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Working on a Cruise Ship

Starting in 2000 I joined Royal Caribbean International as a Youth Staff where I was paid to play with the kiddies...among other silly things. We ran a very intense activities program all day and night and even on the private islands. We had theme parties, and my favorite, Pirate Night where we paraded around the ship dressed like Pirates! I enjoyed working on (in the same order) the (old) Viking Serenade, the Majesty, the Voyager (wheee ice skating rink). the Explorer and the Vision. I also did a wee contract on the Voyager after the Vision. On the Viking Serenade we did 3 & 4 day cruises out of San Pedro (yee haaw) to Baja Mexico. On the "Maj" we did 3 & 4 day cruises out of Miami (*sigh* South Beach....) to the Bahamas. On the Voyager and Explorer we did 7 day cruises out of Miami to the Western and Eastern Caribbean. The really cool cruise was when a Millionaire rented the Explorer and we had the whole week off, since escorting celebrities doesn't really count. The Millionaire hired all these really famous bands to play. It was pretty cool to see DJ Rob Base play a show. On the Vision we did 7 day cruises out of Vancouver to the Alaskan Inside Passgae and I did 1 11 day cruise to Hawaii. I met many amazing people, visited many amazing places and enjoyed many fantastic parties!

Although I really loved working for Royal Caribbean I left to go to Graduate school where I completed my Masters of Tourism and now work for Princess Cruises as an Onboard Sales Manager, selling cruises to passengers among many other exciting things such as host presentations on the destnations and itineraries and even appear on tv sometimes...My ships with princess are (in order) the Tahitian, Diamond, Dawn and Star. The Tahitian sailed a 10 day out of Tahiti to French Polyensia & the Cook Islands, the Diamond was a 7-day out of LA to mexico, and the Dawn a 10-day out of Ft. Lauderale to both the southern and western caribbean. The Star was my first european contract, sailing a 10day out of Copenhagen to scandinavia & russia.

Here are some of my very favorite photos, although I have MANY more and there just wasn't room for them all. You should see my photo albums and scrapbooks!

In Ocho Rios, my least favorite port in the whole world (second only to San Pedro) on the Voyager (the world's biggest ship at that time)

Working on Labadee, Haiti on Royal Caribbean's private beach

My very first team, on the old Viking Serenade

The youth staff team at Christmas on the Voyager

Canada Day on the Vision with SuperStar Shannon and Moose Maggie -brrr...it was SO cold that night in Alaska

Canada Day on the Majesty, the night someone accused Canadians of being rude b/c we wouldn't share our Canadian beer

With SuperStar Shannon on a helicopter glacier tour in Skagway ("shagway"

With Mayday Mike, one of the wonderful friends I've met on ships on the Majesty

With some wee pirates on the Voyager,and some not so wee with Captain Kirk and Slowjam (Marlon)

and more recently, me at my desk on the Tahitian Princess in Tahiti

With Amelie, my Quebec City mes amie on the Tahitian