What better way to celebrate one’s birthday than to take a cruise? Yee Haw!
Introduction
Sometimes the best ideas donβt come from a business plan. They come from a great trip!
For us, everything started with a birthday cruise⦠and one simple question:
π How can we make this even more fun?
π 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:
π βAre we going to try every bar on the ship?β
That was the moment everything clicked.
πΉ Turning Drinks Into a Challenge
What started as a casual idea quickly turned into a mission:
π 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 wasnβt just about drinking anymoreβ¦
π It became an experience
π§ 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 thatβs when the idea hit:
π What if we could wear the list?
π The First βDrink Around the Shipβ 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:
π Drink Around the Ship
π’ From One Cruise to a Growing Idea
After that trip, we couldnβt 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?
π Inspired by βDrink Around the World.β
If youβve ever visited EPCOT, you may have heard of βDrink Around the World.β
We realized:
π Why not bring that same energy to cruise ships?
But instead of countriesβ¦
π Bars and lounges onboard
π What It Became
Today, the idea has grown into:
π A way to:
- Explore every bar on your cruise
- Turn your trip into a shared experience
- Create lasting memories with your group
π― Why People Love It
Itβs not just about the drinks.
Itβs about:
- The challenge
- The laughs
- The stories
- The people you meet
π Ready to Try It Yourself?
If you have a cruise coming up, try this:
π Pick a ship
π Gather your group
π Start your own Drink Around the Ship challenge
π Explore Drink Around the Ship Shirts
Weβve created designs to help you track every bar onboard Virgin Voyages:
We have shirts for 8 Royal Caribbean ships, with more coming soon.
π₯ Final Thoughts
What started as a birthday cruise turned into something much bigger.
A simple ideaβ¦
A fun challengeβ¦
A better way to experience a cruise
π And weβre just getting started.
Cheers! π₯
Happy Cruising! ππ’π
AlπHa

