It has been a long long time since I worked a charter. And I’ve never worked a charter quite like this one. I knew my duties were going to be light, but I honestly wasn’t anticipating a full blown vacation. Well, I’m volunteering for a few things here and there, but for the most part? Not doing a thing. The most “useful” thing I’ve done so far is put together next cruise’s schedule while I was sitting at the silent auction desk earlier today.
Not only that, but the people running the charter, want those of us who are volunteering to blend in! So we’re not even wearing uniforms!
This is also a somewhat unusual group of people. For one thing, they are the most enthusiastic group I’ve encounter in a really long time. And it’s super refreshing to see an entire ship full of people who have seemingly completely put aside everything from petty disagreements to politics just for a week of having a good time. These people are here for the music, and to eat drink and be merry, plain and simple. And these days that is a pretty rare and awesome thing to see.
Emotionally, that positivity is definitely doing me good. I’m a little bit intimidated by the crowds, and the fact that these guys apparently start drinking at 9am! (seriously, these guys are serious about their party mode!) does scare me just a little bit…but the over all energy onboard is excellent, and while the guests are perhaps a little louder and more…boisterous than usual, they’re not…the bad kind of boisterous, everyone here just wants everyone else to have a good time…and that is something that everyone in the world right now needs a bit more of…
lucky ducky