It's a Different World

Cruise #15- Things have been busy this cruise with cast change. Also, I was on port manning again. The new cast has really refreshed the ship. There is a new vibe in the crew bar because of all the new dancers. They all in all younger than the previous cast and therefore have more energy. Also, more of them are single compared to the old cast. This contributes to them hanging out more. It's been fun but busy. This week they took over Intro show. In the coming weeks, they will start taking over the other shows one at a time until they have completely replaced the previous cast. I still don't know whether I passed SCC training or not. Once the results are in we will have a ceremony on the bridge. I know I passed but I really just want to see the bridge. For those of you that don't know, the bridge is where all the ships navigation is done. It is off limits to us and this is a once in lifetime thing for me to see the bridge.

The fly-ons for this cruise were Mike Panzeca, Karen Grainger, Puck and Marcus Monroe. Mike is pretty funny and very cool to hang out with. We had him on a lot in New York and have only recently started having him on again. It makes since because he from Fort Lauderdale. Karen Grainger, How much I love thee? Let me count the ways. Puck was on last cruise and did a hypnotist show. This week he had two shows. First, he did an O.K. magic show. Blah, blah blah. For his adult only midnight "comedy" he performed his hypnotist act. About 50 people showed up to watch it after his magic show. He needs 14 people to do his hypnotist show. You do the math. He pulled people on stage begging and pleading. We sat through thirty minutes of "your falling deeper and deeper asleep". He was right. I was falling asleep but not because he hypnotizing me. Anyway, when we brought the lights back up, he realized that he had hypnotized none of the people on stage. He said "sorry folks sometimes it doesn't work" and walked off stage. He proceeds to rant and rave back stage about he can't do this anymore and how the cruise lines never have big enough audiences for him. I said "sorry dude and left" Why does almost every act that shows up think that they are the most original and entertaining act around? Marcus is awesome. I'm sure you remember me talking about him when we were in New York. He brought us all T-shirts with the knortch on them. They are very cool and it was good to be remembered by a fly-on.

Being on port manning there isn't much to say about this cruise. Write me some emails about what you want to hear about next time I am on port manning. That way I can make these more interesting when I can't get off the ship.

Talk to you soon,

Chris

Picture #1-The pier in Limon, Costa Rica.

Picture#2-The pier in Colon, Panama

Picture #3-This picture is from when we went to Shipwreck Beach a few weeks ago in St. Kitts. Apparently, this is a vacation hot spot for terrorists(Dancers David and Anna).

Picture #4-I took a picture at the Wharf last week in St. Lucia. I thought of you from Georgia could appreciate this.