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Message From John

John Heald — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:08:28 +0000

Hi Everyone, Stephanie here. John is in Bermuda getting ready to board the Carnival Dream. But he wanted to send you this quick note: “Don’t forget to tune into the Today Show tomorrow morning to watch the four kid reporters. And if you missed the unveiling of the world’s largest children’s book check out the video [...]

The Worlds Largest Children’s Book – Read by Marcia Gay Harden

John Heald — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:05:18 +0000

If anyone missed the unveiling of the Big Book of Dreams by Marcia Gay Harden on the Today Show, below is a link thingy and some pictures of the event. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891#33715581 ShareThis

Start Spreading The News

John Heald — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:42:07 +0000

It’s Thursday night and I have to finish the blog today as there is bugger all time to write. So, here I sit in my underpants at 10:50 pm having just returned from a long day of meetings of which I will tell you more about later. I returned from the posh meeting in the [...]

Important News Flash From John

John Heald — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:54:40 +0000

Make sure you watch the Today show on NBC Friday at 8:30am to find out who your Carnival Dream’s Godmother will be. Enjoy. ShareThis

An Englishman In New York

John Heald — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:49:05 +0000

So, like most of this city I was watching the baseball World Series between the two countries of Philadelphia and New York. Actually, I think I have actually been watching the world spitting championships. Bloody hell, can these people spit. The rule seems to be that everybody has to be chewing something, at all times — [...]

Dressed To Kill

John Heald — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:15:42 +0000

So here I am in New York which regular readers of the blog will know that its time……once again………….for one of my I Hate Flying starts to the blog. And of course, if you look hard enough there is always a story to tell, especially if you are flying out of Miami International Airport which [...]

Rental Blog

John Heald — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:31:57 +0000

The lady at Enterprise Car Hire in Miami must have looked at me and thought “right, this fat bastard will never fit in a regular car.”……………actually………..I forgot……….this is Miami …………. so the lady at Enterprise Car Hire looked at me and thought “Claro…..esta grande bastardo nader fito ino el pockito auto.” And so she gave me [...]

Mr. Zonis

John Heald — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:27:45 +0000

Today’s blog is not what I had planned to post. Instead of a fun look at my life as a Carnival Cruise Director I will be writing about a man whose heart beat the red, white and blue of Carnival Cruise Lines………….his name was Meshulam (Mike) Zonis ……………….. who passed away last night. Who?………………….I know that’s [...]

Boo!

John Heald — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:10:23 +0000

So, the ship is now in full Halloween mode and last night we had the first of the Camp Carnival trick or treat sessions. Now, rather than have the kids randomly knock on cabin doors asking for candy and waking up Mr. and Mrs. Grumpy from their afternoon nap, we do this in the lounges. [...]

Tattoos, Horoscopes And Bugger All For Breakfast

John Heald — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:11:17 +0000

Well…..I have no words. Heidi is going to get a tattoo………on the side of her ankle ……a small heart……with Kye’s name written through it. Apparently it’s cute and “all the Mum’s are doing it”…………..well all the Dads are going out on Friday nights and having Latvian women do the hokey pokey on their laps………so I [...]