Rehearsal Travel

Well - We've made it. Barely.

After spending all week packing and cleaning our apartment to move out, we finally set off Saturday afternoon. We booked a Super Shuttle to transfer us from home to JFK airport. They again showed up early, so we rushed down the stairs with all our bags to keep them from waiting.  Yes - ALL our bags. Jacob and I each have 2 checked bags and a carry-on each. So our hands were FULL. Fortunately, our bags are relatively light this time. As this is our third cruise contract each, we finally have the swing of things when it comes to packing. We've left plenty of room in our bags for shopping and souvenirs - a huge problem here in European itineraries.

After a loooong ride on the Super Shuttle picking up about 5 additional passengers, we still arrived at JFK International Airport about two and a half hours before our flight at 7:20pm. Celebrity booked us both on an American Airlines flight direct from JFK to Manchester, UK. Now - typically I have not had the best experiences flying American. However - they really surprised me this trip. We had such an easy travel experience. We supplied a letter from Celebrity along with our Letters of Employment for the cruise ship in hopes of having our bag fees waived - and it worked!! Baggage fees are ridiculous these days, so that saved us over $60 each! Thank you, Celebrity and American! Our flight left on time, was smooth, and arrived on time. I tried to sleep the whole flight, but didn't have the best of luck with that - I never can sleep on a plane. 

Upon arriving in Manchester by 7:30am, we passed through Customs and then boarded a train from Manchester International Airport to Scarborough, UK. We did have to change trains in York (a tall order with all our luggage), but otherwise, the travel was smooth and carefree. We finally arrived at our housing in Scarborough by 1pm.

We're both excited to be returning to Scarborough, UK. It's such a different feeling from last time when everything was new. This time, we feel like Scarborough is already our home. We unpacked, went to the store, and met all our new cast mates last night. 

Everyone is very nice and super excited to get started with rehearsals. We all hung out last night, but then I had to pass out early. Having so little sleep the night before on the plane, my body had no idea what time it was. So I got a great night's sleep, woke up early this morning, and had time to write these blog posts.

Today's the first day of rehearsal. Nervous! But excited. So lucky and happy to be back here again.

Here we go!! Stay tuned.

- Cameron