Cleveland Floaters

Tickets are live to the Founding Floaters. I can't keep up with the orders. Don't wait!

Tomorrow I find out if I was right.

For over a year I've been building something nobody asked for. A theatrical experience on a boat in the Cleveland. Actors. Scripts. Rituals. A sunset ceremony where strangers write their worries on dissolvable paper and watch them disappear into a bucket of river water.Not thrown in the river.

Everyone said it sounded amazing. Everyone tells me, "I'm in Jim!" and "I can't wait, Jim".

But I've been at this long enough to know there's a difference between "sounds amazing" and "Oh, you want me to actually pay for this?"

Because "sounds amazing" is free. It costs nothing to say. You can tell someone their idea is great and never think about it again. People do it every day. It's kind. It's easy. It means nothing.

Tomorrow at 10am I put a ticket link in front of 400 people on my wait list who've been waiting for this. And I find out the truth.

Every founder knows this moment. The one where the market finally gets a vote.

I've done everything I can. The show is built. The cast is locked. The boat is booked. The dates are set.

Now I wait.

And tomorrow morning, I find out.

Photo Credit: Plain Dealer

Thanks to the Cleveland Plain Dealer for a nice piece today. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2026/05/new-cleveland-river-cruise-blends-theater-comedy-and-healing-ritual.html

First cruise in about a month. Tickets go on sale to founders on the wait list probably next week. See less

Cleveland's newest cruise experience is three hours of theater, comedy and something you probably didn't expect: group therapy Admiral Jim Kukral's immersive sunset cruise launches in June aboard the Holiday, offering guests a unique experience that combines live entertainment with emotional release on Cleveland's river.