My Freedom Cruise – St. Thomas Part 3

Back on the ship in plenty of time to get showered and dressed for dinner, we decided to have a few post-port cocktails.  Let me make this clear that I do not bring my own alcohol because I am too cheap to buy booze from the cruise ship.  The reason I bring my own alcohol is because its nice to be able to unwind from a day in port by having a couple of glasses of wine while getting ready for dinner.  Rest assured Carnival still got plenty of my hard earned cash, I even had a hand cramp as proof.

After dinner the one show we really wanted to see was Jamie Frasier.  Jamie was one of the ship’s entertainers that I was unable to categorize.  At times he seemed to be part of the actual ship’s staff.  He was one of the judges in the mixologists competition which led you to believe he was part of the cruise directors staff.  However, he was also one of the feature entertainers onboard the Freedom leading you to think he was a paid entertainer.  Also, he apparantly has an album and does shows all over Europe and was adds to the belief of him being “more” than a member of the ships staff.  In any case, whatever his official role with Carnival may be, his show was excellent.

Jamie is an accomplished singer in the same mold as Dean Martin and Bobby Darin and does a show dedicated to that time period of music.  Throughout the course of the show he sang numerous songs from the time period, interspersed with bits of comedy.  While singing is definitely his money-maker he also has an awesome sense of humor which rounds out his act quite well.  Throughout the show he also tells stories about how he came to fall in love with that period of music.  Although to me the show seemed a bit short it was another hit in a long line of hits on the Carnival Freedom.  Sadly, our sailing was going to be his last for a while since he was heading back to England to spend time with his family.

After the show we headed over to karaoke to see who all was auditioning for the “Legends” show.  The crowd was pretty roudy tonight.  Most likely it had to do with people getting liquored up before getting on stage to audition.  You could also tell that people brought more “support” tonight in order to get voted into the show.

Tonight they were casting Frank Sinatra, Ricky Martin, James Brown, Brittany Spears and Gloria Estefan.  For the most part the competition was even.  However, there was one singer who was far and away the best of the night, she ended up winning the role of Gloria Estefan.  There was a bit of a battle for Frank Sinatra as one of the contestants had the vocal chops while the other had more of the “Rat Pack” swagger.  I would have went for the swagger but (after what was probably a Carnival record for sing-offs) the crowd went for the vocal prowess.  Ricky, James Brown and Brittany were filled by people who ran uncontested or those who lost out on other roles.

After the competition it was time for a stop in the casino as well as the traditional pre-sleepytime slice of pizza.  BTW yes I did play bingo earlier and no I did not win, just in case you were wondering.

Related posts:

1. My Freedom Cruise – Nassau part 3
2. My Freedom Cruise – Elegant Night 1 (part 2)
3. My Freedom Cruise: Elegant Night 1 (part 1)
4. My Freedom Cruise – St. Thomas part 1
5. My Freedom Cruise Part 4

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