Permanent Passenger: My Life on a Cruise Ship

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 140 pages
• Published by: Lulu.com December 29, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1435706188
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1435706187
• Book Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Weighs: 4.8 ounces

Product Description
Imagine yourself sitting at home. The phone rings. You have been offered a dream job and have 48 hours to fly to Miami and board a 70,000 ton cruise ship. Your destination: the Caribbean. Permanent Passenger: My Life on a Cruise Ship tells the adventure of a young man serving as an Assistant Cruise Director on one of the largest cruise ships in the world, Carnival Cruise Line's M.S. Ecstasy. Witnessing rescues at sea, stowaways, and passionate romances are just some of the day-to-day events revealed in this humorous adventure. Discover one of the wackiest job searches ever undertaken including sending letters to over 2,000 college alumni, chasing cruise line executives into bathrooms, and transforming a dorm room into a private office with hired interns. All aboard - this is one adventure you don't want to miss

Reader Reviews
Let me start by saying that I DID enjoy reading this book. I cruise several times a year, so I read anything I can get my hands on that has to do with cruising. I anxiously awaited this book to arrive and I started reading it immediately. This book definitely had the potential to be extremely engrossing. What made it not engrossing, to the extent I thought it would, is the fact that it is so obviously written by someone who's not a writer. While that could be a plus, in this case it is not. While reading I would find that there were not many transitional areas from one topic to another. There was a lot of jumping around. Quite often the author repeats himself, as well. For example, He writes about something in chapter one, and you'll read that same thing over again in Chapters 3 and 5. Another thing about this book that I found unnecesary, is the addition of the author's bowel habits (in the same waters that we swim in) and his zit popping escapades. Why, I ask you, is it necessary to include such details in a book such as this? I could have done without those details. If you enjoy cruising and have wondered what it's like to live and work on a cruise ship...you'll probably enjoy this book. Don't expect it to be a well written book and don't expect to be drooling over each word, but expect to have a little fun with it. I don't regret reading it, but I won't read it again. Enjoy!