My birthday came and went so to speak, we had a lovely day with my Mam and Dad arriving in the morning then after they went home Marie Sam and I went down Cardiff Bay and it was absolutely packed down there, we all had a go on the merry-go-round and then we had a quick drink at the Terra Nova and that was packed out the door, the weather was amazing for the time of year, it was 27degs and in Heathrow it went up to 30degs and it was October, unbelievable it was fantastic with everybody walking around as if it was the height of summer, what summer I here you say, I know, so this was a most welcome change for us all.
We Had a great night at Bar 46 Broadlands Bridgend on my Birthday, in the pic is Stuart (owner) Nicola (his partner) Marie and I.
Without going to much into it, although it was my birthday and the weather was amazing it was all clouded over by the sad news that a close family member had been taken seriously ill with a major heart attack and was rushed to a hospital in Birmingham, I had known him for 31 years, sadly he died on 3rd October. It is so very sad for all concerned, may he rest in peace.
I stayed at the Hilton Rome Hotel on the airport last night. I woke this morning to more bad news, Steve Jobs of Apple has died aged 56, it’s all over the news, what a guy he changed the world in how we communicate what with iPhone, IPad, IPod, MacBook’s and iMac’s, I have only just come over to Mac and what this man has done will be with us forever.
On to today, my car is picking me up in half an hour to take me to the Grandeur, which is docked in Civitavecchia a place I go to allot, I was there last week when joining Celebrity Silhouette and just like that ship I will be on Grandeur for only 3 nights so I might be working tonight, I hope it is tomorrow night as the guests will be ever so tired tonight because they would have been on tours to Rome all day, it’s a very exhausting day walking around Rome, so much to see and do. I will see you later on the ship!
My taxi arrived and the driver was the worse driver in ages, his driving skills were something to be desired I must say. I got to the ship and was welcomed by the Production Manager Rob and was soon settled into my beautiful suite. Once unpacked which took all of 5 minutes as I have finally learnt to down size (thank you Gary Williams) I went to lunch and had a look round as the sun is shining and the temp is a cool 27degs, I haven’t any sun cream as I couldn’t bring it with me due to size, ah I have down sized you see, I am beginning to think if this “down sizing” is a good idea at all.
I have my shows tomorrow night one at 7.15pm and the other at 9pm so an early night, so more time to play with my new Blackberry Bold 9900 and my MacBook Pro, look at me with my new toys!
Ok see you later.
Today we are in Palermo in Sicily and it is a beautiful day the sun is shining and with a high today of 25degs that’ll do for me. I had not such a good sleep last night, this bed is strange in that you start to sleep on one side of the bed and keep ending up sleeping across the bed, the mattress falls to one side after years of guest entertainers sleeping in this bed, it’s a strange thought with hotel beds as so many have slept in the same bed, it’s not good to think about it too much.
I was up at 7.30am and watched as we sailed into Palermo, we are in with some other cruise ships, check the photos, I was taking photos of the other people on the other ship taking photos of us.
OK…it’s breakfast!
…and lunch was lovely too!
My rehearsal went well, I had to tweak the sound a bit but got there in the end, I am spoilt so much on Eclipse and Silhouette as I have had the same sound guy all summer long Steffen Edwards. I love the Theatre on here it is so beautiful and when packed the atmosphere is electric.
I spoke to Marie a few times today on our brand new shiny Blackberry Bold 9900’s what a phone, it has touch screen and can do loads that an iPhone can do, you know squeeze and pinch, slide back and fro but I am still using the touch pad, but seriously this is an amazing phone, best BB have ever made.
Sam and Marie are going to see “Johnny English” in the cinema today, I wonder if Sam watches it all, he’s so used to being able to pause, stop start his telly at home, he works the sky better than Marie and I. I only have tomorrow now, then I will be back home for a while, then away again next Tuesday with Tom to Lisbon to join RCI’s enormous Independence of the Seas, it will do Tom good to get away with his Dad for a few days, the ship is going to blow him away!
We are about to sail now and my first show is at 7.15pm, which is in 1hr 55mins, I do hope it all goes well…here I go again!
I’m just in from the early show, it was about 60% full and what a great crowd of mainly Brits and two couple from Wales one from Rhiwbina Cardiff and one from Penarth but made some great noise, yes I really enjoyed it, my job just flows when they love you, it’s a different story when it’s the other way round I tell you. My next show is in 45mins time and the Captain and some of the ships officers are coming to see me, no pressure then!
I love this ship and I love this theatre, what a night and what with the Captain and what looked like half the ships officers in the audience we had a great night it was 100% packed to the rafters.
After the show the Cruise Director invited me for a drink at the champagne bar, I had a beer of course, we met some lovely people and after that we had a couple in the night club which was heaving and everyone just having a damn good time.
Good Morning, we have all woke up to a force 9 gale and the ship moving about like crazy, if the BMX show doesn’t go ahead tonight I may be asked to do another show, we’ll see!
It has been rough seas all day today, I watched Wales beat Ireland in my room and just as the last few minutes of the game were being played the phone rang, it was Rob the Production Manager and just as I thought I was asked to work tonight as it is too rough for the BMX Bike Show, so my rehearsal is in 20mins time and I am back on at 7.45pm tonight. It is my pleasure to help out tonight as Ricco the Cruise Director is a true gent and he needs help tonight, boy it’s rough seas out there!
The show went great, it was quite bumpy to work in with the sea still really rough, but I enjoyed it and so did they thank goodness!
I now have to finish my packing as I’m up early in the morning and off to the airport and fly home direct to Cardiff so I should be home by 3pm…. lovely!
This is a fab ship and I recommend it to anyone looking for a cruise especially if it’s you’re first time!
I left the ship at 9am and got to the airport by 9.20am so now the wait for the check in to start I should be first in the que as I am here so flippin early. It is a beautiful day here in Palma what a difference to yesterday, I felt so sorry for the guests as it was a really bad day in terms of weather that is, the ship handled the rough seas well and the ships officers and crew did a magnificent job taking care of us. THANK YOU!
I’m sat in a café with no drink in front of me and typing away on my laptop, I hope I don’t get in trouble for not buying anything, I mean there is only so much coffee you can drink, I am thinking of cutting the tea and coffee out all together, I tried mint tea onboard and it was quite nice, also I have been trying to drink as much water in the morning as I can, it does work and it makes you feel more alive and ready for the day ahead!
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