How Cruise Crew Really Eat, Shower and Sleep on The World's Biggest Ship

How do cruise crew really eat, shower and sleep? This cruise ship documentary spends one day below deck with real cruise ship crew, on their own cameras, from the alarm in a crew cabin with no window to lights out. It's a crew cabin tour and a look at life on a cruise ship, the hidden second ship under your vacation, and how cruise crew live on it. We follow Charlie, a cabin steward who filmed his entire working day, with crew on Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Disney, Costa and more showing what working on a cruise ship is really like: the two-bunk cabin, the tiny cruise ship bathroom, what cruise crew eat in the crew mess, how long crew work, the crew bar, and sharing a cabin with a roommate you didn't choose. And we settle the argument in our own comments: do cruise ship crew eat passenger leftovers? We told you once food goes out on the line it can't be served again, not even to the crew. A viewer who says they worked for Cunard said "Not true." Here's what crew say on their own cameras, and what the US ship inspection rule actually says. Crew experiences differ by ship, line and job, and they're told here as one person's experience. Rules quoted are for ships in the US inspection program and under the seafarers' treaty; other ships can differ. Did you work on ships? Tell us what your crew mess was really like. Chapters 0:00 The second ship below deck 0:34 7 AM: the crew cabin 3:11 The crew bathroom 4:41 Breakfast in the crew mess 7:52 Twenty cabins: a steward's day 9:54 The gap between shifts 12:04 Dinner, and who eats upstairs 13:51 Do crew get your leftovers? 16:04 The people you live with 17:10 Lights out CREDITS Crew and independent creators: CharlieMor'sTravel, Wanderlust Alley, Anna Gladilina, Chinky Nava, Kristine Kugler, Jordan Bauth, Cruising As Crew, Cruising with Goldy, Ash Bull, KuyaJoyberth TV, Jetsetginger_, WORK AND TRAVEL AT SEA, Krista Jocelyn, The AM Vlogs, Filipino Voyager, Jelybeing, Riley Tench, TWINCHEF VLOG, Saliha, Nurse Ventura Sources: Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (ILO); CDC Vessel Sanitation Program standards; Royal Caribbean Group, Princess Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line and Disney Cruise Line careers and reports. Cruise Ship Uncovered is independent and not affiliated with any cruise line. Music: AI-generated (Lyria). Narration: AI voice. Thumbnail: generated illustration, not a real crew member.