Entries from January 2009

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Carnival Fantasy Log Part 2….And The Worst Poem You Will Ever Read

ANYONE who’s ever watched Dragon’s Den on BBC America knows the world is full of people with ridiculous ideas for making money. “Yes, Duncan. I’ve invented a pair of underpants which, at the touch of a button, can be turned into a food blender.”
Next . . .
“Thank you, Duncan. I need a [...]

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Carnival Fantasy Chapter 1……..And Funforallforfunsauraus

As I look around the ship today, it appears on the surface that as Monty Python once said “the credit crunch is only a flesh wound.” I know the industry is concerned about future bookings but here….and now…..it’s business as normal with the ship alive with guests enjoying life and good times.
One family enjoying [...]

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

A Dream Job

I will never forget the first time I saw the Fantasy. I was driving with Gary Hunter, the cruise director, from his house in Gainesville. I remember feeling sick the whole journey because the night before we had eaten something called chitterlings for dinner. Gary’s Mum had cooked it and I thought it tasted like [...]

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Eight!

The worry I have had about the impending arrival of the Thingy was firmly put into context yesterday. How can I worry about sleepless nights when in Bellflower, California, a mother is now running between eight cribs in her pajamas?
Not only has she had all her babies in five minutes, she didn’t even know she [...]

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Going to the Dogs

Being a simple and relatively poor cruise director, I do not get to dine at ritzy, champagne-drenched, Michelin-starred exotic restaurants in sun-kissed, faraway places. Once, while preparing the European ports for the Carnival Liberty’s inaugural season I took Heidi to a “poncy” (www.urbandictionary.com) five-star place in Monte Carlo …………and I hated it.
The Hotel De something [...]

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