Everyone's running out of clean clothes anyway, so today is one big day-long celebration of the fact that nobody can make us put on "real" clothes if we don't want to!

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.

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.

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.

Onboard Booking forms must be turned in to the Info Desk by 10 am on Saturday, day 7

Learn how to make 3d models with paper! Materials provided, make something fun and take it with you!

Already know how to crochet and want to learn a new technique? In this class you will learn how to overlay mosaic crochet in a simple, quick and fun project- a simplified JoCo icon. All you need to know is hot to do a chain, single and double crochet and how to work front and back loops. We will teach you the rest! You can bring a small amount of your favorite yarn in 2 contrasting colors and hook to match yarn or yarn and hook will be provided. We will be using 2 20g balls of size 4 weight and a 5mm or 5.5mm hook.

Worried about scams? Afraid you will get hooked by a Phish? Let me help you understand how to stay safe in the turbulent waters of the internet.

Generative AI. LLMs. Chatbots. The last few years have seen these cause massive disruption in our lives. What is AI good at? What is it NOT good at? How does it work? What happens when things go sideways? I will try to inform when and how to use AI responsibly and when not to.

Janet Varney leads a discussion with several of our very talented voice-acting guests.

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.)

A no-pressure, no-judgment hangout for people learning different languages or considering learning other languages. All levels of proficiency welcome! Willkommen, bienvenue, bienvenidos, welkom—welcome! If you're interested in attending this event, please fill out this form to help us better prepare the event towards everyone's needs.

Literally, a discussion about ADHD, what it is, symptoms, how it manifests, treatments, therapy, drugs, living with it, personal experiences, resources.

Who wants to be a rockstar? Join us on the virtual stage for a head to head contest of finger speed! Games will be played on the Playstation 2 using every version of Guitar Hero and Rock Band with over 800 songs to choose! Depending on turnout early matches may be single elimination, finals best of 3. Players may choose any difficulty, winner is determined by high score (note higher difficulties have a higher score cap).

This is not a "specialty lunch" and doesn't cost anything; rather, the menu for brunch in the dining room on this day includes various Mexican dishes.

Join us for JoCo's first Speed Puzzling event! The goal is to assemble your puzzle as quickly as possible. Folks will compete as teams of 4 and each team will get to keep their puzzle. Sign up ahead of time in the game library.

When I was starting my career 45 years ago, I would have benefitted strongly from having someone say "Here are things you should know that will save you time, money, and pain if you learn them now.” This is the distilled wisdom of the Ancients, hand-distilled by me.

Learn the basics of filet crochet, as well as some tips and tricks that were learned the hard way! We will deconstruct the stitches used to create a grid, learn how to read a chart, and start our own small filet crochet project. Supplies will be provided.

Love MTG, wanted to play all cruise, but there just wasn't the right event for it? This is it! A veritable smorgasbord of all the Magic: The Gathering we could offer! Wanna play commander? Sure! Draft? Maybe! Cube! yeah! Make an exquisite 3-piece suit out of glued-together commons? Weird, but ok! Come one, come all to get together with like-minded MTG gamers and play to your heart's content.

Dog? Cat? Bearded dragon? Chupacabra? You name it, I'll train it. Learn from a zookeeper turned pet-trainer the basics of positive reinforcement training for behavior change for your fur/feather/scale children.

AI-generated audio, video, and images are blurring the line between truth and fiction in ways that are already reshaping politics, culture, and public trust. Deepfakes are not just viral curiosities. They are tools that can be used to manipulate elections, damage reputations, inflame violence, and undermine confidence in democratic institutions. Marginalized groups are often targeted first, making this both a technology issue and a civil rights issue.

Our 3rd annual gathering of JoCo BookClub bibliophiles! Bring a WRAPPED book to share for an exchange game and you’ll get to take home a hopefully new-to-you book! Everyone is welcome to socialize, though if you don’t bring a book you will not be able to participate in the game!

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 demonstrate needle felting, a type of embroidery. It is a craft that uses a steel needle to attach small pieces of wool to a cloth substrate to make art. Basic technique will be shown and participants will be able to create a 2-color JoCo logo on a piece of t-shirt fabric. Bring your own t-shirt if you wish to directly embellish one; otherwise, all material provided.

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!

A tournament for Worn Wanderers, the pin based wearable card game. Player who wins the tournament will win a special pin mailed to them after the cruise, talk to Mike at any of the learn to play events for more information.

Everyone takes turns bringing up ideas that they want to explore, whether it be punching up stand-up, developing the plot of a story, or wondering what chord could come next in a song—anything at all, tell the group and we’ll help you come up new ideas for it. Any idea that you’re given is 100% YOURS, and any idea that you give to someone else is 100% THEIRS. Each turn is FIVE MINUTES and recording your turn(s) is allowed. Spectators welcome, but supportive vibes only. No winners, no losers, no judgement, and NO COPS. (JK, cops especially welcome because NO CRIMES.)

Craft Project. Come make a Voodoo doll Pin Cushion with your hostess Marie Laveau !

Friends: I directed a film starring Dropout's Rekha Shankar last year, thanks in large part to many of you on this boat who helped us raise $250,000 on Kickstarter! And I want to show you exclusive, never-before-seen clips and invite you into the filmmaking process! Making a sci-fi indie dramedy film with South Asian leads, focusing on our lives as sons & daughters of immigrants, has been life-changing, and I want to gab with you all about it. Here's what the flick is about- VIDHYA'S GUIDE TO THE AFTERLIFE When chef Vidhya Ramachandran returns home to Philadelphia for her grandmother's funeral, she witnesses a "Hindu Rapture"—an unprecedented event where Hindus worldwide vanish in a colorful flash. But for some godforsaken reason, Vidhya is left behind. As the "Last Hindu on Earth," Vidhya faces the crushing realization that she doesn't fully understand her place in her own culture. Desperate to get her family back, she teams up with Naathan (Dhruv Uday Singh), a charming but mysterious Hindu priest left behind to shepherd lost souls. Together, they embark on a weird, hilarious and heart wrenching journey to hack the afterlife. Have YOU ever wanted to make a movie? Or understand what all those names in the long scroll of credits actually do? Or what the challenges (and opportunities) we face as artists around AI? Or just what shenanigans happen between takes? Or what's Rekha's weirdest acting tic? Well I'll spill all the beans, share this incredible journey, and hopefully inspire you to get out there and tell your own stories!

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!

Missing a stamp or two or twenty? Join us for the Stampede where all of the regular stamps and many of the Shadow Stamps will be available to add to your Passporto

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!

West Coast Swing (WCS) is a partner dance, characterized by dancing in a linear "slot" on the floor. The first hour we'll teach the basics of West Coast Swing, and the second hour we'll dance! No prior experience or partner required --- we will rotate partners frequently.

Is time travel possible? How have people imagined it? How might the physics work? In this glimpse of my course for first-year college students of all backgrounds, you'll learn to describe relativity using "spacetime diagrams" and discuss a short story together.

Come stitch you very own JoCo luggage tag. Kit provided including pattern, plastic form, needle, thread and luggage tag holder.

A one hour instrumentalf jam session with irish tunes. All instruments welcome. Music provided.

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.

Make a paper charm and attempt to draw your name in Egyptian hieroglyphs on it, or a different word if you prefer. Reference a collection of English sounds and phonemes in hieroglyphs, examples, or a dictionary. Some info on the language and a translation activity also provided!

Suggestions, Tips, Tricks, Referrals, U.S. state comparisons, foreign country options, then Q&A A heartfelt (& heart-full ♥️) welcome to all of our trans and gender-diverse cruisers! I was curious if any of us might like to have an informal get together and talk about the current challenges in each of our states, tips you may have picked up on how best to stay safe when in "hostile territory", or if there's anything one or more of us needs desperately that another one of us might be able to assist with. Let's chat!

Like a wave reaching the shore, all board game check outs cease so that they can be carefully packed away. The tabletop team will be on hand to sort and help you pick up games you lent to the library for the week.

After a hard night of dancing to the impossible, come decompress with the Dance Devil himself. We'll sweat it out in the sauna, sooth our souls in the hot tub, and sip on Holland America's finest libations.

Gather a team of 4-6 geeks and compete for fabulous prizes. Or just show up and we can help you find a team! Trivia will span the gamut of geeky interests!

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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. Thanks! Plenty more tables all over the ship for gaming!

You don't always need a reason for a dance party.

Preview of Daphne's new album & upcoming film, with Dylan Lenze.

All who work in health care are welcome to meet up for drinks and/or conversation. Whatever you do in the medical field, if your work in some way helps patients (directly or indirectly), come hang out. Students, aspiring health care workers, and significant others welcome too!

Whether you're interested in Middle Eastern or Fusion dancing, or just want to learn fun ways to limber up and express yourself! No dancing experience needed, just comfortable clothes, and a willingness to move.

Happy hour! Drinks are 50% off!

Happy hour! Drinks are 50% off!

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.

Come submit your final answers, swap stories, and meet the puzzle authors for Q&A. Pick up extra copies to take home and share. Raffle drawing for souvenirs!

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!

The Twit-arr server will be turned off and packed in its box to return home. Until next year!

Our traditional end-of-cruise gathering to share memories, and enjoy each other's company one last time. Everywhere on the Lido Deck, basically. Cash bar.