June 21, 2026
Every 3 months the CREW Officers rotate for much needed breaks. The support staff contract for typically 6 to 8 months. Singapore is a big rotation port for us, since flights from here are plentiful and visas are easy to procure for the CREW. Logistics are much more complicated in the smaller ports. Our last sea day heading into Singapore they held an after dinner party, on the aft deck for both CREW and Residents to mingle and say our farewells for now.
Above is Captain Val and Hotel Chief Ivan, Yogi and Stacy from the SPA and Bosco, Me and Bar Manager Mihah. All of them are headed home for much needed breaks, with exception of Yogi and us. Will really miss this gang. There replacements are also nice but we have special bonds with this core group.
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I am also working on collecting CREW action or candid photos for the 2027 CREW Calendar, which I will attempt to do again as a fund raiser for the CREW, at the end of the year. Here's some of our hard working staff in action! They are such a hard working group!
I don't know why, but I have always made great and lasting friendships with my nail & hair stylist people. Maybe because I see them regularly, we chit chat the whole appointment and share deep confidences quickly and with great respect, it's a safe zone! Stacy from Mauritius was that for me on the Odyssey . She was Spa Manager from the beginning in Belfast and took only two short vacation breaks over the two years.
I don't know why, but I have always made great and lasting friendships with my nail & hair stylist people. Maybe because I see them regularly, we chit chat the whole appointment and share deep confidences quickly and with great respect, it's a safe zone! Stacy Derby from Mauritius was that for me on the Odyssey . She was Spa Manager from the beginning in Belfast and took only two short vacation breaks over the two years.
I have wanted to see the famed Singapore Changi Airport for years to see the world's largest indoor waterfall. Turns out the waterfall is in a part of the airport, outside the Departure Terminals, so I still have yet to see it! The Terminal does have some interesting architecture and houses a huge shopping mall, with some very high end stores and Christmas decorations are up everywhere, the day after Halloween ( which sadly, they don't celebrate here ).