On May 17, radio trailblazer Tom Joyner kicked off his 10th annual Fantastic Voyage cruise sailing from Long Beach, California through the Pacific Ocean up to Victoria, British Columbia with an overnight stop in San Francisco. Long known as the "Ultimate Party with a Purpose," the seven day, six night cruise offered more than 2,500 Royal Caribbean passengers live performances by an array of entertainers including Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Sheryl Underwood, Smokey Robinson, Michael McDonald, KEM, Paul Mooney, Charlie Wilson, Chuck Brown, Salt N' Pepa, D.L. Hughley, Kurtis Blow and Whodini.
Scenes From Fantastic Voyage 2009
Tom Joyner's 2009 Fantastic Voyage.
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Grandmaster Flash performing on Tom Joyner's 2009 Fantastic Voyage.
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Smokey Robinson performing on Tom Joyner's 2009 Fantastic Voyage.
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Kool Moe Dee performing on Tom Joyner's 2009 Fantastic Voyage.
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Kurtis Blow performing on Tom Joyner's 2009 Fantastic Voyage.
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Dres of BlackSheep performing on Tom Joyner's 2009 Fantastic Voyage.
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Kym Whitley performing on Tom Joyner's 2009 Fantastic Voyage.
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Salt-N-Pepa performing on Tom Joyner's 2009 Fantastic Voyage.
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Tom Joyner hosting his 2009 Fantastic Voyage.
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Sponsored by AT&T, Budweiser, Ford, Grainger, Royal Caribbean, Southwest Airlines, The Home Depot and TBS, daytime activities also included seminars and product giveaways throughout the week.
The cruise has raised more than $1 million each year for the Tom Joyner Foundation, which has the sole purpose of raising scholarship money to help keep students in historically black colleges.
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By: Sandy on 5/25/2009 11:14AM
My God, all the whales were on board I see. Cannot believe all the obese women on board. Donna Richardson-Joyner was the only one in shape. They should have been swimming beside the ship instead of sitting at the buffet all day.
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By: Derrick Collins on 5/25/2009 1:51PM
Sandy before you be so quick to talk about and put people down, look at yourself in the mirror, I am on the cruise as well and There are alot of beautiful women on this cruise that are full size and very pettite as well. Remember beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So don't be so quick to judge.
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By: ShiningStar on 5/25/2009 2:21PM
I do have to admit that there seems to be an epidemic with overweight Black women these days, and I am a Black woman myself. It seems that 8 out of 10 Black women are overweight. And Black women wonder why they are losing their men. Most BM are not attracted to overweight BW. But some BM like fat White women. I know that it's crazy, but it is true. Black women really need to start keeping themselves in better shape than they do if they want to be desirable to the opposite sex. Plus it will eliminate certain health problems that they might have or will have in the future. They will look and feel better. There are overweight women in every race, but Black women is taking obesity to a whole nother level.
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By: CathyG on 5/27/2009 1:21PM
I am a beautiful overweight woman, never have I ever had a problem with having or being with a man. I have been married five times, widowed once, you must know who you are inside before trying to click with anyone. Weight is only a mind problem for those who can't deal with theirs. Yes I'm sure there were many big beautiful women on the boat and I'm sure they were having just as much fun as the smaller women, but know being a large women means that their is only more of her to love. So never think that the size of the woman determines if her love life will happen ask any man who has had a large woman and he'll go back again and again. Beauty is not determined by the size of the person but by what is inside, you can have a woman that's a ten on the outside and a zero in. We are all Gods children and as he made us all thick wins just like small. Married five times near 60 still big and loving it, married to a man 8 years my junior and he's loving me.
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By: I Heard... on 5/25/2009 5:48PM
.....I heard on that cruise, it is very "clickish". Tom promotes on the show, as if everybody is going to be all together, just mingling and having a great time, but I have heard different. Is this true, can anyone confirm. Is this cruise the "haves and the have nots"??? The "have nots" trying to intermingle with the "haves"??? I will be checking back for an answer, by anyone who have cruised this Fantastic Voyage..
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By: Lisa on 5/30/2009 1:00PM
I disagree with that statement. From my own experience,everyone was friendly.
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By: Olivia I Justice on 5/27/2009 8:46AM
I would like to know, if everyone who went had a good time? San Francisco is absolutly beautiful. I would love to go in the future.
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By: wisdom on 5/28/2009 7:13AM
The purpose of this journey is to raise money for the black colleges.It is not about the size of a man or woman.It is not about who clicks with who.Are focus is green to send back to HBUC.We as a people are in our season of change.Obama cannot do it alone
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By: carl campbell on 7/01/2009 12:08PM
the trip was very nice,i assume it was about sending our young people to hbuc!s.also my wife and i had a blast got to meet a lot of nice folks of color-it was 24/7..
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By: Vickie Mondrey on 2/23/2010 1:51PM
I am planning on taking a cruise next year and i was wondering about the price of the tickets and the countries you go too
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