August 11, 2011

COZUMEL

Quiet day. I slept most of it away. I was able to tell Amy that though the doctor had put me on antibiotics that he had acquiesced to my wishes and NOT marked me as Unfit for Duty. She was relieved.

We had a new team member board today, bringing our team back up to fully staffed numbers. Here name is Miriam and she is Mexican. She comes to us from the Independence of the Seas…the ship that runs one of the Mediterranean routes. It will be nice to be fully staffed again…maybe we will get more down time so I can finally kick this cough. I just want to be fully healthy again. I have GOT to find time to get to the gym…

As far as staffing, we will lose 5 of our 10 within the next six weeks as they rotate off on vacations. I doubt that Andrew is coming back…he might not come back to RCI at all, and Bjorn won’t come back to Oasis. We also lose Luis, TT and Amy, though Amy will be back. It is going to be interesting to see how a completely new team develops. Alison will be back in October, but she is the only one coming back that I know. Basically, within 2 months I will be the senior Cruise Staff member on board…at least senior in terms of being on this ship. This also means that supervisory positions will be opening up, which I like to think I will be in the running for…a position like that also means…A SINGLE ROOM! I can’t wait. That will be worth it right there. The singles go to Bingo Hosts, and 360-Supervisors. 360 is what we call the box office on Turnaround Day. It starts at 11AM and runs all day. Either of those would be great.

So by October there should be some good news.