Less than 100 days until JoCo Cruise 2026! #jococruise #cruise #vacationmode Photo from JoCo Cruise 2025 by Cluze

Joining us for their 12th JoCo Cruise, @mollylewis.wtf is a West Coast singer-songwriter whose playful finger-style ukulele technique & expressive vocals have set them apart since they began publishing music on the internet in 2007. Read their full bio here: jococruise.com/molly-lewis

Jonathan Coulton, Paul and Storm and Drew are livestreaming on Instagram right now! instagram.com/jococruise

I am a nerd of many many, way too many, subjects. I might be best described as a collector of nerddoms…and a completionist at that.

Adventure is knocking! Will you answer? #jococruise #vacation #nerdcruise

We'd like to get to know our Bluesky followers a bit more. What is your "enthusiasm" of choice? (Are you a board gamer? Historian? Book nerd? Maker?)

We're thrilled to welcome lindaholmes.bsky.social to JoCo Cruise 2026! She is a pop culture correspondent at NPR, host of the podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour and bestselling author of the novels Evvie Drake Starts Over, Flying Solo and Back after This. Read her bio here: jococruise.com/linda-holmes

Get a load of THIS nerd

Today is the LAST DAY to submit an event for JoCo Cruise 2026's Shadow Cruise. Don't miss out! To submit your own Shadow Cruise event(s), log into your JoCo Cruise User Account, and click on the Shadow Cruise Event Request Form link (located in the header area of your booking)

2026 is just around the corner... which means JoCo Cruise 2026 is just JUST around the corner. Like around two corners. Missed getting a cabin? Join our waitlist! (And don't miss the boat on JoCo Cruise 2027 - Suites and Interior cabins are already becoming scarce) We'll see you SOON(tm)

Joining us for his 11th JoCo Cruise, multi-award winning author & best Nerd Prom DJ ever, @scalzi.com! You know him as an amazing writer of sci-fi, but we know him for so much more! Read his bio here: jococruise.com/john-scalzi/

Sorry, the council has spoken! Pack a bag! 😅 #jococruise #lego #vacation #nerd #cruise

I’ve submitted one.😁 Might put in another. 🤔

Shadow Cruise submissions close this Sun, Dec 7th. Don't miss your chance to host an event on JoCo Cruise 2026! To submit your own Shadow Cruise event(s), log into your JoCo Cruise User Account, and click on the Shadow Cruise Event Request Form link (located in the header area of your booking)

Returning for her 3rd JoCo Cruise, Nadine Smith is an award-winning journalist turned activist who's been fighting for LGBTQ equality for more than three decades. She is the co-founder of Equality Florida, of which we are a proud sponsor. Consider a donation to Equality Florida this #GivingTuesday

Happy Birthday to our fearless leader, the man who puts the JoCo in JoCo Cruise: Jonathan Coulton! 🍰🎂🎁 Please join us in a rousing "Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa..." . Photo from JoCo Cruise 2025 by Kristin Amsden

The wait is over! Booking for JoCo Cruise 2027 is now live. Our mailing list got first crack at it - and cabins are already selling almost as fast as JoCo Cruise 2026... which sold out! Find out why 3k people love our "Summer Camp at Sea." Visit jococruise.com to get started!

Joining us for her 7th JoCo Cruise, Janet Varney is an Emmy-Nominated actor, comedian, writer and producer. Visit our website to read her full bio: jococruise.com/janet-varney/

The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.

You should really go. It's so much fun. Source: Me, who goes every year and DJs a nerd prom

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! What's your favorite Tgiving food item? Photo from JoCo Cruise 2025 by Joshua Badgley #thanksgiving #starwars #pie #jococruise

Happy Birthday to our beloved Jean Grae! Photo from JoCo Cruise 2024 by Steve Petrucelli

FIRST TIME ON A CRUISE NOBODY THROW ME OVERBOARD TO THE SHORKS OKAY THANKS

We're excited to welcome 1st timer @premeemohamed.com to JoCo Cruise 2026! She is a Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte, Locus, & Aurora award-winning Indo-Caribbean scientist & speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta. Visit our website for her full bio: jococruise.com/premee-moham...

BEWARE FOR I AM ALSO A GUEST ON THIS CRUISE THEY INVITED ME I AM NOT JUST STOWING AWAY AS A GIANT BUG

The JoCo Cruise really is the most fun nerdy people are legally allowed to have on this planet. I still think about my past JoCo trips (and leading sea-shanty sing-alongs, and randomly meeting all sorts of creatives, and the incredible community collaboration projects) at least once a week.

You all hear me talk about that cruise I work in all the time, well tickets for 2027 now on sale!

The wait is over! Booking for JoCo Cruise 2027 is now live. Our mailing list got first crack at it - and cabins are already selling almost as fast as JoCo Cruise 2026... which sold out! Find out why 3k people love our "Summer Camp at Sea." Visit jococruise.com to get started!

Welcome back to JoCo Cruise 2026 featured guest, Daphne Always! Daphne is a New York cabaret artist, actress, & transfemme delight! Praised as an “exceedingly charming star chanteuse” by Time Out, she is a resident MC at Alan Cumming's cabaret lounge Club Cumming & the Lower East Side's Slipper Room

Happy Birthday to Mollylele! Photo from JoCo Cruise 2025 by Cluze

Storm got these great shots of Jonathan Coulton playing at the Birchmere last night!

Mind meld…gently caress…tomato tomatoe. I remember that incident, distinctly… #CelebrityArtemis

Flashback Friday to that time @wilwheaton.net tried to mind meld with @hankgreen.bsky.social. I mean, can you blame him? 🧠 Photo from JoCo Cruise 2014 by Steve Petrucelli

Marc Evan Jackson is a comedian, writer, improvisor & actor best known for NBC's The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, & as Sparks Nevada in The Thrilling Adventure Hour. His recent film credits include Jumanji, Kong: Skull Island, & 22 Jump Street. Read his bio here: jococruise.com/marc-evan-ja...

Throwback to @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social answering the question "How do you GM for players who know the game better than you?" at our #TabletopRPG panel on JoCo Cruise 2023. Any veteran GMs have any other tips they would add for newer GMs? #brennanleemulligan #tabletop

St Kitts was lovely - I bought FIVE bottles of Rum, and the first land concert in Loreto was fantastic - eating at a local restaurant, partying in the square, And @lyssapearl.bsky.social will always be the best thing I found on the cruise.

What was your favorite JoCo Cruise destination and why? Photo from JoCo Cruise 2023 by Joshua Badgley #jococruise #jococruise2023

Do you know how many JoCo Cruises Grammy award winner aimeemann.bsky.social has been on? If you said eleven, you'd be correct! Welcome back to one of our favorite singer/songwriter/musicians on the planet! Read her bio here jococruise.com/aimee-mann

Happy Birthday to JoCo Cruise friend @mike-eagle.bsky.social! Photo from JoCo Cruise by Kristin Amsden

Joining us for his SIXTH JoCo Cruise, River Butcher is a Los Angeles-based standup comic, actor, and writer who has done standup all over the country, the globe, and the screen (including Ellen, Conan, Comedy Central, and HBO). Check out his full bio here: jococruise.com/river-butcher/

Congrats, @megaran.com on your Grammy Nomination!!!! Photo from JoCo Cruise 2025 by Steve Petrucelli #MegaRan #Grammys #Grammynomination #music #nerdcore #hiphop

Join us in welcoming Ruby Ibarra to the JoCo Cruise! Ruby Ibarra is a rapper, spoken word artist, director and 2025 Tiny Desk Concert winner who has been featured in many notable publications. Read her bio here: jococruise.com/ruby-ibarra/

We're excited for new episodes of Sesame Street! (Premiering today!) Photo from JoCo Cruise by Kristin Amsden #sesamestreet #jococruise #yipyip

We know we have a lot of cruisers in the STEM field and we're curious: what got you into STEM? Were you encouraged by anyone along the way? #STEMDay Photo from JoCo Cruise

Happy Birthday to cruise friend Travis McElroy! Photo from JoCo Cruise by Beth Gordon

I adore Loreto. They were so welcoming to the influx of JoCo cruisers back in 2018. 😍 #GeeksForever #Bienvenidos

Welcome back to the JoCo Cruise, Jasmine Bhullar! Jasmine "ThatBronzeGirl" Bhullar is a performer, game developer, writer & a content creator on Twitch & YouTube. She is the DM behind Dimension 20's Coffin Run & the creator of DesiQuest. Read her bio here: jococruise.com/jasmine-bhul...

Diana Bloss of Worldwide Cruise Associates sent us this picture yesterday! Loreto looks as beautiful as we remember. Did you end up eating while visiting Loreto, and if so what would you recommend?

Cleaning out some drawers in my desk and just came across this amazing little memory from my first JoCoCruise. @jococruise.bsky.social

We're giddy to announce JoCo Cruise 2026 featured guest corook! corook is known for the mega-viral song "If I Were a Fish," the self-acceptance anthem with critical acclaim from publications including Rolling Stone, NPR and more. Read their bio here: jococruise.com/corook/