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40 Repeat Offenders, 1 Band (Galactic) 1 Musician (Karl Denson), and a core group of dedicated Staff....all have been on Jam Cruise EVERY YEAR! In honor of this amazing accomplishment, these cruisers will be graduating from the Repeat Offender Program and will be inducted as the first class of Lifers on Jam Cruise 10! We love you guys!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOO

Denny & Todd should have their own special ranking too within the Lifers the every cruise, not just every year, elite IMHO, of course.



also... "first" class implies there'll be more classes? I hope these guys stay with some kind of special status. No matter how many cruises I go on, I'll never have been there from the beginning. They should be set in stone - you can only leave the class by not going, you can't get in by going to all the upcoming ones. AGAIN - my opinion only. Which of course means it's correct

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Another thing that makes Jam Cruise so beautiful.

Your appreciation for the fans and participants.
I don't know any other festival that shows public appreciation for ticket holders like this.
Just beautiful.

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How about that you instead make a special recognition for those who have been there for 10 years? This year it will make no difference, but in the future, there will be a way for more people to earn their way into this exclusive club. IMHO the lifer reward is a little pointless because they will always be the same, while a 10 year award is something to strive for. I can always get older but I can't get any older than my parents, if you get my drift...

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right I meant that I thought Lifers should be an exclusive group and not something that us mere mortals (non-lifers) can strive for. It should truly be a recognition of those people, not a goal for other people to meet. Repeat Offender statuses should most certainly continue into year 10 and beyond, as something to strive for.

my opinions only of course

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Love it.

Now I want my shirt.

What a long strange ship it's been

My opinion on all of this--Lifers AND R.O.'s--is that they are elitist and divisive of our community. Look at the words already used in this thread:





There are ways to thank people for repeat patronage, eg gifts in exchange for the thousands of dollars we have spent on JC. But creating separate communities of Lifers, R.O.'s, and everybody else builds a hierarchy that is not what Jam Cruise should be about. Some people might have found out about JC a few years in and have been dedicated patrons ever since--it's not their fault they didn't know about it before, but they will never be able to be in this elite group of Lifers.

Agree with Odman that a Lifer club is also pointless in that it will always be the same unless people drop off.

So are the Lifers now going to have their own party separate from the R.O. party? What other special treatment are they going to get? Even R.O.'s makes more sense than this, because eventually anybody can become an R.O.--but they can never be a Lifer. It's analogous to shutting out people for being a certain skin color, or for where they were born. Lame.

For the record, I went on Jam Cruise 1 and have been an R.O. ever since R.O.'s have existed. I have never once been to an R.O. party out of principal for exactly this reason. New cruisers should be equally as welcome to ALL Jam Cruise events as R.O.'s or Lifers. Jam Cruise is not about VIP treatment for certain groups. Jam Cruise IS the VIP experience that we are all paying beaucoup bucks for.

As a compromise, since R.O.s--and now, presumably, Lifers--get a party (as much as I don't like it, I assume this is not going to change) then what about a separate event for "younger" cruisers so they feel welcome, too? Or are new cruisers just supposed to wander around jerking off on the pool deck while R.O.s and Lifers stroke their egos at their elitist private events?

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i think, and not many do this way, but lets say 50 yrs have past. my kids have been on the boat every year they have been alive, say 23yrs, now you have say a lifer who after 15yrs skips a yr.
how is that person more of a lifer than my kid?

i understand that once a lifer skips 1 they might be out, but they got that lifer tag after 9yrs of cruisin'?

just looking out 4 the everyday man, sorry if i offended

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Hooray for Everything! ++++++positive energy+++++++ Congrats to those getting another label!

maybe start a different thread for the complaints rather than raining on the Congratulations thread?

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I still don't get how there can ever be a Second Class of Lifers.
But by all means:
To all of you that have cruised more than me, congratulations to having cruised more than me!

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Sorry--I didn't mean to offend via my opinion or its location on the board, but if the Kool-Aid stinks, I'm not drinking it.

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Oh my god..it's just for fun..it's just for laughs..and I will never qualify but I am happy for those who do! Plus these people deserve whatever they get to make up for the hammock & backpacks..trust me, those items were inferior quality first time around and all of use who came after benefited because they switched vendors. Denny and I were laughing about it this weekend..It doesn't pay to be first and maybe they will give Denny his replacement hammock straps lol.

I'll even step it up a notch and say Denny should get a title all his own and a new hammock!

Why is this so serious? Loyalty programs are standard in the travel industry..I'm still hoping C9 creates a point system that has interchangeable status for all C9 events.. I take advantage of our Hilton status at more than one hotel..so I'd love it for early booking at Holidaze, JC, Holy Ship and Panic..and what ever yet to be announced rage they are cooking up next.

Nice idea and kudos to C9 for recognizing how valuable these cruisers were to their business in it's infancy!!
we can't all be first and I hope you find your first one day too.

This.



And this.

Lighten up people, they do it as a thank you to us, and they don't HAVE to. Lets get back to having FUN, which is why we're all here in the first place!

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