At the beginning of my career working on cruise ships I was offered a contract that was going to Hawaii. I thought it was an incredible once in a lifetime experience. What I found was that my naïveté of cruise ship life was showing. The reason being, that while Hawaii is beautiful and wonderful, if…
I have a friend that I met my very first week onboard ships. We weren’t great friends at first, but about a month after I came onboard the ship was in wet-dock and we discovered a mutual love of board games. Since then we make a point to see each other at least every year…
By far what I get asked about the most is what it is like living and working on a cruise ship. There are some questions that I get asked over and over. After working on a cruise ship for years in various positions – and being married to an engineering officer – I have spent…