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Crew Forum is a rating and review site where you can register anonymous profiles to complete surveys and submit your own reviews about your experiences working on cruise ships. We will keep you updated with industry news, job postings, recruitment agencies, salaries, and other requests that you have so that we can support you. There will also be an entire forum devoted to rating the crew amenities, food, leadership and more and you will be able to cast your anonymous votes.

Anonymity is so important to people, and we see a greater need for an outlet where we can also review our ship life experiences without that fear of retaliation. So we are very proud to announce the partnership of Crew Center and Crews Critics. With the popularity of Crew Center’s followers, and the not for profit work that Crews Critics did as the "Sea Me Foundation" in 2019 (to expose the violations and the high number of sexual assaults onboard), we have some huge aspirations. We know that people rely upon their jobs and that there is a lot of fun that comes along with working and traveling, and there is no better camaraderie than those of ship friends! We want this website to bring you friendships, new connections, career networking, smiles and laughter. We also want to be fully transparent to the world about what needs changing, so that crew wellness finally gets the much-needed attention that you all deserve.

And it's not just for crew. Without the passengers, we wouldn't be here! So there is a dedicated passenger area that can also participate and just like onboard, there are passenger only and crew only areas. There are also places we can all come together so that we can have guest and passenger support, working together for a better tomorrow. We won't say it looks easy, but we are confident that Crews Critics will be the biggest cruise community online and we can't wait to engage with you.

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Thread 'Costa Fascinosa Crew Raise Concerns Over Falling Incentives and Alleged Targeting by Supervisors'
We received a letter from a crew member aboard the Costa Fascinosa who wishes to remain anonymous, raising concerns about the treatment of cabin attendants and the handling of incentive payments onboard. The crew member siad several workers approached the HR office seeking clarification on why their monthly incentives have been repeatedly reduced, but their inquiries were reportedly met with shifting explanations, blame placed on shore-side systems, or references to fluctuating occupancy and...
Thread 'Terrible food for princess crew'
Open Letter to Princess Cruises Management To Whom It May Concern, I am writing this letter on behalf of many crew members who share a growing concern regarding the quality of food provided to the crew both normal crew and officers. While we take great pride in our work and remain committed to delivering exceptional service to our guests every single day, it has become increasingly difficult to maintain morale, energy, and overall well-being under the current conditions of our dining...
Thread 'Infidelity'
OPEN LETTER TO ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE Hello, I am the wife of one of your employees under one of your ships—I will no longer mention his position or which ship he is currently onboard. I am writing this letter on this page, CREW MATTER, not only because of the deceit I am experiencing from my husband, but also for other wives who are going through the same betrayal from our spouses. I hope this reaches Mr. Michael Bayley. We thought your company does not tolerate infidelity, yet why do you...
Thread 'Crew Concerns Regarding Living and Working Conditions Onboard Aroya Cruises'
We are 1500 crew onboard the startup cruise line called Aroya Cruises from Saudi Arabia, operated by Columbia Cruise Services. Since the inauguration on December 16th, the situation and living conditions for the crew are getting harder and more uncomfortable. Prices in the crew bar are getting higher a can of soda costs $2.50, even a bottle of water costs $1, and $12 for a pack. No promotion, no discount, and you can only get it between 6 PM and 1 AM. Five refilling stations have been under...
Thread 'Crew Experience at Explora Journeys 1'
First of all thank you very much for letting me share my experience at Explora Journeys, it was my first contract with this company, however i've been in other company. I had a terrible contract with this company, when i was embarked from my country to Turkey, they aren't provide us accommodation like hotel, so no rest on that day, after pick up time from airport we directly went to the ship, we had a training for one hour, afterwards we have to go to our section 8 p.m in the evening after...
Thread 'PHOTO OF THE DAY: Cruise Ships in Port Canaveral Get Front-Row View of Rocket Launch'
In Port Canaveral, crew and pax on board Carnival Freedom and MSC Seashore had front-row seats as Blue Origin’s massive New Glenn rocket lifted off from Cocoa Beach at 3:55 PM, lighting up the sky and thundering over the Space Coast. The mission was a complete success—NASA’s ESCAPADE twin satellites Blue and Gold are now in orbit, and Blue Origin became only the second company in the world to land a first-stage booster under power. Photo by: Donna McHenry Who else was there to see it...
Thread 'Dismissal'
Dear All, Good day! Trust, you are doing good. I have received a complain allegation from my client and have been dismissed by the captain. I don't agree with his opinion that's why I want to appeal for this case. Below is a detailed statement of the events. On 18th August 2025 when the client has onboard, it was also my first working day onboard and I had my induction and training. I would like to highlight that the cabin was supposed to be prepared by the previous cabin...
Thread 'Cruise Ship Crew Report Months of Unpaid Salaries'
On behalf of all crew members onboard of MV Gemini- Miray Cruises-passenger ship (IMO 9000687, MMSI 311000160) under the flag of Bahamas. This is to inform that Miray Cruises has denied to pay its employees without any warning or reason, crew from all departments, some crew have their salaries late about 1, 2 and even 3 months with no payments and no any clear explanations why that is happening. some crew had to sign some documents declaring they received the money to avoid further...
Thread 'More Crew Deported – Royal Caribbean Cases Surface After Deportation of 18 Carnival Sunshine Crew'
While most of the attention has been on the 18 Carnival Sunshine crew members recently deported by CBP from Norfolk, it looks like this wasn’t an isolated case. We’ve now learned that 19 Royal Caribbean crew members were also deported back in April 2025 and under very similar and troubling circumstances. One of them shared his experience: I am a former crew member who worked for Royal Caribbean International. I am writing this with a heavy heart. I loved my job and gave it everything I...
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