Monday, February 4, 2013

SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2013

Well, it’s time for Mom and Dad to leave.  Mom admitted that the little cabin with just a porthole was more than adequate.  At the welcome aboard show on the first night, Candi informs everyone that “the more you get involved, the more fun you’re going to have.”  Mom and Dad concur!  They came for a nice, relaxing cruise, where they weren’t going to go ashore at any ports (except for lunch at La Choza in Cozumel), and they were just going to relax and read.  Well, Mom still hasn’t finished last Sunday’s newspaper she brought with her, and didn’t even crack open a book!  They were on “go, go, go” status all week, and they had a great time!  I’m exhausted!

I went ashore with them to run a few quick errands.  I forgot my computer power cord, so the big errand I needed to do (watch some videos on strong wifi at Whole Foods) was eliminated.  Instead I just went to CVS, then Mom & Dad dropped me back at the port and they were home by about 11:30am.

This week, Robert Dean Hertenstein, the manager of theatrical operations for Norwegian is sailing with us.  He’s brought Daryl Eisenberg, his new casting director in NYC along to learn the shows on this ship, and the NCL product.  I don’t know Robert well, so I’m a little nervous, but also looking forward to the week ahead.  I hope it goes well.  I happened to run into them around 1pm, so I gave them a tour of certain areas of the ship that are pertinent to the production cast, and showed them to their cabins.

The sail away party and welcome aboard shows were both good and the week is off to a good start.