ROYAL CARIBBEAN'S
FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
THE NEWEST, BIGGEST SHIP IN THE WORLD
IMAGINE A SHIP THAT CAN HOLD NEARLY 6000 PEOPLE...
I WAS PART OF THE "TAKE OUT" TEAM THAT HOSTED THOUSANDS OF GUESTS ON 1 AND 2 NITE PRESS AND PREVIEW CRUISES ON THIS SHIP FROM APRIL TO JUNE 2006.
IT WAS LIKE BEING ON TOUR. EVERY NIGHT A DIFFERENT CROWD. EVERY FEW DAYS A DIFFERENT PORT, A DIFFERENT COUNTRY, AND EVEN DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES.
IMAGINE AN OPEN BAR FOR EVERY NIGHT FOR 2 MONTHS! SCARY...AND EXHILARATING. YOU NEVER KNEW WHO WAS GOING TO BE IN THE AUDIENCE.
HERE'S THE STORY OF THE "TAKE OUT" FROM THE SHIPYARD IN HAMBURG GERMANY TO OSLO, NORWAY, SOUTHAMPTON ENGLAND, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, BOSTON, MIAMI...AND ON THE WAY A COUPLE PARTIES WITH OPRAH, SPIKE LEE, DAVID LACHAPPELLE, CHRIS ROCK AND THE TODAY SHOW!
But let's start at the beginning, for me anyway. Here in Hamburg Germany April 20, 2006. I flew from Hawaii to Los Angeles to London to Hamburg (uhhggg...talk about jet lag). The port agent was waiting for me. To my surprise, my friend Mark from the Stingrays Band was also there, so we got in the cab together. This started our adventure...