Welcome to the Carnival Triumph!

That's right... ship on a stick number TWO for me, after only missing ONE question on the "Ultimate Mind Game Trivia" challenge with Greg from Philadelphia.

We headed to Diane's Legends Show rehearsal (remember that?) and found this collection of sweet towel animals left over from a demonstration earlier that day.

Diane meets her dancer Brandon, who will guide her through some of the steps.

Diane rocks "Like A Virgin" as she outshines her dancers in the background. :)

We missed the jack-o-lantern carving competition on the Lido Deck, but I was just in time to snag a quick shot before lunch.

Diane gets into the 1980s with some over-the-top makeup! Strike a pose! Vogue!

Legends Show time! Here we have James Brown performing "I Got You (I Feel Good)".

Aretha Franklin belts about how she needs some "R-E-S-P-E-C-T".

My karaoke & dancing buddy Grand performs as Elton John with the "Crocodile Rock".

Assistant Cruise Director "Squishy" portraying Cher and Brittany as Sonny bring the house down with "I Got You Babe".

Another karaoke buddy Tiffany sings "Baby One More Time" as Britney Spears, rocking the Catholic school girl uniform.

Diane relives a moment from when she was what... 2 or 3 years old?! She rocked "Like A Virgin"!

Garth Brooks came out and sang about his "Friends In Low Places".

Our cruise director Jorge was nearly literally roped into portraying Dolly Parton by these cowboys!

Social host Greg sings about "Livin' La Vida Loca" as Ricky Martin.

Karaoke hose Leanne from South Africa brought the latin flair with "The Rhythm is Gonna Get You" by Gloria Estefan.

Ladies and gentleman, Elvis is in the building, performing a medley of "Jailhouse Rock" and "Hound Dog".

Rounding out the show is Ol' Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra, crooning about how he did it "My Way".

The Carnival Triumph orchestra rocks out in the pit.

I snagged this shot while they were taking the professional cast photo. We got a free print, and a copy of the DVD for Diane.

My first real celebrity encounter! I think I look hot standing next to Madonna!

After a mix of stress and loud music, Diane enjoys a slight headache after wrapping the show.

At our last dinner, Cathy snags a photo with our upstairs maitre d' Mustafa.

The waiter from the next table (whose name I couldn't pronounce) rocks a Jamaican wig. He had so much fun with his tables, and even came over on several occasions to interact with us. Just don't tell his mama!!!

Well, Patrick flopped on our last towel animal... We think this is a stingray... or maybe just a wrinkly towel?

The next morning, Diane makes her "I'm sad the vacation is over" face as we wait to get off the ship.

Wow, I'm entirely too smiley, considering that we're about to get off the boat, back into the chilly Norfolk air, and head back to work!

One last shot of the boat... this is the large globe light fixture above the casino area where we sat and played our Nintendo DS games until we were called to debark.

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