Research and Development

Okay, so you have your dream and you're ready to make it a reality but you're sitting there on the couch reading this blog written by a guy who thinks he's an author but wishes he was a professional puppeteer (I really do!) and dreams of owning his own bar somewhere in the South Pacific, where he can sit and listen to podcasts about 'how to be a vegan without giving up cheese', while playing Scrabble with my wife all day, and you're thinking "What the &*^%&^$!!!  Who is this tool?"

Fair enough.  First thing I would recommend is doing a bit of reconnaissance aka Google search.  I would get on the ol' laptop and find all the cruise ships out there that have entertainment on board and figure out when and where their auditions are.

"But, Mr. Blogger man, I don't have know any cruise ship companies."  Oh, be patient, young grasshopper.  Remember, it took young Daniel-son four long and grueling days to go from knowing hardly any karate to being an expert black belt in the "Karate Kid" movie.  You can't expect to know it all the first day.

Here's a list of cruise ships that offer on board entertainment:

AIDA
Carnival
Celebrity
Costa
Crystal
Cunard
Disney
Holland America
Norwegian
Oceania
Princess
Regent Seven Seas
Royal Caribbean
Seabourn
Silver Seas

There may be more companies out there and you'll probably come across more, but hopefully this is a good list for you to start with.

Scour these cruise lines sites for any and all information you can find.  Check out their photo galleries.  Look at the different itineraries they each offer.  You can even take virtual tours of the ships themselves, but most important, find that audition information.  Some companies post it.  Some don't.  Don't get discouraged if you don't find audition information on every site.  We'll find it.  But that's for another blog!  For now, just have fun looking at all the great stuff cruise ships have to offer.

Stay tuned!