Young cruise ship crew members know how to unwind. I live in Vegas and I would have to go to a private party to find this kind of behavior.” Related: Kitchen Confidential: Confessions of a Cruise Ship Waiter Cruise ship vet B.D. Bruns says his days at sea were a constant party. So many cruise ship crew members — especially the younger, unmarried service staff — blow off steam the way 20-somethings away from home for the first time typically do: by partying and hooking up with each other like it’s the end of the world. Suddenly they’re on their own and they’ve never experienced freedom like that.” "I generally describe living on board as like being in a college dorm but no one has any homework,” says Lisa Niver, another cruise ship vet and founder of the travel site, We Said Go Travel.
