Cruises Undercover: The Truth Below Deck

why would anyone go on a cruise...after hearing this...

Royal caribbean, Carnival you name it all the same. The wages geared to third world employees. If you are from australasia, us or uk forget it. I did 6month contracts 7 days a week no breaks. Was paid less than half min wage of my home country. As for not getting contract until onboard, rubbish !! You get the contract and sign it prior to leaving your home country. No plane tickets until you have signed it and sent it back to the hiring company.. They said that they flying the flag of malta, that has nothing to do with wages. What it does mean is that the ship couldnt get a safety certificate from anywhere else, malta basically gives them away, so if you have structural, or crew emergency training issues, go to malta, get one easily at half the price…any other reputable country would refuse the ship a cert and therefore she couldnt sail until the repairs or problems were resolved.…shouldnt be allowed.

after cruising new Zealand I was shocked to find out it is $50 a month and 14 hour shifts...... It makes me sick this could happen in my country (Australia) I only went cruising once and swear never again. The amount of money the P.N.O cruise ship cost to travel on and over all money spent on board... what a joke.... give them a real weekly pay....

If you don't like it...QUIT! They aren't forced to be there! God it is pathetic how people think big daddy government has to help everybody.

It's a "modern" slave ship

But anyway, guys, who knows good cruise companies? Which ones? Thanks

I would bet if they upped the cost by just a little, hardly if noticed by vacationers and used those extra funds to improve workers salaries and hours they would be better off in the end because people would feel better about cruising. I know we tipped our cabin attendant and a few of our regular servers a little extra because we know about some of the unfair practices.

i am an ex crew member for 2 different cruiselines and this is bullshit, it is true that some jobs are tougher than others but like in every country, before you get on a ship you receive a contract and tells you the ship you are going to, and also the salary. With this contract it is so easy to get your visa, yes you pay for your visa and medical exams, but these ones can be refunded by the cruise line, at least they did with me for 5 years. There is so many stateroom attendants that tell u how shitty the life on board is so you tip them better, i dont judge them that is how they make most of their money. So wot u saw that is a clear example, everyone has time off, yes we work long hours sometimes but the crew life is pretty awsome, you can get off the ship, not always but yes everyone has time off ashore, only about 30% of crew members stay on board whilst a port day, the rest is your time off, besides there is crew tours in which either they are free or you pay peanuts for them..... So the truth below deck is that you need to stay more than 5 weeks on board to know about this..... 

The only reason why those salaries exist is because people accept them.

Hi everyone. I Recruit for Steiner/The Onboard Spa. As of 20 August 2013 a new Maritime Law was passed world wide called the MLC law. This law protects all seafarers working on any form of ocean vessel from cruise ships to fish trawlers to oil rigs. Before this law was passed crew members were definitely exposed to these conditions seen above. But this is not the case any longer. I will not recruit for a company that does this to their staff members. I also worked onboard cruise ships for three years in the spa. I earned a large amount of money and enjoyed it very much. Some departments were not that lucky. But this has all changed now. Everyone can go back and enjoy themselves. Our company do not supply staff to Celebrity Cruises but to over 25 other cruise line companies.

I have CANCELLED our holiday on Celebrity Cruises. Outrageous bastards getting away with human crimes.