May
17
Ok, that was incredible! I just got back aboard from a crew Scuba Dive (no certification required) and it was so awesome! This just renews my desire to finish getting certified so I can go deeper, longer and more often!
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May
15
This week has been full of ups and downs, figuratively and literally. So not in any particular order, here are some of the things that have been throwing my life around. It started when I got back from Florida on Saturday and we set sail…
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May
12
It’s a shame, but I rally can’t think of anything interesting to write this whole week. Had troubles with my lighting panel project, working on that… All the Light Techs were busy this week, so not that much progress there, shows were nothing special, not a lot to do some of the time…
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May
5
So today is the first time off the ship since I got back. I’ve been using the chance to get some online stuff done, as well as a few small shopping trips. I’ll be making a few phone calls in a bit, but for now I’m relaxing at Tropical Smoothie.
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May
2
Being back aboard ship feels like I barely left. There’s very few differences and I’ve pretty much jumped right back into things. I took the first day to do paperwork, unpack, get my phone, keys and such back in order, etc. I’m back to my old role, so Karaoke, shows, parades and such. Read More …
Apr
27
The one fact that kept coming up is that I was taking a vacation FROM the Caribbean TO New Jersey… Not the normal direction of vacationing, but hey, it worked for me. I got home and immediately started with the more important things that I couldn’t get a lot of on the ship, home cooked food, internet and TV shows.
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Mar
3
The last couple days have been at once repetitive and thrilling! I finished the usual ship work, packed all my stuff, had my last shows, my last ship meals (actually kinda decent), handed in my phone and keys and ID and got off the ship around 10:40am this morning.
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Feb
29
As my time on the Oasis winds down for now, I don’t have nearly as much to say… Running Hairspray went fairly well considering I didn’t really know the track (glad I knew the show)… Karaoke has been mixed all week, starting out slow, but the past two nights were excellent including the competition.
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Feb
25
Why do plans always change when everything seems to be going so well? I’m still coming home next week, that hasn’t changed (yet?) but this next week won’t be as simple as I thought… The big change is that one of the Stage Staff had a family emergency back home and got leave to sign off, so we’re one guy short this week. Not a problem, just means I’ll be running Hairspray and CFWM with very little training on either track. Read More …
Feb
23
… is finally vacation! I’m not even gonna go into the week cause you’ve heard it all before. Probably the only different thing is today I’m helping with the Splish Splash Cast Install, but even that’s not much special. Karaoke has been mixed all week, Superstar is tonight instead of earlier, I haven’t gotten off the ship cause I don’t care about half the ports right now (I’d just spend money…). I did do some more maintenance on Monday, but I’m just ready to be done with this ship for awhile…
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Feb
18
Two more weeks from today and I’ll be signing off and waiting at the airport for quite a long time… By the 4th I’ll be home in South Jersey and then working on seeing as many friends as possible in just under two months. for now, I have two trips on the Oasis left for the moment and lots still to do. Tuesday went almost as planned… Love Songs Karaoke was a bit sparsely attended, but Superstar was pretty good!
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Feb
14
So last Saturday I didn’t bother getting off the ship since I had to hang around making ice in the middle of the day. I spent some time online, made some calls, passenger drill as usual, then nothing much till Karaoke. Karaoke started out a little slow, but ended up being one of the better nights we’ve had for a long time! We even had a bridal party who sang a few things! Read More …
Feb
10
This has been one of those weeks so far where life has it’s ups and downs… Tuesday was Jamaica, so not much to do during the day. I started my day helping to setup and watch the parade rehearsals for the new cast members, interesting, but nothing special. I went in to help out with some lighting maintenance in Studio B in the afternoon, then had Family Karaoke, which was a little slow.
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Feb
6
Well that’s fun, I just wrote this whole blog and the computer erased it, so I’m gonna abbreviate… Friday, nothing interesting, the usual work… Saturday, All Crew Immigration at 5:30am, then just stayed up and got off the ship early. Shopping, internet, a few phone calls, back aboard… Passenger Drill, one last night of teaching Hairspray to Kent, a slow evening of Karaoke, then bed.
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Feb
2
I’m recovering more slowly than I’d like, but feeling mostly better on average. Turns out that yesterday a few folks did go diving after all, just not me. It’s the folks working at Aqua though, so they will be able to do their handovers and I’ll still learn soon-ish… Moved my stuff, Shows were ok, Karaoke was slow, went to bed afterwards…
Feb
1
I know I’m not in the best of moods to blog, but I need to get this out of the way so I don’t forget too much… Backing up to Saturday, I ran Hairspray alone since Kent had to teach the Aqua track. Didn’t make it to Karaoke due to the time crunch, but I needed the sleep anyway. Read More …
Jan
28
5… Five weeks to go… It’s hard to believe I’m so close to the end of contract 1, yet there’s still so much to do in that time… Backing up, Yesterday went pretty smoothly. Had a setup in the morning, CFWM in the afternoon, met with Matt about Light Tech stuff to get that rolling, so I’ll be working with him for awhile to see about that promotion.
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Jan
26
Tuesday started with some work on lighting, but nothing fancy, just setting up a demo for my possible promotion. Some time to chill, Setup and Strike the P&D (Platinum and Diamond) party, two Headliner shows where I ran spots and that’s it… Didn’t even get off in Jamaica…
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Jan
23
I bet you can guess the main topic of this blog, but let me back up a bit before we get there… Saturday was nothing special, just a few things after I blogged including Hairspray and a partial turnaround for the night rehearsal. After that, I got a call to help at Karaoke and met the new swinger. I stayed till the end of the night to show her the ropes and she seems to be ok so far since I didn’t get a call last night…
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Jan
21
6 weeks… I have 6 weeks left to finish my current goals of Scuba Certification and promotion to Light Tech… It’s all come down to the next few weeks and it’s starting to feel like crunch time. I’ll back up, but there’s not a lot to say… The last two days were pretty normal sea days with CFWM tech and shows, only one Splish Splash, a parade, and basically getting very little useful done…
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Jan
18
Saturday… Sanitization barrier, off the ship for a few hours, Passenger Drill, Hairspray Tech, Hairspray Show (learned new track), Karaoke was a very slow evening… Blah, I barely feel like writing this blog. just don’t have much energy at this point, but I needed to write something before too long or I’d forget most of what had happened… this will probably be just an overview post, just so I have some record for this week…
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Jan
13
So let’s just run through the updates and future changes. Last night was pretty much as expected, triple Karaoke and some time at the bar, nothing unusual. Today and the next few weeks will be the odd times… Today was easy, I got to sleep in, work on my Scuba HW, a quick strike, then went for my first Scuba Quizzes. I passed them with no trouble, took a break to celebrate, ran spot for farewell… all I have left is Karaoke tonight…
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Jan
12
Right after I blog something, things change about it. Sunday night, I did cover FiT and Hairspray for our injured Stage Staff, but he was mostly back by the next day. Karaoke hosts will still rotate, which is always good, and I finally found a few things to keep me motivated aboard the ship. I didn’t actually get to do Karaoke Sunday, but I still stopped by to say hi.
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Jan
8
So right after I wrote my last blog, I actually made some progress towards projects. I figured out how to turn on the cameras in On Air and set them up for Karaoke, I got together my paper list of lighting experience, a few other little things. The evening was pretty average aside from playing with the cameras during Karaoke and I’m sure I got some sleep after…
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Jan
5
I haven’t been that motivated to get things done lately. I have done a few things, but I’m having trouble getting back to my own little projects… Ah well… I will get back to it shortly… Tuesday we had an All Crew Boat Drill in the morning, then we took down the snowflakes and such from the Promenade. I got off the ship for a little for internet and a stroll, didn’t have much to do, so kinda just chilled till work and Karaoke. The only thing after that was catching the tail end of a Laser Tag tournament in the theatre.
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