ON BOARD THE WORLD DREAM - For months, Mr Jarwin Tan Peralta, 40, was eating alone and walking through darkened corridors on the empty World Dream mega-ship.
Mr Peralta was among 1,100 crew members who were back to work with fresh haircuts and new hope on Nov 6, when the World Dream sailed off for Singapore's first pandemic cruise to nowhere. He observed that the new safety regime - covering anything from 500 bottles of hand sanitisers to a flow plan to turn the ship back in an outbreak - will make Singapore's standards a benchmark for the industry.
Super-fine drifting snow was created for a tropical audience dreaming of a near-impossible wintry escape, for instance. Still, this did not seem to dampen the wonder. Mr Martins said emotions surged after staging the show for a live audience."It was super nostalgic, having guests again and doing what we love."
Both Mr Martins and Ms Lamela indicated that the teams were overjoyed to be employed again. In the preceding months, some staff did"live-selling" of clothes for cash. Musicians staged Zoom shows while Yi Mo, the Chinese opera singer, appeared on TikTok.
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