Carnival Cruise Line reviews

There is a DJ in the club 02, and she was right.. its a joke. The regular dj in the main club is the better spot. You don't have to be a hotshot to do the job. I'm not sure about the requirements to become a dj on the ship but it's not hard at all. Just making sure you keep a constant string of popular music during the night. All of the ones I knew said it was a breeze. DJs provide entertainment in various shipboard locations which, in addition to dance clubs, include poolside and deck areas, various lounges and bars, and a host of other venues. If you go to www.carnivalenterainment.com you will find some interesting videos. No info on being a DJ there. But the application process is done through the website under the " Apply Now " section in the top right. GOOD LUCK!!!! and do it. It will an experience of a life time.

well, I never personally saw anyone making a game out it.. but it happened.. it happened alot. Carnival absolutely forbids it. If you get caught ( like my roomate) you will be fired by the next home port. He knew he was in hot water, but they didn't tell him he was fired. 5am the morning of arriving back in Mobile, AL he got a knock on the door by 2 security guards telling him.. by the way, your going home.... relationships between shipmates is a regular, they even allow you to have the same room, like a couples room with a single bed instead of the bunk beds. I know plenty of people that hold a relationship for a while... but its just hard unless you get the same contracts, Carnival is willing to book the 2 of you together. As for the banging of the cones... *** happened like clockwork. i mentioned a story earlier in a post about 1 hook-up.. countless others. We would take girls back stage, on the bank stand... the changing rooms... even back to their rooms. A lot of it started back in the port... then close the deal back on the ship.

My absolute favorite part of working for a cruise ship was traveling for free and making all kinds of friends all across the world. I'm currently planning on 3 trips this year going to Boston, Canada and Trinidad.. all to visit friends met on carnival. The culture on a ship is unique. Once you sail, you will notice the diversity of everyone on the ship. from the Philipino stewards, to the E. Europe casino peeps... the English/ Canadian Dancers and S. American maintenance guys.... The people on the ship made the ships awesome... All i did was play music, my schedule consisted of playin maybe 1-2 hours a day and basically at night... During the day i was able to get off the ship at most ports and enjoy them. I made it a point to do everything i possibly could at every destination... Its hard to come up with down sides... there were rules that we had to abide by, but nothing that was silly that made you question why... the crew side of the ship had many other restraints... for instance the cooks/ stewards working 10 hrs daily... they couldn't walk around the ship as they pleased. They had to ask they're manager for permission to be able to go up the club for an evening. Their time to get off was limited, they have to clean the ship and make it enjoyable for the passengers.

Not sure from the medical aspect.. I know for sure you need 2 years of ER experience.. Patients are pretty easy... most of them are sick from the sea, Dramamine and they are good to go. I wouldn't expect her to do much lifting. They work in rotations on the ship. 12 hours. But not necessarily in the infirmary the entire time. We would all hang out somewhere and they would carry a radio.. Its a pretty relaxed atmosphere. I would contact Miami head quarters. check out this website too- http://www.cclcareers.com/fun-careers/hotel-operations.aspx

LUCK, LUCK, LUCK. anyone that is interested for working for carnival... check out www.carnivalentertainment.com , its for the entertainment dept.. which hands down is probably the best dept to work for. I submitted and application, took months for a call back. I finally heard word from Miami to set up an audition over the phone...... I had to sight read music that was sent in an email 30min prior to the audition. They send about 10 songs, and pick various places to play on about 5 of them. For instance.. play from bars 5-20, vamp the solo section and play the coda out. Afterwards you will be asked to play various styles including country, jazz, latin jazz, rock and funk and solo on command... anyone looking to play on a ship, have a strong jazz background. You will be playing lots of standards, and will be improving. After I got the ok, I was given instructions to start the hiring process, including full physical, drug test, blood test, gaining a passport..... then POW! pick a ship..

meeting new people

There was nothing i didn't like about the company.

traveling

the environment and the work attitude

The world life balance

Healthcare/ Life insurance/ 401k

well, I never personally saw anyone making a game out it.. but it happened.. it happened alot. Carnival absolutely forbids it. If you get caught ( like my roomate) you will be fired by the next home port. He knew he was in hot water, but they didn't tell him he was fired. 5am the morning of arriving back in Mobile, AL he got a knock on the door by 2 security guards telling him.. by the way, your going home.... relationships between shipmates is a regular, they even allow you to have the same room, like a couples room with a single bed instead of the bunk beds. I know plenty of people that hold a relationship for a while... but its just hard unless you get the same contracts, Carnival is willing to book the 2 of you together. As for the banging of the cones... *** happened like clockwork. i mentioned a story earlier in a post about 1 hook-up.. countless others. We would take girls back stage, on the bank stand... the changing rooms... even back to their rooms. A lot of it started back in the port... then close the deal back on the ship.

I left Carnival making 1800 monthly. Not bad when its all profit.. I paid no rent, food, light, cable... I spent most of my money enjoying the ports, paying off credit cards and traveling in between contracts.

those crazy schedules belong to the rest of the ships crew... I respect those peeps... no way i could do what they do. As a musician, I only played at night.. I was able to get off the ship just about every time we were in port. The ships typically start unload at 6:30-7am and begin restock by 11-12. It sucks for the stewards because they have to have all the rooms clean in back in shape for the next cruise the same day.

Carnival has their own paid security. I'm not sure about a website for them. Most the security consisted of ppl from India. I don't know why but it goes back to different nationalitys working different parts of the team.

Not the band... its probably the easiest job on the ship.

Every ship is different. For the most part, no more than 2-3 hrs a day. Usually a jazz set the the 2 shows an hour a piece. On off days, we would play a talent show or play on n off the entertainer for the night, e.g. comedian, magician, etc... the rest if the day, its chill... the best tunes were when someone was leaving, we would get them trashed before the 2nd show n see how long they could play before the totally screw up. Only one has played flawlessly. The legend, Aaron Dupont

LUCK, LUCK, LUCK. anyone that is interested for working for carnival... check out www.carnivalentertainment.com , its for the entertainment dept.. which hands down is probably the best dept to work for. I submitted and application, took months for a call back. I finally heard word from Miami to set up an audition over the phone...... I had to sight read music that was sent in an email 30min prior to the audition. They send about 10 songs, and pick various places to play on about 5 of them. For instance.. play from bars 5-20, vamp the solo section and play the coda out. Afterwards you will be asked to play various styles including country, jazz, latin jazz, rock and funk and solo on command... anyone looking to play on a ship, have a strong jazz background. You will be playing lots of standards, and will be improving. After I got the ok, I was given instructions to start the hiring process, including full physical, drug test, blood test, gaining a passport..... then POW! pick a ship..

there are 3 levels of employees: crew (cooks, stewards, galley, maintenance ) staff ( musicians, dancers, nurse's, etc), Officers (the Italians- captains, bridge). crew really couldn't do much... as a Staff members, we pretty much had free range on the ship. We have our own dining areas down below and if we didn't like what they had.. up to lido for the buffet. We weren't allowed into the fancy dinning areas though, only sometimes as rewards... the only stipulation was, we could never stand in line, in front of a guest. So basically there could be no line.. but is security wasn't looking, we didn't care. For new employees, or new to a ship. We would take off our badge and just walk like normal passengers. The security guards didn't know our faces so we could just blend in.. after 2 weeks or so, it wouldn't work anymore.

My absolute favorite part of working for a cruise ship was traveling for free and making all kinds of friends all across the world. I'm currently planning on 3 trips this year going to Boston, Canada and Trinidad.. all to visit friends met on carnival. The culture on a ship is unique. Once you sail, you will notice the diversity of everyone on the ship. from the Philipino stewards, to the E. Europe casino peeps... the English/ Canadian Dancers and S. American maintenance guys.... The people on the ship made the ships awesome... All i did was play music, my schedule consisted of playin maybe 1-2 hours a day and basically at night... During the day i was able to get off the ship at most ports and enjoy them. I made it a point to do everything i possibly could at every destination... Its hard to come up with down sides... there were rules that we had to abide by, but nothing that was silly that made you question why... the crew side of the ship had many other restraints... for instance the cooks/ stewards working 10 hrs daily... they couldn't walk around the ship as they pleased. They had to ask they're manager for permission to be able to go up the club for an evening. Their time to get off was limited, they have to clean the ship and make it enjoyable for the passengers.