Sometimes in life it can be a little too easy to think the grass is greener on another side. That job is better, my job is worse, etc. I recently ran into someone with a bit of this attitude in a Facebook group. He had some opinions about cruise ship Captains and Officers “only” working…
One big reason why people go to work on a cruise ship is explore and see the world. While the views of the ocean from the ship are beautiful, the real adventure comes while exploring the ports while on shore leave. While shore leave is great there are some reasons why it might not be…
Over the years I have been asked a lot of questions about what life was like working on a cruise ship. Now that we’re in a pandemic there seems to be a whole new set of questions going on. There are a lot of questions, and over time I will work to answer them (except…
I didn’t have to worry too much about visas for a good chunk of my life. Most of my international travel was to Europe and borders were pretty freely open to US citizens. Travel to the Caribbean or Mexico was the same and I remained ignorant of the massive complexities of visas around the world….
Cruise ships are floating cities needing talented crew from all different professions to work. Here are ten cruise ship jobs you probably didn’t know about. A cruise ship is a small floating city. For some cruise ships, between passengers and crew they are pretty much the size of small cities. To keep a small city…
Rank affects nearly every aspect of life onboard a cruise ship. Rank on a ship is part of how life onboard works. Your rank when working on a cruise ship can determine everything from where you can eat onboard, what cabin you get, to even whether you can go ashore. In this post we will…
Let’s talk about stripes, baby. Nope, we’re not talking about zebras, we are talking about the stripes on the shoulders and sleeves of so many uniforms onboard a cruise ship. These stripes, more formally known as epaulettes, denote not only what rank an officer is, but can also offer insight into which department they work…
You get off the bus and look up at the ship. It’s going to be your first day working onboard a cruise ship. It’s a magical moment when you think of all the adventures you’ll have. It’s abruptly interrupted by someone telling you to grab your luggage. Up ahead you can see someone with a…
Cruise ship crew join ships all over the world. Whether that be in Miami or Singapore, Alaska or Barcelona, San Diego or Sydney, crew can join pretty much anywhere in the world. I’ve joined ships all over the world and it can be quite the adventure. Let’s explain the process of how cruise ship crew…
In this week’s installment of Falling in Love at Sea we are going to talk about what happens next. The “Happily Ever After” and answer the age-old question, “do cruise ship couples ever get married?” If you missed the first couple of weeks we had Dating On A Cruise Ship, taking a look at what…