So yesterday the girls and I got all of our stuff together at the hotel and were ready to go for the shuttle to take us to the port which was literally a 5 minute drive from our hotel. We got on, all is good, filled out paperwork through the ying-yang and finally met our E-Staff trainer, Mat. A Canadian, from Ottawa to be exact! Yay home! He is really great and soo helpful!
Now up there I said the girls - you don't know who the girls are. Alana from Canada, Jen from Canada (who I actually had my interview with in Toronto!) Pearl from London, England, Lize Marie from South Africa (who is also my room mate) and Marina who is from North Hollywood, California. All of them are so much fun we get along like we've known each other forever already!
Yesterday, I learned that apparently the stairs are the fastest way to get everywhere. Let me just tell you that my ass better look GREAT by the end of these 6 months! :P All the stairs that we've been climbing all lead up to the crew bar, which unfortunately we're not allowed in for the first week - womp womp. A lot of the other employees (male) are actually counting down the days till we're allowed in there - creepy much? '6 more days girls, 6 more days'. Its a strange little reminder.
Oh and sea-sickness. Hasn't happened yet really. Well no vomiting at least. Dizzy, a little bit, but I think I'll ease into my sea-legs soon!
As far as activities go we haven't done much yet - a lot of observation which is totally fine because we get to enjoy it just as much as the guests do! Last night, we got to watch Mat and Misty (other ACD) host a jeopardy type trivia show which was a lot of fun (and I pretty much got every question right :P) Then that was closely followed by Bingo - which people take VERY seriously on these ships! And then straight after that was the Welcome Aboard Show - singing, dancing, b-boys, comedians - just a lot of fun!
Today, we finally got to take a tour of the ship. Yesterday we felt a bit confined to the crew area - I don't think we really even went anywhere that guests were allowed. Today we got to explore a little bit more on the Lido Deck, Promenade, Empress - checked out where all the shops and theatres were and stuff. Its very large. I was just glad that I had been on the Celebration before. It was a different class of ship - this class is Fantasy - but they're somewhat similar so I can kind of find my way around right now. I actually just got back to my cabin from the Mixologist where guests get to concoct their own drink and then they sell it at a bar on Lido deck after which is pretty cool! Followed by the hairy chest competition - 100% entertaining! All the guests seem to enjoy themselves and people pretty much swarm the stage to check it out!
I mentioned bumps above. Well those bumps include: getting told that I didn't have my medical in the package that I gave them. And basically if you don't have your medical, you're not technically allowed be on the ship. Sweet right? Are the going to throw me overboard? No - thank God. Here comes Mum saving the day as always, gets my medical sent and I'm good to go (as soon as I forward it to the medical officers). Bump #2 - well the shorts we were given, well they don't fit. Welcome back low self-esteem -_- Hopefully they will be ordering me another pair asap. As well as the shoes that I was told I could purchase on board - nope not there either, which happens to be bump #3. So I get to be the black sheep of the group, wearing black pants (which is ridiculously hot on lido deck let me tell you) and black flats (which are new and are giving me ridiculous blisters).
Tonight is the Captain's dinner so we get to get all fancied up which is always fun for me so I think I'll quite enjoy that! Now, I think it's time for a nap before we have to get ready for formal night.
Haven't really taken many pictures yet - hasn't been much time. Tomorrow I might have a little bit of downtime after safety training and stuff while we're docked in Cozumel, so hopefully I'll get a picture or 2 in then!
Sorry this was ridiculously long but I hope you enjoyed anyway and kept up with it all. I'm sure it turned into rambling at some point but I can't be bothered to scroll up and read it over. ;)
Hope everyone is safe back home :)
Here's me and the girls with our luggage - Lize Marie (who used to be a photographer on the ships and switched to Entertainment) took the photo.
L-R: Alana, Marina, Pearl, Jen and Me
Being Touristy in Tampa
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