{"id":23416,"date":"2015-02-23T01:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=23416"},"modified":"2015-02-23T01:00:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T09:00:54","slug":"monday-feb-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=23416","title":{"rendered":"The Changing World Of Godmothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Remember when being the godmother of a cruise ship was an honor reserved for celebrities, royalty or others who were already enjoying some measure of fame?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Times have changed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Today is a &ldquo;reality world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Acknowledging that, and in partnership with Travel Weekly, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcaribbean.com\/home.do\">Royal Caribbean<\/a> is going to have what might be called the cruise world&rsquo;s first &ldquo;reality godmother&rdquo; when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcaribbean.com\/findacruise\/ships\/class\/ship\/home.do?shipClassCode=QN&amp;shipCode=AN&amp;br=R\">Anthem of the Seas<\/a> is launched in April. This ship&rsquo;s godmother will be a singing travel agent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Really?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Really. Also, reality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Here&rsquo;s how it will work:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Travel agents (women only) can apply by submitting a short video clip of their singing ability. They&rsquo;ll choose from a list of 19 songs. The list of potential godmothers will be trimmed to five by a panel of three judges who will watch the videos. The five finalists will sing for the judges and the winner will &mdash; after a little voice coaching &mdash; appear at the ships&rsquo; christening where she will sing the anthem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Anthem, get it?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The winner will also sing at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelweekly.com\/\">Travel Weekly&rsquo;s<\/a> Agent Achievement Awards and win a cruise-for-two on Anthem of the Seas. The winner will also enjoy at least 15 minutes of fame, or royalty, or celebrity, or all of the above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">So far, nobody&rsquo;s saying that this will turn into an award-winning, long-running TV show that they&rsquo;ll call <i>Cruising Idol.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><em style=\"font-size: 13px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><strong>Today at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.portsandbows.com\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><em style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><strong>Foodie new for Oceania fans<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12028\" height=\"125\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" title=\"DailyDeal-2\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/cruise-vacation-onboard\/Maasdam\">Holland American Maasdam<\/a><br \/>\n\t25 nights<br \/>\n\tMarch 13, 2015<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortlauderdale.gov\/\">Fort Lauderdale<\/a> (return): <a href=\"http:\/\/st-thomas.com\/\">St. Thomas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.st-barths.com\/en\/home.html\">St. Barts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stlucianow.ca\/?src=orgRedirection\">St. Lucia<\/a>, Barbados, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grenadagrenadines.com\/\">Grenada<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tourismbonaire.com\/en\/\">Bonaire<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.curacao.com\/\">Curacao<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caribbeanportreviews.com\/HalfMoonCay.htm\">Half Moon Cay<\/a>, Fort Lauderdale, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.st-maarten.com\/\">St. Maarten<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stkittstourism.kn\/\">St. Kitts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.vc\/\">St. Vincent<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitbarbados.org\/\">Barbados<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort-de-France\">Fort-de-France<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gotostcroix.com\/\">St. Croix<\/a>, Half Moon Cay<br \/>\n\tInside: $1,349<br \/>\n\t<strong style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Cost per day: $53<\/strong><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\">www.hollandamerica.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when being the godmother of a cruise ship was an honor reserved for celebrities, royalty or others who were already enjoying some measure of fame? Times have changed. Today is a &ldquo;reality world.&rdquo; Acknowledging that, and in partnership with Travel Weekly, Royal Caribbean is going to have what might be called the cruise world&rsquo;s&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=23416\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Changing World Of Godmothers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,25,19,15],"tags":[1542,137,912,937,72,819,35,453,23,1340,151,26,27,33,1120],"class_list":["post-23416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-people","category-ships","category-stories","tag-anthem-of-the-seas","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-contest","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruises","tag-godmothers","tag-holland-america","tag-maasdam","tag-new-cruise-ships","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-royal-caribbean","tag-travel-weekly","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}