Author: kellylaughsalot@gmail.com

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. July 2024 Andi was here! I worked with Andi when we were both Assistant Cruise Directors on the Caribbean Princess in 2019. The way Andi tells the story, we

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. June/July 2024 As I write this, I am home in California reflecting on my contract. I’ve structured these posts to report on the places that I visited, which felt

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. July 2024 We went to Hakodate a couple of times, but I was only able to get off the ship there once. My first week on the Diamond I

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. July 2024 Tsuruga was another port that we only went to once during my contract. I had no idea where in Japan it was, but I was happy to

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. June 2024 We had one stop in Okinawa, Japan. I asked my Japanese friends what their plans were and I got enough vague answers and half plans that I

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. June 2024 (and then my return in September 2024 below) We were notified a couple of weeks before the cruise where we were going to go to Taiwan that

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. May 2024 After getting lost in Jeju, I was excited and relieved when Masahiro (from my team) invited me to join a group of people who were going out

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. May & June 2024 Two cruises into my time on the Diamond Princess, Dan Falconer went home and Lauren Meyer joined as Entertainment Director. When I was on the

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. May 2024 I wasn’t really sure where Sakata was, and I didn’t have a lot of time to explore, but I had never been to Sakata so I was

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. May & June 2024 When Mikiko, our Japanese Cruise Director offered to show me around in one of the ports, I jumped at the offer. The date was set