Big Pimpin' Royal Caribbean Style

Just a few days ago my cousin Candie and I were discussing cruise vacations and I told her that I don't think I could ever take a cruise because of the limitedness of it. I mean I just can't see how much you can do if you're limited to a certain amount of space. Then BAM, like magic, I get an e-mail about Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas and let me tell ya the folks over at Royal Caribbean aren't playing!

First thing that stood out to me is Allure of the Seas will feature Chicago: The Musical as its Broadway production. Now pardon my cruise ship ignorance, but I really thought cruise ship shows consisted of bogus magicians and dance school flunkies NOT Broadway plays!

The ship also features a 3D movie theater so you don't have to worry about watching the latest comic book-based movie in 2D. How lame would that be?? We all know that 2D and action flicks are a no-no these days.

As one of the worlds largest cruise ships it wouldn't be right for Allure of the Seas to not feature some fine cuisine. After all that is what cruise ships are so well known for, right? Some of Allure of the Seas restaurants include the Mexican beach bar and So Cal inspired Rita's Cantina and hot dog haven, The Boardwalk Dog House.

Allure of the Seas will set sail December of this year so you still have time to save your pennies :-)

Reality Travel Show Casting Alert

So casting company Gotham Casting is offering a fabulous opportunity to an "inexperienced traveler" out there. They're looking for someone to appear in a pilot episode for a new travel reality show. I know Gotham Casting works with MTV and VH1 a lot so it could easily be a possible show for one of those networks (maybe). Here's a little more info from the e-mail I received:

What this is: a show about travel, fun, exploration, and discovery

What this is not: a show about situations, competition or contest
There is no financial compensation for this role.

You will have all of your travel costs paid for, meals provided and get an experience of a lifetime.

You are:
Between ages 18-21
adventurous
never traveled outside of USA
been to less than 5 major cities within the USA
available to be on location for up to 7 days at a single time

for consideration, please submit the following to
commercialcasting@gothamcasting.com

Put "Reality Travel Show" in Subject line and include:

1. name / age / contact information (telephone & email) / city and state you live in and nearest major airport
2. photo (photo must be recent - within last 6 weeks and does not need to be professional)
3. have you ever been on tv? if yes, what show and do you have a contract prohibiting you from participating in this project?
4. where have you traveled to?
5. where do you want to travel to and why? (give one place within the USA and one place anywhere in the world)
6. why do you want to be on a reality tv show about travel?
7. do you have a passport?

Good luck to anyone giving this a shot!