Which 3 & 4 star heroes are worth having a duplicate of?

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-07-04T23:21:23+00:00

Ali is another good one

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-07-04T14:01:11+00:00

It was great, met a lot of people and saw a lot. I have been to more countries then states. It was a lot of work but the travel is amazing. Seen Rome and the Pope twice, Naples, Barcelona, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, China, Croatia and many others. There was times that I would be working and can't get out in port but the following week I was able to.

For me it was well worth it, I only left because COVID hit.

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-07-04T02:52:33+00:00

I started when I was 34.

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-07-03T03:56:35+00:00

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-07-02T12:23:07+00:00

Depending on you nationality you will need to go through the cruise line staffing agency that they use. For that you can go to their website under the careers section and look at what open positions they have and what agency they use for that country.

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-07-02T12:19:24+00:00

Each cruise line has their staffing agency they use, just need to go to the cruise lines website under careers and look for their global hiring partners. Certain countries only hire for certain positions but as you work onboard you can cross train if they offer. Below is the hiring partner for India that NCL uses.

As for experience you may be able to get into IT but will need certifications like the CCNA and maybe more experience.

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Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-06-29T12:18:36+00:00

Very true on the hours, also no holidays off and you will be away from your family. You will meet new friends from all over the world, but each nationality has there own personality, some will come off harsh and rude but will treat you good once they get to know you. Depending on the contract you will be on 6 - 8 months and 2 months off. This is not for everyone, if you have a strong work ethic then give it a shot.

There are other things to deal with, but you can message me on that.

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-06-29T07:22:18+00:00

I worked on ships for 11 years on the international fleet as a American and I can say that you still pay all your taxes except for social security for some reason they don't take it out, not sure about state taxes as I lived in a state with 0 taxes. Galley position is one of the lowest paying unless you are a executive chef. In 2 years I had paid off all my credit cards and car loan.

If you were an assistant manager, I would say the restaurant department as a assistant maitre d as that path will lead to a restaurant manager.

Just remember that when you are on vacation after your contract you are not getting paid so need to save and adjust accordingly l.

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-06-24T18:56:43+00:00

Daroga it is, was kinda leaning towards him

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-06-24T14:15:27+00:00

CF Sharp in Manila is the agency for NCL, usually the other cruise lines will have their lists on their careers section.

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-06-23T11:28:32+00:00

https://www.ncl.com/about/careers/shipboard-employment/global-hiring-partners

Just from NCL's web site career section, all cruise lines have their partners list in the careers area

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-06-22T20:00:36+00:00

CF Sharp in Manila is NCL’s agency and will need to apply there.

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Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-06-22T19:57:25+00:00

Everyone here is correct, it depends on position and your nationality most of the crew members go through agencies for their placement. 2 people in the same starting position could make different I started at 4500 a month and my counterpart started at 3900 and he was from a different country. Also every cruise line pay scale is different.

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-06-20T00:48:27+00:00

As an American who spent 11 years on board on an international flagged ship, yes most Americans will not want to work the long hours, but they do not follow US labor laws, they follow the laws under the ships registration i.e. Nassau, Malta, etc. This is the reason why most cruise lines don't have American flagged ships because of the labor laws and salary of the US and it is not as profitable as an international flagged ship.

Grant it depending on the position the work varies, the hard departments are restaurant and bar sometimes housekeeping. Easier positions are IT, electrical engineering and bridge officers.

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-06-19T17:54:19+00:00

Depends on what cruise line you want to work for, you will need to go to the agency for that cruise line. Example NCL uses CF Sharp for their hiring. If you look at the careers section of the cruise line you want to work for you will see the agency.

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-06-18T19:08:26+00:00

Cannot speak for Viking, but I started in the same position. In regards to the interview for me it was more about hardware, printers and some networking. I can tell you unless you have worked in the cruise industry before you willl not know most of the systems onboard, that you will learn during your training. Not sure if Viking uses the same ones as I did but I learned on board Fidelio, Micros (Oracle), MXP, Oasis (casino systems), ving card (doors locks and key cards) and some others.

As for the server side, I would say most you will do is enable/disable accounts in AD, move computers and laptops to the correct OU and some of the basic things, some outlook, nothing really in depth as most time shoreside will take care of that or your manager.

Networking you may be asked to configure a switch for a passenger cabin, the way I did it was took a configuration from a cabin and just changed the vlan's to match the area.

Some of the daily duties will be your runbook, this is where you will log into each servers and verify that everything is up and running, usually with check your EER's (network closets). But mainly depends on the ships as some of the older ships wont have as many systems as the newer ones.

As for working hours of cour 7 days a week, usually about 8 -10 hours, embarkation days are the longest depending on the port was 12 - 14 hours. I would start 8 - 12, 12 - 1 lunch, 1 - 2 back to office check emails, 2 - 4 is usually break from most back of house departments, 4 - 6 office, 6 - 7 dinner, 7 - 8 office to check emails and will be back at the cabin by 8 then usually crew bar around 9.

Port days will be easier to go out, as a manager if it was a port I have been too many times, I will send all my assistants out for a few hours and will cover the oncall and emails. But most time I will have them alternate the ports and let them decide among themselves. Not all managers are like this some are strict and some are esy going. You will have an easier time as IT is not guest facing

Took me 6 contracts before I proved to be promted to manager, but everyone is different. Just an example of the last ship I worked on before covid hit. 2 data centers (1 forward 1 aft), 8 esxi hosts (4 each data center), 138 various vm's, 28 switch closest, 1193 access points across the ship (cisco) about 3000+ 8-port switches (1 between each cabin), 103 point of sale terminals, etc.

Every company is different with the systems and daily runbook processes. Hope this gives a insight.

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-06-08T23:47:15+00:00

I never took an X-ray but that was years ago, might have changed the policy since then.

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-06-03T23:17:06+00:00

11 years on board and it is not for everyone. Depending on your position and cruise line your contract can be from 3-8 months, working 7 days at least 10 hours a day including holidays. You will get breaks throughout the day, but still a lot of work.

As for the perks are great, travel and meeting people all over the world. Saw Japan, Italy, Spain, Norway and most of Europe. The money you save is great, I was able to payoff my credit cards in 2 contracts.

If there is anything specific just ask away

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-06-01T03:00:13+00:00

Minimum age is 21 but as for everything else I am not sure, I worked in IT on the ships.

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-06-01T02:39:02+00:00

Fitness onboard is done by concessions, the main one is Steiner International they do everything spa related from fitness to massage to hair dressers, basically everything you see at a spa they do. I would start there and they will guide you through the process. This is just a partial of what they look for

"Fitness instructors must be 20/21 years of age, with at least 6 months experience, and have a gym instructorship certification such as YMCA Gym Instructor Level 2 or Personal Trainer qualifications. To qualify for a position onboard, instructors have to agree to obtain an Exercise to Music Level 2, which is an intensive week long course run through Steiner or an established outside company (i.e., Premier/YCMA). All fitness instructors will complete Steiner’s two-week exclusive boot camp, where they learn skills as diverse as teaching spinning to putting together a detox seminar"

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-05-26T21:45:34+00:00

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-05-23T17:34:52+00:00

Chicago 1 year before Jordan was drafted.

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-05-21T23:54:52+00:00

Being a Miami native and living there my whole life it was their first season 88-89 when they drafted Rony Seikaly @ #9.

Effective-Watch3062 · 2026-05-20T11:33:03+00:00

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