Download or read book Chronicles of a Cruise Ship Crew Member written by Joshua Kinser and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-13 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Both funny and informative, this story reveals what really happens in the underbelly of a cruise ship, from the highs to the lows." Susie D.,Proofreader, Red Adept Editing"This fun and fact-filled memoir gives landlubbers a fond but not too romanticized glimpse of what it's like to be a crew member on a cruise ship. Journey with this young musician as he learns to live and love at sea." Kim H., Copy editor, Red Adept EditingWritten by a well-published author who worked on cruise ships for more than five years, this often hilarious, sometimes shocking, and always insightful book provides a comical behind-the-scenes look into what it's really like to work on a cruise ship. Take a tour below the waterline and explore the cramped, dirty, and dimly lit crew areas on a revealing journey through the cruise ship's underworld. Go where no passenger has gone before, and learn what the crew eats, where they sleep, how they party, and finally understand why all of the officers are Italian.Climb aboard an adventure on the high seas and witness the wonderful side of ship life where crew members have whirlwind escapades while traveling the world aboard a massive sailing city.Drawing from his experiences working as a musician and an art auctioneer, the author tells the laugh-out-loud and also poignant story of what cruise ship crew members experience from the minute they first step onto a ship to the day they walk down that gangway for the last time.