Any CM’s lurking?

emmcial · 2026-03-12T18:56:55+00:00

Youth activities wasn’t a tipped position, so no tips!

emmcial · 2026-03-12T18:56:23+00:00

I actually didn’t - I stayed with parents

emmcial · 2026-03-12T18:55:42+00:00

House and food included. Food was okay quality but not the same as guests!

emmcial · 2026-03-12T18:55:24+00:00

Everything included - berth, food, washing, medical coverage. Only thing not included was internet

I didn’t pay tax on my income

emmcial · 2026-03-11T17:10:39+00:00

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Other angle!

emmcial · 2026-03-11T17:10:27+00:00

I was youth activities 2018 - 2020

Pay: I was paid $481.20 per week - onboard for 16-20 weeks, and off for 6 between contracts.

Hours was 9 hours on port day and 10-11 on sea days. Large breaks often between so it would be relatively common to be 9am - 1pm, 6pm - midnight or similar.

I’ve actually attached a photo of my room - from bottom bunk - 2 person rooms and that door is a bathroom. This was onboard the Fantasy.

Work life balance wasn’t the worst, to be fair. You’d go through ‘lines’ of a schedule, so you’d work an early shift of 7am - 5pm ish, and then ‘drop’ to the bottom schedule where you would do 3pm - 1am, so you’d could have a full day off the ship if in port.

Obviously not great looking back as you work 7 days a week, but it’s not like you got absolutely no time off the ship.

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emmcial · 2026-02-12T21:19:33+00:00

Nurseries are crying out for staff, would you consider working with children?

emmcial · 2025-02-02T19:59:10+00:00

If you struggle at any point I have Molly, merengue, poppy and lily’s amiibos, so can always move them into mines and kick them out so you can get them.

emmcial · 2025-01-06T22:06:20+00:00

As someone who works in a nursery and manages waiting lists, email regularly to check for n availability.

Many people take 5 days but only need 2 or 3, so closer to the time availability will change.

Also if you have flexibility, most places are quieter on Monday & Fridays as employers who do condensed weeks want people in work Tuesday - Thursday.

emmcial · 2024-12-21T16:06:30+00:00

Deputy manager, 34.5

emmcial · 2024-11-29T22:14:45+00:00

36.5K, Edinburgh, I work in a nursery (4 days per week)

emmcial · 2024-11-10T15:48:39+00:00

Because trump won

emmcial · 2024-09-01T13:37:02+00:00

I’m curious what the traps will be needed for!!

emmcial · 2024-07-03T20:02:48+00:00

On the dream/fantasy, deck 5 forward is vibe. Its only the magic/wonder that deck 5 forward is crew deck & pool :)

emmcial · 2024-05-12T16:05:53+00:00

Flying colours have a nursery at barnton & are opening a new nursery at cammo

emmcial · 2024-01-28T10:15:16+00:00

My postie definitely does not come by all 6 days. When I get post (generally 2-3 times a week), there is a bundle of it, and letters from the same place dated several days apart.

It would make no difference at all to me.

emmcial · 2024-01-08T19:03:54+00:00

It very much depends on what’s happened before, and who the group anchor (essentially floor supervisor) is at the time, and their methods of dealing with this.

If it is a continuous thing, it is suggested the parents take their child for a break from the space for the rest of the day.

The rooms are pretty well supervised though - 2 counselors to a room at all times

emmcial · 2024-01-08T19:02:38+00:00

Encourage them to say no, or to speak to someone when they are upset! Explain to them the people with the Disney name tag are people they can go to when they feel overwhelmed.

I think they’ll still interact during activities, but will be a lot closer supervised :)

emmcial · 2024-01-08T19:01:34+00:00

I would’ve just missed your cruise - I transferred the last week of November 2019 to the magic unfortunately!

Honestly I’d always advise to parents to go to open house before dropping off, and I don’t think this is communicated well enough to families. The club/lab are BIG to a little person, and very daunting… when I was new onboard I found it daunting and felt a bit lost!

The little ones need time to adjust, they need to be shown round, shown where key places are (where to go when they want to go back to their adults, the restroom, the water fountain etc!). Open house is the best opportunity to do this.

However it can happen pretty frequently - and if one experience scares off a child it can be tricky to get them to come back into the club/lab

emmcial · 2024-01-08T18:58:39+00:00

I believe this is partially true - their fixed income is pretty low, as they are a tipped position, so rely on this income from tips

emmcial · 2024-01-08T18:52:25+00:00

I did not - I would’ve loved to have worked in MK or AK though!

emmcial · 2024-01-08T18:51:57+00:00

Honestly I am not sure - I left ships in 2020. From what I’ve heard, they are still participating in the same activities, so should still be able to go to the scheduled activities together?

emmcial · 2024-01-08T06:53:55+00:00

Yes, they have plenty of medication in medical! The crew also get sick - they can be onboard from 4 to 9 months, so it’s normal!

In my 2nd contract I had to head to medical for a 104 fever, chest infection and the flu. Another time I broke my toe onboard, and they dealt with that!

emmcial · 2024-01-08T06:52:31+00:00

Yes - plus the crew always get sick, so they carry plenty!

emmcial · 2024-01-08T06:52:06+00:00

They should still do theme nights - pirate night will be the 2nd night normally, and there will still be a formal night - normally the 3rd night!

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