8.5

I did walk around St. Johns for a bit. I had no idea where I was going so I just wondered up the main street. There were lots of shops and plenty of people asking me if I needed a taxi or wanted to see "a great beach mon!". I decided to turn around when I felt myself entering what I believe may not have been the nicest part of town. On my way back towards the ship I stopped and got an overpriced strawberry smoothie. Though pricy, it was actually pretty good! As I was sitting outside enjoying my strawberries, someone from the ship recognized me and came over to sit with me for a bit. I can't remember her title (something in administration), but I know she was the one who made some phone calls to help me get my tux last minute! She told me about a casino where I could get (slow) internet access which is where I ended up uploading to the blog.

I went back to the ship to get ready for the two evening events we had to film. First was this pirate parade event for kids. There is a young child center as well as a teen center on the ship. They're both really awesome and I'm jealous I can't play in them! The youth center has all these Wii stations and Legos and other cool stuff. The teen center has a night club inside that is only for the teen age group. The pirate parade is when all the young kids in the youth center get their faces painted like pirates, make bandanas and parade around the ship while looking for clues that guide them to "the buried treasure." So essential it's a parade that stops in certain rooms for a scavenger hunt to take place. It was fun to play with (some of) the kids and I got to make my own bandana that I can wear for future parades. Arrrr!

Later at 2230 there was a game show called Love and Marriage. Essentially 3 couples are selected and then the men are taken into a separate room while the women are asked 3 questions like, "the most embarrassing place you've made love." Then the men are brought back out and asked the same question. The couples that answer the questions the same get a point. Then it switches and the women go into a separate room blah blah blah. The audiences thought it was all very hilarious but I had no idea what was going on because I was filming the SPANISH version in the Safari Club while the English version was being recorded with the remote cameras in the Tropical Theatre. It was actually sort of fun to try to figure out what was going on throughout the game. A few times it was difficult to figure out who I should have the camera focused on, but it went fairly well for the first time.

After the game was over I returned to the broadcast room to created DVDs for each of the contestants. Around 130 we finalized the Cruise in Review DVD, exported it and handed it off for the photography people to begin selling the following morning.