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re: Working on a cruise ship is probably a miserable job
Posted on 9/15/26 at 10:09 am to Ramblin Wreck
Posted on 9/15/26 at 10:09 am to Ramblin Wreck
Even being a customer on a cruise ship seems miserable and I never understand why people pay thousands of dollars for it.
This post was edited on 9/15/26 at 10:09 am
Posted on 9/15/26 at 10:11 am to AUFANATL
I've never understood what country would have jurisdiction over the crime if you commit a crime on a cruise ship. I've always wondered if people are able to get away with crimes on cruise ships for that reason.
Not that I'd want to go on a cruise anyway, but that's another reason why not to go on a cruise.
Not that I'd want to go on a cruise anyway, but that's another reason why not to go on a cruise.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 10:12 am to Ramblin Wreck
He probably low played his salary to you in order to get a bigger tip
Posted on 9/15/26 at 10:15 am to UFFan
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I've never understood what country would have jurisdiction over the crime if you commit a crime on a cruise ship
If in the national waters of a country, probably that country.
Otherwise, probably the country the ship is flagged for which is generally Panama for the cruise ships.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 10:16 am to AUFANATL
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nobody will care anyway
Someone will be pissed about doing more work because some a-hole got himself disappeared.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 10:25 am to Ramblin Wreck
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monthly salaries for waiter and housekeeping staff range from $500 to $1,200.
That seems hard to believe, maybe the tips offset it to make it lucrative.
Every cruise I have been on, these are the hardest working, friendliest bunch on the whole ship.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 10:33 am to Beauw
seems like a decent gig for degenerate service industry people that like to party
imagine there is a lot of sleeping around, and general poor behavior.
imagine there is a lot of sleeping around, and general poor behavior.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 10:36 am to Ramblin Wreck
My nephew worked 'port security' this summer in Seward Ak for Royal Caribbean. They gave him a place to live along with the pay.
He spent the summer fishing and hiking. He said it was a great summer.
He spent the summer fishing and hiking. He said it was a great summer.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 11:01 am to Ramblin Wreck
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per AI, monthly salaries for waiter and housekeeping staff range from $500 to $1,200
I am sure their lodging and meals (and healthcare) on the vessel are gratis. It's not like they're flying in and out every day.
And I am sure the difference of crew experience between a Carnival cruise and a Viking cruise are light years apart.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 11:03 am to Ramblin Wreck
There's a reason they hire from poor and bad countries.
Is it a career job? Not usually, but they're able to provide for their families if they have them, or if they're young, they can explore the world and learn English. They alternate getting off the boats in different ports.
Is it a career job? Not usually, but they're able to provide for their families if they have them, or if they're young, they can explore the world and learn English. They alternate getting off the boats in different ports.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 11:09 am to backbone
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No one wants to frick a dude working on a cruise ship.
What about other dudes working on the same ship?
Posted on 9/15/26 at 11:11 am to Ramblin Wreck
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He said they work 7 months on and 2 months off. During the 7 months, they work every day.
He’s lying like the waitress I had the other day Saul g that she was putting four kids and herself thru college.
Don’t buy that sob story for the feelz.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 11:46 am to dstone12
I read a blog and watched some videos about what it was like to be a musician working a cruise. Very interesting. It's cool, but there are a lot of downsides as well. And, there was an attempted hijacking by pirates!
Posted on 9/15/26 at 11:55 am to Ramblin Wreck
I don’t know. I’d imagine being a roofer in Texas is a little more taxing
Posted on 9/15/26 at 12:00 pm to Ramblin Wreck
My high school buddy loves it. The key is working on a cruise ship, but not for the cruise ship. He works for a company that has the software companies use for retail sales. So he spends lots of work at racetracks, resorts, stadiums, and cruises.
They fly him out to a port(usually Asia or Europe), he joins the cruise for xx amount of days. Since he's programming computers by himself, he works after dinner. And during the day he does excursions in the various stops. When he is on a cruise he just eats at the buffet and uses his meal per diem for his time in ports.
They fly him out to a port(usually Asia or Europe), he joins the cruise for xx amount of days. Since he's programming computers by himself, he works after dinner. And during the day he does excursions in the various stops. When he is on a cruise he just eats at the buffet and uses his meal per diem for his time in ports.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 12:06 pm to Radio One
Who are you supposed to be? Topper Bottoms, the stern-yet-sensitive skipper of the SS RoughService?
Posted on 9/15/26 at 3:21 pm to wesfau
You don't want to be the stay at home boyfriend to a girl who works on cruise ship. I knew a guy... we tried to tell him
Posted on 9/15/26 at 4:46 pm to cwil177
quote:I’ve looked at cruise-ship culinary jobs out of curiosity, and the pay is absurdly low by American chef standards, which is saying something because we don’t typically make amazing money to begin with.
I’ve looked into being the boat doc and it kind of sounds like a shitty gig. Pay is meh and you don’t get to leave the boat for excursions and such. Some have you on call 24/7. If my entire life burned down and I was suddenly homeless I might consider it, but otherwise no thanks.
Royal Caribbean can pay a cook less for an entire month of seven-day weeks and 12–14 hour days than I make in one week on land. Once you see the numbers, it becomes pretty obvious why third-country nationals make up such a huge share of the cruise industry workforce. For an experienced American, the economics are terrible.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 5:12 pm to Ramblin Wreck
I think it would depend on the line and ship itself. At the minimum I'd want to be on Celebrity/Princess/Holland, but I bet something like Oceania, Ritz Carlton, or Regent could fun with a high cut and older clientel.
Posted on 9/17/26 at 8:39 pm to Radio One
As gay as a profession that is I’m sure there’s a lot of that going on.
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