{"id":3099,"date":"2014-05-17T22:03:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T06:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3099"},"modified":"2014-05-17T22:03:48","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T06:03:48","slug":"drink-up-vancouver-canada-05172014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3099","title":{"rendered":"Drink Up! \u2013 Vancouver, Canada \u2013 [05\/17\/2014]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"martini\"<\/a>The line I work for is \u2013 as most of you know \u2013 one of the more conservative in the industry. We don\u2019t cater to the party crowd and we really don\u2019t try to. If this were the old days of cruising, we would be much more along the White Star Line model (er\u2026only with better luck). But perhaps twice a year, even on the flagship, we find ourselves in a position where we have to make an exception.<\/p>\n

Y\u2019see, the ship can\u2019t sail empty. I\u2019m not sure exactly why, I will never understand the red tape of it all, but it can\u2019t. So when we have one day \u2018left over\u2019 at the end of the Panama Relocation Cruise, the company sells that night. Just that night.<\/p>\n

$50 a head for the overnight trip to Seattle.<\/p>\n

Ladies n\u2019 Gents welcome to the (unofficial) booze cruise.<\/p>\n

At least that\u2019s how we often think of it.<\/p>\n

Really, there\u2019s not a great deal for the passengers who are only on for the evening to do, so we open up the bars, open up the resteraunts, and once we hit the international highway between Canada and the states, we open up the Casino, the upstairs lounge turns into an all night party.. and we just kind of\u2026let them play.<\/p>\n

The first time I encountered this phenomon was on the smallest ship in the fleet several years ago now, and to be honest I was so wrapped up in my debark (that was the contract from hell for me) that I didn\u2019t really give it much thought except for the fact that the slowness of the passenger turn around was between me and my plane home (dangerous place to be, between disembarking crew and our way home after 6 months!). The next time I worked a one-nighter was at the end of the GWV in 2011. We had a different cruise director that year, and it was before the days of prohibition, as I recall his statement for the evening went something like this:<\/p>\n

Ladies n\u2019 gentlmen, cover your name tags, tonight you\u2019re not on show.Tonight, you\u2019re not crew. Behave yourself, don\u2019t go wild\u2026but \u2026have fun.<\/em><\/p>\n

Not often you hear your boss say something like that.<\/p>\n

This year though, I find I\u2019m not really in the party frame of mind. I might swing by the nightclub upstairs and see how it\u2019s going\u2026but I\u2019ve got a long couple of days ahead of me while the CD is away\u2026and, party or not, I think it\u2019s best that I get my sleep while I am able\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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