We'll be holding events specifically designed to make our first-time JoCo Cruisers feel welcome and to help them ease into the swing of things. Make a particular effort on this day to seek out new attendees and help show them what a great decision they've made by joining us!

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

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.

Please come to the Lido Pool Area once you board to pick up your badges and lanyards. These will function as nametags, you can add your pronoun information, and will be required for entry to your proper Main Concert events.

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! If you are new to cruise or an established JocoNaut, Speed Meeting is the event for you. Come one, come all, come at the start or even later…you are very welcome! How it works: The event usually runs for 1.5 hours and contains up to 6 rounds of chatting in groups of about 4. In each 12-15 minute round, you'll have the opportunity to meet a handful of folks who will become familiar faces for the whole cruise! Have no fear of awkward silence - conversation prompts will be provided for you.

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!

A basic walkthrough of the main logistics of JoCo Cruise, and we'll answer as many of your questions as we possibly can. Show up when you can, leave when you wish. Recommended for new JoCo Cruisers, but open to everyone.

You must check in at your muster station no later than 3:30 pm. You can view the safety procedures video on HAL's Navigator app or on your stateroom TV.

Josh and the Shadow Cruise Production Team will be on the back deck answering any questions you have about your scheduled shadow events.

Come up topside and watch the land go bye-bye! DJ Riz Rollins will play us out by the Sea View Poll.

All helpers, please attend this brief Day 1 meeting with Cruise Mom Thera.

All are welcome in this collaborative art piece to create a giant wall mural over the course of the cruise. Each day we'll add more pages onto the mural, creating a larger and more robust canvas for everyone to build on and add to their previous day's work. At the end of the cruise, we'll have a final, Glorious (we hope) product! Artists and non artists are invited to come add their creativity to this project!

Which team is the best at strategy? Find out by throwing your lot in as the two teams of JoCo match wits in an epic series of chess matches! Add your brainpower to the match to out think your fellow cruisers. Be careful on your move though! Each player only gets ONE move per day in these games!

Stop by and see what video gaming has to offer this year! World 9 Gaming staff are here all week to help you relive your childhood with games new and old. Come get an introduction to the game library and learn about our scheduled events and meet ups.

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!

Four drinks, four bars (Crow's Nest Bar, Lido Pool Bar, Ocean Bar and Billboard Onboard), lots of people making friends. Hop, hop, hop, hop! Sign up via any bartender or bar server, or at the ship's Guest Services Desk. (This event is run by the ship's staff and costs a $29 surcharge plus 18% service charges, which will be charged to your onboard account)

If you yearn to just scream and scream and scream then this is the event for you! Bring all of your pent-up hollering and let the moon hold space for you! We'll gather in the Sea View Pool area then head toward the back railing so that we don't startle the unsuspecting.

Get your sing on in the Rolling Stone Lounge with this JoCo Cruise tradition. For this intro session, everyone may (and should) attend, but only first-time attendees may perform. Come cheer on our new JoCo Cruisers!

"Aces are high, deuces are low..." Compete in this 1-on-1 higher-or-lower trivia and card game, based on the classic game show!

Bill Corbett hosts a live riffing of a movie—that you, the audience, gets to help select—with friends Janet Varney and Paul F. Tompkins.

Join us for the third annual reading of what has long been considered one of the worst fanfictions ever to be published online! We'll celebrate fandom history together and lovingly roast this classic work over the course of two readings--drinking game optional.

What is a puzzle hunt? How do I play? Meet the organizers of this year's week-long event and get your first puzzle! Attendance not required; players may join at any time throughout the week without missing anything. Just visit our drop box in the Explorer's Lounge.

An extra puzzle hunt for those who just can't get enough! Every day there will be 2 new puzzles available, with a meta puzzle on the final day!