Being A Bartender On A Cruise Ship

Reviews from Norwegian Cruise Line employees about working as a Bartender at Norwegian Cruise Line.

Being a bartender on a cruise ship. The first and most important point to become a bartender on a cruise is to get your bartending certificate. Learn about Norwegian Cruise Line culture salaries benefits work-life balance management job security and more. Quantum of the Seas is the cruise ship of tomorrow.

Bartender Former Employee - Florida - October 13 2017. You will also need to have a minimum of two or three years working in the beverage industry and cruise ship experience is preferred. On stafftemporarilyaboard the Celebrity Reflection Bruno Maddox discovers the secrets and hard-won wisdom of the modern barman at sea.

With so many people on vacation the drinking does not begin in the late afternoon and into the night like most bars but rather begins in the morning and never slows down. Bartending income on cruise ships comes largely from tips although bar managers and senior staff will be paid a nice salary. Your living is having a bunkmate in your room but sharing a bathroom between 4 people.

High school diploma or equivalent. Just went on a cruise and had many conversations with the crew. Usually a supervisor from your department will assist and tour you around the ship to be familiar.

You will also be expected to work 7 days a week and for as long as the cruise ship. Once you get a job on a cruise ship in the bar department youll pretty much always have a job as long as you dont do something dumb and get fired or your performance is consistently low. In my case it took me around three months literally to be familiar with the ship as well as the system in my department.

Diploma or GED and be at least 21. I on the otherhand was a bartender so my money was pooled with all the bartenders so I earned money regardless. Going back to being clueless when I say clueless I really was clueless everything I thought I knew about the bar before getting on the ship went out the window I learned a new set up a new system a new dialect and a new culture.