I've finally made it to the ship...actually, I've been here now for almost two weeks! I have to say that it's been pretty crazy since we got here...we've already teched SHOUT!, AND THE WORLD GOES ROUND, and SMOKEY JOE'S...we opened SHOUT! a two days ago and it was really well received, so I'm hoping that we get the same response for WORLD when we open tonight. A Kander and Ebb revue isn't exactly what a lot of people are expecting when they are on a cruise, but maybe it will be a good change for them. The schedule has been hard. Two or three days to tech each show and then doing a tech run the day we open...the other cast was here doing shows for a while, so we are doing costume fittings, etc right up to the last minute.
Not only are we really busy with shows, but we are also trying to figure out ship life. We have had a bunch of hours of safety training and we're still trying to figure out our way around the ship. Being in the passenger area is fairly easy to navigate because they are used to new passengers coming and going all the time, but the crew area is a totally different story...EVERYTHING looks the same and there are no signs telling you where to go. After being here a little while, I think that I am finally starting to get it.
We weren't able to get off of the ship for the first cruise because we were so busy teching, but we finally had enough time to do it yesterday. We were in Italy at a port called Civitavechia...usually people will take the train into Rome for the day, but most of us just decided to stay at the port. It was nice to just be on land and be outside without having to sightsee or do any work. Joey and I just walked around and sat at a cafe and enjoyed the beautiful weather. We go back to Civitavechia about 3 or 4 more times, so I'm sure that I will make it into Rome a few times when I have more time. We are in Athens tomorrow and then Turkey and then we go to Egypt. We are already set to do a day trip to Cairo, so I'm pretty excited about that...I need to see some camels and pyramids! The problem with us going to Egypt and other North African countries is that the ship is very paranoid about people getting G.I., GastroIntestinal disease (with good reason...), so we get put on "Silver Service" which basically means that everyone gets served in the buffet instead of taking it themselves...and THAT means that they don't want us in the cast adding to the crowdedness and extra work so we have to eat in the staff mess hall. Honestly, the mess hall isn't that bad, but their hours really don't work with our tech schedule and such. Good thing we are able to eat in the restaurants as well!
Well wish us luck (and smooooth seas) in our WORLD opening tonight! I'll try to put up some pictures at some point!
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