What happens to the crew during dry dock?

[Loonbeam]

One of the crew told me ages ago that if a longer drydock is planned, there are many contracts timed to end with the drydock start, sometimes as much as half the crew.

 

As noted, some of the crew stay on board, I believe to feed the contractors when applicable, also to conduct cleaning of areas not being renovated (such as them empty crew quarters, etc).

 

I would think also that some might go to help out on other ships, if the ports intersect, but was never sure about that.

[Bill B]

pablo222,

 

Here's where I got the information the 'pool' is collected and distributed separately for each voyage on each ship -

http://www.crew-center.com/princess-cruises-crew-wages-details

 

If you can reference something more current to back your statements, I'll stand corrected.

[caribill]

So, if you want to say one pool per ship, per voyage ... knock yourself out.

 

The person in charge of crew payroll on one Princess ship this past year told me tips are not shared between ships.

 

If you do not want to believe the payroll person, that is fine.

[pablo222]

If you can reference something more current to back your statements, I'll stand corrected.

 

All I can say is that is not a current contract.

 

You should review section G in a current contract.

 

But, this is just what I say. Like you, I am just an anonymous

internet poster. I might you right, you might be right, or we

both might be wrong.

Edited November 14, 2016 by pablo222

[pablo222]

The person in charge of crew payroll on one Princess ship this past year told me tips are not shared between ships.

 

If you do not want to believe the payroll person, that is fine.

 

There have been thousands of posts on cruise critic:

 

"This person told me this"

 

Some small percentage of them are sometime true.

 

This is the beauty of cruise critic -- there is no way to 'prove' anything.

 

Additionally, why would 'a payroll person' tell a passenger company details?

 

Disclosing company confidential information is a "Gross Misconduct" violation,

and the employee can be terminated.

 

Would you like to post their name?

Edited November 14, 2016 by pablo222

[caribill]

 

Would you like to post their name?

 

No, I never post an employee name other than CD or Captain, names which are common knowledge.

[pablo222]

No, I never post an employee name other than CD or Captain, names which are common knowledge.

 

It would seem to me that princess probably has some 'party line'

answers for questions passengers might ask.

 

Does the money in the tip pool go to the employees onboard? Yes.

 

And, that answer would be perfectly correct if the money

went to additional people besides those onboard.

[caribill]

It would seem to me that princess probably has some 'party line'

answers for questions passengers might ask.

 

Does the money in the tip pool go to the employees onboard? Yes.

 

And, that answer would be perfectly correct if the money

went to additional people besides those onboard.

 

But the question I asked was:

 

Does the tip money on this ship get shared with workers on other ships? No

[Cruiser411]

But the question I asked was:

 

Does the tip money on this ship get shared with workers on other ships? No

 

No...the tip money is pooled from all the ships and then allocated back to the eligible crew.

[pablo222]

But the question I asked was:

 

Does the tip money on this ship get shared with workers on other ships? No

 

No...the tip money is pooled from all the ships and then allocated back to the eligible crew.

 

Perfect.

[pablo222]

pablo222,

 

Here's where I got the information the 'pool' is collected and distributed separately for each voyage on each ship -

http://www.crew-center.com/princess-cruises-crew-wages-details

 

If you can reference something more current to back your statements, I'll stand corrected.

 

I think it's funny that you argue so strenuously, when your basis

is a single web page.

 

Of course, everything on the internet is true, and that goes double

for cruise critic.

[Bill B]

A single web page is one more than you've cited.

[pablo222]

A single web page is one more than you've cited.

 

Of course, folks from different countries have different contracts.

Some use agents, some don't. Some stay six months, some stay

10 or longer. Some are crew, some are staff.

 

A single source of questionable reliability is certainly the holy grail

of all crew contract knowledge.

 

Carry on!

Edited November 16, 2016 by pablo222

[shredie]

I'm not sure what you meant by that but I don't always hang out online all day. I was curious as to what happened with the crew during dry dock. I asked the question and received many good responses.

 

Did I break any protacol?

 

No. It was an interesting question. Some threads on CC always devolve into arguments, especially anything having to do with tipping.