CRUISERS love Lucy – not famous comedienne Lucille Ball, but Lucille O’Neal, the mother of Carnival Cruise Line’s Chief Fun Officer, Shaquille O’Neal. Extending the Shaq-effect, the good lady has been named as godmother of the newly transformed Carnival Radiance which will launch next month after a US$200m drydock. As...
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CRUISERS love Lucy – not famous comedienne Lucille Ball, but Lucille O’Neal, the mother of Carnival Cruise Line’s Chief Fun Officer, Shaquille O’Neal.
Extending the Shaq-effect, the good lady has been named as godmother of the newly transformed Carnival Radiance which will launch next month after a US$200m drydock.
As well as giving birth to one of the world’s most famous basketballers, Lucille has a bunch of other godmother-qualifying credentials to her name, including being an author, philanthropist and accomplished public speaker who “donates her time and talent to a wide range of charitable organisations”.
However any of those achievements will surely be eclipsed when she officially cuts the ribbon alongside Shaq to officially open Big Chicken, his second seagoing restaurant which features dishes based on their family’s secret recipes.
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