John Heald's Blog

Penthouse and Politics by John Heald's Blog

Last cruise our 124 Russian guests were brilliant. They danced, they laughed and they had a wonderful time and we all enjoyed having them onboard. This week we only have 23 and 22 seem very nice as well……….one though………...

Filed under: Tales from the Ship, Travel, Europe, Carnival Splendor, Hawaii, Destinations, Chris Roberts, Carnival Spirit, Stromboli

John by John Heald's Blog

And so it is with a heavy heart and a heavy stomach thanks to the huge Chicken Curry I had for dinner last night that I start my last cruise on the Carnival Splendor and I will reminisce about this later. However, there is still much work to be done and...

Filed under: Tales from the Ship, Travel, Europe, Carnival Splendor, Hawaii, Destinations, Messina, Carnival Spirit

A New Fantasy & More Bubba….Sponsored by Ray Ban Sunglasses by John Heald's Blog

Good Morning from Livorno and, after an unexpected day at sea yesterday, the guests seemed very happy to touch land and off they went touring beautiful Tuscany, gorgeous Florence and historic Pisa and its tower. As I said yesterday, even though we missed...

Filed under: Tales from the Ship, Evolutions of Fun, Travel, Europe, Carnival Splendor, Hawaii, Destinations, Carnival Fantasy, Carnival Spirit, Carnival Destiny, Verona

Blogger’s Cruise Update by John Heald's Blog

Hi Everyone, Here is some exciting information that I know you’ve been waiting for about the blogger’s cruise. First let me explain that because this is a special hotel package that includes transfers we have a special booking process. Please...

Filed under: Tales from the Ship, Bloggers Cruise

What’s Next by John Heald's Blog

On average during a 12-day cruise, I receive 150 letters. Most are dedications. Some are comments. A few are complaints and then there ones that fall into the category of “what the hell are you telling me this for”? Here is such a letter. I read this...

Filed under: Tales from the Ship, Travel, Europe, Carnival Splendor, Hawaii, Alaska, Carnival Liberty, Vesuvius, Destinations, Carnival Triumph, Carnival Spirit, Carnival Destiny, Pompeii, Sorrento, Halloween, Super Glue

A Load of French Wind by John Heald's Blog

Sometimes when I write a blog, the cursor thingy will wink away until I have eaten an entire bag of pistachio nuts and a box of sugar-free jelly beans. Sometimes though the words just vomit out of my head as my fingers dance on the keyboard desperately...

Filed under: Tales from the Ship, Travel, Europe, Carnival Splendor, Destinations

A Short Blog by John Heald's Blog

Good Evening everyone Just a quick thingy to sat “Bugger, I just got told we are going to miss the Port of Cannes because of high winds.” We are now going to be calling at Genoa instead. So, now I am preparing to tell the guests at 7:30 pm...

Filed under: Tales from the Ship, Travel, Europe

Laughter and Tears…..Just Another Day in the Office by John Heald's Blog

And so I have upset two lovely lady guests…………..as you will see Now, in my defense, when hosting the marriage show I always ask for all the honeymoon ladies to stand up. I then ask for four ladies who feel that, without exception...

Filed under: Tales from the Ship, Travel, Europe, Carnival Splendor, Capri, Destinations, Chris Roberts, Carnival Spirit, Dubrovnik

The Baltic- See You In 2009 by John Heald's Blog

So, where are you going for your vacation next year? The Caribbean? Florida? Alaska? The list of possibilities is seemingly endless. But it’s not as long as the list of places you don’t even consider. Chad, for instance, or Tripoli. I bet you never really...

Filed under: Tales from the Ship, Travel, Europe, Amsterdam, Holland, Video, Carnival Liberty, Destinations, Baltic, Germany, Russia, St. Petersburg, Finland, Helsinki, Berlin, Tallin, Warenmunde, Estonia, Copenhagen, Denmark

Quick Update by John Heald's Blog

Hello everyone, In a few hours Stephanie will be posting a special blog recaping the Baltic season. It will feature all the home videos I made during our familirization trip. I am honoured that Carnival have asked me to do this and it will be featured...

Filed under: Travel, Europe, Baltic

Mr.ABCNBCCBSFOX…..The Season Finale by John Heald's Blog

As I mentioned yesterday, during my trip to see the Carnival Dream the shipyard was quiet with it being a Sunday. However, that was also because many of the technicians were here onboard the Carnival Splendor these last two days in Venice. ……let...

Filed under: Tales from the Ship, Travel, Europe, Carnival Splendor, Destinations, Venice

Dream Videos Part 2 by John Heald's Blog

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Filed under: Tales from the Ship, Travel, Europe, Video, Casino, Carnival Dream, Lido Deck, Theater, Piazza

Dream Videos by John Heald's Blog

Morning all. Here are a few short videos filmed with my thingy. Hope you enjoy them come back later for todays blog CHEERS JOHN ShareThis

Filed under: Tales from the Ship, Travel, Video, Carnival Dream

Dream….A Big Dream With Me by John Heald's Blog

You won’t really get a sense of scale from the pictures or the videos— and nor will you get the full impression of just how beautiful she is. It’s a Carnival ship, there’s no doubt about that, but, unlike any other Carnival ship from the past 36...

Filed under: Tales from the Ship, Travel, Europe, Destinations, Carnival Dream

TV Times by John Heald's Blog

So, here we are in Venice, the City of Lights and the city with the worst service in the entire universe. Yes, the universe, because if there was a restaurant on the planet Zog that served one-eyed walrus type creatures a plate of three-headed slime maggots...

Filed under: Tales from the Ship, Travel, Europe, Carnival Splendor, Video, Destinations, Chris Roberts, Carnival Spirit, Pompeii, Venice, Captain Pagano