What Its Like To Work On A Cruiseship


For the average person, cruise ships are like huge floating playgrounds full of crazy amenities like zip lines and planetariums, all-you-can-eat buffets and restaurants. For those who spend months on end on the high seas, it's a very different world.







It's crazy long hours

Often, crew works up to eight months without a single day off. Many of them aren't even allowed to disembark at ports. Crew members are super hard working and work weeks are 70 hours a week without a single day off for 6-8 months at a time. The best way to describe no days off is waking up to your alarm and every single day feels like a Monday morning.




Sleeping with guests is a no-no
"Crew members sleep with crew members. Crew sleeping with passengers is strictly (like, kick you off the next day strictly) forbidden."

There are crew-only areas

Depending on the ship, crews have their own gyms, lounge areas, dining rooms, and decks. Almost every ship, however, has a crew bar, where workers spend most of their precious free time. Apparently, every single night in a crew bar is like a college frat party.

It's sort of like high school

Crew members essentially have no privacy — they sleep, work, and eat with the same group of people for months on end.

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