Hello again!
Exciting news, I got my first Macbook Pro and I am so in love! Not only is this fun for me to write to ya’ll and tell you what’s new with me, but it’s even better writing it out on my Macbook Pro!
Just to play a little catch up… I’ve been living in North Miami for the last six weeks at Florida International University in dorms with other Royal Caribbean and Celebrity cruise line performers. The productions studio where I work is about a five minute walk away and it is beautiful! It’s the largest production studio in America, about 130,000 square feet!
There are twelve of us in the cast and these past six weeks we have learned three production shows. The first is called “City of Dreams” which has been a Royal Caribbean show for the past ten years or so but it’s a love story for the Girl one and Boy one singers. The rest of us paint the picture of the scene which takes you around the world from Atlantis, Bombay, Beijing, and Venice. It’s a roller coaster of colors and emotions, but a beautiful show. The second show we learned was “Piano Man” which i’m sure you’ve guest it is a celebration of music from Elton John, Harold Arlen, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, to Barry Manilow. I think this one is my favorite to do so far… The last show we learned is “Tango Buenos Aires” which is entirely a tango show. The stars of the show are a featured tango couple for Argentina which we have yet to meet, but we hear are amazing! This show was fun to learn because it’s so authentic, the music is beautiful, i’ve never done tango before so I now know so new moves, and we learned how passionate tango can be!
This upcoming week is kind of a big deal. Monday we get to move to the “Finishing Studio” which is huge and has lights and seats for everyone to come watch us in. We’ll do one of our shows that day as our Unofficial run for the office to check us out and anyone else that can attend. Then Tuesday’s the big day, every cast has an office run to show off what you’ve been working on before you leave for the ship. Somehow our office run has turned into an “Event” as if is wasn't already a big performance, now it’s a BIG deal because people from Royal Caribbean corporate are coming to check Royal Caribbean Productions which just so happens to be us. Which is great, the more the merrier, right? Then we’re done, which is amazing. Wednesday we have off to pack and get ready to fly to Sydney, Australia on Thursday October 29th.
Once we get to Australia which will take about 25 hours we have an over night in Sydney, then join Radiance of the Seas in the morning of November 1st. From there our first cruise is 15 nights long and we will be installing the shows on the ship getting costumes, wigs, and rehearsing until we can open all three shows! After that we just get to enjoy traveling to places I never thought i’d go to on a beautiful ship with awesome people and every couple of nights perform a few shows.
It’s been pretty crazy the past six weeks, we are all very ready to get on the ship. There are always days where I've been exhausted mentally and physically, but being able to tell myself it’s worth it because I love to dance and I love my job is really incredible. I’m so proud of our cast for creating a community to perform together and working our asses off when we are so tired. I can’t wait to spend the next six months with them and I am so excited for the memories we’re going to make.
Now that I have my Macbook I was thinking of making some video blogs. We’ll see how that works out. But thanks for reading, I promise to try to be a good blogger this time around! :)
Until next time…
XOXO
Monica
