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Oct 65 min read

How To Get Kicked Off a Cruise Ship

You always see videos of the passengers running to the ship that is departing, waiving their hands frantically as if it is an easy thing...

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What's a Pier Runner and Why Don't Cruise Ships Wait For You?

kristathomas00

Oct 62 min read

What's a Pier Runner and Why Don't Cruise Ships Wait For You?

Ever wonder why cruise ships don’t wait or “turn back” for pier runners and stranded passengers? The first reason is the cost and...

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How Much Money Cruise Ship Crew Make & Their Side Hustles

Krista Thomas

Oct 65 min read

How Much Money Cruise Ship Crew Make & Their Side Hustles

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Ep17: Liam Edwards - Insight into the Royal Navy

Sammy Catling

Aug 151 min read

Ep17: Liam Edwards - Insight into the Royal Navy

the main focus of today's episode, was to get a bit more of an insight into the Royal Navy.

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Ep16: Mase Boogie - Sneaking a Guest Out of Crew Areas

Sammy Catling

Aug 152 min read

Ep16: Mase Boogie - Sneaking a Guest Out of Crew Areas

Mase also had a thing for the ladies and not necessarily the crew. This is forbidden on cruise ships. He had to do some creative navigating

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Ep15: Brad Stinson - Trying to Identify a Dead Body

Sammy Catling

Aug 151 min read

Ep15: Brad Stinson - Trying to Identify a Dead Body

There was on death in particular where the medical team was going through passports trying to identify a body

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Ep14: Nelly Chesnul - Suicide Jumper That Ends in a Shark Attack

Sammy Catling

Aug 141 min read

Ep14: Nelly Chesnul - Suicide Jumper That Ends in a Shark Attack

witnessing a suicide jumper that ends in a shark attack

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Ep13: BBOY Smurf- Drug Smuggling and Pimping

Sammy Catling

Aug 142 min read

Ep13: BBOY Smurf- Drug Smuggling and Pimping

Drug Smuggling and Pimping

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Ep11: Shirley Greenwood - Prostitutes Down in the pig?! Was the Crew Bar Rampant with Prostitution?

Sammy Catling

Aug 141 min read

Ep11: Shirley Greenwood - Prostitutes Down in the pig?! Was the Crew Bar Rampant with Prostitution?

the Crew Bar used to be known as The Pig and was rampant with prostitution amongst the crew.

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Ep10: Jay Black - Catching the Captain in his Birthday Suit and Environmental Lies

Sammy Catling

Aug 141 min read

Ep10: Jay Black - Catching the Captain in his Birthday Suit and Environmental Lies

Jay also gives us some insight into what happens with dumping on cruise ships

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Ep9: Ian Montalto - Explaining Why Crew Refer to Guests as Cones and How He Got Fired For Sleeping With a Guest

Sammy Catling

Aug 141 min read

Ep9: Ian Montalto - Explaining Why Crew Refer to Guests as Cones and How He Got Fired For Sleeping With a Guest

With only 2 contracts to his name Ian's ship life career was brief but eventful, and he got fired for sleeping with one of the guests

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Ep8: Rachel Dudt - 14 Day Ship Isolation and Being Roofied

Sammy Catling

Aug 141 min read

Ep8: Rachel Dudt - 14 Day Ship Isolation and Being Roofied

we had a more upsetting discussion, where I was shocked to learn how common it is for both crew and passengers, to be "roofied"

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Ep7: Andrew Gove - The Different Dypes of Crew and Crazy Discounts

Sammy Catling

Aug 141 min read

Ep7: Andrew Gove - The Different Dypes of Crew and Crazy Discounts

Andrew shares the different perks you can get based on who you know onboard.

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Ep6: Archie Quevedo - Prostitution in Brazil

Sammy Catling

Aug 141 min read

Ep6: Archie Quevedo - Prostitution in Brazil

Archie opens up about going out in Brazil in 2004. He refers to it as "JIggy Wiggy", but it is directly referring to prostitution.

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Ep5: Jemma Carroll - Teens Club and Laughing at Ourselves

Sammy Catling

Aug 141 min read

Ep5: Jemma Carroll - Teens Club and Laughing at Ourselves

Jemma and I worked together as entertainment hosts. She speaks to how much the teenagers enjoy the teen club as they don't want

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Ep4: Josh Harris - Unheard Heroes - The Forgotten Crew Amidst COVID Chaos Where Death Is Too Common on Ships

Sammy Catling

Aug 141 min read

Ep4: Josh Harris - Unheard Heroes - The Forgotten Crew Amidst COVID Chaos Where Death Is Too Common on Ships

It is such a disgrace how much of the world was unaware of the issues crew members faced during Covid.

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Ep3: Bruce Allen - Unbelievable Storm Simulation in Swimming Pool for Safety Training

Sammy Catling

Aug 141 min read

Ep3: Bruce Allen - Unbelievable Storm Simulation in Swimming Pool for Safety Training

Bruce was a lighting technician on the Air Tours M/S Seaward with around 800 passengers and then did some work in drydock many years ago and

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Ep 2: Jayne Raithby - Enhancing Mental Wellbeing on Cruise Ships - A Reality Check

Sammy Catling

Aug 141 min read

Ep 2: Jayne Raithby - Enhancing Mental Wellbeing on Cruise Ships - A Reality Check

Chatting about mental health on cruise ships

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Ep1: Mark Taylor - The Surprising Truth About Crime and Caribbean Yacht Deliveries

Sammy Catling

Aug 141 min read

Ep1: Mark Taylor - The Surprising Truth About Crime and Caribbean Yacht Deliveries

In this first episode of DeckTales I was talking with Mark Taylor, who worked as a cruise ship photographer in the early 90's.

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