I was just up on the bridge to drop something off for the captain, and it was the first time that I’ve been on the bridge at night time. It’s SO AMAZING up there at night. I know I’ve said that the bridge is amazing plenty of times, but there’s a completely different feeling up there at night. First of all, the lights are all off. Which at first took me by surprise, but then the 1st officer made a very valid point….’when you drive a car at night do you turn on the interior lights?’….of course I don’t, because that would be crazy. Apparently the same rule goes when you’re steering a ship. So it’s quiet and dark and the ocean just stretches out forever. As it does in the daytime, but at night it’s darker and more mysterious. On the right side of the bridge they have set up a little Christmas tree with presents under it and some tinsel as well, so the tree lights create a comforting Christmassy glow in that little corner. Miles and miles away you are able to see other cruise ships, some large, some small, all lit up. With the navigational equipment, the bridge officers are able to tell you what ship you are passing and other information about each ship. Tonight we saw a Royal Caribbean ship and the officers informed me that in a few short hours we would pass our sister ship, the Carnival Freedom. One of my very good friends from GSA College is on the Freedom, and somehow I feel comforted just knowing that our ships are passing in the night. After leaving the office I think I will go out on deck 4 forward and watch the freedom pass us.
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Bacab Eco Park Kayak
In Carnival Cruise Line, Cruise, friends, fun, travel, traveling, travelling on December 17, 2012 at 11:13 amWow it’s been SO long!! I’m so sorry, I’ve been so distracted with my parents visiting and work and all that. No excuse, I know, but I knew I’d be back eventually. HERE I AM!!! So many things to talk about!! First of all, I’m so so happy to have been lucky enough to have my parents on board with me. It was truly amazing!! Not only did I get to see my wonderful parents, but I also got to experience life as a guest, and they got to see the world that I’m living in!! So we did all kinds of fun things while they were here. One of those things was a wonderful visit to the bridge. I love the bridge, it’s so peaceful (most of the time) and i love being able to see that much ocean at once. So I got permission from the captain to bring my parents up for a visit!! Another wonderful thing we did was go on a kayaking adventure through the Belizian rainforest at Bacab Eco Park. First of all, the tour guides were amazing!!! They were so knowledgeable and fun. They really took care of everyone on the tour. We had a blast!!
Mom and dad in their kayak!
Beautiful views!!
And she’s off
In Cruise, Florida, travel, travelling, Uncategorized, US, work on April 17, 2012 at 11:20 pmIt’s an exciting day for my friend Andrea! She’s the friend who also got a position with Carnival Cruise Lines, but she’s starting her contract this month! So, she’s flying out today to Orlando for training and then she’ll be on-board a ship soon. We plan on skyping every week so I’ll get all the details of the cruising life before I even leave home! I will most certainly be updating you all on her adventures as I hear about them!!
Decisions, Decisions
In Cruise, Florida, racing, travel, travelling on March 21, 2012 at 2:19 amWell hello there! Hopefully everyone has been carefully re-directed from my old blog to this happy new blog without too much difficulty! Welcome to the new space, I hope you like it here as much as I do!
Switching my blog over to wordpress is just one of the bog decisions I made this week. The other major one involves my Carnival job. I recieved an email that had all my start date options and I just needed to pick one. Now I am a list writer, so when it comes down to tough decisions, I usually make a pro and con list. Or several of them, depending on the situation. I weighed all my options carefully and decided to take the september start date for Carnival. I could have started as early as may, however, after lots of soul searching I realized that I really want to be home for the summer. My sister is getting married in August and I couldn’t bear the thought of not being here to help her prepare and plan for the big day. I also have a passion for triathlon and horseback riding and would really like to get to compete this summer. So keeping all of those things in mind, I decided to stay home for the summer and I couldn’t be happier about it. Everything will still continue as planned except that I will get to do everything that I want to!! I’m very happy!!
Peggy’s Cove
In camping, lobster, nova scotia, peggy's cove, travelling on August 6, 2011 at 3:39 pmused to this!!
zLiving the dream
In canada, halifax, travelling on August 5, 2011 at 5:04 pm |
| All I want to do is travel the world until I’ve seen everything!! |
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| Best friends!! |
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| David and Chelsea have the best dogs ever. Derrek has a new best friend |
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| Magpie!! |
Caves!!
In bermuda, caves, swimming, travelling on August 3, 2011 at 1:42 pm
I also forgot to mention that we had a lovely lovely breakfast with the crew before the other two had to leave (by the way, their plane got struck by lightning and they got stuck in Bermuda, something we are hoping doesn’t happen to us!!) and this was our lovely breakfast dining room!!! Pretty!!
Island Time
In bermuda, travelling on August 3, 2011 at 1:39 pmphotos of the property. We had a gorgeous table on the patio! The sunset was unbelievable!! Day one in Bermuda was amazing!! There’s this thing called the ‘Non-mariners Race’ and people build boat like floatation devices and see who’s boat goes the furthest with the most people still on it! And the rule is if you fall off you aren’t allowed to get back on so competitors will jump to other people’s boats and try to push them off and stuff. We didn’t actually see the race but it sounded really cool. We got some inflatable boats and chairs and stuff and tied them all together and floated around in the cove. It’s really cool because there’s like 150 or more boats in the cove, all there to float around and watch the race. People tie their boats together and go onto other peoples boats, or will jump off their boats and swim to other people’s boats. It’s pretty neat. So we spent the day pirating around the water, we visited other people’s boats, and then we found our own private island!! We explored the island, had some nap time in the sun, and were beach bums in the Bermuda triangle all day long!! It was just lovely!! Tomorrow we get to go see some caves!! Exciting!!
Bermuda!!
In adventure, beach, bermuda, travelling on July 30, 2011 at 6:28 pm
The Final Week
In Disney College Program, packing, travelling on July 25, 2011 at 12:10 pmI’m sitting on my bed in my room, surrounded by the last few boxes that I need to ship and I can’t believe it’s almost over. I have 3 shifts left and 4 days here in Orlando before I say goodbye. I’m excited for what’s to come but I’m so sad to leave. I really love it here. I’ve been so caught up in saying goodbye and getting organized that I haven’t had too much time to be sad, but now, alone with my thoughts and Lind’s and my quickly emptying room, I’m sad. So I’m giving myself some time to mourn right now, pout pout pout. Le sigh. And that’s enough of that!!
So naturally, me being me, I’ve been scouring the web for all information I can find on Disneyland Paris because I want to be prepared and have an idea of all the places I could be possibly working. So far, I have to say that the Paris park, first of all, is STUNNING and I want to live in Sleeping Beauty’s Castle. Secondly, I want to work in the Red Garter Saloon in Disney’s Hotel Cheyenne. It’s so cool looking. I’m looking at all the food and beverage establishments since that’s the department I’ll be working in!! I’m getting irrationally excited.
