You get the strangest requests at 35,000 feet!
After surveying more than 3,000 cabin crew members, Virgin Atlantic has compiled a selection of the strangest, most unusual requests received over the years.According to that survey, requests heard most frequently are "please can you open the window?" and "can you show me to the showers?" But there have been even stranger requests. For example:* Please can I have a cup of tea and book a massage for my Barbie doll?
* Can you take my children to the playroom?
* Please could you fix my hair?
* I have dropped my glass eye, please could you help me find it?
* Could you turn the engines down because they are too noisy?
* Is there a McDonald's onboard?
* Please can the captain stop the turbulence?
One request that really shows the lengths crew members will go to was when a celebrity who shall remain nameless pressed her call bell and asked the crew member to "fix her hair." The crew member headed back to the galley where the other crew members rallied round and provided him with a hair brush, comb and small can of hairspray. Off he went back to Mrs. XXX armed with his array of hairdressing equipment, whereupon she roared with laughter and explained by saying 'could he fix the AIR!' and she pointed overhead. He quickly turned on the air vent and crept back to the galley sheepishly.
Trivial question
The Murray-Darling is the longest river in .... You tell us the country. (Answer somewhere below.)
Hurry, hurry to win a dream cruise
Some months ago, I wrote a newspaper/Web article about how an Asian cruise on Princess helped me scratch several items off my "bucket list" of places to see before kicking the proverbial bucket. Not long after that, Princess began promoting some of its cruises as a way to, er, um, scratch items off your bucket list. An amazing coincidence, no doubt. In any event, there is only about a week left to enter the line's Travel Bucket List Contest to win a Princess Cruises dream vacation for two, with round-trip airfare plus your choice of a cruise vacation to Europe, Asia, Tahiti, Australia/New Zealand, the Holy Land, Panama Canal, Alaska or South America. To enter, visit the Princess Cruises Facebook page by Feb. 7 to submit either an essay with photos or a video that captures your most inspiring travel story. Then from Feb. 11-25, encourage friends, family, neighbors and anyone else you know to vote every day for your story. The story with the most votes wins.
Inger Olsen made history on Dec. 1 by becoming Cunard Line’s first female captain in its 171-year history of cruise vacations. Yesterday, she continued her historic maiden sailings as captain of Queen Victoria, as she brought the ship back to the Port of Los Angeles. Olsen, 43, was raised in the Faroe Islands and joined Cunard in 1997 as first officer on board Caronia. In 2001 she transferred to sister-brand Seabourn and was promoted to staff captain on Seabourn Pride in 2003. Following some years with other companies within the Carnival Corporation family, Captain Olsen returned to Cunard last August as deputy captain ofQueen Victoria . She lives in Denmark -- when she's not aboard ship, that is.
And speaking of cruise ships ...
Inger Olsen made history on Dec. 1 by becoming Cunard Line’s first female captain in its 171-year history of cruise vacations. Yesterday, she continued her historic maiden sailings as captain of Queen Victoria, as she brought the ship back to the Port of Los Angeles. Olsen, 43, was raised in the Faroe Islands and joined Cunard in 1997 as first officer on board Caronia. In 2001 she transferred to sister-brand Seabourn and was promoted to staff captain on Seabourn Pride in 2003. Following some years with other companies within the Carnival Corporation family, Captain Olsen returned to Cunard last August as deputy captain ofQueen Victoria . She lives in Denmark -- when she's not aboard ship, that is. 
Fascinating fact
About 2.6 million hotels rooms are sold every day in the United States. That is enough rooms to lodge every resident of Atlanta, Denver, Miami, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., combined.
Pucker up with the Boston Bruins on Feb. 10
Join Boston Bruins principal Charlie Jacobs, captain Zdeno Chara and left winger Milan Lucic will be at a pre-Valentine cocktail reception as the wives and girlfriends of the hockey team model the latest resort and spring fashions from Saks Fifth Avenue. The reception will be Thursday, Feb. 10, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m., at the Taj Boston, and all proceeds will benefit New England area children. . The price is $100 general admission, but a $200 ticket includes a swag bag valued at more than $200. Reserve by Feb. 8 by e-mailing foundationintern@bostonbruins.com or calling 617-624-1889. For more information, visit www.bostonbruins.com, www.thefashiondoctors.com, www.saksfifthavenue.com or www.tajhotels.com/boston.Should you be wary of hotel-room pizza ads?
Who would think those flyers left in your hotel room advertising a large pizza could lead to idenity theft? The Orlando Sentinel reports that those handouts, which contain an 800 number to call, are said to be a ruse by criminals to convince hungry tourists to give out their names, credit-card information and hotel room number. Even Walt Disney World is supporting legislation designed to fight those flyers, the Sentinel says.
Trivial answer
The Murray-Darling River is in Australia.
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