Would you like to try and be a crew member?

[gogetter]

In the casino or bar for me....and you?

[jacketwatch]

I am an RN so i've given thought to doing that on a ship but realistically I would be away from home for too long. Too bad you can't do it PT like for a week or so.

[scalise12]

YES, IN LOGISTICS

[zebra]

Absolutely not! I want to enjoy my cruise, not be forced to work!! I have a neice working on the Carnival Miracle now, as we speak. She works in the Spa and absolutely hates it. Too much cattiness between the girls and long, long hours as a masseuse. On sea days, she gets to her cabin in the evenings and her hands, wrists and arms are aching. They also only get a half day off here and there in port .... not enough time to relax. She can't wait for her 9 months to be up. She heads back home to South Africa next month.

[gogetter]

Just curious Zebra...what made your niece want to do it in the first place?

Thanks for the insight!

[rogue]

There was a time I thought I would like to work on a cruiseship, but then I thought of the word "work". I realized that working on a ship would probably ruin any future cruises. The thing that I love the most about a cruise is the idea that there is absolutely nothing that I have to do. Nothing on a cruise now reminds me of anything about work. That would change if I worked on a ship.

[JohnG]

When I was in the Navy for 20 years I spent plenty of time at sea. Typically working 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, with months of work-ups and then 6 months deployed. I had always thought I'd like to be at sea if I didn't have to work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. And that is why we began cruising 20 years ago, and this is 65 cruises later. So I'd not like to have to work on a cruise ship.