John Heald's Blog : Carnival Spirit

Penthouse and Politics

John Heald's Blog — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:50:41 GMT

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………...(read more)

John

John Heald's Blog — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:12:12 GMT

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...(read more)

A New Fantasy & More Bubba….Sponsored by Ray Ban Sunglasses

John Heald's Blog — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:56:19 GMT

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...(read more)

What’s Next

John Heald's Blog — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:55:57 GMT

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...(read more)

Laughter and Tears…..Just Another Day in the Office

John Heald's Blog — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:07:25 GMT

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...(read more)

TV Times

John Heald's Blog — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:44:22 GMT

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...(read more)

It’s Raining Refunds

John Heald's Blog — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:50:57 GMT

Bugger! Well, she is correct. I did say they were expecting rain, both verbally and in the Carnival Capers, because that’s what www.weather.com told me. Good morning by the way from the straits of Messina where as I write it is ……guess...(read more)