My wife and I travel almost exclusively on Royal Carribean. We’ve been on 8 cruises total, 7 with RC. Just want to say, the CREW does a fantastic job. I know you all work VERY hard and VERY long hours. You are the reason why we sail with RC.
I cannot believe how empty the I95 is. Even at night I have never seen it so quiet. I am loving your videos and cannot wait to return to ships. I really miss it. I think its amazing that you are making good out of a bad situation by doing youtube! Keep it up. I love it!
Great tour! I’ve done the “behind the scenes excursion tour” on many cruise ships and we’ve visited the engine control rooms. For a technology nerd like me it was heaven! On very recent ships, the engine control room is fully computerized and even has a full video wall for all the sensors and whatever the engineers want to see on it.
That computer is called the “DCS” or distributes control system that can handle hundreds of thousands inputs and outputs. The display is called “HMI” or human machine interface and is designed by engineers. The screens are cascaded by priority even though you can access everything from a single screen. I’m sure every ship’s is custom with minor revisions to systems made over the years.
Me too Ashleigh. The whole operation of recycling and waste management is pretty impressive. Royal Caribbean has a program called Save the Waves which explains a lot more about their environmental efforts, if you’re interested: www.rclcorporate.com/environment/
@@RileyTench It's basically how garbage is managed in some European countries. Although I suspect that you guys on the ship where a bit more disciplined about it all... While we of course *try* to recycle and stuff sometimes you just end up with screwing up a bit anyway, having too much to deal with in life or whatever... But yeah, most of that non-recycled garbage in my home city is burned. And over in Sweden they're even importing garbage from here in Norway because they're too good at recycling to fill their own garbage burning plants (while we're doing a worse job here).
Enjoyed the behind the scene tour; quite impressive to see those long passageways running the length of the ship. We now know how the crew moves quickly from one end to the other without skipping a beat. Thank you and continue the VLOG journey.👍🏼
I worked on cruise ships 30 years ago and in essence much is the same except for the technology the crew having their own gym and deck zero, interesting to see it can be used for specific events. Only way to contact home then was to queue up at a telephone kiosk!
David Barnsley He’s home. When I said “it was fun to see the behind the scenes” of his creation process I literally meant it. Got to see how he edits and puts everything together in Adobe Premier... How RUclips Studio works, all that stuff. I know he already had this video in the works before leaving the ship, so once it got back to Alaska it was just a matter of doing all the editing. It’s nice to have him home for a bit!
James Tench well that is very good news I just watched another video saying a German cruise company has just started up again and it looked very possible So he may be back at work if he wants to I suppose maybe some time next year Bet mum was happy to see him 😍😍👍👍
I done the " behind the scenes " tour with my son on the independent of the sea about 8 years ago and its amazing. We went below water line , engine control room ( no filming) ,staff shop, bars, kitchens then end up on the bridge with the captain 👍👍
It's just so interesting seeing how the other half live. The half that provides the service that makes us "cruisers" have such a great time. Thanks Riley!
Great video, thanks Riley. I've seen a zillion deck layout pictures on the interwebs but never the crew only decks. Do you think you could do a slow pan on some of those for us so we can see the detail?
I love Royal Caribbean cruise 🎉🥰 my husband and I just went on our first cruise last week out of Galveston Texas it was amazing and the crew is amazing 💯 you guys do a lot thank you 😊 I'm happy Royal Caribbean takes care of you well🙏👍
once again Riley a great presentation tour of BEHIND THE SCENES. Love being able to view it. I am a Hotel General Manager so this was most interesting tour.. Thank you!
Loved your video. I worked on the SS Norway in the mid '80s, and granted it was a long time ago, I'm still amazed at the difference in the crew areas. Our "I-95" was on B deck (Biscayne Deck) on the starboard side and was nicknamed Slime Alley. In your vid, when you knelt down to show I-95, my first reaction was, that would never happen on Slime Alley. It was nasty. Port side of B deck was all conehead cabins. The Norway was an old ship then as she was originally the SS France that was built in the early '60s. Times and ships have changed, but working on board a cruise ship is still an amazing experience. Smooth seas.
I did a behind the scene ship tour on NCL a while back, including the bridge , theater, galleys laundry and engineering. It's amazing how much of the ship is actually unseen by the guests
Really cool that they have spaces for entertainment for the crew, but when do they have time to enjoy it? As far as I understand, the cabin steward waiters and others work long hours by the time they get any time off; they prob have to do laundry, maybe walk outside on port days, and do errands.
So glad I had a chance to work on RCCL, HAL, NCL & Disney over the years. All those areas are so familiar like an old friend. Wish I'd have had you on NV or SC but I feel like I may never get to work on a ship, or even cruise as a guest, in the future again. Thanks for sharing with everyone else what we know so intimately.
So cool to see all of this. Thank you so much! Seems like RC really cares about their crew members. We hope that we get the opportunity to sail with you again! And THANK YOU for keeping your videos clean/classy; so rare.
Some things for the crew are much better and convenient than we had in 2004 on Legend of the seas... Hope all these crew areas will be live again as soon as possible.
Great show love it, this guy is good....I know it can't be done but would like to see engine rooms,. And can I get coffee any time I want, I really love coffee
Crew quarters, especially on the bigger ships, are relatively small but have everything you could possibly need. Depending on rank you may have a roommate (or 2). I worked for Royal for 6 years (11 ships) and I miss it every day.
I was on this ship for her take out and first season. She has ‘single share’ cabins for crew, which is great. You get a small 4x7 space to yourself. With a fold down bed-ad a shared bathroom with your neighbour. Small, but private. I loved it.
Glen Gamble the biggest cabin I ever had was on the Vision. Had a full closet and drawers PLUS shelves in another closet. It was a mansion by comparison to crew cabins on Oasis class. On Radiance I had a porthole. 9 contracts it took before I had natural light in my cabin. Awesome though.
Nothing special in crew rooms just a bunk bed with sinks and a small cabinet for clothes and toilet..its like a special prison room without windows🙂just describing my former cabin.we are all on the bottom of the ship last 2 decks under.
I never been on cruise ships before I never heard cruise ships have interstate on it I95 lol you can get loss on cruise ships big time it's so big. Cruise ships are fun to be on
Thanks again Riley, for the interesting tour. I had never really considered going on a cruise until I started watching your videos. And when things return to normal (which they will) probably will take a cruise on Royal Caribbean . And thanks to Royal Caribbean for letting you do these. He's a GREAT representative for your company. (just in case the boss is watching!)
I work shoreside for RC and it is fascinating to see how our colleagues do their jobs onboard. I can't wait to be dealing with normal issues instead of COVID issues all day.
Thanks for this, but you’ve made my heart hurt, too! I truly miss Quantum, my favourite ship. We (my band Horizon) took her out of the shipyard in Germany and over to America, and then the Caribbean for her first operational season-shortly after that, she went to Asia. What a beautiful lady she is ❤️
Thank you for this!! I have always wanted to take a tour of the behind the scenes on a cruise. I have done the tours where they take guests through the kitchens, but mostly for the bottomless mimosas. While watching you go through the different floors, I was reminded of a haunted house my husband and I went through years ago (maybe 2013) on the Oasis. I have no idea where we went but that was pretty cool. Hope you are doing well.
Hey Riley, if you get bored, I bet a bunch of us would love to see what life is like in Alaska. I'd be Interested in seeing the town you live in, the school you went to, and if you ever get up to Fairbanks, a tour of the city. And it would be super-cool to see what like is like now in summer, and then in winter, but I sure hope you're back on a ship before then!
Hey bro hope you are well and your weekend went well. Just thought we would pop over again and see what you have been up to lately. Wow that is so spooky seeing it all empty. Totally eerie and mad bro. Thanks so much for sharing this experience with us. Hope to cruise again soon. Stay safe and catch up again real soon God bless you bro 🙏👍👍❤️
Riley your Vlogs have been so inspiring during lockdown you are a true inspiration.Please don’t stop what are you doing now have Royal Caribbean employed you as the “face of”
So this is the first video I have seen of yours that I have seen. Very informative. Couple questions 1. What are you doing in the ship since there is no guest? 2. Do you still get paid? 3. During normal operation how much time off do you get during a normal day?
There's at least 1 person in most departments that stays as part of minimum Manning. From this video what I can see he's technical started staff. They were kept as part of warm minimum Manning on some ships. Same as broadcast
E x cellent, just a great informative vid. Like in 1976 guests could hang out and drink on the crew deck. Greek cruise co. Odessey lines max 600 passangers in Europe .Its gone now. Anyway thanks
Fascinating....but it leaves me wondering what kind of a position you have on the cruise ship. I will have to watch some of your other videos to find out.
Hi Riley, thank you for the tour. I've just stumbled onto this video. It's very interesting to see the areas that passengers don't usually get to see on a cruise ship. Just wondering though: are the ceilings quite low in the crew areas, or are you quite tall? It just looks like there isn't all that much headroom.
I’m about 6 feet tall, I would say the ceilings are definitely a bit lower then usual but not to the point you’re whacking your head on stuff. It can definitely get a bit cramped though!
The broadcast room! 🥺🥺 Rafael is still there! must get lonely for him without his techs. I was waiting for you to show a crew cabin but then remembered you're probs not allowed to do that. Also, had so much fun in that crew mess! 🥺 haha we had steamed buns every day :D great video Riley
wow love this video. I really missed I95, Crewmess, gym, bar, gaming, deck 7 especially the whole ship of quantum ots. 😍♥️ Hope I can go back again there!
Thanks Riley for a great video! You are a great representative for RCCL and one of the reasons I can't wait to cruise again. How about some hometown videos? Be well.
I’ve always wanted to work on a cruise ship but I’m also terrified I wouldn’t like it and then what....lol. Options become limited. Can’t just not show up the next day lol
Really enjoyed this tour. Crew members work so hard and it’s nice to see they have places to socialize and meet up with coworkers. Looking forward to your video about your travel home to AK.
thanks for another great video. i bet you are missing it....i know i am missing your cruising videos. hope you are safe and healthy in alaska. hugs for your furkid...
16:04 - "definitely under tight lock & key"........ cue the shot of the plastic chain over the door... LOL! And those scratch marks of many an employee, tryin' to get in for tha' sauce! haha!!
Well kinda of sad to see ur still in Alaska...but glad u got this video up n going..also saw ur comment that u hope to b back to work by January.. Gosh hope u get to come back sooner than that..we were wondering about um we all kinda of bugging u on Instagram... Glad ur good..hope ur family is doing well..
crew cabins-bunkbeds, curtains around it for privacy, shared drawers /refrig/bathroom and cabins below sea level, crew goes thru inside to areas ///you see doors /it goes down or up/stairs , we get free laundry/wash/dry all we have to do is provide soap, food/free, we buy our drinks at stores at ports, have our own cafeteria unless you are priv to eat at buffets/musicians can, 10-2pm est, also crew have their own computer rooms, bars etc. it's ok to be stuck onboard for 6 mos if you like the sea life.
If u want to see crew cabins..just imagine the size of a walk in closet or a bathroom with a bathtub that can fit 2 people in it with double bunk beds😄
@@kathleencraig3804 actually no. At least on RCL Musicians aren't allowed to eat in the windjammer. From the Entertainment department only guest entertainers, managers and some cast members such as lead vocalists. Other crew such as musicians if they want to eat in the windjammer, they can only do so during a certain time frame in the evening. They need to fill in a list and will get charged gratuity. In some ships musicians might get away with eating in the windjammer. But officially they aren't allowed.
@@Mika-85 WOW good thing I never worked RCL...princess was lenient ..I was able to eat at buffet between 10am-2pm est and rest time at crew cafeteria buffet . I am a lead vocalist musician keyboardist but actually I can front bands /shows/casinos /showrooms ...eh working princess was ok
Happy Tuesday Riley!!! That was really cool to watch. Especially because you didn't have traffic to get in the way for your video. Hope to see a getting home story soon.
Super video! Very clear and well explained. I have worked as receptionist for 2 years in NCL. crew áreas look pretty much the same regardless the company cruide line! Hope you go back home soon.
(Can't believe I'm gonna say this but...)I kinda miss the ships so even though I already know how it looks like, I watched the whole video❤️ Great job!
Sorry for being picky but , lol its an ATM not ATMM ..the M stands for Machine in the first place..Automatic Teller Machine .. In saying that..the vlog was very good I,m a RCI cruiser and love them..I get hopefully to go on Ovation next yr all going well..Been on Rhapsody, Radiance, Legend so far.. Cant fault RCI . Just love 'em and of course the crews are always amazing and helpful and kind.. thank you
Fascinating! What a great vlog, thank you. The crew area was actually much nicer than I expected, so well done Royal Caribbean for looking after their amazing crew so well ❤️
Amazing job giving us those detals of the ship. I work for the sales team for the UK and I had never seen all of those features the ship. Awesome informativo Riley. Thank You so much. You rock!!!
Thanks for your videos Riley, really good to see how your all coping with Covid19 on the Cruise Ships and I see that you finally got home. Great news for you and your family
Great video Riley. I was hoping you could have shown us the engine room. If you could do a part 2 would be awesome even from other comment requests. I'm a part time sound and light technician at home. A Theatre tour would be awesome. Even if you could do a technical video of your lighting desk. Brand of desk and technical features you use for the shows for a later date. Overall Riley great content and keep up the good work.
Thanks AJ. It was a bit of a challenge figuring how to film things with operations being anything but normal right now. As soon as I’m back on a ship and business is back to normal I would love to do more theater specific tech. and behind the scenes type Vlogs. Some day...
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My wife and I travel almost exclusively on Royal Carribean. We’ve been on 8 cruises total, 7 with RC.
Just want to say, the CREW does a fantastic job. I know you all work VERY hard and VERY long hours.
You are the reason why we sail with RC.
Is it weird that I miss walking through the I95? Ha!
You’re not the only one!
It looks like the perfect place to use a skateboard or razor scooter
Elysia Perez yes I have a razor ribstick and it looks perfect to ride it on the hallways
I hope you get back on board Chris! We miss your videos!
Some days I miss it. But I also like going home at night. I miss back deck more
I cannot believe how empty the I95 is. Even at night I have never seen it so quiet.
I am loving your videos and cannot wait to return to ships. I really miss it.
I think its amazing that you are making good out of a bad situation by doing youtube! Keep it up. I love it!
Great tour! I’ve done the “behind the scenes excursion tour” on many cruise ships and we’ve visited the engine control rooms. For a technology nerd like me it was heaven!
On very recent ships, the engine control room is fully computerized and even has a full video wall for all the sensors and whatever the engineers want to see on it.
That computer is called the “DCS” or distributes control system that can handle hundreds of thousands inputs and outputs.
The display is called “HMI” or human machine interface and is designed by engineers. The screens are cascaded by priority even though you can access everything from a single screen. I’m sure every ship’s is custom with minor revisions to systems made over the years.
@@peterg.8245 Thanks! Great info.
I think it’s really cool how they convert waste into power for the ship!
Me too Ashleigh. The whole operation of recycling and waste management is pretty impressive. Royal Caribbean has a program called Save the Waves which explains a lot more about their environmental efforts, if you’re interested:
www.rclcorporate.com/environment/
That was exactly my "wow" moment too What a cool concept! And thanks for sharing the link about "Save the Waves", Riley! Awesome stuff. :)
@@RileyTench It's basically how garbage is managed in some European countries.
Although I suspect that you guys on the ship where a bit more disciplined about it all...
While we of course *try* to recycle and stuff sometimes you just end up with screwing up a bit anyway, having too much to deal with in life or whatever...
But yeah, most of that non-recycled garbage in my home city is burned.
And over in Sweden they're even importing garbage from here in Norway because they're too good at recycling to fill their own garbage burning plants (while we're doing a worse job here).
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The way a company treats its employees is crucial to the way it treats its customers. Quite impressed at the way RC treats its employees.
Enjoyed the behind the scene tour; quite impressive to see those long passageways running the length of the ship. We now know how the crew moves quickly from one end to the other without skipping a beat. Thank you and continue the VLOG journey.👍🏼
I worked on cruise ships 30 years ago and in essence much is the same except for the technology the crew having their own gym and deck zero, interesting to see it can be used for specific events. Only way to contact home then was to queue up at a telephone kiosk!
Loved the Vlog Riley. It was fun to see the “behind the scenes” of your whole editing and creative process. Nice to have you home!
James Tench I thought you would have him home by now ,did he decide to stay
Bet mums a bit cross 👍👍
David Barnsley He’s home. When I said “it was fun to see the behind the scenes” of his creation process I literally meant it. Got to see how he edits and puts everything together in Adobe Premier... How RUclips Studio works, all that stuff. I know he already had this video in the works before leaving the ship, so once it got back to Alaska it was just a matter of doing all the editing. It’s nice to have him home for a bit!
James Tench well that is very good news
I just watched another video saying a German cruise company has just started up again and it looked very possible
So he may be back at work if he wants to I suppose maybe some time next year
Bet mum was happy to see him 😍😍👍👍
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Your making me miss royal so much! I can’t believe how quite the I-95 is! Dreaming for the day to go back!
That was a lot more comprehensive and a hell of a lot cheaper than the galley tours you can pay for onboard! Thanks, mucker!
Glad you enjoyed it.
I done the " behind the scenes " tour with my son on the independent of the sea about 8 years ago and its amazing. We went below water line , engine control room ( no filming) ,staff shop, bars, kitchens then end up on the bridge with the captain 👍👍
"blow off steam without guests around" punching bag is pretty worn out...LOL
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It's just so interesting seeing how the other half live. The half that provides the service that makes us "cruisers" have such a great time. Thanks Riley!
You’re welcome Gary... my pleasure.
Glad to see you made it home okay and still have some videos to upload!
Thanks Drew. More to come...
THIS DAY HAS FINALLY COME
Great video, thanks Riley.
I've seen a zillion deck layout pictures on the interwebs but never the crew only decks. Do you think you could do a slow pan on some of those for us so we can see the detail?
This was absolutely fascinating! I’m so glad watching this now in Aug 2022 that everything is, basically back to normal for this empty ship
I love Royal Caribbean cruise 🎉🥰 my husband and I just went on our first cruise last week out of Galveston Texas it was amazing and the crew is amazing 💯 you guys do a lot thank you 😊 I'm happy Royal Caribbean takes care of you well🙏👍
Thanks for this video! I am a frequent cruiser and anxiously waiting for cruising to resume in America. When cruising does resume, we will be back!
once again Riley a great presentation tour of BEHIND THE SCENES. Love being able to view it. I am a Hotel General Manager so this was most interesting tour.. Thank you!
Loved your video. I worked on the SS Norway in the mid '80s, and granted it was a long time ago, I'm still amazed at the difference in the crew areas. Our "I-95" was on B deck (Biscayne Deck) on the starboard side and was nicknamed Slime Alley. In your vid, when you knelt down to show I-95, my first reaction was, that would never happen on Slime Alley. It was nasty. Port side of B deck was all conehead cabins. The Norway was an old ship then as she was originally the SS France that was built in the early '60s. Times and ships have changed, but working on board a cruise ship is still an amazing experience. Smooth seas.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. I love hearing about how other ships compare, and the way things have changed. Hope you stay well and safe out there.
Cool to see the behind the scenes. Thanks, Riley! Hope you're okay now that you're home.
Thanks Suzanne. I’m doing well, and so is Cass.
I did a behind the scene ship tour on NCL a while back, including the bridge , theater, galleys laundry and engineering. It's amazing how much of the ship is actually unseen by the guests
Really cool that they have spaces for entertainment for the crew, but when do they have time to enjoy it? As far as I understand, the cabin steward waiters and others work long hours by the time they get any time off; they prob have to do laundry, maybe walk outside on port days, and do errands.
So glad I had a chance to work on RCCL, HAL, NCL & Disney over the years. All those areas are so familiar like an old friend. Wish I'd have had you on NV or SC but I feel like I may never get to work on a ship, or even cruise as a guest, in the future again. Thanks for sharing with everyone else what we know so intimately.
Appreciate the kind words Nathan. Try to stay positive. We’ll be out there again some day... Patience and time, but we will be back.
@@RileyTench I love to cruise, I am counting the days before I can start giving you guys my money again!
So cool to see all of this. Thank you so much! Seems like RC really cares about their crew members. We hope that we get the opportunity to sail with you again! And THANK YOU for keeping your videos clean/classy; so rare.
Thank you very much. Glad you are enjoying my videos.
Some things for the crew are much better and convenient than we had in 2004 on Legend of the seas... Hope all these crew areas will be live again as soon as possible.
I hope Royal Caribbean has acknowledged your positive videos!
Thanks Brent.
GIVE RILEY A RAISE!!
Jermain Garcia they let him go
not like they can fire him twice
Nice to see you're home and safe and have time to do your editing!
I have wanted to work on a cruise ship for over 20 years. This was a great glimpse into what I missed. Maybe someday.
Fun video. Thanks for the sneek peek!
Of course we got to the end, and we wish for more and more! Thank you so much 😊 for doing this for us and not getting into trouble.
Thanks for the tour. The first thing we do when we get on a ship we go booked the behind the scene tour. My husband loves going to the bridge.
You’re welcome Debra. Glad you enjoyed it.
There’s a behind the scenes tour!? Why didn’t I know this!?
Some cruise lines do a behind the scenes tours and they are definitely worth the money.
Great show love it, this guy is good....I know it can't be done but would like to see engine rooms,. And can I get coffee any time I want, I really love coffee
Boy this was a great tour behind the scenes and Thanks for tour.
I was hoping to see the crew quarters, where they sleep, and chill. Oh well. Still an interesting tour.
Crew quarters, especially on the bigger ships, are relatively small but have everything you could possibly need. Depending on rank you may have a roommate (or 2). I worked for Royal for 6 years (11 ships) and I miss it every day.
I was on this ship for her take out and first season. She has ‘single share’ cabins for crew, which is great. You get a small 4x7 space to yourself. With a fold down bed-ad a shared bathroom with your neighbour. Small, but private. I loved it.
Where is the morgue?
Glen Gamble the biggest cabin I ever had was on the Vision. Had a full closet and drawers PLUS shelves in another closet. It was a mansion by comparison to crew cabins on Oasis class. On Radiance I had a porthole. 9 contracts it took before I had natural light in my cabin. Awesome though.
Nothing special in crew rooms just a bunk bed with sinks and a small cabinet for clothes and toilet..its like a special prison room without windows🙂just describing my former cabin.we are all on the bottom of the ship last 2 decks under.
Awesome tour. Hope the ships can sail again soon so I can finally cruise!
Thanks Guy... You and me both!
I never been on cruise ships before I never heard cruise ships have interstate on it I95 lol you can get loss on cruise ships big time it's so big. Cruise ships are fun to be on
Thanks again Riley, for the interesting tour. I had never really considered going on a cruise until I started watching your videos. And when things return to normal (which they will) probably will take a cruise on Royal Caribbean . And thanks to Royal Caribbean for letting you do these. He's a GREAT representative for your company. (just in case the boss is watching!)
Here is a tip for you: You can order food from the tv in your room and they take it to your room. I love it! Food in bed.
@@fluffyrambochiqui1836 Way to easy to get fat that way...but you had that fancy gym and pool all to yourself. Hope all is well!
I work shoreside for RC and it is fascinating to see how our colleagues do their jobs onboard. I can't wait to be dealing with normal issues instead of COVID issues all day.
Thanks Adam. I second the getting back to normal issues!
Thanks for this, but you’ve made my heart hurt, too! I truly miss Quantum, my favourite ship. We (my band Horizon) took her out of the shipyard in Germany and over to America, and then the Caribbean for her first operational season-shortly after that, she went to Asia. What a beautiful lady she is ❤️
Glad you enjoyed the video Glen. We will get back to some sort of normal eventually. Stay safe and well.
Thank you for this!! I have always wanted to take a tour of the behind the scenes on a cruise. I have done the tours where they take guests through the kitchens, but mostly for the bottomless mimosas. While watching you go through the different floors, I was reminded of a haunted house my husband and I went through years ago (maybe 2013) on the Oasis. I have no idea where we went but that was pretty cool. Hope you are doing well.
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks... doing well, and Cass is too.
Hey Riley, if you get bored, I bet a bunch of us would love to see what life is like in Alaska. I'd be Interested in seeing the town you live in, the school you went to, and if you ever get up to Fairbanks, a tour of the city. And it would be super-cool to see what like is like now in summer, and then in winter, but I sure hope you're back on a ship before then!
Hi Michael. I hope to be back on a ship soon too, but I am working on some plans for Alaska content. Stay tuned!
thanks for the updater -stay safe and keep well all!
Hey bro hope you are well and your weekend went well. Just thought we would pop over again and see what you have been up to lately. Wow that is so spooky seeing it all empty. Totally eerie and mad bro. Thanks so much for sharing this experience with us. Hope to cruise again soon. Stay safe and catch up again real soon God bless you bro 🙏👍👍❤️
Riley your Vlogs have been so inspiring during lockdown you are a true inspiration.Please don’t stop what are you doing now have Royal Caribbean employed you as the “face of”
Thanks for the tour, awesome video! Hopefully, things will get back to normal before long!
Appreciate it William... “Normal” can’t come soon enough! 🙂
So this is the first video I have seen of yours that I have seen. Very informative. Couple questions
1. What are you doing in the ship since there is no guest?
2. Do you still get paid?
3. During normal operation how much time off do you get during a normal day?
There's at least 1 person in most departments that stays as part of minimum Manning. From this video what I can see he's technical started staff. They were kept as part of warm minimum Manning on some ships. Same as broadcast
Thanks for the tour. I miss taking cruises.
You’re welcome Joe. Me too! 🙂
Loved the video, good to see the ship from your perspective !
E x cellent, just a great informative vid. Like in 1976 guests could hang out and drink on the crew deck. Greek cruise co. Odessey lines max 600 passangers in Europe .Its gone now. Anyway thanks
Thanks Bill. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Fascinating....but it leaves me wondering what kind of a position you have on the cruise ship. I will have to watch some of your other videos to find out.
This was fascinating to see - thanks so much for sharing this with us - I've always wondered what does on behind the 'crew only' doors!
Hi Riley, thank you for the tour. I've just stumbled onto this video. It's very interesting to see the areas that passengers don't usually get to see on a cruise ship. Just wondering though: are the ceilings quite low in the crew areas, or are you quite tall? It just looks like there isn't all that much headroom.
I’m about 6 feet tall, I would say the ceilings are definitely a bit lower then usual but not to the point you’re whacking your head on stuff. It can definitely get a bit cramped though!
This is an awesome video. Would love to see more of this type. Hope you're doing well and it's good to hear from you again.
Thanks Reid. Very glad you enjoyed it. Cass and I are both doing well, and I’ve already got come new videos in the works... Stay tuned!
Wow! I forgot the QN crew pub has the square tables and couches...I’ve gotten too used to OV...
Great coverage. Seel like crew area alot in the front and mostly from 1-6 right
A great comprehensive video! Nicely done Riley 😄
Glad you liked it Leta. Thank you.
Great video! The best crew area tour I've seen so far. Please do more!
Thanks Steve. That means a lot to me.
The broadcast room! 🥺🥺 Rafael is still there! must get lonely for him without his techs. I was waiting for you to show a crew cabin but then remembered you're probs not allowed to do that. Also, had so much fun in that crew mess! 🥺 haha we had steamed buns every day :D great video Riley
Look at his older videos, he shows them.
Loved it! Thank you! Keep 'em coming.
Wondered how your travels went. Hope to see where you are now - pretty soon.
Glad you enjoyed it... and yes, I’ve got more Vlogs in the works.
Welcome back ! Always enjoy your content. Look forward to seeing more
Thanks. More to come!
wow love this video. I really missed I95, Crewmess, gym, bar, gaming, deck 7 especially the whole ship of quantum ots. 😍♥️
Hope I can go back again there!
I know exactly how you feel... Hang in there. We will be back out there some day!
Some of the happiest times of my life, working and living onboard this beautiful ship.
Thanks Riley for a great video! You are a great representative for RCCL and one of the reasons I can't wait to cruise again. How about some hometown videos? Be well.
Thank you very much Brian. Hope we can all be cruising again some day.
I’ve always wanted to work on a cruise ship but I’m also terrified I wouldn’t like it and then what....lol. Options become limited. Can’t just not show up the next day lol
Really enjoyed this tour. Crew members work so hard and it’s nice to see they have places to socialize and meet up with coworkers. Looking forward to your video about your travel home to AK.
Great video! That is the most behind the scenes tour I have ever seen on RUclips 😊
Thanks!
thanks for another great video. i bet you are missing it....i know i am missing your cruising videos. hope you are safe and healthy in alaska. hugs for your furkid...
My pleasure Sheri. I am missing it, but it is nice to be back in Alaska. Sophie (furkid) says hi. 🙂
16:04 - "definitely under tight lock & key"........ cue the shot of the plastic chain over the door... LOL! And those scratch marks of many an employee, tryin' to get in for tha' sauce! haha!!
Pretty awesome video!!! I was in anthem so It was almost the same.
What a great behind the scenes tour. Thanks for sharing!
Well kinda of sad to see ur still in Alaska...but glad u got this video up n going..also saw ur comment that u hope to b back to work by January.. Gosh hope u get to come back sooner than that..we were wondering about um we all kinda of bugging u on Instagram... Glad ur good..hope ur family is doing well..
Very interesting! I like your editing style and humor.
Thanks Robyn... glad you enjoyed it.
Good for you that they turned the lights on while you were vlogging. Missing the onboard life.
The only thing I would liked to have seen was the crew bedrooms other than that good review 🙂
crew cabins-bunkbeds, curtains around it for privacy, shared drawers /refrig/bathroom and cabins below sea level, crew goes thru inside to areas ///you see doors /it goes down or up/stairs , we get free laundry/wash/dry all we have to do is provide soap, food/free, we buy our drinks at stores at ports, have our own cafeteria unless you are priv to eat at buffets/musicians can, 10-2pm est, also crew have their own computer rooms, bars etc. it's ok to be stuck onboard for 6 mos if you like the sea life.
If u want to see crew cabins..just imagine the size of a walk in closet or a bathroom with a bathtub that can fit 2 people in it with double bunk beds😄
@@karenzkilab7678 YIKES!
@@kathleencraig3804 actually no. At least on RCL Musicians aren't allowed to eat in the windjammer. From the Entertainment department only guest entertainers, managers and some cast members such as lead vocalists. Other crew such as musicians if they want to eat in the windjammer, they can only do so during a certain time frame in the evening. They need to fill in a list and will get charged gratuity. In some ships musicians might get away with eating in the windjammer. But officially they aren't allowed.
@@Mika-85 WOW good thing I never worked RCL...princess was lenient ..I was able to eat at buffet between 10am-2pm est and rest time at crew cafeteria buffet . I am a lead vocalist musician keyboardist but actually I can front bands /shows/casinos /showrooms ...eh working princess was ok
Great video. As a fan of cruising I always wanted to see what crew areas were like.
Been waiting for any video. HaHa. Glad you're home stay safe. Looking forward to more video's.
Thanks Sharon. Hope you enjoyed it, and I do have more in the works.
Happy Tuesday Riley!!!
That was really cool to watch. Especially because you didn't have traffic to get in the way for your video.
Hope to see a getting home story soon.
Thanks. It certainly was a unique time to be on board filming this.
Super video! Very clear and well explained. I have worked as receptionist for 2 years in NCL. crew áreas look pretty much the same regardless the company cruide line! Hope you go back home soon.
(Can't believe I'm gonna say this but...)I kinda miss the ships so even though I already know how it looks like, I watched the whole video❤️ Great job!
Thanks Sasha. It does feel weird (and a little sad) not being on board now.
Awesome tour !!! Felt like a behind the scenes tour only better !!
Thanks Gary. Tried to make it feel as personal as possible. Glad you enjoyed it.
Always love the behind-the-scenes tours. Thanks for sharing.
Sorry for being picky but , lol its an ATM not ATMM ..the M stands for Machine in the first place..Automatic Teller Machine .. In saying that..the vlog was very good I,m a RCI cruiser and love them..I get hopefully to go on Ovation next yr all going well..Been on Rhapsody, Radiance, Legend so far.. Cant fault RCI . Just love 'em and of course the crews are always amazing and helpful and kind.. thank you
Girlfriend privilege: Watch the videos before they go live even if I’m like 6,640 miles away and the first to comment! 😘🙊😛
Cassandra Tuan your his 1st mate
Thats a good privilege. And you are awesome! Hope you and your family are doing well. Take care you two are awesome.
Glad you both seem to have made it back to your "homes" safe and sound. Can't wait for the reunion video!
Hope you guys get to see each other again soon!
Thanks Daniel. That’s a video I can’t wait to make!!! 😁
Fascinating! What a great vlog, thank you. The crew area was actually much nicer than I expected, so well done Royal Caribbean for looking after their amazing crew so well ❤️
Loved it but was disappointed you didn't show the crew bunks
Love your videos! If I could go back to my younger days, I’d be a crew member!! Love it!
Thanks Lizzy.
Well done Riley! Blessings to you and Cass!
Thanks Jeff.
Thank you Riley. Very interesting and enjoyable. Stay safe and more videos please!!
Thanks David. More videos in the works. Stay safe and well.
Carnival also has I 95. Thanks for the tour. Now I won't need to pay for the tour.
Amazing job giving us those detals of the ship. I work for the sales team for the UK and I had never seen all of those features the ship. Awesome informativo Riley. Thank You so much. You rock!!!
This was awesome. Glad to hear from you again. Hope you are doing well. We would love to see how your travels home went.
Thanks Cassie. Glad you liked the video, and my travel home is the video project I’m working on now. Stay tuned!
Thanks for your videos Riley, really good to see how your all coping with Covid19 on the Cruise Ships and I see that you finally got home. Great news for you and your family
Great video, and glad to see you back! Please do one on what life is like back on land and your future while you await to sail again.
Thanks Chuck... Trying to figure land life out at the moment, but I do have some plans for new videos.
You have held it so together...thank you for sharing you day to day with us all
Very cool! Thoroughly enjoyed the tour!
Awesome, David... thank you!
Great video Riley. I was hoping you could have shown us the engine room. If you could do a part 2 would be awesome even from other comment requests. I'm a part time sound and light technician at home. A Theatre tour would be awesome. Even if you could do a technical video of your lighting desk. Brand of desk and technical features you use for the shows for a later date. Overall Riley great content and keep up the good work.
Thanks AJ. It was a bit of a challenge figuring how to film things with operations being anything but normal right now. As soon as I’m back on a ship and business is back to normal I would love to do more theater specific tech. and behind the scenes type Vlogs. Some day...
My son is a guitarist on RCL. Might go back out in September.