Well here we go again, another week on your Carnival Magic and we have three days left of this 12-day cruise. I haven’t been sleeping well, don’t know why but it doesn’t matter because I am alive and well and so are you. I say this because this time last week we were all supposed to be dead and Henry O and his mates would be standing at the Pearly Gates being welcomed into heaven while me and a few of you would be in hell surrounded by fire and brimstone and nonstop Celine Dion music for eternity. (more…)
We have a stag party onboard the Carnival Magic this week………..but it’s not like you would imagine a normal stag party to be. There are 14 men all here to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of Simon Garthwaite who on June 11 will be marrying Gillian in Sioux City, Iowa.
Here is an interesting comment from the incident report…
From: MAGIC MAITRE D
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 10:35 AM
To: MAGIC HOTEL DIRECTOR:MAGIC CRUISE DIRECTOR
Cc: MAGIC HOUSEKEEPING MANAGER: MAGIC CHEF: MAGIC GUEST SERVICES
Subject: Incident at breakfast
Please not that approx 30 Asian guests form the ________ group were seen this morning at breakfast making sandwiches and putting food in plastic containers. I tried to explain that they should not be doing this but they continued to do it saying “no English” and they all left with extra food. They took Danish, bread, cheese, ham and lots of boiled eggs. I will monitor tomorrow. Thank you and kind regards.
I mentioned in a blog a few days ago that Europe, especially Italy and Spain, are full of fake goods. There are signs above market stalls that brilliantly advertise “original fakes” and sell Rolex watches that look like the real thing. There are Chanel purses and Dolce and Gabbana underpants and there are also bootleg copies of movies on DVD. These are made by some Nigerian man who sits in the movie theatre pointing a camera at the screen making a movie of the movie. How these people don’t get caught is amazing and surely the answer is that Mr. Ubagooba has slipped Manuel the Barcelona movie theatre manager a few Euros. Anyway, I am dead against these things and advise guests from purchasing these items. For one thing, it’s illegal and supports more serious organised crime and I have seen those warnings at the start of movies that threaten that an FBI SWAT team will burst through your window if you dare watch one. I also don’t buy these movies because the quality is crap and just as you get to a good bit some guy stands up to go pee and walks in front of Mr Ubagooba’s camera.
I told myself that I wouldn’t write about the 600 Russians here on the ship. “Don’t do it you fat bastard,” I said out loud but to no avail. This is a one-off cruise. Yes we will have Russians sailing again but never this high a count and I doubt never this entertaining.
There is so much going on here on the Carnival Magic but as far as the guests are concerned …….the Russians are dominating. Here are two incidents that show I just can’t ignore them. (more…)
So the Royal Wedding is over and Mrs. Middleton, who has obviously been panning that her daughter should marry a prince since Kate was just a fetus, has her wish. Billions of people watched on TV and a few here on the Carnival Magic’s Seaside Theatre big screen in-between getting the ship ready for service. The wedding cost huge sums of money and yet even though Mr and Mrs. Public had helped pay for it through their taxes, hundreds of thousands lined the streets 10 deep to catch a glimpse of Prince William’s hereditary bald patch and Princess Kate’s dress.
They stood there for hours holding their bladders and waving their little flags as the pomp and circumstance played before their eyes and nobody……..I mean nobody likes…….pomp and circumstance like us Brits. (more…)
Before I get into today’s Q & A we need to discuss the Q & A from Monday which included this: (more…)
OK, it’s time for me to come clean about something…………I’ve wanted to tell someone for the last month or so……… but I have been too embarrassed…..too ashamed to tell you ………. but I cannot take it anymore. And so today, Tuesday February 22, 2011 I openly confess to you all…………… (more…)
When I am home with the girls I start each morning the same way. Go downstairs at 7 am, make Kye a bottle of milk, check my sugar level, take my pill, collect the newspaper from the doormat, go back upstairs, give Kye her milk and then take the newspaper into the bathroom, sit down and enjoy 20 minutes of absolute total peace and quiet………minus the odd splash.
My sister Suzanne and I have always had a relationship based on my teasing her relentlessly and her putting up with it as best she could. Once when I was 14 and she was 10 I told her that Mum didn’t love us anymore and had moved to Africa, when she had just gone to the local shop for some milk. (more…)
