Golden Gate Bridge, Sept 24, 2012

A few weeks ago on our way south from Seattle the ship spent the night in San Francisco.  On the way into and out of the city we passed under the Golden Gate Bridge.  I was able to get out to the heli-pad on the front of the ship as we left the city and took this quick video.  It was really incredible, and as huge as this ship is it dwarfs in comparison to the Bridge.

I don't remember how much clearance they said we had, but there was not a lot of extra room overhead!

In case the video doesn't work as planned, here's a photo as we approached the bridge---

And as we passed under it--

Pretty cool.

Okay.  Time for bed.

Sweet dreams,
D

Canal Day

Yesterday, 10/4/2012, the Infinity went through the Panama Canal on its way from Seattle to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  I was in rehearsal all day, so I didn't get a chance to actually go outside and see the (9 hour) process of navigating the locks and the lakes, but I do have a cool pic from a webcam as we passed through:

Celebrity Infinity in the Panama Canal - October 4, 2012

We'll pass through the Canal 4 or 5 more times before I leave, so I'll definitely find time to watch some of it... it's pretty amazing.  There's approximately 50 centimeters of clearance on each side of this ship as it passes through... that's not a lot of room.  As I was eating lunch that day down in the mess on Deck 1 all you could see out the porthole window was a stone wall... if there wasn't glass in the window you could reach out and touch it.  Insane. Some colleagues and I were comparing it to pulling into the garage... for a couple of hours at a time.

Okay that's all for the moment.  I have a 9am rehearsal for a guest talent show tomorrow.  AND it's one hour forward [AGAIN] tonight as we continue our eastward journey.  Ouch. 

Sweet dreams.
D

Thoughts

Yesterday I received a compliment that I can't stop thinking about...it's cracking me up a little bit. One of the guest entertainers on board told me I reminded her of a 'young' Angela Lansbury:

What do YOU think?

In other news, we're 11 days into this 17 day-long cruise... still in the Pacific Ocean.  Stopping in Puntarenas, Costa Rica today as our port of call.  Since the new cast is still in rehearsals for their third and final show, they're using this day as a rehearsal day... that being said, I don't think I'll be getting any sun in Costa Rica today.  Oh well.

My lighting guy just called me to tell me he's been throwing up all morning and that he might not be able to work today. Throwing up sucks, and under normal circumstances I'd say 'that sucks, stay home, feel better.' But since we're on a ship, which is not normal circumstances, there are certain maritime and company regulations that come into play here... first and foremost he has to be reported to the medical facility, and may or may not be isolated to his cabin for a day or so until he gets better. Any sort of GI disturbance is serious, because some of those bugs are super contagious and must be kept at bay... there's nothing fouler than a ship full of pukey poopy people.  Actually, as I write this, my boss just called to say we're nearing the dreaded 'Level 2,' which means we've had a certain number of GI cases reported in so many hours and need to boost our sanitization efforts.  Oy.  Talk about fun!

That being said, I'll leave you with this image of future me...

Hope you are well!
D