What It Takes To Be A Cruise Ship Performer

Aboard the world’s largest cruise ship, being a performer is not always smooth sailing. Sure, you get to travel the world, but performers aboard Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas are actually serious athletes. We went behind the scenes with the main character in the ship’s water show to see what the job is really like.

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What It Takes To Be A Cruise Ship Performer

[fabianarocio]

I went on that cruise last year and the Aqua Show was the one that shocked me the most... the rocking of the ship that night was pretty bad but even in those conditions their performance was immaculate!

[PJCE]

I worked for RC and actually was in a cast with Mazz. Ship life wasn’t for me and I was SO DEPRESSED and I left early but I can say Mazz was the one person in my cast who was there for me the whole time when no one else was. She’s a really great person and works SUPER HARD and deserves everything she has now! Love that girly!

[Jaqen-HGhar]

"Royal Caribbean wouldn't share how much performers are paid." Not enough I guarantee you that, especially for them working 11 months doing 8 performances a week in an industry that is supposedly as hard to get into as Broadway. Anytime a company highlights health insurance as a benefit (when it's mandated for any company in the United States with as many employees as them) then you know they aren't paying enough.

[AsainNerdfighter]

11 months with no vacation days and 8 shows/week....not shady at all.

[franpan]

they say they “get paid to travel” but not having a day off means you don’t actually get to travel and explore the places...

[chrisyu]

Free Housing?!!? they are sequestered on a ship where else would they live? What other benefits, free air and water? well maybe not free

[MrNSup]

I think if they’re not sharing salary details, it’s because they are not proud to offer employees strong wages.

[cwahlb]

Didn’t say how much they got paid and didn’t show their living quarters.... yeah that’s not sketchy

[taval]

They forgot to say this is a paid for AD by Royal Caribbean

[JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

Imagine you're on a cruise ship, and the Titanic song starts playing

[JustCheg]

Each time I see this in my feed I watch it and a tear comes down my face. Used to work with this beast, one of the best people to work with. Mazz is rightfully where she is! Insane work etic and physical body strength. I miss your hug after the show friend, and I miss ships more than anything in the world. Just to make it clear, I was part of the stage crew, and with some of these guys it was so nice because they kind of make sure you share their success! Big hug from Nik (Legend of the Seas)!

[marissaluna]

Y’all weren’t allowed to see their cabins...hmm

[hilarycabezas]

As a former crew member, in entertainment, I can say that those performers get paid very well! Also, this video misrepresented when saying they get “no vacation days” for 11 months. True, their contract is long, but they don’t work every single day their onboard. They have “days off” where they can relax and do whatever.

[theodoruslnh]

it seems like she's sending somekind of secret "help me out of here" message

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Being resistant to being sea sick really helps

[Telegrm-t_OnlyPwr]

They get paid very little and live in very bad conditions. It’s fun to do for a season when your in your 20s but later on you feel like a servant underdog without any respect. Slavery is their bottom line.

[mysisterisafoodie]

Refuse to say how much they are paid, but tHeY hAvE hOuSiNg, tHeY cAn EaT aT oUr ReStAuRaNt, and no day’s off for 11months, 8 shows a week.... Some slavery is involved here.

[petescott]

I worked on Royal Caribbean, Carnival and Princess right through my 20s, 9.5 years in the end! One of the best decisions I ever made was to work on ships, my second best decision was to decide to no longer work on ships lol. A lot of people here are saying it's slave labor which definitely made me LOL. Working on ships is one of the most unique and life changing experiences any young person can do. The community is like nothing you can replicate on land, the friends you make are friends for life and you have to bear this in mind... Most people are in 9 to 5 office jobs and commute to the office for 60 minutes per day, have all the stresses of 'living on land.' Cruise ships sure you work crazy hours, but your 'office' is a 45 second walk away, everything from cleaning your cabin, cooking every meal is all taken care of by the ship. Equally, when they say 'work 7 days per week, ' sure you do but... On port days that might be x 2 hours giving the rest of the day to go and explore a beautiful island. Pretty sure if I had my 20s again, I'd take cruise ship slave labour over the 9 to 5 version :).

[tzwacdastag]

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[rivalry]

Why is no one talking about the short time when the person was walking with their toes curled up