Time To Start Packing Where does the time go? I'm already less than a week away from joining my next ship in sunny Fort Lauderdale Florida! This is my second contract working onboard a cruise ship, so luckily this time around I'll know a lot better what to pack. For anyone who is reading this and I haven't already talked your ear off about what it's like to work on a cruise ship, let me just give you a few brief facts. * Contracts last for 6 months at a time with no vacation and no days off * You live, eat, sleep and work onboard the ship, but you have port days free in the afternoons * You work about 80 hours a week, on a good week * You live in shared cabins about
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