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Become a Discovery Cruiser!
 
CruiseTechies is pleased to announce the
DISCOVERY CRUISE GRANT!
 
Have you been wanting to take a Discovery Cruise but can’t afford to?  This grant is for you!

• Click here for all the details

My recent 4-day Discovery Cruise on the Carnival Firenze went from Long Beach to Catalina Island to Ensenada and back to Long Beach. 

Now, anyone who’s ever lived or visited Southern California knows that it takes about a 1 hour ferry ride to Catalina Island, and to drive from Long Beach to Ensenada takes about 3 ½ hours. 

So, what took us so long?!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Is this the year you get your first job working in a theatre on a cruise ship?!
 
You’ve done your Discovery Cruise, you connected with some theatre techs on board the ship, you’ve decided this is the life and career for you.  What’s next?!
 
Now it’s time to decide which cruise line you want to work for, and find out what positions they have available.
 
Here’s a boat load of job boards for some of the more major cruise lines - all in one place, so you don’t have to spend your time searching.

​You can travel solo on any cruise line you want, however for most cruise lines you’ll end up paying what’s often called a Single Supplement.  That means you’ll pay for double occupancy for your cabin.  This is because if one person occupies a cabin, the cruise line misses out on the revenue of two people purchasing drinks packages, excursions, etc, and the gratuities are halved. Fair enough, I suppose, but it makes for an expensive Discovery Cruise if you want to, or need to, go alone.
 
However, there is a good solution out there if you want to do a solo Discovery Cruise and not have to pay double.

Ahoy there!  As of my last post I said I was going to be bringing you information from Utopia of the Seas.  Well… I didn’t go.  And here’s why…
 
First, after having been told by one events manager on board that I would be able to interview theatre crew I was then told by another (more senior?) events manager on board that Royal Caribbean does not allow ‘unaccredited media’ to interview employees.  I explained that, number one, I blog about my interviews and therefore be providing cruise lines with prospective employees.  And, number two, I also book Discovery Cruises for prospective employees – people like yourselves who are interested in researching more about what it’s like to live and work in theatres on cruise ships – and therefore provide the cruise line with customers.  But they would not budge.
 
So, unfortunately, I must announce that I will not be working with Royal Caribbean for the purposes of Discovery Cruises.  Norwegian on the other hand welcomes us with open arms!
 
But wait, there’s more…