Aurora Tales: What It’s REALLY Like Working On A Cruise Ship
July 25, 2025
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🎥 What It’s Really Like Working on a Cruise Ship – My First Day on P&O Aurora 🛳️
Forget what you think you know about life below deck. It's not Love Boat. It's not Titanic. It's not even Below Deck. It’s a strange world of mystery meat, missing Dorindas, crew apartheid, and a boot sale in the champagne lounge.
👋 When injury paused my career as a pro sportsman, I ended up joining the crew on P&O’s Aurora.
🧳 I turned up with a vintage suitcase and a dream…
💩 By 9:05am I was lost, abandoned, and walking past a poop truck.
☕ By midnight I was skipping cabaret invites and watching The Office in a coffee shop.
Welcome to Day One of ship life.
🚢 In this episode:
✅ Getting lost on turnaround day
✅ Searching for the mythical “Dorinda”
✅ What crew cabins really look like
✅ The truth about the crew mess (brace your nostrils)
✅ Surviving your first shift in the shops
✅ Why Krystle the perfumist might be the real star
✅ And the unspoken rules that divide crew by department and… race?
👀 If you've ever wondered what it's like to WORK on a cruise ship… watch this before you sign up.
📅 Part of a full series exploring life onboard as crew — the good, the bad, and the downright ridiculous.
👍 Like, subscribe, and leave a comment if you've survived your own Day One… or if you’ve ever eaten “some kind of meat.”
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⚓ Sarcastic takes, strong coffee, and strange company
00:00 - Intro
00:24 - Embarkation & Dorinda MIA
01:48 - Turnaround Day
03:13 - Crew Areas
03:27 - The Green Mile (Not Hanks version)
04:16 - Dorinda Appears
05:24 - Chris & Crew Cabin
07:08 - Crew Mess, Horror & Apartheid
09:53 - Open For Business
10:34 - Krystle
11:16 - Deck Privileges
11:55 - Making Friends
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