Adventures on the High Seas, Day #4

The fourth day of our adventure on the high seas was an interesting one. Today the ship was supposed to port at Freeport early in the morning. When I got up and got going, I realized that we were still moving. That seemed a bit strange.


I quickly found out that there were numerous storms in the area and the seas were just way too choppy. Apparently the port authority wasn’t allowing the ship to come in to port.

As the day continued, the ship stayed out to sea. It became increasingly obvious as the day slipped away that there wouldn’t be a day in the Bahamas.

Kristin and I were playing cards with our new friend Karina Skye, an amazing singer that was on the show with us, when I heard my name being paged over the ship’s speakers.

I met the assistant cruise director and was asked if it were possible for me to do a show of close-up, sleight of hand magic. What a great idea! It sounded like an absolute blast and I agreed quickly. We set a time for the show to begin and then the assistant cruise director was off to publicize the show.

Showtime rolled around about an hour and a half later and the ship’s lounge was quite crowded. For the next forty-five minutes, I had a great time! I was able to share some of my favorite routines as well as a few original pieces with my audience. The show was a big hit!

Afterwards I was speaking with the cruise director and he mentioned how much he enjoyed it as well. SCORE! Yes! That’s exactly what I was hoping would happen. I pride myself on being able to come through in a pinch and I know that by doing that close-up show it really helped relieve some of the strain off the cruise staff.

Because there was a new act onboard, I was given the night off from doing the show. That was nice. It was really cool to just sit back, relax, and enjoy the evening’s dinner and entertainment.

I received many nice compliments from all the folks onboard that they really enjoyed my show. In fact, here is a clip of me performing one of the mysteries that I performed on that day’s close-up show. This specific clip is from an appearance on a news channel in Nashville, TN. Watch close, you don’t want to miss a thing.

By the way, if you just joined this little adventure and want to start at the beginning, click here.  And click here to read the continuation of our little journey on Day #5.