THE SHIP IS BEAUTIFUL!! Oh my gosh, it's the coolest thing! I have never even seen a cruise ship, let alone live on one. It is massive and it's even crazier to see icicles hanging from the "Disney Dream" sign because it's so cold here. There is ice all over the deck. My friend Morgan actually slipped on the deck as soon as we walked on board. whoops…we were a little excited! :)
Unfortunately I cannot post any pictures of the ship until Disney has declared it finished. They do not want pictures of the ship unfinished to be public. Don't you worry, I will post plenty of pictures of the finished product!
December 9th is the first official day that Disney holds ownership of the Disney Dream. When we first arrived on the ship, Disney did not own the ship yet; the company from Germany still held ownership. That company is still doing work all over the place. There are still many things that are unfinished. It feels like a full on work zone in some areas. It has improved a lot since of first arrival, but they still have lots of work to do. There are boxes, stacks of metal, rolls of carpets and much more all over the place! The first week was so overwhelming. Sometimes I felt like I was totally in the way because everywhere I would turn a German guy in a royal blue jump suit was painting a wall, drilling some part of the floor together, or carrying a long metal rod down the hallway! Everything is covered in plastic; most of the carpets, railings, auditorium seats and just about anything that could have bubble wrap on it! Even the tables, chairs, couches and countertops in our crew bar is still covered in bubble wrap; it's hilarious! For the first week the gigantic lighting fixture in the main lobby which they call the atrium is split into 3 separate pieces, hanging from the ceiling because they are still working on it. Sometimes you try to walk somewhere and a hallway will randomly be closed off because they are painting the floor or something so you have to figure out how to get around it. Getting around the ship is very difficult because there are no direct routes, you always have to change direction to a different hallway or through many, many doors. It's so confusing! But, I am starting to get the hang of it.
Due to the construction we don't always have space available for rehearsals, so we have had our share of time off here and there. In our time off we have actually been able to go into the town of Bremerhaven. It's so cute! Germany really neat. There is a free shuttle service provided for us so we able to go to town whenever we want. In Bremerhaven there is a huge mall as well as an outdoor Christmas Village with craft vendors, a few little outdoor bars, carnival like rides, and even a man-made hill of snow for sledding in tubes! My friends and I did it; it was so much fun!
My cabin is super cute. I share with my friend Emma, I absolutely love her. All of us characters are in one hallway which is so fun! I can knock on anyone's door and find a friend to go to dinner with! Our crew cafeteria (which we call the crew mess) is for the German workers at the moment, so the crew has the privilege of eating in one of the guest dining rooms. The food is actually pretty good, but all the returnees say that it will most definitely get worse once we move on to the crew mess food. yikes…not looking forward to that!
The Walt Disney Theater is amazing! It is so beautiful and it is also so incredibly high tech it's almost scary. We have three lifts, which are parts of the stage that elevate down below the stage to move props and to transport people. They move so fast!!! It's scary!! But also very cool of coarse. I have never worked on such a technically advanced theater. I am really looking forward to performing on this stage. :)
Our phones are not working yet, and we have very limited internet privileges right now. We are only permitted to use it from about 9pm-8am. It is not at all consistent, sometimes it's just not working at all, and it is extremely slow when it does work.
I have almost no concept of what day or time it is. I have to wear a watch because I would never know what time it is. We are also 6 hrs ahead of you which is terribly confusing for when I want to contact my parents.
We leave on December 19, and I have no idea if I will be able to contact anyone. But, we are scheduled to be in Florida on January 4th. Once we get there, I can use my phone and finally make contact with the real world!!! yay!
Okay so that sums up a lot of my life right now, and it will be changing everyday. There is so much going on here, it's crazy. But, I am having so much fun I have made a lot of new friends. I am totally enjoying myself and I am so happy I took this job.
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