Episodes
4 days ago
4 days ago
Eric's younger brother Leo and his friend Rommel meet at Epcot as dancers in 1993. Very soon after they join Princess Cruises as Cruise Staff / Dancers on the Fair Princess. They tell about their stop at Christmas Island, the cruise staff bar tab, tender duty, Ship Shape dollars, the Papeete prostitute, the L.A. guy and Acapulco guy, and "the brick" ends their cruise career.
Monday Mar 11, 2024
The James Gregory Story: Founder of The Crew Bar FB
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
James gets disillusioned with his corporate job in London and decides to go to work on cruise ships. He joins Disney Cruise Line on the Wonder in 2003 as Youth Staff, goes to Royal Caribbean on the Legend and quickly goes to ACD, meets his wife onboard, becomes a Port and Shopping Guide, works on many different ships and cruise lines, and tells about how the Crew Bar Facebook page got created, destroyed, and created again. Join the Crew Bar on all their social media. https://www.facebook.com/groups/officialcrewbar/
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
The Santana McAfee Story: The MS Besterdam
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Santana leaves Mississippi in 2011 to work for Holland America as a Youth Staff. She tells about hugging the Mexican toilet in Cozumel at the No Name Bar, her first brush with Tequila, works her way up to an assistant Cruise Director position, heading back to the ship ahead of the pack, her tough decision to finally leave ships, the rough transition from ships to life on land, and a crew member steals a passport stamp from Turkish immigration.
Monday Feb 26, 2024
The Paula Furness Story: On The Run!
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Paula leaves the most haunted town in South Australia to join the R4 in Papeete, French Polynesia as a bar waiter. She then goes on to bring the R8 out of the shipyard in France. She tells the story of the crazy aftermath on ships after the bankruptcy of Renaissance, a stint with Celebrity, an "Around the World" competition, an affair with the Executive Chef, the overboard of the NZ crew members, and a freak injury that ends her career.
Monday Feb 19, 2024
The Roger Ryman Story: It's Not A Boat
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Roger graduates from Notre Dame and decides to go to work on cruise ships. He leaves Texas and joins Renaissance Cruise lines as a Purser where he becomes cabin mates with Brad. He tells the story of the two crew members that jumped overboard on the R4 in Tahiti, going to the bank in Papeete, the pros and cons of Kusadasi Turkey, and the fun side of ship life.
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
The Shane Morris Story: The Random Drug Test
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
Shane leaves the Gold Coast of Australia in 2003 to join Princess as a Casino Slot Tech without actually being a slot machine technician. He has a very long sleepless journey getting to the Carnival Glory - and then has even worse first week onboard. He tells the story about being selected for a random drug test after a crew party on the Diamond Princess.
Monday Apr 03, 2023
The Stu Moss Story: ”The Greatest Cruise Ship Story Ever Told”
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
After practicing on prisoners in jail, Stu leaves the NYCPD to become a comedian. He goes to work for Royal Caribbean in the early nineties and then on to many other cruise lines. He tells about encounters with other comedians and celebrities, working on the old Love Boat, Bingo Money, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, that time he missed the ship, and starting up a talent agency. www.stumoss.com
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
The Sami Kohen Story: I’ll Be Back
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Sami starts his career on ships in 1990 with Cunard on the QE2 as a sommelier. He then goes to work for Royal Viking and Crystal Cruises as a Food and Beverage manager. With Renaissance he opens and closes all eight of the R-ships. He tells about working for Apollo Cruise Ship Chandlers, a Japanese charter company, a favor for a captain, good times in Australia, and crossing the equator.
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
The Gabrielle Nierenberg Story: Ship Lips
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
From a very young age, Gabrielle wants to be a dancer. After becoming a professional dancer she gets a contract on the AIDAmar in 2019. Gabrielle packs a lot of adventure into one year before the pandemic shut things down. She tell about the culture shock on her first ship, meets a nice boy, dancing on a moving ship, German party game, Denmark is the Las Vegas of Europe, and escape from Ukraine.
Monday Mar 13, 2023
The Lars Hoglund Story: Cargo to Cruises
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
From a long line of seafarers in Sweden, Lars first starts working on cargo ships. By chance he gets an engineer position with Commodore Cruise Lines working on the re-fit of the Caribe I in 1983. He goes on to have a long career working for many different cruise lines such as: Windstar, Royal Caribbean, and the Renaissance R-ships. He tells stories about having an incredible whale encounter, the disastrous christening of the R4, gives us a pig roast confirmation, two crew jump overboard, a ship fire, a woman scorned, and stripes make a difference.