Cloud 9 Adventures

You always say, when you are having a good time at the time, that you are going to write a review but upon your return you thoughts fade back to reality.

The event Panic en la Playa put on by the Cloud 9 team beat all expectations. In fact going into it expectations were low but coming out of it and being two weeks off the trip I am still impressed by the amount of coordination and effort their staff, accompanied with the staff of the Now Group displayed.

There was never a moment where service was not at a high standard. From the moment you woke up, to after the concert where staffers where handing the party people bottled water and draft beer was first class.

I had it in my head that a concert in Mexico had the propensity to be a total train wreck but in fact the management of the Cloud 9 team is getting a High Five from me. Super job guys as I'm not easily impressed,

I give out a lot of 5-star ratings because I'm easy to please. But here, I really wish I could add some glitter guns, disco balls, and strobe lights so readers would know I'm really, really serious here. Cloud 9, like the name suggests, is in the stratosphere.

Cloud 9 Adventures created and grew the one and only Jam Cruise. 2011 brings us Jam Cruise 9, a trip of a lifetime that people who were on Jam Cruise 8 talked about from the moment they stepped off the ship.  I will be getting on my fifth Jam Cruise this coming year, and my husband will be getting on his 7th. Believe me, getting on that ship is always the right decision. So what is Jam Cruise? Jam Cruise brings its cruisers live music from 12:00pm to 7:00am for 5 days straight. It's a wild music festival on a large luxury cruise liner. Words cannot describe it. You have to see it for yourself.

Each year, Jam Cruise gets better and better because the folks at Cloud 9 listen to their audience, and strive to outdo their work the previous year. They carefully organize the artist lineups to make sure you fire off as much serotonin as humanly possible each day while on that ship. They plan plenty of opportunities for cruisers to interact with their favorite musicians and to have a truly unique music experience, and one that you could never have at a venue on dry land.

Cloud 9 works tirelessly while on the ship, especially Annabel, to make sure that both the artists and the cruisers are organized, having fun, and where they are supposed to be when.

Cloud 9 rewards cruisers who return, affectionately called "Repeat Offenders," with gifts such as a terrycloth bath robe for four-time cruisers and a hammock for five-time cruisers.  

Cloud 9 Adventures also organizes a completely separate ridiculous vacation, Caribbean Holidaze (now Mayan Holidaze). This is a multi-day music festival in the tropics. In my mind, nothing beats Jam Cruise, but I also had a blast at Holidaze last year, and I have some friends who say it's a must-go event.