Updates

Hello everybody! :) I have a few updates for everybody:

@laura1247's sister received an email from Jeannie re waitlist. She confirmed the waitlist starts at approx 2400 (Yay!).

Somebody also asked about cameras at the Backstreet Boys events, and this is what Jeannie at Rose Tours had to say:

Yes, you can take cameras for still, NO video.
It doesn't matter what time of camera you bring on board.

Sofia also emailed me some info for first timers from Kim who went on the nKoTb cruise:

I'll try to help anyway I can :)

Your trip is in December & ours are in May so I don't know what the weather will be like for you. I'd imagine beautiful lol For us it was warm but not hot hot. Night time was a little cooler-one night I had a sweater on.

What to pack is the million $ question lol I'm assuming you're also going to have "theme" nights. What stinks is Rose Tours only releases what they are 1 month prior to the cruise :( Last year we had PJ night-Dress to Impress- & Wear All White Night You can participate if you choose to-you don't have to do anything you don't want. As you can imagine it got interesting lol PJ went from PG to XXR in seconds! Some woman pretty much wore nothing! Dress to impress was nice-I just wore a nice skirt and top-some girls had gowns on! White Night was hard, try finding a white dress lol

Most of the time girls wore bathing suits and cover ups during the day. And your hair will be all over the place haha There's a breeze the whole time.

The Sail and Sign card is very easy and dangerous lol When you check in you will give your credit card. Then they give you your room key which is your lifeline. You use this to buy anything and everything. If you want a drink-you give them the card-candy give the card and so on.

Soda/pop is not free. They have a special price where you can get so much for a certain price-me? I put it in my suitcase lol

You are on a different ship but I was told that they are kinda the same.
There's only 1 outlet in the room-so bring a power strip
There's no blow dryers in the room [This is actually different for us--we do have hair dryers in the room!]
The rooms are small!
The bathroom is smaller lol
There's a very small safe
The phone in your room only calls other rooms
Cell phone won't work & if yours does it will cost! No lie-$20 a minute

The meet & greet! What everyone waits for!! Well it's very strict. You will not be able to bring anything with you..no phone..purse..camera..nothing. You will be in groups of 10--it'll last 3 seconds and you move on :( With 2000+ ppl they have to keep moving

You will be split up in group A or B..so when group A is attending a BSB event-group B will have free time The whole boat doesn't go to the same event at one time There will be 2 of everything [This is actually different for us--as confirmed by @ThatsWhatLiSaid in a email from Jeannie:

The detailed itinerary has not yet been confirmed.
The Backstreet Boys events in the showroom will not be split into groups.
The NKOTB had to perform everything 2 times in the showroom because it was a
full ship charter.
The Backstreet Boys is a partial ship charter.]

I suggest you don't try to "follow" the guys..you'll drive yourself nuts and you'll miss out on what the ship offers. We all did that last year-we watched for the NKOTB the whole time..this year I'm enjoying myself.

We all decorated our cabin doors! Made them like how our lockers looked in high school.

Have a great time :) You will love it!

I.M. over at the fan club forum suggested having a map like Frappr for everyone to sign in and place yourself on. I couldn't get Frappr to work, but I did find a similar map. It's located here. So, go place yourself on the map, and I'll figure out how to get it posted on the blog! :)

Oh, and if you hadn't already noticed, there is a countdown timer on the right side now, as suggested by @ThatsWhatLiSaid. :) Enjoy!

EDIT: I also received an email from Jeannie about Rose's question, "When we all booked, it mentioned everyone who booked before the 31st (which since it sold out, is all of us LOL) got entered into a drawing to get front row seats to a BSB event. When will we find out who won that?". Jeannie said, "Probably not until it gets closer but it has not yet been determined."

Hope this is helpful! :) Let me know if you have any more suggestions or questions!