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Hey, what's up? My name is Doug Parker. Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio. So, yeah, we just got back from a three-night Bahamas cruise on Royal Caribbean's

Majesty of the Seas from Miami. It went to Cocoa, K, and also to Nassau, Bahamas. So this show is

going to be a two-part show. Today's show is going to be with the cruise director and hotel director aboard Royal Caribbean's

Majesty of the Seas, not only because we want to get their point of use, but also because

Majesty was going to leave the fleet in April and go to Royal Caribbean's sister line, Poulmentier.

But now she is staying with Royal Caribbean, undergoing an extensive refurbishment, and then going up to Port Canaveral next May to do three-and-four-night Bahamas cruises.

So with that said, be sure to check out our Facebook page, Facebook.com slash cruise radio.

Also, our website, still have a lot of information on there, cruise radio.net.

And join our Facebook group, Cruise Radio Insider. Just search it right there on Facebook. You'll be able to get in yourself or look at the show notes at cruiser.net. Now, our first interview was with Cruise director, Carlos Torres, aboard Majesty of the Seas. So we'll go ahead and listen to that interview right now. So now we're hanging out with the cruise director of board

Majesty of the Seas, Carlos, man, welcome to the show. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you for having me. Before we get into your job as the cruise director, board majesty of the seas, tell us a little bit of a background about yourself. Well, believe it or not, a lot of people don't know this. I was born in the States, raised in Mexico. I studied university and graduated from hotel administration and business as well. But then I started working as car ruckethoes, entertainment, singing, performing. And little by little, that kind of drove me to the cruise industry. And here I am. I started as a cruise director staff back in 2009 and worked my way up and here I am. Nice. How was that

transition going from land base to seaside? It's scary. I'm not going to lie. Yeah, it was

dramatic change. Let's call it that way. A lot of things, it's like an alternative world as he says.

It's just, it's the same thing. It's just things happen too quick here.

Everything is within four walls.

So time goes faster.

You're always busy.

You have the opportunity to meet a lot of people really quick.

So you make good friends in no time.

And then you lose great friends in no time as well.

It's really, it's fun. It seems like it's a floating city like maybe in a controlled environment. Absolutely. Absolutely. We have so many rules for relations and safety and this and that. It keeps you, like I said, it gives you focus because our main focus or priority here is everybody's safety, no? But you're here to entertain as well. So it's a good balance.

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