halomand11 (May 29, 2008 at 3:53 am)

i was on that same ship in the panama canal

willychili (March 20, 2008 at 11:32 am)

rosalinaband: I am nor talking as passenger; i'm talking about working conditions for crew. I was in Fincantieri, Italy, for the maiden voyage on 1998 working more than 12 hours a day doing carpets and painting even when my contract was on the Fodd and Beverage Dept. I've also worked on RCL, Celebrity, DCL and Princess so please trust in what I'm saying

willychili (March 20, 2008 at 11:23 am)

Hi Travelguy, I agree with you in every single aspect; what I meant is the poor working conditions for crew members (I've been crew on RCI, Celebrity, DCL and Princess), ie. a crew from Chine works at least 10 months without even seeing the day light for a tinny salary. Waiters received US$50.- a month as salary, the rest come from tips (suggested)so if pax doesn't tip, the company doesn't care. I wish I could talk deeply about it; if you want to pls send me a msg.

travelguy78 (March 17, 2008 at 8:35 pm)

Hello Willy. There are MANY ships registered in Bahamas or other countries with poor legislation of certain things like working conditions. But there are classification societies (Lloyds Of London , Det Norske Veritas , and several others) which take care off all the technical stuff. I can give you a long briefing on how this works if you wants to. I do have a captains certificate.. QM2 is one of the most beautiful passenger ships sailing the world today. I miss SS Norway

mig31imstillalive (March 8, 2008 at 4:59 pm)

perfect song lol "panama" by Van Halen

grave1991 (January 2, 2008 at 11:28 pm)

i went on that ship in october it was an experience ill never forget

rosalinaband (December 20, 2007 at 12:46 am)

seadreamll please dont listen to willychilli he has probably never been on it trust me it is sooo cool i have beed on the boat hes liying nobody complained the crew even said they loved their job so plese try the magic or the wonder i reccomend the wonder

rosalinaband (December 20, 2007 at 12:42 am)

why in the world would it be called the tragic unless it sunk lol its called THE MAGIC i went on the wonder a week ago it rocked

SeaDreamII (August 18, 2007 at 7:44 pm)

I'm 14!!

willychili (August 18, 2007 at 2:28 am)

QM2 is a nice ship but too fancy for me. It seems to me that you aren't a cruiser because there is a big difference between Disney Cruise Line and Cunard. How old are you? I can give you some advises