If you’d like to see where I’ve spent my time at sea so far, take a look here.
These are all the ships, jobs and cruise lines that I’ve worked on.
09/05-03/06 Brilliance of the Seas – Cruise Director’s Staff
05/06-11/06 Jewel of the Seas – Cruise Director’s Staff
03/07-04/07 Majesty of the Seas – Cruise Director’s Staff
04/07-09/07 Brilliance of the Seas – International Host
09/07-12/07 Rhapsody of the Seas – International Host
07/08-01/09 P&O: Pride of Rotterdam, Hull, York, Bruges – Cruise Director
02/09-07/09 – Sapphire Princess – Assistant Cruise Director
09/09-02/10 – Grand Princess – Assistant Cruise Director
04/10-11/10 – Grand Princess – Assistant Cruise Director
04/11-08/11 – Carnival Conquest – Band Vocalist & Manager
08/11-10/11 – Carnival Destiny – Band Vocalist & Manager
12/11-01/12 – HAL Noordam – HAL Cats Vocalist fill in
01/12-02/12 – Carnival Fascination – Show Band Vocalist fill in
06/12-08/12 – P&O Arcadia Ballroom – Band Vocalist & Manager
09/12-12/12 – Golden Princess – Wheelhouse Band Vocalist & Manager
01/13 – HAL Maasdam – HAL Cats Vocalist fill in
04/13-06/13 – HAL Westerdam – HAL Cats Vocalist
06/13-08/13 HAL Ryndam – HAL Cats Vocalist
09/13-10/13 HAL Oosterdam – HAL Cats Vocalist
10/13-01/14 HAL Statendam – HAL Cats Vocalist
02/14-03/14 Seabourn Quest – Band Vocalist fill in
04/14-06/14 HAL Ryndam – HAL Cats Vocalist
09/14-12/14 HAL Zuiderdam – HAL Cats Vocalist
07/15-01/16 HAL Volendam – HAL Cats Vocalist
04/16-07/16 HAL Veendam – HAL Cats Vocalist
07/16-05/17 HAL Volendam – The Band Vocalist
06/17-02/18 HAL Maasdam – The Band Vocalist
04/18 –05/18 HAL Maasdam – The Band Vocalist
05/18-07/18 HAL Maasdam – Sailing as spouse onboard
09/18-11/18 HAL Maasdam – Sailing as spouse onboard
04/19-05/19 HAL Maassam – Sailing as spouse onboard
07/19-Present HAL Maasdam – Sailing as spouse onboard
Coming up next:
11/19-03/20 HAL Zuiderdam – Future Cruise Consultant
So far…14 years, 25 ships, 35 contracts, 102
countries, 6 different jobs, 7 cruise lines, countless friends and unforgettable
memories made, and I met my husband!
Breakdown of Ships:
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines: 4 ships
20 months on ships: 2.5 years with company, 5 contracts
Brilliance of the Seas x 2 (6 + 5 = 11 months)
Jewel of the Seas (5 months)
Rhapsody of the Seas (3 months)
Majesty of the Seas (1 month)
P&O Cruise Ferries: 4 ships, 8 contracts
7 months on ships: 1 year with company
Pride of Rotterdam x2 (2 months)
Pride of Hull (1 month)
Pride of Bruges x3 (3 months)
Pride of York (1 month)
Princess Cruises: 3 ships, 4 contracts
20 months on ships: 2.5 years with company
Sapphire Princess (5 months)
Grand Princess x 2 (6 + 7 = 13 months)
Golden Princess (4 months)
Carnival Cruise Lines: 3 ships, 3 contracts
7 months on ships: 1 year with company
Carnival Conquest (4 months)
Carnival Destiny (2 months)
Carnival Fascination (1 month)
P&O Cruises UK: 1 ship, 1 contract
2 months on ships: 2 months with company
P&O Arcadia (2 months)
The Yachts of Seabourn: 1 ship, 1 contract
5 weeks on ships: 5 weeks with company
Seabourn Quest (1 month)
Holland America: 9 ships, 16 contracts (4 sailing as spouse onboard)
6 years with years with company so far.
Noordam (1 month)
Maasdam (2 weeks + 8 months + 2 months + 3 months + 3 months + 2 months = 18.5 months)
Westerdam (2 months)
Ryndam (2.5 + 3 = 5.5 months)
Oosterdam (1 month)
Statendam (4 months)
Zuiderdam (3 months)
Volendam (7 + 9 = 16 months)
Veendam (3.5 months)