Fyre Pageant II is a go based on convicted fraudster Billy McFarland. Now he’s promoting entrance row tickets to a second downfall with the ‘Crew Journey.’
McFarland says the crew journey is impressed by the memoir he started whereas in jail for defrauding the unique attendees of the Fyre Pageant. “I used to be requested why anybody would care about my story,” he writes. “To reply the query, I wrote a memoir introduction that attempted to seize the magic and sheer ridiculousness of what was occurring on the weekend journeys that result in the competition. A number of months after I wrote my intro, the documentaries got here out.”
“ among the tales. among the individuals who have been there. And once you ask any of us, these journeys have been unquestionably probably the most memorable three days of our lives. I’ve been dreaming of them day-after-day for 5 years. And eventually, they’re again,” McFarland concludes.
He’s providing assured suckers (sorry, you’re for those who purchase this) an opportunity to expertise the magic of getting fleeced by a identified con-man. McFarland says a bunch of attendees will meet in NYC in February and fly to Miami. Then they’ll head right down to the Caribbean.
“This journey isn’t for individuals who need to simply sit by a pool,” McFarland notes. “We’ll be island hopping by boat, airplane, jet ski, and kayaks, we’ll be free-diving for lobster, and we’ll be lighting the island up at evening,” he continues. McFarland says lodging for this journey will probably be a “cluster of beach-side villas and homes.” Cooks will probably be readily available to supply main meals, however the group plans to journey to eating places, bars, and golf equipment collectively.
Price? $3,500 per individual or $5,500 for 2 folks. The associated fee contains flights, housing, main meals, expeditions, and actions. Anybody who purchased a Fyre Pageant II ticket sight unseen may even obtain $500 off these crew journeys. Discover the shortage of point out of something music associated? It’s additionally unclear if any of those funds will probably be used to pay again the unique Fyre Pageant attendees bilked to the tune of $26 million.
McFarland spoke in entrance of reside crowd in Germany earlier this 12 months, with a choose signing off on the looks as long as McFarland donated 40% of his speaker’s payment ($18,731) as restitution to his victims. Will 40% of those funds go in the direction of paying off those that initially put their religion in McFarland for a banger of a music competition? McFarland nonetheless owes $26 million to these he defrauded—nevermind his makes an attempt to launch a brand new, above board music competition.