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See Crossfade's full slideshow from Holy Ship! 2012.

Toss a couple Dramamines into your party-time pill pack.

On January 4, 2013, the second annual edition of Hard's Holy Ship!! electronic music cruise will set sail from Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades for three nights of brain-busting beats. Tickets sold out in only 28 hours and now the hotly anticipated lineup has finally been announced.

Strap on your neon life jacket and get your face melted by for Justice, Boys Noize, Diplo, and 33 others while bobbing across international waters.

Check out Holy Ship!! 2013's full lineup after the cut.
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Foreigner

It's a classic rock theme vacation of titanic proportions. And fittingly enough, it's going down on a cruise ship.

The Rock Legends Cruise II is a four-night celebration of 1970s rock 'n' roll with the likes of Foreigner, Kansas, Blue Oyster Cult, Molly Hatchet, and Foghat that'll be departing from Port Everglades on Thursday, January 10, 2013.

In all, 25 "rock legends" will play "two or three shows" in "three easily accessible performance venues."
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Via jamcruise.com

We be jammin' the high seas.

Who's ready to get dressed up like a six-foot Rastafarian puppet, suck down some lukewarm Corona, and absolutely not do any drugs while cruisin' across the Atlantic Ocean aboard the MSC Poesia?

That's right ... We're talking about Jam Cruise, every South Florida hippie music junkie's favorite floating vacation.

This annual jammin' bonanza on a boat and its long-haired, sandal-wearing, hot-tub-loving guests will set sail for Turks & Caicos and the Bahamas on May 7, 2013.

And just today, Jam Cruise 11 announced its five-day, 40-act itinerary, including trippy tuneage by Galactic, Big Gigantic, Femi Kuti, Steel Pulse, and Lettuce. See the cut for the full lineup, dates, and ticket details.
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Headbang on a boat with Machinehead and the Mayhem Cruise 2012.

Caution: If you're an old lady looking for a relaxing weekend of easy listening on an ocean liner, you may as well kill yourself. The Mayhem Cruise 2012 is pure brutality.

This inaugural Atlantic-bound metal fest will crush, punish, destroy, and burn down every other music cruise's lineup. And when the Carnival Imagination sails from the Port of Miami to the Bahamas and back on an ocean of blood and squalls of glory, it will reign supreme as the heaviest, most extreme, most headbanging vacation to ever hit the high seas.
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Via facebook.com/official311

Are all y'all ready to effing alt-rock across the Atlantic Ocean with the 311 Carribean Cruise 2012?

On Thursday, May 10, the rock/rap/reggae/funk juggernaut known as 311 will be steaming outta the Port of Miami aboard the Carnival Destiny with 15 musical cruise mates, including The Dirty Heads, Shwayze & Cisco, and Trailer Park Ninjas.

According to 311cruise.com, there will be "2 pools, 5 hot tubs, a wild-riding waterslide, mini golf, a plethora of cool bars, friendly casino, multiple music venues ... a pizza bar, 24-hour room service ... THREE 311 concerts! [And] your own personal photo with the band" -- not to mention two full days of "swimming & sunning & partying" on a private island called Half Moon Cay.

With that much onboard and off-board awesomeness, you've probably already snatched up a 311 Caribbean Cruise cabin. But if not, Sixthman, Carnival, Grand Central, and Crossfade are raffling off free tix.

Just see the cut for giveaway instructions, pre-party details, and the cruise's full lineup.
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Hit the high seas with P.O.D. and ShipRocked 2012.

In the non-Miami parts of America, bands like P.O.D., Godsmack, and Sevendust are still on the radio, and the ShipRocked Cruise is an alt music event of such mythical proportions that rocker chicks get head-to-toe wet just thinking about it.

On November 27, the MSC Poesia will sail from Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades to Key West and then Nassau, Bahamas. There's gonna be concerts, excursions, and the chance to bang other drunk rock fans before returning four nights later.
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Go get Godsmack-ed on a boat.

​Thanks to South Florida's various ports, the region has become the epicenter of the music cruise phenomenon.

We've already battled through the Bruise Cruise, uhntz-uhntz-ed aboard Hard's Holy Ship!, and even done time (and drugs) on a boat loaded with hippie music fans.

But a few of Crossfade's most underrepresented readers will be all balls-to-the-wall happy to hear about the upcoming "hard rock" cruise that'll be setting sail from Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades on November 27.

We're talking about ShipRocked 2012.
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Photo by Ian Witlen

​The world's greatest sea-bound rave has sold out a full year from its next scheduled sailing date.

Just last month, Hard's Holy Ship! hit the high seas for its maiden voyage, carrying Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Fatboy Slim, Diplo, A-Trak, and 3000 bikini-ready party people to the Bahamas and back.

And this inaugural beats-on-a-boat bonanza was so successful that three weeks after disembarking at Port Everglades, Hard announced that its electronic music cruise "[would] return in 2013."

Cabins for next year's electro ocean adventure went on sale only two days ago. And in just 28 hours, Holy Ship! sold out.
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The Dirtbombs' drummer hits the pit.

​ As soon as we scored our credentials (and complimentary swag bags!) from the Bruise Cruise nerve center in the Xanadu Lounge, all members of the Crossfade team raced through the bowels of the Carnival Imagination for the comfort of our windowless interior cabins.

Why? Well, we were superhyped to raid our Emergency Supply Kit. (The free wine! The rolling papers! The condoms!) But we also needed to power nap 'cause it was gonna be a long, action-packed day of bruisin' and cruisin'.

The proof ... Just see the cut for ten photo highlights from Crossfade's first 15 hours aboard the 2012 edition of the Bruise Cruise.
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Photo by Marta Xochilt Perez

Thee Oh Sees' John Dwyer.

​See the full 68-photo Bruise Cruise 2012 slideshow.

After only 243 minutes aboard the Carnival Imagination, it had already been a busy day, chockablock with bruisin', cruisin', and boozin', famous guy sightings, and doing megahits off the pina colada bong while almost tumbling overboard. And the boat hadn't even left the Port of Miami.

Within a half-hour, though, we were bobbing across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Bahamas. The Xanadu Lounge was packed. The guitars were buzzing. The assembled Bruisers were stuffed with buffet food.

And it was finally time for the Bruise Cruise's official opening ceremonies with The Dirtbombs and Thee Oh Sees.
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