oracle deck using cards from collectible card games (MTG, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, etc.). Feel free to bring your own set of favorite cards or even a playable deck.

Microbiologist and retired NASA astronaut Kate Rubins discusses the surprises—both good and bad—of traveling to and living in space. Recording/reposting of this event will not be permitted, thank you for your cooperation.

You will gently massage your hands and feet, utilizing a rubber ball, guided by MELT Method self-treatment techniques that restore hydration to the fascia and enhance nervous system’s connections. You will be able to feel a difference immediately. Starts promptly, no latecomers.

A chance to meet up with other BIPOC folks onboard!

This year we’re challenging all engineers, artists, safety-conscious daredevils, and anyone else who likes fun to construct a paper aircraft that will stay afloat as long as possible. Because the last one to hit the Atrium floor WINS! Kudos and prizes* will also be awarded for Artistic Merit, and/or Ingenuity. Plus other fun surprises (tbd). To participate, meet Coach Cruise (Storm) and Cruise Mom (Thera) in the Ocean Bar (Deck 3, Midship) with your aircraft ready to waft. Those wishing to witness the spectacle are encouraged to go to the Deck 2 Atrium area, or Deck 1 just outside of the central Atrium. Complete rules and info can be found here, as well as attached to this event listing in Sched. *Kudos and Prizes is the name of Storm and Thera’s stage magic act

The Main Dining Room staff need time to reset the tables for dinner service; we ask that you please wrap up your games and clear the Main Dining Room at 3 pm each day (except today, at 3:30, because dinner is 30 minutes later than usual. Lucky you!) Thanks! Plenty more tables all over the ship for gaming!

Are you anxious about being on a big boat with a bunch of strangers? What if they WEREN'T strangers - but the friends in this friendSHIP! FRIENDSHIP ASSEMBLE! Speed Meeting is a facilitated and casually structured event that allows you to cross that barrier and meet new people! This is a drop-in, drop-out event. Come whenever you can, leave when you need to!

A space to let older kids meet and mingle. Hang out, play a game or two and make some friends. Parents are welcome but not required. Adults will be present but if you are not comfortable with your child being independent and allowed to come and go, please stay.

Come help decorate and add fun items in treasure chest geocaches, to be placed when we're in port. Make some magic for future people to discover and delight in.

Jim Boggia is very well known for several things: his strong ukulele skills, and his fine ear. So much so that, on JoCo Cruise at least, small degrees of sharpness and flatness are measured in "Boggias." This morning, Jim Boggia will sit on the Sea View Pool deck and turn his finely-honed tuning ability upon your ukulele—or any other stringed instrument* you bring him—until it is tuned to a degree of perfection usually reserved for the finest Stradavariuses.

Space for attendees with any disability to connect!

We invite all you intrepid solo travelers to come and say hello to each other!

Create your own immersive environment: a tiki bar, Disney-inspired room, game room, etc. Based on Stephen's own home speakeasy and tiki presentations, he covers “rules,” tips and tricks for a top-notch immersive space -- even for renters and any budget! [Book & mug raffle]

HAL offers their Kids Club youth activities program for kids and teens 3-17 years old. See the HAL Kids Club page for details. Note that operating hours for JoCo Cruise are different than those listed on that page.

Do you have a favorite costume that you'd like to share on Joco Cruise 2026? Come meet fellow Cosplayers & Costumers on for a Happy Hour mixer. You'll have a chance to say "Hi" to friends and meet some new ones. There will also be an opportunity for photos.

Happy hour! Your second drink is only $2!

Happy hour! Your second drink is only $2!

Drew & friends perform songs like they did in college.

The performers request that no recordings be made of this performance. Thank you.

The performers request that no recordings be made of this performance. Thank you.

The starboard side of the Lido Marketplace will be designated the "quiet side" after 9 pm. Other than at the designated 24/7 gaming tables in the aft section, no gaming, no meetings, no loud noises, please. Take yer excessive noise over to the port side, please—or to the back deck, where the late-night pizza is!

If there were a liiitle tiiiny bayyyybeee Jonathan Coulton who was just sleeping sooo soundly, "Good Morning, JoCo" is what you would say to wake him up, so he could cheerfully start his day trying to escape from the terrarium where you keep him next to a scale model of the Gowanus Canal. "Good Morning, JoCo" is ALSO a daily live-to-tape late-night-format morning show filmed in the Rolling Stone Lounge. The late night format comes from filming it right after the main concert each evening, which is later at night. So listen here, join your hosts River Butcher and Daphne Always and their surprise guests—and their planned guests like StormCenter5 Host Storm DiCostanzo. Come to our live taping for blue jokes, stupid props, jargon related to television production that may or may or not be necessary, reshoots, people wearing gnome hats, and adult themes. We aren't checking ids, but don't yell at us if someone drops a swear that's related to a complex topic you're not ready to explain to an audience member in your charge. And catch the finished show the next morning! Presented in glorious 1080p at a blistering 3,000 kbps, Good Morning JoCo is a PG-ish delight for the whole family when viewed in your stateroom.

Come get your demo starter set and play on the boat! For this event I will be teaching the game, doing deck building, and showing team designs. People who attend are welcome to

What is a crow party? You dress in all black and bring trinkets to trade with your fellow crows/cruisers! Trinkets do not need to be shiny, and you don't have to dress in black - just come and trade trinkets and hang out! This is a LOW STAKES event.

Every now and again, the people working behind the scenes on JoCo Cruise need to cut loose and let off some steam. Tonight's steam vent comes in the form of a dance party on the back deck, and everyone is invited! Music will be provided by the mysterious DJ Krustoid.

Join us in this competition between eight moral philosophies to discover the best of them all. We will discuss how the philosophies apply to AITA posts and use a bracket system to advance the best philosophies until only one remains. With your help, we can solve ethics!

We have the ship turn off the lights overhead and clear away the deck chairs up here each night from 10 pm to 12 am, for those who want a more unobstructed view of the night sky. NOTE: the Observation Deck is only accessible via stairs, there is no elevator or other accessible entry method.

A space to let older kids meet and mingle. Hang out, play a game or two and make some friends. Parents are welcome but not required. Adults will be present but if you are not comfortable with your child being independent and allowed to come and go, please stay.

Blood on the Clocktower is a bluffing game enjoyed by 5 to 20 players on opposing teams of Good and Evil, overseen by a Storyteller player who conducts the action and makes crucial decisions. Depending on player experience we will play intro or advanced games!

Singers and instrumentalists are invited to join in performing some of the classic and best-loved songs of the sea. If you have your favorite shanty, come and share it with us. We will be committing harmony!

Anthony Burch GMs a one-shot role-playing game adventure with our intrepid celebrity gamers and special guests. Game mechanic TBA.

A munch is an opportunity for adults with an interest in kink to get together and talk and meet one another in a no-pressure social situation. If you're such an individual, or interested, we'd love to meet with you!

Have you ever been hanging out with 30-75 of your closest friends and relatives and wished you could all just be playing a cool organized game together? Well now you can! Two Rooms and a Boom is a social-deduction-style easy-to-learn large-format game that we will organize and run for you and anyone else who wants to join. Haven’t played before? That’s fine! We’ll be teaching it and starting easy for new players.

Enjoy observing stars, planets, and whatnot with a highly decorated amateur astronomer! I shall expertly point at things and talk about them, plus answer astronomical questions. Lights will be out on the deck, no phone flashlights plz, red glowy stuff to be distributed to all.

Join Eclipse and Weezyl for the eighth year of Goth Prom--a late-night stretch of silly, swoopy, stompy, and saucy dancing. We promise a perfectly cromulent DJ effort, excellent vibes, and bangin’ tracks.

Seeking wealth and escape from their peasant lives, the characters investigate a supernatural portal that appears only once every half-century when the stars are right.