OK KEV what are you doing in this Avatar? Like you I keep books beside the bed! LOL
Cathy, this photo was taken in about '93 aboard the "Pacific Princess" which was the same boat used in the old "Love Boat" series! The vessel crusied Mexican waters in winter, and Alaska in the summer...
Anyone who grew up watching The Love Boat should never take a cruise; particularly not on Holland-America Lines.
What a disappointment!!!
What a disappointment!!!
I have friends who love cruising, Brook. But me? humpff! If one loves drinking, shopping and dressing-up, then they'll love ocean-liners. But that's not my particular style of travel at all. Not knocking those who enjoy it- it's just not for me.
And for what it's worth- working aboard a cruise ship is worse. Bottom line for an employee of a crusie ship? There's only limited space on a boat, so the company's goal is to have you as a staffer either in your sleep-cabin, or at your work-space all hours you're aboard the vessel... so you work long hours an then are so exhausted sometimes you don't even have the energy to shower before collapsing into your berth! I worked aboard three ships for 2 summers and literally the only time I was aboard deck to see beautiful ocean or land was when I was on the gang-plank using a hand-truck to unload groceries from a fork-lift in the final hours before we set sail.
I loved my 25 year career in kitchens but of all the diverse types of places I've cooked in, I would never work on a cruise ship again. That said- working at Alaskan resorts operated by P&O (Peninsular & Oriental Steam Ships- British parent company of Princess Cruiselines) were my all-time FAV career years!
And for what it's worth- working aboard a cruise ship is worse. Bottom line for an employee of a crusie ship? There's only limited space on a boat, so the company's goal is to have you as a staffer either in your sleep-cabin, or at your work-space all hours you're aboard the vessel... so you work long hours an then are so exhausted sometimes you don't even have the energy to shower before collapsing into your berth! I worked aboard three ships for 2 summers and literally the only time I was aboard deck to see beautiful ocean or land was when I was on the gang-plank using a hand-truck to unload groceries from a fork-lift in the final hours before we set sail.
I loved my 25 year career in kitchens but of all the diverse types of places I've cooked in, I would never work on a cruise ship again. That said- working at Alaskan resorts operated by P&O (Peninsular & Oriental Steam Ships- British parent company of Princess Cruiselines) were my all-time FAV career years!