{"id":44,"date":"2008-08-12T13:22:53","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T17:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/~ccb\/fs\/pink-floyd-news\/?p=44"},"modified":"2010-08-17T21:48:43","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T01:48:43","slug":"floyd-themed-cruise-ship-sets-sail-in-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/2008\/08\/floyd-themed-cruise-ship-sets-sail-in-may-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd-themed cruise ship sets sail in May 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Pink Floyd tribute band <strong>Think Floyd USA<\/strong> will headline a 3-day Carnival cruise to the Bahamas in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The Great Gig in the Sea, a nod to Floyd&#8217;s &#8220;Great Gig in the Sky,&#8221; sets sail from the Port of Miami (Florida) on Friday, May 1, arriving at Nassau, Bahamas, the following morning, before returning to Miami Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The three days will include Floyd-related parties, games and trivia, as well as performances each night by Think Floyd USA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This cruise provides a one-of-a-kind opportunity for Pink Floyd fans to come together and enjoy the exceptional music and memories of one of the most celebrated performing acts of all time,&#8221; says <strong>Justin Seidenberg<\/strong>, co-owner of Kiqstart Music of New York, N.Y., the band&#8217;s management company.<\/p>\n<p>Think Floyd USA \u2014 not to be confused with the U.K. cover band of nearly the same name \u2014 covers Floyd from the band&#8217;s Syd Barrett days through their acclaimed albums of the &#8217;70s like &#8220;Dark Side of the Moon,&#8221; &#8220;Wish You Were Here&#8221; and &#8220;The Wall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the cruise run from about $475 for an inside room to about $970 for a larger suite.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Floyd fans are so passionate about the band and love to get together to elebrate the music. It&#8217;s going to be a blast,&#8221; says <strong>Mitch Blumfield<\/strong>, Think Floyd USA&#8217;s vocalist.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatgiginthesea.com\">www.greatgiginthesea.com<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkfloydlive.com\">www.thinkfloydlive.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pink Floyd tribute band Think Floyd USA will headline a 3-day Carnival cruise to the Bahamas in 2009. The Great Gig in the Sea, a nod to Floyd&#8217;s &#8220;Great Gig in the Sky,&#8221; sets sail from the Port of Miami (Florida) on Friday, May 1, arriving at Nassau, Bahamas, the following morning, before returning to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}