John Heald's Blog : Evolutions of Fun

Witness To A Hat

John Heald's Blog — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:56:49 GMT

Morning all…………….let’s start with religion and hats. From: SPLENDOR PURSERS Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:57 PM To: SPLENDOR CRUISE DIRECTOR Cc: SPLENDOR GROUPS COORDINATOR; SPLENDOR PURSERS; SPLENDOR CHIEF PURSER;...(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)

Paradise Found

John Heald's Blog — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:29:46 GMT

Thirty something years ago a young man named Richard Branson formed a company called Virgin. He started with a record label which produced some of the most famous bands of the seventies and of course today we have Virgin Airways (yes, they do go all the...(read more)

Grand Turk……pure and simple

John Heald's Blog — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:53:19 GMT

Once upon a time on an Island far far away there lived a few hundred people who spent their days fishing, growing fruit spending their evenings drinking Tequila and enjoying the music of the Mariachi band………..El Locos. There were white...(read more)

3 out of 3 carpet cleaners say it’s better than Vegas

John Heald's Blog — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:55:53 GMT

I have never been to Las Vegas. It’s not that I never wanted to go, it’s just that I never seemed to have a reason to go there. The reason however that I mention this is that tonight I heard a guest say to his friends………………”This...(read more)

Schools Out

John Heald's Blog — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:27:41 GMT

My school days were a mixture of hard work, strict discipline accompanied by a forced sports program and home work each and every night. Our uniform was a bizarre mixture of purple and black with the trousers made from a torturous material called “serge...(read more)

The State of the Union…..Is the fun has begun

John Heald's Blog — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:46:24 GMT

You would have thought it was a day at sea…………….whereas for the last three years I have been cocooned in the bosom of Europe where on embarkation day the ship is like a library here on the new Carnival Imagination it was...(read more)

It’s not my Imagination….The Heat won

John Heald's Blog — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:42:35 GMT

Back in the 1980’s the Boomtown Rats had a number one hit across the world called “I Don’t Like Mondays.”………………..well, its 8:30am on Monday and I am sorry to disagree but I do like Mondays, particularly...(read more)

Off To See The Queen

John Heald's Blog — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:45:13 GMT

It’s 10:30am on Saturday morning and I sit here at the trusted computer. Heidi is finishing the packing as we are leaving in an hour or so to make our way to Southampton for our adventure on the Queen Victoria. Since the packing began yesterday...(read more)

Miles of Imagination

John Heald's Blog — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:16:34 GMT

Back in the mid 1990s, I was chosen to be the first cruise director of the Imagination when it debuted in 1995. This would be my second new ship as cruise director following the delivery of her sister, the Sensation in 1994. Back in those days, the ship...(read more)