What better way to celebrate one’s birthday than to take a cruise? Yee Haw!
Introduction
Sometimes the best ideas don’t come from a business plan. They come from a great trip!
For us, everything started with a birthday cruise… and one simple question:
👉 How can we make this even more fun?
🎂 The Birthday That Started It All
We were celebrating a birthday at sea with good friends, great food, and plenty of drinks.
Like most cruises, we found ourselves hopping from:
- one bar
- to the next
- trying different drinks along the way
At some point, someone said:
👉 “Are we going to try every bar on the ship?”
That was the moment everything clicked.
🍹 Turning Drinks Into a Challenge
What started as a casual idea quickly turned into a mission:
👉 Visit every bar onboard
Suddenly, the cruise had a new level of excitement:
- Which bar is next?
- How many have we done?
- What are we missing?
It wasn’t just about drinking anymore…
👉 It became an experience
🧠 The Missing Piece
There was just one problem:
We had no way to track it.
No checklist
No system
No easy way to see what we had completed
And that’s when the idea hit:
👉 What if we could wear the list?
👕 The First “Drink Around the Ship” Idea
What if a shirt could:
- List every bar onboard
- Let you track your progress
- Turn the entire cruise into a challenge
Something simple
Something fun
Something interactive
That was the beginning of what would eventually become:
👉 Drink Around the Ship
🚢 From One Cruise to a Growing Idea
After that trip, we couldn’t stop thinking about it.
What if every ship had its own version?
What if:
- Friend groups used it
- Birthday trips used it
- Bachelor & bachelorette cruises used it
What if it became part of the cruise experience itself?
🌎 Inspired by “Drink Around the World.”
If you’ve ever visited EPCOT, you may have heard of “Drink Around the World.”
We realized:
👉 Why not bring that same energy to cruise ships?
But instead of countries…
👉 Bars and lounges onboard
🎉 What It Became
Today, the idea has grown into:
👉 A way to:
- Explore every bar on your cruise
- Turn your trip into a shared experience
- Create lasting memories with your group
👯 Why People Love It
It’s not just about the drinks.
It’s about:
- The challenge
- The laughs
- The stories
- The people you meet
🚀 Ready to Try It Yourself?
If you have a cruise coming up, try this:
👉 Pick a ship
👉 Gather your group
👉 Start your own Drink Around the Ship challenge
👕 Explore Drink Around the Ship Shirts
We’ve created designs to help you track every bar onboard Virgin Voyages:
We have shirts for 8 Royal Caribbean ships, with more coming soon.
🥂 Final Thoughts
What started as a birthday cruise turned into something much bigger.
A simple idea…
A fun challenge…
A better way to experience a cruise
👉 And we’re just getting started.
Cheers! 🥂
Happy Cruising! 💎🚢👕
Al💚Ha