Blue Suede Cruise

We just finished our charter cruise today, and it was quite a ride. The ship was full of partying rock-and-rollers, who loved dressing up and adored Elvis. They quite literally drank the ship dry, and a crew party had to be cancelled as a result, as well as bartenders working overtime and being drafted from crew areas to keep the guests happy. The bartenders are exhausted, but happy as they made hand over fist in tips this week.

We did end up having a very easy week, with a grand total of 2 rehearsals, one 10 minute recording session, one big band set, and 2 farewell shows on the last night. Because of bad weather we missed one of our 2 ports, which meant we had five sea days this week. It was a great week to have room service, and I enjoyed it a lot. :-) (I used a crew rewards card to get it for a week) I have been getting to know our new band members a bit more this week. Tim, our pianist, is from Connecticut, 24. Nick, our drummer, is from New Zealand, and is in his late 20's I think. They are both fierce MarioKart and MarioParty competitors, as is my Australian friend Tracy. We had a couple of late nights this week giving my Nintendo 64 a workout.

This week its back to business as usual, and I think we are all ready to be a bit busier again, playing shows and doing big band sets. It was nice to have a really easy week, but now I'm ready to have something to plan my days around. Back to work! This week we will be going back to the two South Pacific Islands we did last week, and then the cruise after that will be our first run to New Zealand. We can't wait!!

Quick update!

Sorry its been a while!! This will be short but sweet as I'm headed back to the ship in 2 minutes....

We have a new cruise director, pianist, and drummer now, which means quite a few changes and some fun getting to know new people. The cruise director is from Norway, a beautiful tall blonde lady named Sol. We're still figuring out her style, but she is a very nice lady.

This week we have a 7-day rock and roll charter cruise, which means ......(drumroll please......) we have almost the whole week off!!! Hooray!!! If only I could just go home for a week....or hang out in Sydney...but it looks like we'll be doing one big band set at some point this week, and maybe the farewell show. I've never done a full charter, it should be fun! I plan to be out and about checking out the events they'll be holding.

Thats all for now, other than that I've just been snorkelling a lot in some amazing places in Vanuatu, and working on my tan!!