This was VERY interesting. I have seen lots of 'cruise ship crew' videos. But never one about being in dry dock. Thank you. BTW - I really like the way you do this...with no annoying, background music and no quick, jump cutting for effect.
All of your sucky parts, are probably the "best" days in the Navy. Scraping paint, cleaning (four times a day), living in a mess deck with 50 or so of your closest friends, sea state 8 for weeks on end, oh look the fresh water is broken...say goodbye to showering for a week (hope your brought your baby wipes!). Crew life sounds like a joy compared to the Navy.
i was in freeport. i worked 5 hours instead of 10 hours schedule. it was fun. in the evening i used to go beach......food......drinks.....late night party. all good.
I work at the rock quarry right next to the ship yard in Freeport. Glad you had some fun here. I always ride by and look at the ships being worked on, the renovation and painting work they do on those ships is very fascinating to me
Hey Sean, I am interviewing with NCL to try it once again after living in the US for 15 yrs. I used to work in a cruise ship way back then. Every story you told are really true. Very helpful. Some part of it made me nervous and some made me excited. Wish you cover other departments too.
Good day Sean, You did two weeks of dry dock. I did NINE MONTHS... Yes, you heard me. I did say 9 months. I worked in the deck department so I am sure you and I understand each other. Consider your two weeks dry dock a gift from God. Haha Cheer bro, really good content.
did ten days dry dock. lots of cleaning, cleaning and cleaning. i worked six hours per day but had the evening off. had alot of training also. some days the power was at minimum so no electricity for hours on end. imagine sleeping in a stuff room with no ac. not fun. lots of crew went on the top deck to sleep. totally different experience. had fun nonetheless but dont want to experience it again.
Some "crazy" and some great stuff about your dry dock story. I am glad that you guys got to have some fun the second time (dry dock) around ... the crew works hard and deserves it. :)
Immigration Won't let the ship to leave the port untill they sure that all the Crew members on ship. In such situation when one or more crews are missing then the local agent of the ship will handle the situation with the government.
You do not raise a ship in dry dock. You bring it into a bathtub like dock, then they close the doors behind placing support blocks beneath it, then they drain the water.
I imagine he wanted to avoid a long explanation as most people know what a dry dock is. Whatever you do, there will always be those who see fit to criticise.
Wrong, they are called floating dry docks in both Portland and Freeport. They sink and go under the ship, then raise up LIFTING the ship out of the water
My dude, you tell a good story. My attention span never dwindles. Question, : is there any particular cruise line that might readily consider employing more seasoned (older) employees over other cruise lines? I'm going to give it a shot.
depends on steamship line after sea watch and articles are broken pay -off COMPLETED >>most will be sent home except bosun the mate and cheng. If your a rotary man and your 120 is not done even by one day your going back until your relief arrives. Make sure>> you file for your unemployment first then file for your union vacation . DONT FILE VACATION FIRST BECAUSE THAT KICKS OUT THE UNEMPLOYMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
parag sharma So on my ship they redid the entire photo gallery. And they even were still working on it during the first couple of cruises after dry dock finished. To my knowledge, they probably didn’t do much. I’m sure they were asked to take photos of the ship to document the dry dock. But for the most part I’m pretty sure they were hanging out like me. Contact my buddy Jordan F Martin in his channel. His fiancé is a photographer and I think she has done a dry dock before. I bet she can fill you in on more specifics.
Photographers do nothing during drydock. In my last drydock we worked just the first week and after that we had nothing to do,because people from shoroside were doing the changes in the photo gallery.✌🏻
I’d love to hear more about the broadcast system you used on the ship. Gotta think the VOD and play out systems were incredible. Did you play with the scte markers and insert your own ads?
Peter Ticali Honestly we were just using 2 kinds of digital media players. Basically we uploaded content and set it to either schedule times or run as a repeating list. Nothing too crazy. The systems we used were capable of a lot greater things, but for what we were actually doing, we didn’t do anything nuts.
Have broadcasting degrees and worked in media. Do you work with incoming satilite tv signals. Always wondered how they kept the antenna's alligned with satellites while at sea.
Sean Price that's a good area in town to be, I'm on the East side so complete opposite side lol I love living here in Oregon, it's a great place to explore
You look very familiar. I was on The Star April and May 2016: Tampa to Copenhagen with a B2B to Norway. Were you on board then? My pic here btw was taken on board The Star.
Youth staff did Firewatch. Which essentially was standing with all the welders with a fire extinguisher in case something caught fire. I think Shore ex were sent home during dry dock because they weren’t needed during that time
@@CoffeeWithSean I wanna work as a crew member in one of these departments but mainly Shore Ex. Not only I have a lot of experience in sales and love meeting new people. I want to travel which is one of the things that on my bucket list. I heard in order for you to sell the guest their excursions the manager required for you to go on one yourself as part of your training 😂 lol... Do you get to request in what destination you want to go?
Flavia Fracho So Steiner is pretty strict. And since you aren’t technically working for the ship, you have different rules. You are going to be mostly commission pay. And you are going to work way more hours than some other departments. Also your contract will be 9 months while many of the friends you make will only have 6 month contract. I think you’ll like it. Just be prepared!
Yah the comment was a year ago. I worked there for my 6 month contract and then left in April after being stuck for a while due to covid. Working on a ship is awful though. 100% don’t recommend to a friend.
(Over a year ago really) working on ships is an experience. But not for me. And I was in entertainment one of the ‘good Jobs’ 80 hrs a week for low pay, bad living conditions and no time to see port.
Petros Grandi So there are about 1000 different positions onboard. That’s too many jobs to list salaries. But to answer your question in a basic level, for your first job onboard on your first contract, $2000 US per month is what you can expect for entertainment and some other front of house jobs like Shore excursions and guest services. Probably closer to $1000 for restaurant servers. And maybe a little less than that for some back of house like dishwasher and some other utility. Some jobs get tips, though, so you have to take that into consideration. Room steward get tips and gratuities. So their salary is low but potentially you can make more, and if the tips are cash you don’t have to claim it or share it with the rest of the department. No matter the job, assume between $1000 and $2000 per month.
Hmmmm, then, this "typical" basic salary range you've just mentioned is *NOT* all that low, even for us Americans! Yes, there are super rich people in this country, but they are the minority. Most American people are very poor, the population below poverty level is rising. Most working class people here really do *NOT* make $2000 USD per month (they make less.) Many people I talk to (Chinese *legal* immigrants) make just about $1000 USD monthly. And these on-land people have to pay expenses for housing & utilities, food, and commuting at the very least, and oh yes, Uncle Sam (taxes) ... how can I forget Uncle Sam?! The ship workers have *FREE* room and board--no need to pay for housing & utilities, food, and commuting ... so most of that $1000 salary could be socked away (saved or, okay, sent abroad to support their families, and as you pointed out in other vids, with the USD always comes out waaaay ahead in these third-world countries, so essentially, the crew and their families live *BETTER* than a lot of us (on-land) working Americans here. And I haven't even talked about the (high) cost of living in some of our American cities! With that $2K~$1K USD monthly income, it is a *TRUE* struggle in this country which is not really known to the "outside" world.
Jim Tuscano they all stay because all the crew and contractors still have to eat. But sometimes the dry dock will be working in the galleys too so cooks will he cleaning and stuff too
TheAwesomeoriental1 the crew members who work for the cruise line get paid during dry dock. But the concessionaires do not. So the spa employees (who worked for Steiner, not NCL) did not get paid for the entire dry dock
Brianthegeek2 it’s only in the US. There are very strict immigration laws and jumping ship used to be a big problem. When a ship is in Europe they give you your passport back.
lifeofmc Theycgive you a drug test. And they check you like a basic physical. Then they check for certain illnesses. If you work in the food departments they check your stool for bacteria’s and stuff. It’s not too bad. It takes a while. You may have to pay for it yourself though. And the company may or may not reimburse you for the full amount.
I'm binge watching your entire series. you should start a podcast
This was VERY interesting. I have seen lots of 'cruise ship crew' videos. But never one about being in dry dock. Thank you.
BTW - I really like the way you do this...with no annoying, background music and no quick, jump cutting for effect.
Thanks for sharing this interesting story to us 😊
All of your sucky parts, are probably the "best" days in the Navy. Scraping paint, cleaning (four times a day), living in a mess deck with 50 or so of your closest friends, sea state 8 for weeks on end, oh look the fresh water is broken...say goodbye to showering for a week (hope your brought your baby wipes!).
Crew life sounds like a joy compared to the Navy.
i was in freeport. i worked 5 hours instead of 10 hours schedule. it was fun. in the evening i used to go beach......food......drinks.....late night party. all good.
I work at the rock quarry right next to the ship yard in Freeport. Glad you had some fun here. I always ride by and look at the ships being worked on, the renovation and painting work they do on those ships is very fascinating to me
You should be talk show host. I feel like you are talking me in person. Good job
Does that include all the sniffing
Hey Sean, I am interviewing with NCL to try it once again after living in the US for 15 yrs. I used to work in a cruise ship way back then. Every story you told are really true. Very helpful. Some part of it made me nervous and some made me excited. Wish you cover other departments too.
Love these videos!
Just to be pedantic, they lower the water away from the ship, rather than raising the ship out of the water. Thanks for the very informative videos!
A floating dry dock raises the ship out of the water when the ballast is pumped out, so he is 1/2 way right.
That is pretty cool that the company invests in upgrades.
Good day Sean, You did two weeks of dry dock. I did NINE MONTHS... Yes, you heard me. I did say 9 months. I worked in the deck department so I am sure you and I understand each other. Consider your two weeks dry dock a gift from God. Haha Cheer bro, really good content.
did ten days dry dock. lots of cleaning, cleaning and cleaning. i worked six hours per day but had the evening off. had alot of training also. some days the power was at minimum so no electricity for hours on end. imagine sleeping in a stuff room with no ac. not fun. lots of crew went on the top deck to sleep. totally different experience. had fun nonetheless but dont want to experience it again.
Some "crazy" and some great stuff about your dry dock story.
I am glad that you guys got to have some fun the second time (dry dock) around ... the crew works hard and deserves it. :)
My first contract from Sept to march will have a month of dry dock. But as security I doubt I'll have any down time.
I am interested in working security on ship.
@@toddgraham6006 if you have experience you should apply
You're videos are so informative and detailed and entertaining.
It’s sort of weird that they hold on to your passport, isn’t It?
What happens if you miss the boat?
Immigration Won't let the ship to leave the port untill they sure that all the Crew members on ship. In such situation when one or more crews are missing then the local agent of the ship will handle the situation with the government.
You do not raise a ship in dry dock. You bring it into a bathtub like dock, then they close the doors behind placing support blocks beneath it, then they drain the water.
I imagine he wanted to avoid a long explanation as most people know what a dry dock is. Whatever you do, there will always be those who see fit to criticise.
Wrong, they are called floating dry docks in both Portland and Freeport. They sink and go under the ship, then raise up LIFTING the ship out of the water
That's astonishing @@denniswhitehead4133. I just Google Imaged them and they are vast things! Had no idea such things existed. Thank you.
My dude, you tell a good story. My attention span never dwindles. Question, : is there any particular cruise line that might readily consider employing more seasoned (older) employees over other cruise lines? I'm going to give it a shot.
Ramses of RA try a fancy one like
Princess
Coffee With Sean I'm on it
Thanks and keep making those videos
depends on steamship line after sea watch and articles are broken pay -off COMPLETED >>most will be sent home except bosun the mate and cheng. If your a rotary man and your 120 is not done even by one day your going back until your relief arrives. Make sure>> you file for your unemployment first then file for your union vacation . DONT FILE VACATION FIRST BECAUSE THAT KICKS OUT THE UNEMPLOYMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks a lot sir for ur video
What is pre screening interview?
What did the Photographers do during dry dock ?
parag sharma So on my ship they redid the entire photo gallery. And they even were still working on it during the first couple of cruises after dry dock finished. To my knowledge, they probably didn’t do much. I’m sure they were asked to take photos of the ship to document the dry dock. But for the most part I’m pretty sure they were hanging out like me. Contact my buddy Jordan F Martin in his channel. His fiancé is a photographer and I think she has done a dry dock before. I bet she can fill you in on more specifics.
Photographers do nothing during drydock. In my last drydock we worked just the first week and after that we had nothing to do,because people from shoroside were doing the changes in the photo gallery.✌🏻
I’d love to hear more about the broadcast system you used on the ship. Gotta think the VOD and play out systems were incredible. Did you play with the scte markers and insert your own ads?
Peter Ticali Honestly we were just using 2 kinds of digital media players. Basically we uploaded content and set it to either schedule times or run as a repeating list. Nothing too crazy. The systems we used were capable of a lot greater things, but for what we were actually doing, we didn’t do anything nuts.
Have broadcasting degrees and worked in media. Do you work with incoming satilite tv signals. Always wondered how they kept the antenna's alligned with satellites while at sea.
Watching from Portland Oregon! Yes, the Oregon liquor law is SO STRICT it's crazy
Katie Gomora I still like it there. My buddy just moved there too. He lives in Beaverton. He loves it out there.
Sean Price that's a good area in town to be, I'm on the East side so complete opposite side lol I love living here in Oregon, it's a great place to explore
You look very familiar. I was on The Star April and May 2016: Tampa to Copenhagen with a B2B to Norway. Were you on board then? My pic here btw was taken on board The Star.
Brad Johnson Hey Brad. I was on the Star from Dec 2014 to May 2015. I did that Atlantic crossing in 2015. Then I was on the Dawn; then the Pearl.
Must be thinking of someone else. BTW I've enjoyed your videos! :) Take care!
What did the Youth Staff and Shore Excursions Crew members was doing during Dry Dock?
Youth staff did Firewatch. Which essentially was standing with all the welders with a fire extinguisher in case something caught fire. I think Shore ex were sent home during dry dock because they weren’t needed during that time
@@CoffeeWithSean Was Youth Staff and Shore Ex was front face and allowed in guest restaurant and area?
@@marvelboi3416 yes they were
@@CoffeeWithSean I wanna work as a crew member in one of these departments but mainly Shore Ex. Not only I have a lot of experience in sales and love meeting new people. I want to travel which is one of the things that on my bucket list. I heard in order for you to sell the guest their excursions the manager required for you to go on one yourself as part of your training 😂 lol... Do you get to request in what destination you want to go?
@@marvelboi3416 no. The company places you on a ship based on the need. Good luck! Keep applying until you get it!
Hi Sean, thanks for the videos! I´ve just applied for Steiner´spa...( I´m a massage therapist).Could you give me some tips?
Thanks in advance
Flavia Fracho So Steiner is pretty strict. And since you aren’t technically working for the ship, you have different rules. You are going to be mostly commission pay. And you are going to work way more hours than some other departments. Also your contract will be 9 months while many of the friends you make will only have 6 month contract. I think you’ll like it. Just be prepared!
I’m joining carnival Imagination in October and it’s in dry dock 2 weeks :o
Well it’s been scraped now
Yah the comment was a year ago. I worked there for my 6 month contract and then left in April after being stuck for a while due to covid. Working on a ship is awful though. 100% don’t recommend to a friend.
(Over a year ago really) working on ships is an experience. But not for me. And I was in entertainment one of the ‘good Jobs’ 80 hrs a week for low pay, bad living conditions and no time to see port.
@@indiataylor5961 I see, well looks like its not the best job in the World!!!!
Hey, can you please list all the salaries of each dipartiment jobs?? Thank you, You're very helpfull
Petros Grandi So there are about 1000 different positions onboard. That’s too many jobs to list salaries. But to answer your question in a basic level, for your first job onboard on your first contract, $2000 US per month is what you can expect for entertainment and some other front of house jobs like Shore excursions and guest services. Probably closer to $1000 for restaurant servers. And maybe a little less than that for some back of house like dishwasher and some other utility. Some jobs get tips, though, so you have to take that into consideration. Room steward get tips and gratuities. So their salary is low but potentially you can make more, and if the tips are cash you don’t have to claim it or share it with the rest of the department. No matter the job, assume between $1000 and $2000 per month.
Hmmmm, then, this "typical" basic salary range you've just mentioned is *NOT* all that low, even for us Americans!
Yes, there are super rich people in this country, but they are the minority. Most American people are very poor, the population below poverty level is rising. Most working class people here really do *NOT* make $2000 USD per month (they make less.) Many people I talk to (Chinese *legal* immigrants) make just about $1000 USD monthly. And these on-land people have to pay expenses for housing & utilities, food, and commuting at the very least, and oh yes, Uncle Sam (taxes) ... how can I forget Uncle Sam?! The ship workers have *FREE* room and board--no need to pay for housing & utilities, food, and commuting ... so most of that $1000 salary could be socked away (saved or, okay, sent abroad to support their families, and as you pointed out in other vids, with the USD always comes out waaaay ahead in these third-world countries, so essentially, the crew and their families live *BETTER* than a lot of us (on-land) working Americans here.
And I haven't even talked about the (high) cost of living in some of our American cities! With that $2K~$1K USD monthly income, it is a *TRUE* struggle in this country which is not really known to the "outside" world.
Which company did you work with? Because I'm embarking as a photographer again, very soon, but in a different company than before! I'm from Chile
Maca Aranda I worked for Norwegian Cruise Line.
What is your job onboard?
under 300 I was a Broadcast Technician. In the entertainment department
N what about cooks?
Jim Tuscano they all stay because all the crew and contractors still have to eat. But sometimes the dry dock will be working in the galleys too so cooks will he cleaning and stuff too
Do you get paid during dry dock?
TheAwesomeoriental1 the crew members who work for the cruise line get paid during dry dock. But the concessionaires do not. So the spa employees (who worked for Steiner, not NCL) did not get paid for the entire dry dock
Why do they take your passport hmm I don’t think I would let that happen
Brianthegeek2 it’s only in the US. There are very strict immigration laws and jumping ship used to be a big problem. When a ship is in Europe they give you your passport back.
@@CoffeeWithSean how so even if you have tourist american visa apart from your working visa? Is that a legal in the states?
yp all the visas have their own different strict regulations
@@CoffeeWithSean Oh well thanks for all your videos, I am looking forward to work on a cruise next year and I am doing some research
great story!
Get a Kleenex.
He need to leave his nose alone
What was the medical test you needed to get ?
lifeofmc Theycgive you a drug test. And they check you like a basic physical. Then they check for certain illnesses. If you work in the food departments they check your stool for bacteria’s and stuff. It’s not too bad. It takes a while. You may have to pay for it yourself though. And the company may or may not reimburse you for the full amount.
Your coffee us way too weak.
Goldengate Video haha i agree