Photos by Joe Schaeffer
The annual Monsters of Rock cruise celebrated its 10th anniversary, sailing the high seas February 9-14 aboard Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas. The five-day trip departed from Miami, making two stops in CocoCay and Labadee. There was a lot of rock’n’roll along the way.
Headlining Alice Cooper was joined by Winger, KIX, Jeff Scott Soto, Lit, Buckcherry, Killer Dwarfs, Pat Travers Band, Beasto Blanco, Nestor, Geoff Tate, HEAT, Eclipse, Crazy Lixx, The Electric Boys, Black ‘N Blue and John Corabi, Joel Hoekstra, Bad Marriage, The Quirebioys, Tuff, Faster Pussycat, Richie Kotzen, Lillian Axe, Dangerous Toys, Tokyo Motor, Fist, Ted Poley, Slaughter, Firewind, Resist and Bite, Vandenberg and Rhino Bucket. The cruise hosts were Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson and Keith Roth.
Joe Schaeffer, a frequent passenger and MOR staff photographer, took thousands of photos and generously offered to share his shots of Alice Cooper’s two performances.
~ First show ~
~ Second show ~