Recent content by Rick

Greetings, Gentle readers. ITMA. Well, today Ladies and Gentlemen, once again we have had a great many passengers on board the Discovery Sun; well over a thousand, in fact! Once again two coaches had to be sent, and once again other team members other than I will reap the benefit of our bumper...

Greetings once more, Gentle readers! ITMA! It has been a real doozey of a day, today folks! We have had over a thousand passengers again, (second day in a row!) on the way to Grand Bahama! There have been safety meetings, (A subject we take very seriously, and my red nose and large shoes have to...

Greetings, gentile readers. ITMA! Well now that the Big Day is out of the way for yet another year, (Man, they go past so fast, it doesn’t seem like yesterday that I was getting my Secret Sam spy attaché case!) it is time to get ready for the Big Night! New years Eve is approaching with an...

G’Day, mates! ITMA! I enjoy driving. I enjoy driving a lot, maybe because I don’t get to do much due to the fact I am always on a ship, but when I am home, I love to drive! I drive fast on the motorway, (69 miles an hour officer, honestly) I have a comfortable car and I spend quite a bit of...

Good day to each and every one of you! ITMA. And a happy St. Stephen’s Day! Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, ‘tis the feast of Stephen, as immortalized by Good King Wencelas as he looked out! King Wencelas was the king of Bohemia, which I think sounds enough like Bahama to make sense. The weather is...

Hello everybody, and may I be the first to wish you all a very Happy Easter! Nothing like getting greetings in early! Ok, so, what is Christmas day like on the Discovery Sun? Well, we had a lot of Round Trip Passengers today, people who decided to spend Christmas on a cruise to paradise. A...

Viva Las Vegas! This place is slots of fun! I went to the Casino today, and what a fantastic time I had! The Casino in Port Lucaya is a great deal of fun, and a great place to spend an afternoon. When I was a cabaret act back in my long distant youth, I had a spot in the main room of a long gone...

Well, well, well, what to do today? I think I shall take a trip to the Bahamas, always nice at this time of year! Coming as I do from a country of colder climes, I always find it quite strange to be confronted with Christmas decorations whilst in temperatures up in the 70’s (not the years...

Hi, once again on the look out for someone from my past. Janice Vickers who used to live in Hapton. I heard a long time ago that she got married and moved to Accrington, and back in the '70's she had a couson that lived in Accrington when they were both young girls. I seem to remeber that the...

Hidey ho, Neighbors! ITMA! Today, I decided to go to the Garden of the Groves. I am not a very keen gardener; in fact I once blew up my lawn mower. To this day, I don’t know how, I was just mowing the lawn and the blade thing jammed and the engine blew up. Strangely enough, I never saw the...

So, welcome to Sunday. Last night was very nice. The Pax were disembarked by 23.30, and the Magician and I went out to the bar. We were both determined not to drink alcohol, I am still on track to get back my washboard stomach, (at the moment it looks more like an industrial washing machine...

Howdy-doodley-doo! ITMA. How are you all doing today? Well, today is Saturday, and everyone is a bit tired today as we had a crew inspection last night with Homeland Security. This happens around every six months or so, just so they can keep their fingers on the pulse so to speak. A necessary...

Greetings from paradise! ITMA! Well, today I decided to stay on the Discovery Sun all day. It was hard getting up this morning; it was quite a late night last night, due to a very large amount of passengers coming back to Ft. Lauderdale. So, this morning I had a lie in until about 07.00 and then...

Hey, everybody! I’m baaaack! What a day I have had today. Today we have had a very large group of fun loving people on-board who brought their own DJ. One hundred and twenty six of them! They have been an absolute blast, and they seem to be having a great time, although to be honest, I think...

Goooood Day to you all! ITMA! I hope you are all feeling well today; personally I’m fine and thank you all for asking! Sooo, today I woke up at my customary 06.30, (it’s not all glamour!!) and it was raining! We were along side in Ft. Lauderdale and it was very gray indeed. “A bit depressing.”...