Fancy Pants Parade (Mermaid's-eye view!) on JoCo Cruise 2024
Channel: Angela Brett
Date: 29/03/2024

This year I did not have any ideas for fancy pants to wear, so I transcended pants and joined the pod of merfolk that watches the Fancy Pants Parade from the pool. (Meanwhile, Joey Marianer got a shoutout and a tractor puzzle for wearing the emperor's new pants.) If you've ever wanted to know what it's like to be a merperson watching a fancy pants parade on a cruise ship, here's a taste (or rather a view and a sound) of that experience! It's a combination of this event:

https://jococruise2024.sched.com/event/1YG9A/merfolk-parade-floatmeetup

Every parade needs a float, especially the fancy pants parade! Cheer on our leg possessing friends from the comfort of the pool! Then hang out with the pod! Don’t have a tail? Stop by and ask to borrow one to try out!

and this one:

https://jococruise2024.sched.com/event/1YG7o/fancy-pants-parade

An annual tradition. Bring your fanciest pants and vie for the trophy. Who will be the best in terms of pants?

 
If you want to experience it for real, sign up for https://jococruise.com and either buy yourself a tail, or ask to borrow one. I had my own tailskin but borrowed a monofin. After the parade, I cautiously attempted to learn to swim in it, then lent my tail to a former marine who was off swimming in a splash. 

Legend has it the merfolk pod started out when Chrissy lent a few people tails and monofins one year, which prompted Riley to immediately grow a custom Star Trek tail and set about recruiting more merfolk and setting up events such as this for the next year. The pod has been growing ever since.

See Simcha's video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFRJI_IdvO0 for a better view of the actual parade.

See https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ-l6mr1dW0i0HAcpqyUxUozs3GSIhPC9 for all my videos of Fancy Pants Parades on JoCo Cruise.

See https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ-l6mr1dW0h_xKOZgfz1c-2gAxp3MjcJ for all my videos of merfolk on JoCo Cruise.

See https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ-l6mr1dW0h53AZw3dUh2vo8pR5cluUe&si=HPoaBvDL_gViRCPP for all the footage I've uploaded of JoCo Cruise 2024.