Cruise assignment: 14 days from Port Canaveral to Nova Scotia and back

I joined an agency for cruise ship presenters and got an assignment for this cruise. Marella is a British cruise company owned by Tui, a German travel group. It was interesting and different because 100% of the passengers were British and the whole cruising experience was different in many ways. I gave 7 presentations, which were well-received. It was good to get back into the presenting mode again since the last one was in 2020, pre-covid.

 
The five-story atrium in the center of the ship was impressive with its windowed elevators.

 
The pink llama was on the second level near the "front desk." In the evenings the atrium was well-lit with neon and more.

 
Marble stairs from to the first level and fake green grass lines the way out to the "Live Room" where evening entertainers play in a lounge there.

The white piano on the bottom atrium level.

The yellow piano was in the Live Room.

The black piano was in the main dining room. There was a two story wall of windows on both sides of this space.

My presentations were in a large lounge. A dance floor separated me from my audience. Dean recorded videos of my presentations, which is useful for review.

There was bar at the back end of the lounge and in front that there was a table where people could watch my presentations, but most sat closer to the front of the room.
The room was called the "Squid and Anchor." We started calling it the "Squanchor."

 
As usual, we ate in the cafeteria, not the dining room. The food was different and very British. For Halloween, the staff was quite creative.

The cafeteria had several bars of self-serve food.

The seating was informal and since this was on an upper deck near the bow, the view was good.

Indeed, this is where we spent most of our time. No internet was provided as part of our accomodations, but we were able to set up hotspots on our phones when we were near US ports. I got a lot of writing done on our living shorelines book, because when I wasn't working, there were very few distractions. I was in the mode of rewriting my coauthors' chapters, so I did not need to refer to other websites.

A pool room on the top deck.

And an open pool as well. To the aft, is the top of the atrium where there were specialty restaurants.

Midship and the main entry/ exit point.

Here is the itinerary for this cruise.