Hour-by-hour comparison of one typical working day of a crew member and a cruise ship guests. Six to seven months contract almost every day is the same only ports and passengers change. New crew members come and you will get some extra time off to go outside take some picture and run back to the ship. Other than that routine an everything is the same.

Time        Guests                    Crew

 6:45 am Sleeping soundly  Alarm clock sounds 

 7:00 am    Sleeping            Shower 

 7:30 am    Still sleeping      Coffee in crew mess

 8:00 am    Asleep                 Reporting for duty 

 8:30 am    Asleep                     Working and sleeping 

 9:00 am    Asleep                     La Gege on work 

 9:30 am    Still sleeping            Breakfast and quick smoke  

 9:45 am    Wake up                   Reporting for duty 

10:00 am    Steward pours coffee       Working 

10:10 am    Choose from buffet         Working Mamagayo Style 

10:30 am    Choose deck chair          Quick Sleep  

11:00 am    Back to buffet                Lunch in crew mess 

11:30 am    Waiting  lido  to  open   Running around on Lido 

12:00 pm    Back to chaise lounge     Running outside to find free WiFi 

12:30 pm    Too sleepy to read          No WiFi outside 

12:45 pm    Ice cream bar!                Quick bite in KFC 

 1:00 pm    Ship building trials!        Sleeping

 1:30 pm    Ice Carving!                   Sleeping 

 2:00 pm    Back to Lido buffet        Back on duty 

 2:30 pm    Short poolside nap        La Gege on Duty 

 3:00 pm    TIME FOR RUM DRINK    Working 

 3:30 pm    Another drink                Taka Taka with the guests 

 4:00 pm    Switch to vodka             Having smoke on open deck 

 4:30 pm    Stunning sunset            Shower 

 5:00 pm    Lasht rum dwinksh       Dinner (rice and chicken again) 

 5:30 pm    Sun drops into sea        Back on Duty 

 5:45 pm    NAPTIME                      Running around for material 

 6:30 pm    Asleep                        No Material

 7:30 pm    Asleep                       Working

 7:45 pm    Asleep                      Pinching Material 

 8:00 pm    Get dressed for dinner!   Working

 8:15 pm    Choose five courses       Workin my ass off

 9:00 pm    Order 2nd bottle of wine  Working

 9:30 pm    Flaming dessert!              Working

10:00 pm    Casino time!                   Still Working 

10:30 pm    Win 100 at craps!           Almost Kaput 

11:00 pm    DISCO TIME!                  Finishing work 

11:30 pm    "1999" is played           Leftover buffet in crew mess

11:45 pm    3rd bottle of wine        Crew Bar 

12:00 am    "We are Family" is played   Waiting in line for a beer

12:10 am    "1998" is played          Having the third beer 

12:30 am    "Chumbawumba"        Having the fourth beer. 

1:00 am    Last bottle of wine       Having the fifth beer. 

1:20 am    Last dance to "1999"      Asleep