It was either the Cunard Adventurer or the Navarino, Not sure it was so many years ago. But I do remember I was in my early teens with my sister. We were in a room they just got done renovating. It used to be a luggage storage room. Me and my sister were having a life jacket fight before heading up to the Muster station. The alarm went off and we went to leave our room and we were locked in. This was overlooked in the renovation process. I called the operator and he thought is was a joke, Me a young kid saying I am locked in my room and him saying just unlock the door. After some convincing someone came down and let us out. We got to miss the lifeboat drill and I spent the rest of the cruise helping the Purser. They let me sit behind the counter and work.. Boy things have changed. We would go down and hang out with the crew also, back in the day It was much more fun below the deck then up top. I wish someone, sometime that has had cruise staff experience would write a book or a movie called "Below the Deck" and it could be the crews perspective of a cruise, not so much after 9/11 but before when passengers had a little more freedom to hang out with the crew.. Anyway this is a great thread keep em coming And one stupid question that I ponder... Why do people get stuck going on only one cruise line? It is a shame because they all have something different to offer, I have been on 12 different lines and will go on more I am sure....Happy cruising
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It was either the Cunard Adventurer or the Navarino, Not sure it was so many years ago. But I do remember I was in my early teens with my sister. We were in a room they just got done renovating. It used to be a luggage storage room. Me and my sister were having a life jacket fight before heading up to the Muster station. The alarm went off and we went to leave our room and we were locked in. This was overlooked in the renovation process. I called the operator and he thought is was a joke, Me a young kid saying I am locked in my room and him saying just unlock the door. After some convincing someone came down and let us out. We got to miss the lifeboat drill and I spent the rest of the cruise helping the Purser. They let me sit behind the counter and work.. Boy things have changed. We would go down and hang out with the crew also, back in the day It was much more fun below the deck then up top. I wish someone, sometime that has had cruise staff experience would write a book or a movie called "Below the Deck" and it could be the crews perspective of a cruise, not so much after 9/11 but before when passengers had a little more freedom to hang out with the crew.. Anyway this is a great thread keep em coming And one stupid question that I ponder... Why do people get stuck going on only one cruise line? It is a shame because they all have something different to offer, I have been on 12 different lines and will go on more I am sure....Happy cruising