What I'm trying to figure out is how a Bitcoin World Cruise is going to push bitcoin forward and address the major issues you listed earlier in this thread.

Alcohol being added to the mix may end up being a bad idea given that we don't want anymore negative attention. Imagine a bunch of drunk bitcoin pioneers on a boat on the ocean. How would that address the issues that bitcoin has?

That's like trying to entice people to join your event for the "free" alcohol.

I get it that great minds meeting is a must for Bitcoin to succeed in the development area, but how does that even require or justify people having to pay for a cruise to be a part of this?

This is starting to sound more like a series of parties rather than productive meetings.

Spending a lot of money and having good food and good drinks is not a requirement to have a successful conference or meeting among like-minded people.

What's next, the Bitcoin Blimpe Conference where we hover in the atmosphere and drink booze and talk about bitcoin until we are piss drunk off our asses?

Or maybe we'll have the Bitcoin Underground Expo in the tunnels of the Nevada Test Site.

Or maybe we can just meet at a public venue that is not pricey and meet there with a structured goal of why we are meeting, and not just to "have bitcoin buzz in the air".