A new experience for me this week: we have a large group of approximately 700 people from the Netherlands on board this cruise. They have booked Studio B for a few shows during the week, for which they have brought their own talent and technical team. We are currently short one stage staff in Studio B until tomorrow. Not sure why but it's got to be a scheduling glitch of some kind that made it impossible to bring the replacement stage staff on in Barcelona on Sunday. Anyway, that means that myself and Rey (the other Studio B stage staff) are taking care of these events on our own without a 3rd person. Since we just came off of ice cast install, this is now a 3rd busy week for us. It's actually been kind of nice not being bored so much lately. Also, it's keeping me from getting off the ship in port and spending money that I shouldn't be spending.
The Studio B Production Manager (Marie) here is great but unfortunately she leaves soon and at this point nobody seems to know who will replace her while she is away on vacation. Hopefully we will get some news on that soon. It would be unfortunate for her if she has to stay here longer due to not having a replacement available. When she returns from vacation I will be following up on my progress toward light tech... she has said that as long as I demonstrate my knowledge over the next couple of months she would be willing to submit the paperwork which would (hopefully) result an interview.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Voyager Cast Install
Wow, nearly a month since my last post. I guess that would be because not much has happened. My family and some friends visited me on the ship a couple of weeks ago. That was a lot of fun but also very exhausting doing my usual workload everyday plus shore excursions in most ports. I found myself going to sleep at about 1am and waking up at 7:45 am for the next day's excursion almost everyday.
Ice cast install started on Sunday. Haven't really had a chance to meet the new cast but I'm sure that will happen sometime this week. I luckily managed to avoid being "on duty" this week and next which means I will miss most of the work involved with ice cast install (ice makes every couple of hours since they are constantly tearing it up). Just a few tech rehearsals next week as they get ready to put on their first show for an audience.
2 weeks ago I purchased a TIM USB 3G Internet stick for my laptop. It has turned out to be a great purchase because my ship ports in Italy 3x a week (TIM only operates in Italy for the most part). Cost of about €63 to purchase and activate the card, which included 40 hours free for the first month. Pay as you go cost of €9 per month which is also 40 hours. Most Italy days I can be found in Studio B surfing the internet on my laptop now. Speed is decent, with Livorno being the fastest (presumably due to having a lower population density than Naples and Civitavecchia, therefore fewer people using the service).
Getting a new roommate today. I like to clear out of the cabin for a few hours to give the guy a chance to unpack without being in the way all the time. So I guess I'll meet him later.
Ice cast install started on Sunday. Haven't really had a chance to meet the new cast but I'm sure that will happen sometime this week. I luckily managed to avoid being "on duty" this week and next which means I will miss most of the work involved with ice cast install (ice makes every couple of hours since they are constantly tearing it up). Just a few tech rehearsals next week as they get ready to put on their first show for an audience.
2 weeks ago I purchased a TIM USB 3G Internet stick for my laptop. It has turned out to be a great purchase because my ship ports in Italy 3x a week (TIM only operates in Italy for the most part). Cost of about €63 to purchase and activate the card, which included 40 hours free for the first month. Pay as you go cost of €9 per month which is also 40 hours. Most Italy days I can be found in Studio B surfing the internet on my laptop now. Speed is decent, with Livorno being the fastest (presumably due to having a lower population density than Naples and Civitavecchia, therefore fewer people using the service).
Getting a new roommate today. I like to clear out of the cabin for a few hours to give the guy a chance to unpack without being in the way all the time. So I guess I'll meet him later.
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