Blogs from Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States, North America

Der Besuch im Johnson Space Center in Houston hat uns ja schon neugierig auf Cape Canaveral gemacht. Dazu kommt, dass der Start der Endeavor bevorsteht (nun verlegt auf 29. April, 15:47 Uhr). Vielleicht kann man ja einen Blick auf die Raumfähre am Startplatz erhaschen? So fuhren wir also auf Merritt Island, einer der Ostküste vorgelagerten Insel, wo der ganze Komplex beheimatet ist. Erstes Problem: Wo bleiben wir über Nacht? Ein Walmart Supercenter gab es, aber das Übernachten ist nicht erlaubt. Kleiner Tipp am Rande: „Versucht es doch einfach mal in der Umgebung!“ Was wir dann auch taten. Nach ca. 3 Kilometern entdeckte ich ein uns sehr bekanntes Markenschild – Aldi! Sofort Stopp und erst einmal Shoppen gehen, war die Devise. Wir fanden dann auch die Lebensmittel-Versorgung für die nächsten beiden Tage und das zu besseren Preisen ... read more

The month that I've declared will be the greatest month onboard ever has gotten off to a great start! This last week, my sister, Alexis, and brother-in-law, Kevin, came to cruise with me - for the first time! I was so excited to see them the day they arrived. I couldn't sleep the night before because I was so excited! I was like a little kid. We really packed our port days with fun. First, in Cozumel, we went to Park Royal, the resort that I love going to with the crew. A couple of my friends - Duain and Nicole - joined us. We spent the day lying in the sun, hanging in the pool, eating, drinking and doing the odd activity run by the resort staff. The highlight of the day was the water ... read more

The holiday season has hit the Dream! It can be really difficult being away from home, family and friends during the holidays. But this year, between work keeping me busy and friends keeping me happy, it has been a good time. We've broken from our regular itineraries and did a 9 day cruise that included both Christmas and New Years. It was extremely popular, the ship booked solid and tons of families. So work in the teen club has been very busy. In addition to all of the teens we have onboard, we've been having technical crises all the time . . . in the last week we've had a fire, a flood and a complete power outage - all in our DJ booth! I'm so happy to have Kristina here as my co-director. We keep ... read more

Day 9- the best day!!!  Today we checked out of our luxurious apartment and had to take my cuz and his wife to the airport... Wahhh oh well life goes on!!!  So we go to the airport and I wait with my cuz's until my mum and dad hired a car. As we are bored we decided to do some ball room dancing and jiving moves! In the meantime all these people are watching and walkig past buti didn't care as I was having fun. Then the moment came! My mum and dad arrived with the keys! Picture it. Slow mo with dramatic music as the light shines behind em! Ok it was nothing like that but I need to spice this up somehow! So off we go to the car! Now remember all my Australian ... read more

I'm typing this entry at 9:15am, the morning after the launch, as I sit in the condo overlooking Cocoa Beach on another perfect day. So much has happened in the last 48 hours it's going to be difficult to recall it all, but here goes... We joined the tour bus at 8:15am just up the road. We were booked on one of the Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) tours, but part of the Administrator's Guest group, which meant we had access to some pretty cool stuff. First stop was the International Space Station (ISS) Processing Building. This building is large enough to hold the entire ISS - the size of a football field including end zones - and is where they've basically laid out the ISS in pieces before putting it into orbit piece by piece. We ... read more