{"id":3468,"date":"2014-11-01T14:21:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T21:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3468"},"modified":"2014-11-01T14:21:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T21:21:09","slug":"everything-is-wonderful-in-wonderland-fort-lauderdale-usa-10312014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3468","title":{"rendered":"Everything is Wonderful in Wonderland \u2013 Fort Lauderdale, USA \u2013 [10\/31\/2014]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cheshire_Cat_by_Kerahna\"<\/a>Tis that time of year again\u2026<\/p>\n

And I don\u2019t mean Christmas \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Ironically, my current ship chose the same theme for Halloween as my previous summer contract, so I got to take another trip to a slightly skewed version of Wonderland.<\/p>\n

Not that I\u2019m complaining about that of course! I like Wonderland.<\/p>\n

Every year, I add something to Chesh. I\u2019ve had the costume for so long now that I can almost complete it with my eyes closed \u2013 so I add something to her every season. This year, I realized that my feet would not take another night of dancing in non-dance-specific-heels, and I finally caved and bought the bright pink and black mary-jane Doc Martin\u2019s I\u2019ve been eying for the purpose since the beginning of the season. Far from the prettiest things in the world it\u2019s true \u2013 but they really<\/em> went with the costume\u2026<\/p>\n

In fact, the shoes got the most compliments of the evening, second only to one other thing<\/p>\n

The hair.<\/p>\n

Now, every year I do the same thing with my hair for Chesh. 45 minutes to an hour of having a stylist tug at my stubborn locks results in a headful of Shirley temple style ringlets that have to be basically shellac\u2019d into place with I don\u2019t know how many layers of hairspray. And this year, a trip to the local pharmacy in port produced a can of coloured hairspray in a startlingly puuuurr-fect shade of purple.<\/p>\n

Yup, I dyed my hair purple for the night. Or at least, highlighted it purple. The results were so impressive that not only did I get comments on how pretty it looked, but also comments of<\/p>\n

Is that actually your real hair??<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes<\/em><\/p>\n

You dyed it?<\/em><\/p>\n

Nope<\/em><\/p>\n

Because the entire entertainment team was costumed to the same theme, we made an exception to the usual rules and brought everyone<\/em> on for the opening night show introductions. Honestly, I\u2019ve never seen a faster quick change than the one our Cruise Director had to do to make it to<\/em> those introductions in time: under five minutes to do a full transformation from standard suit and tie to full make up Mad Hatter. Brilliant<\/em> job. With the full team, we had the line of the White Rabbit, two playing cards, a queen\u2019s guard, the caterpillar (who did slither on stage), and of course Alice.<\/p>\n

Oh, and we also had the Queen of Hearts\u2026who strode onto the stage after everyone had been introduced and, with a decisive wave of her flamingo cried out<\/p>\n

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!! ALL OF THEM!!! Except him..<\/em><\/p>\n

At which the \u201cqueen\u2019s guard\u2019 was escorted off stage while the rest of us just kind of\u2026stared\u2026<\/p>\n

I LOVE Halloween\u2026<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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