Working on Cruise Ships- Page 2
Working on Cruise Ships
Lizzya9
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/06
#25re: Working on Cruise Ships
Posted: 4/2/07 at 7:47pm
BUMP!
please people I really need answers to my questions!! = )
#26re: Working on Cruise Ships
Posted: 4/2/07 at 8:11pm
Regarding money
for a dancer (who generally doesn't sing, but lip-syncs to pre-recorded tracks) the payscale starts around 400 and goes to around 700.
For a singer I have heard of as little as 550 to as much as 2000.
I worked as a singer for Celebrity in 2003 and 2005 and I made 800 for my first contract. I negotiated my second contract and got 1100 a week. On celebrity I had no cruise-staff duties and I had my own cabin. I had full guest privelges.
If you like singing and want to make some easy money and see the world, it's a great job. The shows are very light in terms of content-it is really just one huge concert with flashy dance. If you really love Musical Theater, you might not enjoy it as much.
i know i was dying to just say one line of dialogue for the whole contract. I have much more fun exploring a character in a show and getting to the reason WHY they sing, than just standing in front of a bunch of overfed tourists singing Music of the night wearing a phantom mask and a pink sequinned cape (I swear to GOD!)
Other than that, did you enjoy the play Mrs Lincoln?
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#27re: Working on Cruise Ships
Posted: 4/2/07 at 10:52pm
There is one production company out of Florida that you should NEVER work for.
They lie right to your face and then once you are on the ship, you are screwed.
If you want the name, PM me.
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
#28re: Working on Cruise Ships
Posted: 4/2/07 at 11:11pmI'm a big fan of cruising...particularly Royal Caribbean. Did you guys know that Jennifer Hudson started out on RCCL?
AiPhSa
Swing Joined: 1/9/05
#29re: Working on Cruise Ships
Posted: 4/2/07 at 11:36pmI thought Jennifer Hudson started out on Disney Cruise Line? If she didn't start there, she definitely worked for them at least.
#30re: Working on Cruise Ships
Posted: 4/2/07 at 11:40pmShe did work for disney, I know someone that worked with her. I have no idea about RCCL.
Other than that, did you enjoy the play Mrs Lincoln?
Lizzya9
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/06
#31re: Working on Cruise Ships
Posted: 4/3/07 at 4:44pmneverandy thanks so much for the info. hehehe i wish i could have seen the cape = )
#32re: Working on Cruise Ships
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:32pmconsider yourself lucky that you didn't!
Other than that, did you enjoy the play Mrs Lincoln?
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