here's what happened on Gone Girl! Cruise
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- Gone Girl redefined the suspense thriller genre when it was released ten years ago, and would go on to sell over a million copies worldwide. Now in 2022, author Gillian Flynn hosted a Gone Girl! cruise with Avalon Waterways through the Danube River in Europe. Naturally, I tried it so you don't have to.
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Just staring uncomprehendingly at the words “Gone Girl cruise”
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Gone girl Starring Tom Cruise
Gone Girl! cruise
Imagine being an old person looking forward to a cruise that was postponed during the pandemic and then you get shown pictures of dead bodies in a cellar.
Then you cruise through a country actively being invaded by Russia lol I’d be a bit disenfranchised with the cruise line
As an ex-alcoholic...
If you get a plain cola in a 7oz glass with ice, everyone thinks you're drinking bourbon and doesn't question it. I got tired of getting hassled to drink when I went out and this was what I came up with
My university always used to serve a sparkling elderflower juice alongside the prosecco when they'd have a reception. Basically indistinguishable if you're not paying attention
When I was in college kids used to sneak alcohol on the streets in water bottles. I was a nerd and brought a water bottle to stay hydrated with all the dancing that I planned to do. I accidentally looked like I fit in with the “cool kids” while hanging out in front of the frat houses.
Even now that I am older I got through dry spells. Sprite/ sparkling water in a small glass look like a vodka tonic.
I almost always bring San Pellegrino to my friends events.The non drinkers get to have more options and the people drinking get to use it for mixed drinks.
Just ordering club soda (maybe with some sort of fruit slice if you need it) works too. I had a friend in college who would do this all the time because she wasn't a good drinker/didn't enjoy drinking and wanted to avoid guys coming up to her asking if they could buy a drink because they saw she didn't have one.
I had to stop drinking because of potential med interactions, and I just drink coke, and tell people it's a rum and coke. This is only if I'm around people I don't know well and they're being assholes though, my actual friends are really good about it thankfully.
THIS IS SO HELPFUL!!! Trying to find ways to stay sober and also feel included when people are drinking, without feeling pressured to drink. This is such a brilliant solution will def be using it now
I feel like Gillian Flynn just wanted to take a cruise and someone along the the line was like... we could monetize this
Doesn’t sound like there was much monetization going on so more sounds like she wanted to go on a cruise with friends and family but also make it a work write-off.
Easier than writing another book.
I noticed a few years ago musicians and minor celebrities started doing these cruise things, so it makes me realize now that it's a concerted effort by the cruise industry to try to bring younger people on board. It's really quite brilliant as I would never have thought to even consider a cruise but hearing of one tied to a somebody I'm a fan of suddenly makes it an option if it weren't for that price.
I used to work in this field. There are whole travel agencies that just book various degrees of famous or at least famous folks to lead thermed tours. Generally *The Star" and maybe their plus attend completely for free with airfare. They may also get a small fee or bonuses for filling up the tour.
This gets interesting because some companies plan a tour with the star, set up an itinerary specific to the theme and usually set up some sort of structured activity on the boat or hotel where you taking a class, workshop, open mic or even a themed dinner and a show with a chat afterwards that matches the trip theme. There are clear times about when you can interact and when they may need some space. You may also have additional guest come in and present adjacent topics.
There are also companies where their trip and itinerary is always the same for whatever country or region they are in. Same stops, hotels, meals etc. all cookie cutter then they just have the star show up and they stick a label on it.. You are literally just going on a cruise or tour with that person and depending on how social they are you may see alot of them and chat or the star may be shy or even cranky and that's that. These companies don't tend to tell their stars anymore then they tell passengers. The second kind tend to be pretty frustrating to both the star and the guest.
Thank you for doing this so we didn't have to. I'd suggest doing an MLM cruise, but we're not sworn enemies.
it would be terrifying to be trapped in the middle of the ocean with MLM huns
An MLM cruise! Please I’d dieeeeee
Oh god I wouldn’t wish that even on my worst enemy lol
this sounds like hell😭
i thought you meant cruise for men loving men and was so confused, i forgot about multi level marketing
I’m just imagining how the poor people who knew nothing about Gone Girl or Gillian Flynn must have felt receiving a note in their room with a bloody handprint and talking about having fun “even if it kills them” 😭
"dear amanda, use the long sword!" is genuinely so cute if an author i liked wrote that in my book i would cry.
If paramore ever does another Paracruise i will put some serious thought into buying tickets to it
im sorry, theyve done wHAT?!
@@LeafletsReality yeah, at least two bands (that i know of) have done cruises - parahoy in 2014, 2016 and 2018 and the weezer cruise in 2012 and 2014. there was also a warped tour cruise at some point
@@sorchacrabhan5937 311 does a cruise every year
cant believe none of you mentioned knotfest at sea
omfg I was literally thinking the same thing through the whole video LMAO
Oh would love to be on a Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus themed cruise! It would mean travelling through the Mediterranean sea, Italy and Greece...so I think its definitely a concept with a lot of potential, to make these book themed cruises. Never read/watched Gone Girl, still loved the video. Kudos
this is exactly what I thought. I have never wanted to go on a cruise but I would definitely be interested if it was themed based on one of my favorite series. Especially if I get to ask Rick some questions about his books
I would drop bank if this was a thing!!
Oh I would be so into that!
I would pay so much money for this. They could have camp activities, people could pick their cabins/godly parent ahhh
I get sea sick but goddamn I'd drop a bunch of money to be on this cruise, I loved every book and the possibility to talk to other people who love the series 😭 and while doing themed activities 🫠and meeting Rick! I want it yesterday
Not having a "Girl on the Train" boat cruise is just leaving money on the table. 👧🚂🍸🗡
Darn it! Ya took my joke! Haha
Girl on the Orient Express
I still remember taking Amtrak when that movie came out and the train I was on was the exact route of the movie train and they had tie-ins to the film, including a feature article in the Amtrak magazine. 😬
You know the Orient express still runs from time to time.
GoaT boat?
It's honestly kinda sweet that you had so many passengers concerned about you traveling alone, like if nothing else you know that people are going to have your back.
Girl, I was in Vienna and visited this church and there was a tour, i thought "nice! Let's do this!" And before I know it, we're going down to a cellar and looking at some very dead people in open caskets from the 18th century. The guide was so cheerful, like "it's really dry so they are mummified!!!11!!!" It was completely unexpected and was not advertised like this at all.... So it might be an Austria thing
Heh it is kinda an European thing 😀 unfortunately they do not give triggers and pretty much any castle/chateau/... has either dead people, skeletons or horrific traumatizing stories. So people here are used to it and expect it will happen. But it is quite hard when you have a specific trigger since they don't tell you what the story/tour is going to be about and you get triggered.
Austrians are deliciously morbid
There are no “trigger warnings” in Europe, expect to see a dead person or at least a scull and bones in a church cellar…😅
When youtube stops being lucrative for you swell, you 100% have a future career as an event consultant/ coordinator. With the amount of reviews you have done at this point for different events of all different types you know what you are talking about
Don’t all consumers do this though? My husband and I dissect stuff like this all the time, the more expensive it is the more detailed and analytical we are. I thought everyone did this
@@tianna1116 a lot of people have no knowledge around this
@@tianna1116 we wish everyone was like this. People are more brainless about events than expected
Honestly i love what Amanda does. Not just because shes doing it so we dont have to but specifically because she genuinely seems to love what she does. She’s clearly advanced in planning and events so its right up her alley content and even if it sucks i just feel like she enjoys talking about the experience. Amanda probably has so many stories to tell
there is something different about her over so many other youtubers like i feel like most of the time she has a point lol.
@@thewewguy8t88 what i enjoy about this channel, even if i dont always have an interest in a topic, is it’s always well presented and well paced. it’s easy to engage & understand, and it’s entertaining
Her videos are like hanging out with a great friend.
That's the type of TH-camrs I like, similar to OrdinaryGamers. They talk about what they like and not about what's trending, which ironically becomes viral or highly viewable. They do what they like, and I love that. It's less daunting for all parties
I do love when she amuses herself and that laugh that follows.
The cost is the main reason older people frequent them, they can afford them.. and most people in their 20’s-30’s can barely afford rent. I’m glad you had fun, it sounds interesting. I’d love for you to check out one of the concert cruises, I see them advertised all the time.
Conversely: if older people couldn’t afford them they would cost less… or wouldn’t happen
Younger people are also more likely to consider the environmental impacts of these things. I wouldn't go on a cruise no matter how much money I had because it's a massive waste of resources.
@@BlueGangsta1958 Same! I recently watched a german satire show and they included a short clip about a vegan cruise (in scandinavia if i recall correctly) and i was like "welp, that exists" but personally wouldn't ever go because i'm vegetarian for ethical and environmental reasons. It quickly turned bizarre when an american couple that FLEW to the destination point said they are "vegan for the ENVIRONMENT". The math wasn't mathing 😭
also you could literally see ALL of Europe for 5000$ if you stayed in hostels and traveld by train. now old people don't want to or have the energy to do that, but young people do. so if you have the time and money to come to europe, you will see a lot more traveling on land.
Not European young people. No college debt at the very least.
I would loooove to get someone like Neil Gaiman on a cruise like this. I would absolutely drop this kind of money on authors who'd be willing to do lecture/teaching/round table sessions like Mary Robinette Kowal, John Scalzi, NK Jemison, people like that. A combination writer/fan retreat could be a really great time.
Look at the Jonathan Coulton cruise. NK Jeminson and Mary Robinette Kowal have both been guests. Jonn Scalzi has gone every year. Ryka Aoki went this year. The cruise itself is pretty cost prohibitive, but it’s an annual 7-day cruise on a ship full of nerds. So it could totally be worth it.
Plus they have people in podcasts, musicians, and the community is mostly delightful.
honestly, surprised stephen king hasn't gotten a bunch of his horror/thriller/dark fantasy author friends together and done something like this. people would probably pay to get, like, stephen king, neil gaiman, david handler, joe hill, john grisham, clive barker, dean koontz, george rr martin, etc.
Knowing what some of Neil’s fans I don’t think he would want to be trapped on a boat with them. Also he may bring Amanda Palmer which would be horrible since she’s a racist asshole.
Look into the JoCo cruises! Sometimes they have writers invited on them. They're a more general "nerd culture" type cruise with cosplay and tabletop gaming activities.
"It's the throat punch that gets people's money". Wise words to live by. It's expensive but it's something you'll remember forever and you only live once.
i love that every time i hear about a solo cruiser's experience on a river boat it's that they are temporarily being adopted by worried elderly couples. i think a river cruise would be nice cos i love old people and it seems a lot less daunting than a giant boat in the middle of the ocean with a ton of screaming children.
i do wish that they'd try and cater a bit to solo cruisers. there are so many of us who want to go on these things, but can't afford to basically pay for two tickets plus air fare just for ourselves. i don't think just advertising to a younger crowd is enough, i think they need to be marketing towards people who LIKE traveling alone or who don't have people to travel with but still want these really unique experiences. i think they'd be pleasantly surprised by how many of us there are.
I feel like I have seen river cruises set up as basically speed dating things which is the opposite of what we want
@@Kayla_P99 yeah I really really don’t want that either. I’ve seen a few of the bigger ones doing that and no thank you.
@@yeahyeahd to be clear, your idea, great, speed date cruise yikes
@@Kayla_P99 you can come alone but you can't leave alone.
@@skylarjohnson7779 that sounds like a threat
Would I ever go on a cruise? No. Am I excited to hear her talking about a cruise? Hell yes
same hahaha. pretty confident I'd get sea sickness and not enjoy myself, but everything else about a cruise in general sounds awesome
You should do it someday! It's honestly an amazing experience. But I was a pre teen when I went on one lol. I definitely don't have cruise ship money lying around.
can we just take a moment to appreciate amanda for going to crazy lengths, so we can have amazing content? literal queen shit
I’m just confused as to why anyone would admit a willingness to lie on the floor of the atl airport 😬🧐
Yeah when I say that she had done this I was like ‘god give this woman an award’
@@charlottecobain6986 Fr put her in a bubble, STAT ❗️
I LOVED bratislava and I sing its praises to anyone who will listen! Not enough Americans think to travel there!
Had a day trip there when I went on a coach holiday to Austria and it was quite possibly the best experience I've ever had whilst travelling.
I loved Bratislava but I understand why Americans don't travel there as much. For as gorgeous as the town is there isn't much to do there for more than a day unfortunately.
the less amercans think to travel there, the better for bratislavs
@@evelynstauffer9916 you should visit more of Slovakia, we have beautiful nature and mountains.
@@evelynstauffer9916 I honestly have no clue what you're talking about. I hear people say such things all the time about various cities and it just baffles me. You could plop me down in a one-street rural village and I'd find months worth of things to do, even there. What kind of activities are you and others looking for, exactly?
I am genuinely so upset the marketing for this was bad because Gone Girl is one of my favorite books, and I was literally in Budapest visiting family in July, I easily could have gone to this and I know I would have loved this
I agree the beauty of traveling alone is that you control how long you spend at places and don't have to worry you are making others suffer through them.
We're still in fucking Bruges!
It’s a testament to your channel that I was very excited to watch a 40 min long video about a cruise themed on a book I have never read. Well done madam, well done.
It’s really fucking fun to see you be able to afford to go on a weird ass experience like this for people who don’t have the time, but are nosy as hell. Your channel’s growth is awesome
I'm a romance reader and I'm pretty active in the romance community and this would be an awesome themed cruise with friends (or spouse)! I'm surprised they haven't thought of that. They could have a 5 or so authors to feature!
This also sounds like a more intimate cruuse with fewer people - definitely something that I would enjoy!
I was literally just thinking why hasn't there been a romance writers cruise that sounds exactly what that community would be into
I’d jump on a Courtney Milan or Lucy Parker cruise!
I went on a Matchbox Twenty cruise. Honestly it was life changing- I met other fans I’d been connected to online since I was 12 in 1998. I met new friends. I met the band, got to go to a song writing session with Rob Thomas literally writing a new song in front of a couple hundred of us and explain his process, got to see some really special, intimate performances and q&a’s, etc. It was costly but one of the coolest things I’ve experienced in my life. I’ve been a hardcore fan since I was a kid so, it was a dream. I’ve heard of a lot of bands doing these cruises but never an author. That’s so interesting. Would be kind of sick if they did some mystery dinner theater where they convinced you guys someone else on the cruise died or disappeared and you had to find clues and solve it.
What an amazing experience!! There are a couple of artists I would absolutely shell out that money for.
It was a pleasure cruising with you. I concur with everything. My group spent 3 glorious days in Budapest. Bratislava was great. Engelhartszell was awesome with the Abbey tour in the morning and the climb to the river bend overlook in the afternoon.
Great video Amanda, glad you enjoyed the trip! The promotion aspect sure does sound like marketing hesitancy on behalf of Avalon. I imagine Gillian was quietly OK with a relaxing comfortable holiday cruise as opposed to a full boat of super-fans!
River Cruiuses are marketed to the elderly in the US. It makes sense due to the price but I was surprised to see my 62y/o father and I were the youngest on the boat by far. Majority of the cruise was 75-80+ which makes sense due to the price. I've heard there are budget river cruises that are more popular with younger European adults but the airfare definitely makes it inaccessible for most Americans. I LOVED my Danube cruise but you have to enjoy a slower paced vacay. I wish more people knew about it in the US they're fantastic!
In Austria Danube cruises are mostly targeted at elderly people as well. For younger people there are usually sort of party boats with drinking and partying, but tbh I don’t know anyone my age and from my social circle who actually went on one of those ever 😅 (I’m in my mid 20s now)
I like that you brought up the issues with marketing and social media recently. I’m in a few smaller video game fandoms and it’s definitely much easier to maintain hype for a title when the developers or merch companies are actively sharing info about merch drops or new developments and events relating to the games. People really like having something concrete they can link other people to, or having an official post to share around because they don’t have to do the work themselves. It’s also why I think companies doing influencer marketing need to pay the influencers for their work, normal customers aren’t going to put in the effort needed to get your product seen because its *hard.*
I work in marketing and people really don't recognize how much work it is to do it well.
I would definitely go on a Fashion History cruise if it was hosted by Bernadette Banner, Cathy Hay, and the like. If the cruise line could get special access to museums where you can get an up close look at some old clothes, I’d love that. If there were daytime workshops on historical sewing and If the last night of the cruise was a dress up ball, I’d be all over that. Millennials, they say, love experiences and niche hobbies. I’d say start booking drag queens but that might alienate their older audience.
Well I guess it would have to be one or the other cause they had a breakup a while back! They’re no longer friends and Bernadette is no contact with her, at least publicly.
But also I COMPLETELY agree with your idea, that sounds so magical! My mind is racing with all the potential in that idea
If it was with Cathy Hay you'd get swindled out of your money 😄
Atleast in the uk avalon is fairly well known, its mostly marketed to middle aged plus people. Funnily enough I usually see their adverts on tv when my mum is watching crime dramas so gone girl did make sense. I think they mainly market to other European countries as an affordable way to do a grand tour so im not surprised they arent well known in the US
Amanda, I so agree! These cruise lines need better marketing if they are trying to reach younger audiences, specifically "book-talk" girlies or readers in general. I am going to Egypt in Feb and looked into the Nile River cruises and I thought doing the Agatha Christie, "Death on the Nile" river cruise would be fun but.... they seriously over priced that cruise in comparison to the other non-movie themed ships. And just like you said, the iterneary is no different than the other standard river cruise ships so its like... why charge six times as much? Nobody is who does their research is going to book that cruise.
id genuinely think id be murdered in this cruise
As a German I was honestly pretty surprised to hear that you travelled that far for a cruise, because yeah, even over here these are considered an old people activity. And nobody suspects to see an American there. I would know because my parents, after my dad retired, went on one and right now I'm wondering if they basically took the same route as you did, just without the "theme cruise" thing going on.
Regarding your suggestion with branching out to romance themed cruises I totally agree. They could even target family saga/romance book fans quite nicely, at least here in Germany because "family saga/romance in X big European city" is a big thing in YA so the marketing potential is there. They'd just have to give unaffiliated passangers the option to, well, not get dragged into it if they don't want to. Or they really do make it into an exclusive cruise.
The real issue is we can’t really do a river cruise thing in our own country. Like what… a Mississippi River cruise? 😂 I mean I guess you could visit various states but um that’s not quite a European river tour. So yeah, if we want to tour many countries we have to go abroad! Even Mexico can be a several hour plane ride depending on the state you’re in. Same for Canada. Either way we have to fly for ages so 🤷🏻♀️
Did I want a 40+ minute video about a European cruise with an author I'd never heard of? No. Did I watch it and greatly enjoy it? Yes.
Another reason for the low attendance was the long European drought and the problem of low river levels which seriously affected commercial traffic. Visiting bars and clubs on different stops & a jazz trio would be nice. Marketing, as a business professor once told me, is the most important business function. Also for $5000 one can book a European cruise on a full service major cruise line!
A jazz trio sounds like an oddly specific suggestion!
I'm 32 and I still get adopted by nice older people when I travel alone lol, so sweet
I'm loving the long videos. I wouldn't mind them being even longer.
Gone Girl aside, im extremely happy for you that you get to experience not only your first cruise but also your first European vacation. I've been watching your videos since the Buzzy is gone video. (I LOVE Disney history and such.) It's been awesome watching your channel grow and seeing all of the opportunities you have had due to it. I hope you found plenty of time to have fun and relax and didn't only work all weekend.
Do you mean jenny nichols buzzy video? I didn't know Amanda had one?
@@KelpieRider Amanda made a video about Buzzy a few years ago. It was called like Buzzy is gone? Cranium Command something something. Sorry idk the exact title. She did make a Buzzy video though.
@@mizstories9646 oh that's cool, I should find it. Jenny's video was great so I can't wait to see Amanda's take!
Girl I went on a cruise when I was 22 with my same aged friend and her family, we were the youngest adults on the ship and you would’ve thought we were famous! It’s crazy! You’re like a novelty being a 20 something cruiser lol
Truly though cruise couples are literally the happiest people I’ve ever met. There was an older man and his wife, obviously retired, that did 2-3 cruises a year for the past few years since they’d retired and they were the sweetest people alive, at one point we went through a hurricane that made literally the whole boat motion sick, all but me and my friend and like 3 other people, and the next day when I saw this couple the man was joking about how that was the worst weather and boat turbulence they’d ever been through and the husband looks at his wife and goes “darlin if we had to go, heading to paradise with you would be just about the best way I could think of going” and she was playing coy like response was “Mr. Jerald you’re such a ham”
Literally the cutest happiest couple ever… some people just have good relationships!!!! I’m glad you enjoyed that part as much as I did when I went on one
The cat is still my favorite character in the book, and I feel deserved a bigger part in the movie.
Hi Amanda! Really loved the video & love your content.
Just wanted to very gently mention that it's important to Ukrainians that Westerners use 'Ukraine' rather than 'The Ukraine'. 'The' in English is used for territory that is not politically defined, and given that Ukraine is a sovereign country with defined borders, we leave out the 'the'. I know you did that *most* of the times you mentioned the country but I wasn't sure if it was common knowledge or not. Thanks so much!
Thank you for sharing this info
For what it's worth, I think Amanda is aware of this. When saying 'The Ukraine' in this video, she is quoting someone other than herself. 29:16 (mentions Ukraine). 29:59 (quotes a musician).
Say any other country besides Ukraine and it just sounds weird
Like
The Egypt
The Australia
The Japan
The Canada
The Portugal
The Germany
Stop promoting nationalism
Paramore has done some cruises (I think it's just 3 days) in the past and from what I've seen from videos the audience is young and I believe they have a couple of bands play too so it's basically a big concert
my perfect intersection of weird themed cruises and popular novels. i love weird cruises i think there should be people who make videos like defunctland but for cruises- thank you amanda for making my wish come true 😂
It’s probably a bad thing that it took me until the QnA portion of the video to remember what Gone Girl was and realize that my brain somehow thought this was a 50 shades cruise.
I was horribly confused why there was a murder portion…
In another life, you're an events and advertising consultant because your advice is always excellent and you're good at pinpointing weak areas for improvement.
Okay #1 I was also 'adopted' during a trip once when I went to a meet-and-greet for some of my favorite musicians and a family who went to almost all their shows figured out I was there solo. 10/10 made the experience a better one.
#2 You're actually right about the red flag by not participating in the group, at least from a tourist/visitor perspective. One of my relatives stayed in a Vegas casino while researching a culinary education program running there. They don't drink/gamble/smoke, so they did a little shopping and avoided the actual casino floor unless they had to walk through it. One evening, they were checking out the aquarium area, and a security guard started pulling them (metaphorically) to see different animals there. It felt like he was stalling for time. When my relative finally got back to their hotel room, there were clear signs the room had been rifled through to check for anything suspicious.
This is fascinating. I have never heard of this river cruise line (yet get inundated by Viking cruise’s media all the time). They definitely need to partner with some booktok creators for some of these cruises. It would be cool if they did some other niche cruises… something like partnering with critical role and have a bit of a LARP event or have the cast play a live one shot. Heck I would go on a “magical” cruise inspired by Harry Potter but notably lacking J.K. Rowling. Maybe have one of the former cast members be the draw… or just let the experience be a draw. I know Twilight isn’t as popular as it once was, but a twilight inspired cruise in Italy would make a lot of sense. Have one the dinners in medieval castle that is “home to vampires”. There are so many options.
I was kinda sold on the concept, thought it was interesting to attract a younger audience UNTIL you went into the costs. Not in a million years could I have afforded this in my twenties or even thirties.
When I saw the title I immediately thought 1) of course Amanda decided to commit to a European cruise for the content and 2) it would be more of a murder mystery cruise, especially given the importance of the clues in gone girl. Instead it was like, well Gillian’s coming on holiday and I guess she’ll also do some of the average book tour stop activities, but on a boat.
Interesting. It feels like it definitely has potential but if you’re going to the effort of having a draw card - maybe make more of the cruise based around that instead of just - surprise she’s here I guess
I live in a Danube-city that's often a stop for these cruises, and the idea of 24-year-old you chilling with all of the older couples that always take these cruises and then randomly Gillian Flynn kills me. Never thought I would hear you talking about the "Schlögener Schlinge"!
They really missed out on a swell opportunity to eat popcorn and watch Gone Girl on the Gone Girl Cruise with Swell 🍿
I am so glad that you liked it over here :) I did die a bit inside when you mentioned the price. Was this like an all American cruise? With super expensive American pricing? I always viewed river cruising as a rather good value for money vacation. Checking randomly with one of the river cruise companies geared towards a mostly German clientele, I can find a river cruise with a similar itinerary (minus the storytelling aspect, of course) from € 599.00 per person, depending on when one wants to go. Without airfare, of course, and I expect this to go up with the way inflation and everything else is going at the moment.
Very sad that you weren´t offered the Prague extension - you´d have loved it so much!
Do you mind sharing the "German" company?
Airfare from the US to Europe is a major component of the cost
@@happytester Has it gone up that much since the pandemic? It´s been years since I´ve flown to the US and I figured that the cruise company must have marked up the flight considerably, but several thousand dollars seemed excessive. It did look like quite a nice ship, though :)
I actually forgot how much I loved "Gone Girl," both the book and the movie. I read the book in like 2 days whenever I got the free time and couldn't put it down. Such an amazing novel!
Same for me. I could not put it down. I was reading it at work on breaks as well as at home. It felt like it was written for me because I just connected with the words and the prose and her writing style. One of the only other books I've read that fast was 'Under The Dome.' Much better than the TV series.
Gillian's son must be running an earlier edition of D&D because the longsword works just fine on zombies in 5E.
If you try to take me into a cellar with a torch under false pretenses i’m going to assume some Cask of Amontillado type shit is going to happen
The idea of a "Gone Girl! Cruise" partially created and hosted by Gillian Flynn just reminds me of Bojack Horseman's joke of JD Salinger creating a celebrity trivia game show.
If you ever watched PBS you’d sure know Avalon. They advertise their cruises nonstop.
At least here in NC, as of 2 years ago. Maybe not anymore. But for a good 5 yrs or more that was their main sponsor.
I already commented but will again. I immediately knew which murderer who were talking about (being from Austria) and it did shock me that they did not give you all a warning. I think there must have been a miscommunication between the cruise organisers and speaker about what kind of clientele would be expected. Austrians, Viennese in particular, tend to be very macabre people, but there should still have been warnings nonetheless
Also fun fact: the Museum of Art History was built by an ancestor of mine, he was an architect :D
A ‘Outlander’ Europe river cruise makes more sense then Gone Girl. Probably another reason it it was sold out.
Also, book club cruise: That’s sounds so fun!! On those days that your only in the ship, just read all day then a Q&A with the Author at the end of the night! Yes.
If Neil Gaiman was doing a river cruise I wouldn't even check the price, I'd just book that shit and then panic about it afterwards.
You've definitely made me want to go on a river cruise though, this sounds amazing. And I'm already Europe based so it wouldn't be as expensive...oh god I can feel my savings account crying as I type
I think this should have been marketed on Goodreads!
No idea why TH-cam recommended this grumpy outdoorsy origami viewer should watch this, but I was thoroughly entertained. You're a natural storyteller.
"Shampoo and stuff, toilet, towels, m e" incredible walk through hope to see more
The phrasing "I hear you guys are on a murder cruise!" is also golden
I went on the first Star Trek cruise. Nobody knew what to expect, but it was really cool. Decorations around the ship to make it look more Star Trek as well as the theme restaurants being worked into the theme (the wine bar becoming chateau Picard and serving Picard family wine, for example)
I dunno. It was just neat. Got to meet some of the actors. Just a fun time :)
There are actually a lot of writer-based cruises, like the JoCo Cruise, that focus on the craft. I've considered going a few times, and have friends that went and had a blast, but something usually distracts me before I can justify the $3k pricetag.
i read the Jojo cruise and was really confused
I’ve been on 3 JoCo cruises and going again next year but yeah the price tag is what I spend a bug chunk of my discretionary funds on, but its been amazing.
before I never really thought i'd even consider a cruise, but the idea of seeing eastern europe while on the danube is actually really appealing. the themed thing? it'd have to be something i'm pretty invested in
I love that I am just randomly watching this, never read the book or seen the movie, never really heard of it, had never seen your TH-cam channel before, and yet here I am 23 minutes in and fully engaged...
I went on this cruise route a few years ago with my grandma! I was literally one of 3 guests under 80. It mostly seemed like an easy way for people with mobility issues to see multiple countries and cities, but as a 21 year old, I was bored, and it wasn't my favorite European vacation. In my opinion, if you're in your 20s/30s, you're better off staying in a good hostel. They're super cheap and have all sorts of tours included. The staff are generally very knowledgeable and its a good way to meet people. Even with airfare and trains, you can do everything on a cruise, on your own, for way cheaper.
Hahahaha… Amanda you make me laugh, that was such a great synopsis of our trip, glad you didn’t go into more detail in regards to the cellar excursion, lol. Your lovely personality and inquisitive nature enhanced our holiday, it was a pleasure being on the cruise with you. Definitely think that Avalon should tap into your marketing ideas though. Stay well or shall I say, stay swell😊
10:21 I love how plainly and frankly you talk about your mental processes. it makes me feel less crazy.
Never knew cruise, alone, with old people was my dream but honestly? sounds like a dream.
I would have loved to be able to go to Europe BUT cruise ships are known as petri dishes and we're still in a pandemic and I don't trust people.
Edit: What made them think that showing a real life crime scene was a good idea??!!
This is such a fun video, I am so glad you had a good time! To be honest, Austria has quite a few famous cold cases, but I would never want to see any crime scene fotos. That they thought that was okay... wow.
On another note: Hiking in Austria is totally amazing! We have beautiful mountains and art, Vienna is also great to visit! If you ever come here again I recommend autumn or winter - you can go hiking and skiing but there are also many beautiful winter traditions to observe!
Not really related but I’m 23 and I just booked solo plane tickets to Buenos Aires for a month. Really nerve wracking but hearing honest, always and all stories about other womens solo travel is really helping to calm my mind…
get a fanny pack, pepper spray and talk to people! you're gonna have a great time, just keep your wits about you and keep your mind open
I went solo to Nepal when I was 20. Did all kinds of wild stuff. It was great. The biggest threat was a pack of Street dogs near my hotel. Easily overcome with some chicken. Then they protected me when I decided to go out drinking and stumbled home.
God I have some steel balls when I need to.
But anyways I was safe and it was fantastic.
I've seen lots of commercials for the Avalon Cruises, so I was really happy to hear you give them the BigUps! 😁
I always confuse 'My Girl' with 'Gone girl' and then get completely lost when the plot of either of them comes up 😅
PS: love that you enjoyed your time here in Austria 😊
When you mentioned other authors that would benefit from doing this I immediately thought about Sarah J Maas- I think her fanbase would eat that up!
Edit: Yet another amazing video, Amanda 👏👏
Also have a dinner event where all of the food is dick shaped
I would go to that just to observe
It was great meeting you.
I am really surprised you had a river cruise at all. Like you mentioned, the rivers were down. Some were totally dried up. We had a major water emergency this summer. Next summer will probably be worse. I'll have to book a winter cruise and see the water before it's gone.
Clicked for the utterly bizarre mad-libs title, stayed for the great presentation and editing, now deeply in love with the little anecdote about Sharp Objects because it was my favorite long before she was famous enough for themed cruises?
Still can't get over that collection of words. Love this whole video, weird and kind in equal measure.
My best friend, her boyfriend, and I went on the Coheed and Cambria Cruise. I myself am not a coheed fan per se but my best friend and I rarely get a chance to go on trips, so this was a huge opportunity for us. Each of us spent a little under $3k including airfare (I had free flight points lmaooo). We all agree that we would go on a cruise like that again if something very very similar were to happen, but that if it was going to cost us any more then we wouldn't have gone in the first place. anyways - I was on a boat!!!!
Please 👏 never change 👏 the intro👏 I have loved it for years now I think hahaha
It’s wild how similar our travel vibe is. Keep traveling solo and safe. It’s the best! 😊
I JUMPED to the comment section after hearing how much that cruise was!! Interacting as much as I can lmao
"Do people knows you are here", pretty creepy at the same time kind words to ask to stranger on cruise.
Is the parent/grandparent mode
@@Nadia1989 hopefully don’t turn into step mom/ dad mode 🪩 👨🏻👩
I love getting adopted when I'm travelling alone!
I love all the themed experiences you go to so we don’t have to. These are some of my favorite videos because I’m always curious about these things but never want to waste my own money.
John green will be so pleased that someone went on a weirdly specific themed cruise.
I know exactly which murderer they talked about. He stayed at the infamous Cecil Hotel which is a whole story in and of itself. That would definitely be something to have thrust upon you unexpectedly😬
"Welcome to the cruise; we're going to have to watch out for decapitations..." That's an oddly fitting introduction for the theme.
Thanks Swell! Can you also do the 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise? It's a cruise with old metal bands who do concerts on the ship, and it's also mostly old people 🙃
OLD? Yes you get older bands like Saxon. But So many new bands play as well. Striker the agonist unless the archers etc. I’ve always wanted to go
@@madeline3868 I saw a recording of Candlemass's set on the cruise. I'd love to see them someday, but the band looked like they were about to fall asleep
@@winterburden given the amount of booze consumed on that ship I imagine they were hungover. Not a candlemas fan myself but I wouldn’t base my perceptions of other bands on cruise off them
One of my favorite youtubers was in my country and still hundrets of kilometers away.. :')
I was so hyped to hear you visited my hometown Vienna! I wish I could say your cellar experience was shocking, but a little morbidity is 100% on brand for Vienna 🤷♀️
Amanda would make such a great Try Guy
When you mentioned scanning the cards to see who's on and off the ships and nobody gets left behind my mind went "to make sure nobody is gone girl."
I've heard of this Cruise company they used to do TV ads when I was a kid.
The most shocking thing I took from this was that ur only 24. Ur so much more put together than anyone I’ve ever met who was 24
I've always wanted to visit Austria. My family's lineage originate from there. That's great that you had a good time on the cruise!