What Cruise Lines Don’t Want You to Know About Their Crew
🎁 Curious how people cut the cost of their cruises with a travel membership? Check out how it works here: https://mra.incruises.com/signup And I break it down further inside my free Cruise Wealth community: 👉https://www.skool.com/thrive-at-45-9165/about Inspectors boarded a cruise ship after hundreds of crew complaints and found nothing wrong. The crew and their union say that’s not the whole story. What is cruise ship crew life really like? This video goes below deck to look at what can actually be verified: crew cabins below the waterline, 10 to 13 hour days with no scheduled days off, contracts that run four to ten months, and pay that starts near the $690-a-month legal floor for seafarers. It also covers the 2026 Carnival Australia dispute, how cruise ship tips are really split, and which viral numbers about cruise ship workers don’t hold up. It’s not a horror story or a PR defense, just what’s documented and what’s still disputed. 0:00 Carnival Australia Cruise Crew Dispute Explained 0:52 Why Cruise Lines Don’t Publish Crew Pay 1:29 Cruise Ship Crew Cabin Size vs Legal Minimum 3:19 Why Crew Cabins Are Below the Waterline 3:54 Cruise Ship Crew Working Hours 5:00 Maritime Labour Convention 72-Hour Rule 6:05 How Much Do Cruise Ship Workers Make? 6:53 Cruise Crew Hourly Pay: $1.94 vs $2.75 8:00 Why Crew Still Take Cruise Ship Jobs 8:58 Australia’s Cruise Ship Labour Exemption 10:00 Cruise Crew Myths That Are Wrong 11:46 How Cruise Ship Tips Are Really Split 12:40 Carnival Australia Allegations vs AMSA Inspection 16:01 Is Working on a Cruise Ship Worth It? If you’ve ever wondered how much cruise ship workers make, or where cruise ship crew sleep while you’re asleep in your cabin, this answers both. You’ll also see whether cruise ship crew get days off (the cruise lines’ own careers pages answer that one), how big a cruise ship crew cabin is compared with the legal minimum, and why so many people still decide working on a cruise ship is worth it. Free guide to cruising smarter: travelbig.club #CruiseShip #CrewLife #CruiseTips