How To Be A Cruise Ship Director

Carnival Cruise Line has published a schedule of cruise directors that includes a listing of who the cruise director is at a particular time.

How to be a cruise ship director. The qualifications to have a career as a cruise director begin with having a bachelors degree in hospitality or a related field. You also need to have significant experience in coordinating large events and groups of people. The most visible member of the crew a cruise ship director makes announcements introduces.

Every successful cruise requires the presence of a cruise director. A Bachelors Degree and a Masters Degree for most cruise ship liners in Marine Engineering or Marine Science preferably from a maritime academy or college are also needed. The position of Cruise Director is one that is worked up to after having been cruise staff and an Assistant Cruise Director for a while.

A masters degree will take about 2 to 3 years to complete. ACL hires people with college degrees as cruise directors- even if they have no cruise experience. This is an account of how I became a bridge director on cruise ships and can now travel the world -- almost for free.

Minimum of five years experience in an upscale hotel resort cruise ship entertainment or recreational industry shipboard experience preferred Master of Ceremony orand professional entertainment experience. To become a cruise director most crew members start working at sea as a member of the entertainment team then work their way up to assistant cruise director. A cruise ship is many things.

I was having lunch about 18 months ago in a local restaurant and ran into friends I hadnt seen in a while. Although you may start at the bottom of the ladder you should not become discouraged but rather keep applying for promotions as they become available. The hotel director plays a key management role managing all.

This schedule is available to everyone online and according to Carnivals social media is updated as changes are made. It is vital that a person has experience working at sea before becoming a cruise director. There are courses you can take that are specific to the skills you need to direct a cruise ships activities.