The 80s Cruise sets sail tomorrow from Port Canaveral Florida! Whether you are joining us tomorrow or you are waiting until 2025, we have The Ultimate 80s Travel Playlist to get you in the mood! Head over to The 80s Cruise Spotify to give our travel playlist a listen! 

We’re setting the mood this Valentine’s Day…with the ultimate 80s love song playlist of course! Head over to The 80s Cruise Spotify to give our Valentine’s playlist a listen! We hope it fills your heart with 80s nostalgia. ❤️   

Watch This Q&A With Debbie Gibson! Celebrating the 35th anniversary of her album, Electric Youth, Debbie Gibson can’t wait to see you all and perform onboard The 80s Cruise! We asked Debbie some questions regarding the upcoming cruise, as well as iconic moments in her career. Watch this video to get the scoop on all […]

Wang Chung Shares a Message! Wang Chung is looking forward to the upcoming sailing of The Ultimate 80s Party, The 80s Cruise! Watch this video to hear Wang Chung speak about all things totally 80s on the upcoming cruise.  Q&A with Wang Chung For us, “Points on the Curve” is one of the most […]

Rise and shine, 80s Cruisers! Get ready for Camp 80s Cruise! Which camp will take the Camp 80s Cruise Cup Trophy this year? Will Camp Lake Minnetonka reign supreme again in 2024? Get ready for an action-packed day of fun and games onboard The 80s Cruise in just 43 days! Wear Your Color Proudly represent […]

As we usher in the New Year, let’s take a nostalgic trip back in time to the 1980s, where neon lights illuminated the dance floors, shoulder pads ruled the fashion scene, and technology began its rapid ascent into our daily lives. It’s time to reflect and set our intentions for the new year. So, let’s […]

For a holiday that centers around binging turkey and carbs, why is Thanksgiving so lean in the ’80s pop culture department? Come December, we’re bloated with “Christmas Vacation,” “Scrooged” and “A Christmas Story” as well as dozens of songs and TV specials. What gives? Faced with that dilemma, our trivia pros at Stuck in the […]

By Steve Spears Australia and The 80s Cruise seem gracefully intertwined in recent sailings. The Church and Colin Hay from Men at Work have sailed previously. In 2024, we’ll get a taste of Real Life and Air Supply. Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply joined me for a Zoom chat recently and we talked about the […]

The 80s Cruise is a celebration of an amazing decade of music, fashion, and world events (some good, some bad). What do you wish would return from that era? What are you glad we left behind? I’m glad to have left behind the shoulder pads and the big hair but I miss the great songs. […]

The Ramones are often cited as the first true punk rock group with a sound that would go on to influence scores of other bands that followed. Who were the bands that influenced you as you began your drumming career? Growing up I watched The Beatles on Ed Sullivan tv show and decided that I […]

By Steve Spears What is it about pop music that Australian musicians have a complicated relationship with? A month ago, I interviewed Steve Kilbey of The Church. The Sydney-born band had just performed on this year’s voyage of The 80s Cruise, and he confessed to me he was no longer a fan of “Unguarded Moment,” […]

Listen to Trevor from Escape Club speak about his upcoming set list on The 80s Cruise! They will be playing their best known songs, Wild, Wild West, I’ll Be There, Shake for the Sheik, Call It Poison, Walking Through Walls, and many more!  

Marky Ramone is Excited to be Onboard The 80s Cruise! Listen to Marky Ramone speak about what he is most excited to see onboard his first The 80s Cruise! Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg will be playing two shows onboard The 80s Cruise and they will most definitely be rockin’ the ship! Gabba Gabba Hey, Hey Ho […]

My Posse in Effect, a tribute to the Beastie Boys, is excited to be rockin’ The 80s Cruise in 2024! This will be their first time onboard, so we asked them a few questions about their upcoming trip! Welcome to your first 80s cruise! What are you looking forward to about joining The 80s Cruise? […]

  By Steve Spears, Stuck in the ’80s host 38 Special is one of those powerful bands that dominated FM radio play in the ’80s. From “Hold On Loosely” through “Caught Up in You,” “Back Where You Belong,” “Chain Lightning” and finally “Second Chance” in the waning years of the decade, the band formed in […]

Calling all fans of the greatest decade ever! Let’s jump in our Nostalgia Machine and go Back Where You Belong! You won’t want to miss out on Staying Together for of 7-days of over 50 epic concerts and live performances on The 80s Cruise in 2024! Join 38 Special, Soft Cell, Air Supply, Debbie Gibson […]

Listen to Mark Goodman speak about which artists he is most excited to see onboard The 80s Cruise! Mark is recognized as a 7 time 80s Cruiser but he is best recognized as an original VJ for MTV, where he spent much of the 80s interviewing some of the biggest names in the music industry. […]

Listen to 38 Special get pumped about the upcoming 80s Cruise! They will be playing all of their classic hits, which will leave you singing, dancing, and Rockin’ Into the Night!

We’re less than 180 days away from setting sail on The 80s Cruise, the Ultimate 80s Party! To add to the excitement, we wanted to send you a post Labor Day freebie – The 80s Cruise phone wallpapers! To download the wallpapers and add to your phone: Click on one of the images below Tap […]

My Posse in Effect, a Live Tribute to The Beastie Boys “We’re super excited to be part of The 80s Cruise in 2024, with an insane lineup of dope artists.” Listen to My Posse in Effect speak about the upcoming 80s Cruise and check out a sneak peek of their live performance!

Listen to Melvin Gentry from Midnight Star speak about The 80s Cruise! The synth-funk unit Midnight Star scored several times on the charts during the mid-’80s. Singles like “Hot Spot” and “I’ve Been Watching You,” pushed Midnight Star into the R&B charts during 1981-1982. “Freak-a-Zoid” hit number two on the R&B charts, led by their […]

Now available on VHS! Words cannot come close to describing what wild times and nonstop 80s action that we experience together onboard! So, pop in that new tape in your VCR and relive all of the totally rad memories that we created together onboard year 7 of The 80s Cruise. Get stoked for The 80s […]

It’s summer in the 80s. You hop on your bike, and head to your BFF’s house and ring the doorbell (unannounced)! Maybe you’re headed to the park to play on the super safe playground? Or spin on the merry go round until you can’t stand up anymore. If everyone survived the playground injury free, then […]

We are so excited to have Alan Hunter back onboard The 80s Cruise in 2024! Listen to his message here:   Just as he hooked audiences in the 80s as one of MTV’s original VJs (video jockey), Alan Hunter is sure to captivate guests of The 80s Cruise from behind the mic on the highly […]