Royal Caribbean crew member shares a day on a cruise ship
A member of the ice skating team showed off what her very busy days are like.
Cruise crew members rarely get a day off.
Instead, they get a few hours here and there. People working in entertainment (think musicians, ice skaters, and show performers) have it a little better, better, but they have more responsibilities than simply entertaining people.
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Entertainers often work at muster stations on embarkation day. Because they're good at holding people's attention, they do a good job delivering the needed safety info.
Even when they are technically off, entertainers need to practice their craft, work out to stay in shape, and complete other onboard duties. Every crew member does drills and works to know what to do in the event of an emergency.
Alley, from the popular WanderlustAlley YouTube channel recently shows what a typical day is like for her while working onboard.
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A day in the life of a cruise ship crew member
Transcript:
Day in the life working on a cruise ship!
It is a good morning indeed because today I'm getting off the ship for the first time in a week. For those of you who don't know, there's a lot of foods that actually aren't available on board, smoothies and avocado toast being some of them.
So naturally, this was my meal of choice today and it was so fresh and tasty.
After a pretty chill morning, I walked back to the ship with my groceries before getting ready for a busy afternoon. We shouted our safety duties, I had a senior staff meeting, shouted the parade, had a production meeting, a handover meeting and before I knew it, it was already time for dinner.
I very rapidly ate my dinner because we still have shadowing for ice show dressing.
We helped the ice cast with their quick changes and wow, I saw their show the other day and it is beyond incredible. I was honestly so exhausted but I still wanted to show up to the gym and get a quick workout in. After I finished, I ended up bumping into one of my new friends, Shoko.
She's an ice skater from Japan and of course, we were bonding over amazing Japanese food. Finally, I had a quick read in my cave to end my...
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