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

Ian worked with me as an entertainment host on the Carnival Paradise back in 2009. As the son of a comedian, Ian was known to have a pretty good sense of humour, and having met his dad, I felt for sure he was definitely his son.

He explains the reason behind calling guests "coneheads," which is twofold. Firstly, because you can position them anywhere like a cone and instruct them to wait, and they will comply. Secondly, the term originates from the movie Coneheads, in which the characters were aliens attempting to assimilate on Earth, much like passengers trying to adapt and find their sea legs on a cruise.

With only 2 contracts to his name Ian's ship life career was brief but eventful, and he actually got fired for sleeping with one of the guests which I didn't even know about....that he got fired, not that you couldn't sleep with guests. We hadn't spoken since we worked together, so this was another fun chat catching up with an old friend and colleague, so we had a lot of laughs on this one reminiscing. Enjoy! #BTS #ShipStories #shiplife #cruiseship #podcast #decktales #fired #entertainer #commonsense #aliens #stupid #cones#coneheads