Settled in on Voyager

Now that it's been more than a week since I arrived, I am back into the normal routine of Studio B.  Sure it may be a different show than on Explorer, but everything else is largely the same.  The production team here has been great so far, and hopefully I will be able to continue working towards the light tech position.  An interesting part of working on Voyager of the Seas is that it has some weird quirks about it.  Since it was the first of its kind and as such contained many new innovations in cruising, there were of course some lessons that were learned after building Voyager which were used to improve on future builds.  This means that there are some aspects to Voyager of the Seas which do not match any other Voyager-class ship.  Those differences are among the very few things I've had to learn since I signed-on.

My family and some friends are cruising with me next week.  That should be a lot of fun and the first time such an occasion has happened for me while working at sea.

Adventure to Voyager

I’m currently at a bar at St. Maarten airport, awaiting my 4pm flight to Paris, where I will connect on another flight to Barcelona, Spain.  It’s nice to have a brief break away from a ship and still get paid for it.  I’ll be arriving in Barcelona at approximately 10:00am tomorrow and I really hope I will be able to check-in right away because I don’t have a history of sleeping on planes.  Luckily I did manage to score myself an emergency exit row seat which is very helpful for me at 6’4” tall.
My last 5 days on Serenade were great as there was an overlap in scheduling my replacement and therefore we had an extra stage staff for 5 days, and that extra was me.  Being the extra meant that I was not scheduled for many duties and with that kind of free time I was able to run lights during shows for 4 days straight.  Since I didn’t get to run lights even once on Explorer in my 6 months, this was a nice opportunity for me.