My Ship Story

Jeff tells the story about how he joined ships as a 16 year old magician! He tells many stories about his 22 years working onboard as a Cruise Staff and Cruise Director.

Carolyn tells her story of joining ships as a Cruise Staff / Entertainer and eventually meeting her husband Les onboard.

Fred leaves Michigan to join the ship as a DJ without ever having been one before, tells stories about cabin crawls, The Come Song, ice carving malapropism, minges, Hotel Managers, The Viking Lemonade, hooking up with pax, Boise Idaho, a Sugar Mama, and gives us an encore of The Taxi Driver.    

Former Youth Staff and Dancer, Sharon is now a Corporate meeting planner, Zumba instructor, and member of the Largest marching band in the world called the Awesome Original Second Time Arounders. She tells the story of when Shirley Jones attended her bridal shower, meets Norm Crosby, Rosalyn and Jimmy Carter join her exercise class, partying with animal feet, and gets fed up with a passenger. #MichaelBailey #NordicPrince #SovereignoftheSeas

Kara returns to the story after she gets pregnant while working for Disney Cruise Lines, talks about the exhausting routine of working both as a Cruise Director and mother, and reminds everyone... Don't pet rodents!

AKA "Kilo Charley", Kara joins her first ship in 1989. She brings out six ships with RCCL as a production manager. Becomes a Cruise Director and does a World-wide cruise on the Ocean Explorer with World Cruise Company. She tells stories about celebrating the millennium in Antarctica, the 2nd Easter Island disaster, and decides to start a family while still on ships.

Vince Neale started working on ships as a musician in 1973. He tells the guys what life was life aboard the three "baby" RCCL ships. He also worked for Commodore Cruise Line where he met his wife on the Caribe. He also tells stories about an according fire, the flaming Babaloo, the captain's cocktail party shenanigans,  Hal Frazier, Pina Coladas, and cabin inspections, while the guys struggle to keep the Motley Crue jokes to a minimum. Check out his photos on the Song of Norway FB page.

Derek tells stories about his time as a thespian aboard Crystal Cruises, always on, always working, the dichotomy of wanting to be aboard ship and home, world-wide cruises, and been Dover.

The story picks back up with Johnny going from Assistant Cruise Director to Art Auctioneer, and appreciation of the diversity and all the great people on ships. 

In the first part, Johnny tells the incredible, chaotic, story about joining his first ship as Cruise Staff, and a tryst in the Cruise Director's office.