In our last couple of weeks, we are making the best of this strange and terrible life. Despite the facts that:
1. We found out that construction in our cabin would not have been accomplished until mid-September. Our contract ends the first week of October. And the noise has reached an all-time high!
2. Our schedule is whacko. We have shows from 12noon – 1AM. We have time off in between shows to almost get something done. Almost.
3. Getting off the ship in Miami is a prison movie reenactment. The port security officers bark things like,” You in my house now.” And “This is MY Army. The honeymoon is over.” I am not even sure what that means... Last week we waited in line for an hour and 15 minutes in the deadly summer Florida heat. We were in line with a progressively angry group of 300 crew members. We were all ordered to take our shoes off, got frisked, and wanded. And there are weird rules like: your ship ID must be in a clear plastic card, upright, that you wear on your shirt, not carry in your hand or wear on your belt loop. If all of these rules are not obeyed, you can’t step foot on land. Prison!
4. Oh and did I mention our toilet hasn’t worked for the last day and a half? Yup. How’s your plumbing? Good? Functioning? Oh. Because you are civilized? Treated like a human being and not an animal? Ohhhhhh... What’s that like anyway?
On the bright side: Our shows are a hit! American audiences adore us. We are constantly stopped to take pictures with passengers. And we make each other laugh as much as we can.
And the food is good! The Brazilian steakhouse is really amazing – steak on a stick, chicken wrapped in bacon, mango rice pudding! The American steakhouse has a dangerously sweet warm fudge brownie with macadamia icecream treat. And the Noodle Bar has the yummiest pot-stickers ever!
We had a celebrity studded holiday weekend with Reba McIntire (the Godmother of the ship), Jeff Garland (the emcee of the Inaugural events), and the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks TV Spectacular shot on our top deck: Enrique Iglesias, Justin Beiber, Leann Rhymes, etc... Oh and Andre 3000 came to see a couple of our shows last night too. He’s super-nice.
10 days until we are back in LA!!!!
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