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Crew Forum is a rating and review site where you can register anonymous profiles to complete surveys and submit your own reviews about your experiences working on cruise ships. We will keep you updated with industry news, job postings, recruitment agencies, salaries, and other requests that you have so that we can support you. There will also be an entire forum devoted to rating the crew amenities, food, leadership and more and you will be able to cast your anonymous votes.

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Thread 'If you are married and your partner works with you onboard, please do not join Norwegian Luna.'
I know this will go to an empty box, but as I mentioned above if you and your partner works for NCL don't come to Norwegian Luna. I've been working for NCL for over 10 years, no warnings, no problems, not even a single complaint until now. I've been married for five years and I love my partner more than anything in this life. All the ships where we have been working had been so nice to give us a cabin for just the two of us, we don't even need to ask for it. Thats our little home far from...
Thread 'John Heald’s Post Takes a Dog Turn'
Carnival’s John Heald was replying to a guest celebrating an anniversary onboard Carnival Panorama—all warm and professional… until his message suddenly turned into pure dog chaos 🐕💩 Turns out, he forgot to switch off voice dictation while his very naughty German Shepherd went full drama mode in the background 😅 To his credit, John owned it and apologized—but honestly, this is why people love him. Because sometimes… the real entertainment isn’t onboard. It’s at home 🐾😂
Thread 'Stateroom Attendant gratuity'
Good day! Just to highlight somethings NCLH is doing to Stateroom Attendant! Norwegian Cruise Line doesn't pay Stateroom Attendant any of the gratuity the guests pays, NCLH pay Room Steward a flat salary of $1600 per month without gratuity, they say tell the guest that the gratuity goes in a pool and pay some Crew which is a lie, because Room Steward doesn't get that gratuity. Room Steward have 20,22,22,23,24 or 25 Room that's what we have to deal with thanks to the help of this a Fleet...
Thread 'Administration Officers Ask Princess Cruises President to Review Salary and Rank'
Several months ago, an email was sent to Mr. Gus Antorcha respectfully requesting a review of this situation. The concern raised was that the Administration Officer role is currently classified and compensated the same as the Night Manager and Guest Services Supervisor roles, with a salary of $2,400. However, the workload, level of responsibility, and operational impact of the Administration Officer position are significantly greater. The request made was to consider reviewing this...
Thread 'Princess Cruises Cracks Down on “Mafia Business”'
It looks like Princess Cruises is starting to crack down on what a lot of crew casually call “mafia business” Not real mafia of course, just the slang we use for side deals between crew. The notice posted in crew areas is “HEADSUP: Financial Misconduct – Unacceptable Practices” and it basically talks about crew asking or giving money for things that shouldn’t involve cash. They’re targeting situations like: Charging for services that are already part of someone’s job, Paying for favors...
Thread '11 Years with RCCL… Never Seen Gratuity Opt-Outs This Bad'
Open Letter from RCCL Serenade CREW. I've been working for RCCL for almost 11 years and the experience in this kind of itinerary really put all the crew members down, "down" meaning we lost a lot of money, I believed that restaurant department are not the only one who's affected but also the BAR DEPT and the HOUSEKEEPING DEPT. Our salary depends on the gratuities that the guests are paying unfortunately the guests have the rights to opt out their gratuities. Week by week there's more and...
Thread 'Brilliant Lady Crew Member Fired Over Unfair Job Assignment'
Hello amigos, I have bad news from Brilliant Lady, as usual, they fired someone today, Filipino crew member from the engine department, for an unfair reason, to which I will proceed to explain to you... Turns out, that he got a job as a pool technician, which he was unprepared to carry the duty, but still they bound him to do it, knowing that he was unfit for that kind of job, so he made a mistake with the charts very often, and today they fired him, without any mercy. I feel emphaty...
Thread 'MSC RACISM , CARNIVAL DISCRIMINATION & VIRGIN VOYAGES no responses'
Hello, i have something that i wanted to pin point, or maybe you could explain why MSC cruises is a bit racist . i have shipboard experience but all i get is rejections after rejections; it feels like they target l curtain nationalities and the rest of us; they tell you to apply direct on their website which they don not take even a second to send you a rejection email. In Africa there are a few recruiting agencies but only take people from their countries for example Shosholoza for South...
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