Momo on a Boat: December 2014

Well I've been living on the ship for a little over a month now and it's great!

Mondays we start the four day cruise in Miami. Most Miami days I spend going downtown or to bayside which is the nearest mall. My favorite place to go is Sedici cafe they have the best breakfasts, great wifi, and the owner is awesome he loves having the casts come visit. Then on every embarkation day the guest have an emergency drill. Everyone has different jobs on the ship during the drill, for me; I ended up being a muster station leader so I have a team of six and we basically line the guest up, make sure everyone is there, and tell them what to do in an emergency. So far during the drills majority of the people in my stations are fairly patient, but there are always a few that complain or don't listen. It's definitely a good experience for me to be the leader because I've learned how to deal with the people that aren't so patient. Plus it can be fun to interact with the guest. After the drill the cruise staff and dancers go up to the pool deck and surprise everyone with a mob dance! Later on in the evening there is a welcome aboard show in the theatre where Carlos our cruise director tells everyone about the different activities they can do, and then we perform Sign Sealed Delivered!

On Tuesdays we're in Coco cay (Royal Caribbean's Private Island); unfortunately most of our coco days have been turning into sea days because of the weather. I didn't understand why at first but now we've gone twice and I realized there is no dock for us. Instead we anchor near the island and get off the ship to go directly onto a tender which then takes us to the island. There really isn't much there, it's mostly just a cute beach with some shopping huts and bars; it is quite beautiful though. At night on Tuesdays and Saturdays we do Dancing Under the Stars which is quite fun we wear all white and stand on the perimeter of the pool on a ledge and lead a whole bunch of line dances. It's basically just one big dance party, which is always my favorite.

On Wednesdays we're in Nassau, Bahamas. Which I love it's so colorful and there are a ton of different restaurants and shops. One of my favorite places so far is the Graycliff hotel, there's a huge garden and pool and everything is so beautifully detailed. My other favorite spot is at Fat Tuesdays by the beach

they just have the perfect little lounge areas by the water and you can see the ships. Then of course señor frogs and a little club called bamboo are tons of fun too!

Wednesdays nights we perform in the centrum a hip hop dance to open the flag parade which is when some of the crew comes out with the different flags from the countries we're all from. Carlos announces how many people we have from each country and some people dance. Surprisingly there are only about 20 Americans on the ship.

On Thursdays we're in key west! I really love this port because every time I go there it feels new. There is so much to do there. Museums everywhere, the aquarium, shopping, restaurants. I think because I only go there once a week I tend to enjoy it more because there is just so much to do and see. Thursdays are the last night for the four day cruise. So the farewell show is Boogie Wonderland. Which is my favorite, it's always so much fun to do.

Fridays we're back in Miami the guest leave and we get new people for the three day cruise. We do an emergency drill again and the mob dance by the pool then a welcome aboard show, but this time we just do the hip hop dance on stage.

Saturday we're back at coco cay for a beach day then Dancing under the Stars at 11:30

Sunday we're in Nassau again. We have tech run in the morning and Boogie at night!

So overall, our schedule is pretty great, we go to great places, and have quite a bit of free time. I recently started a side job working at the shore excursions desk which is nice to make some more money and I get to interact with the guest more.

We have to workout at least an hour everyday as well.

The foods pretty good, probably not the best for us. The only thing I don't like about the food is there's certain times you have to eat and it's much different than what I prefer, but it's not too bad.

My cabin is bigger than I thought it would be for sure! There's plenty of room for all of our things. The best part is that we have a porthole and we're on deck one so above the water. It's always pretty to look out!

But that's about all I can think of for an update.

I love my cast.

Mostly everyone on the ship is friendly.

So far I've been loving this experience!