Working for cruise ships??

Your other questions indicate that you have four children....Not a good career choice for a mom of 4. You work every day. I went on an excursion with a ship's videographer and he brought his girlfriend along. She worked as youth coordinator. She said she was exhausted and couldn't wait till the end of her 6 month contract. You may get a couple of hours off once a week or so, but you can't count on when.

Sorry you're not really getting your question answered. I don't think you'll find a lot of people who work on cruise ships on this board ... free time and (expensive) internet are a scarce commodity onboard. This guy has a website and book about his life on a cruise ship. I can't vouch for his book from personal knowledge, but it might be worth checking out. http://www.shipjobs.com I haven't worked on ship, but am friends with people who have, albeit not on RCI or Disney. So I'll try to give you some information: Youth staff and CD Staff jobs are pretty good, in that you are classified as "staff" rather than "crew" so you'll have privileges to use guest facilities like the gym and the lounges. I know for sure Holland America Line has Christian church service daily (ecumenical, but the priests are usually Catholic, because of the line's Dutch heritage). Looks like Disney only has church services on holidays: http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/dcl/en_US/help/overview?name=OnboardServicesFAQLandingPage&bhcp=1#13 As for RCI, I've never seen onboard church services. Most ships have a chapel, but no chaplain. Hope that helps.

http://royalcaribbean.hire.com/index.html On your next cruise talk to the crew members. They'll be more then happy talk to you. At least they always have when spoke to them about jobs! Good luck!

I don't know, but the one thing I remeber staff saying when I went on my cruise was that they never get to see their familiy or friends. They are constantly on the move!! So if you can deal with that then go for it. Just make sure you don't get seasick or claustrophobic