Crew members on cruise ship have different hobbies, some collect magnets from all the city’s they visited, others buy souvenir plates, some collect coin’s from all over the world. Every crew member likes to keep some memory from his/her travel adventures. Crew member Alistair Twilley has unusual and unique hobby. He is filming places he have visited with a cruise ship and dances with his fellow crew members or locals. He needed 3 years to shoot his videos while he was working as Casino Dealer onboard Azamara Quest and different Celebrity ships.

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

Cathryn Chapman, spent years working on cruise ships sailing around the world but left the ships because she was disgusted by the promiscuity and betrayal that happens onboard. Today she is an author of the book “Sex, Lies and Cruises". This book is inspired by her experience on cruise ship she has picked up the strangest stories which she experienced on cruise ship. 

Royal Caribbean Crew Question & Answer enables you to ask question relevant for crew on board Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. At same time you can answer some of the questions posted by other crew members. In comment box below type your question.If you have answer write in Reply below the question you want to answer.

Letter from a crew member

I was hired to work as a third party in Costa Cruises.

There are many very important legal issues which concern a crewmember’s tips. As most cruise ship crewmembers know, tips or gratuities comprise the bulk of salary for many cruise ship crew positions. For example, a cruise ship cabin steward may regularly earn Four Thousand Dollars monthly, but only receive a base salary of Fifty Dollars; the remainder of their compensation being paid by tips.

Everybody lies. Everyone tells lies or “distorts the truth” sometimes. Some cruise ship crewmembers are big experts in lying that you cant tell if they are telling the truth and often takes a long time to find out that we have been lied to.

Letter from crew member Marcin Martin.

As a crew member on board a cruise ship you will find people from all over the world with different characters. Sharing this small space of working and living environment, people are not only categorized by crew, staff and officers but also with their individual characteristics. 

Clearly not all crew can be categorized by this list. While a lot of them fit into the categories, remember to recognize everyone and celebrate the differences together with the similarities.

1. Old-Timers

The crew of Cheok Board filmed this hilarious video about the types of people spotted on a cruise ship. Don’t take this video personal, after all Cheok Board is a comedy production company. This funny video was shot on Royal Caribbean Mariner of The Seas however this apply for all cruise lines. We enjoyed this video so much and hope you will enjoy it too.

Here are the eight types of people you will findo on a cruise ship acording to Cheok: