The Secret Lives Of Cruise Ship Workers

All Crew Cabins Are Not Created Equal

You’re not going to get your own luxury cabin if you’re a cruise ship worker, but the role you have does affect the accommodations you get. Staff members and officers have private rooms on the A-Deck, just above water (hello, sunlight). According to Anthony Andrieux who worked aboard the Royal Caribbean Line though, the living situation wasn’t nearly as nice for most workers.

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“The living situation was ‘tight.’ You stay on the lower deck so you are always under water. There are no windows in the room… You have a very small bunk bed that you literally can not fit someone else into (trust me I have tried). You can touch all 4 walls if you were to stand in the center of the room to give you an idea. I believe it is a total of about 10 square feet.”

Not exactly glamorous