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Over the years, mythical wife and I have decided that we like cruising.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good way to get a sampling of lots of international places, and then at the end of the day get dined, sometimes wined, and retreat to what\u2019s basically a mobile hotel room.\u00a0 Sometimes you stay aboard the ship and enjoy the relaxation and amenities, other times you disembark and do a little bit of exploring.<\/span><\/p>\n Recently, we completed a short cruise aboard the Disney Wish, supposedly the newest vessel in the Disney Cruise lineup of ships.\u00a0 With this one, we\u2019ve now done the Fantasy, Magic and Wish, and are pretty much veterans as far as cruising with Disney goes.\u00a0 Now the only other cruise we\u2019ve done was Royal Caribbean, but at first comparison, Disney is believed to be the cream of the crop, and at least compared to RC, it really is a step above.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ve never done Celebrity, Norwegian, Princess or any other cruise line, but from scuttlebutt, most of them are still a step below Disney if not RC as well, but I\u2019m not going to poopoo them really until I\u2019ve tried them myself.\u00a0 That\u2019s besides the point though, what spurred this post from coming to fruition is that regardless of how enjoyable and how much I like cruising, it\u2019s also impossible to ignore the fact that the whole business operations of cruising, Disney or other, are almost hilariously exploitative, as far as labor goes.<\/span><\/p>\n So we\u2019ve learned that cruising, as enjoyable as it is, is a very expensive mode of vacationing.\u00a0 Between mythical wife and I, it\u2019s thousands of dollars, even more once we factor in the kids and anyone else we want to come with.\u00a0 But on the other side of the coin, once we\u2019re on the ship, it\u2019s hilariously evident that the ships are run and operated by almost entirely foreign labor, whom are obviously being paid way less than domestic counterparts would cost.\u00a0 Mostly Indonesia, India, the Philippines, and seemingly mostly from the south\/southeastern Asia\/Pacific islands\u00a0 region, from what I\u2019ve observed.\u00a0 And obviously, Disney and\/or whatever cruise line are the ones pocketing the difference in the middle of what consumers pay and what they pay their labor.<\/span><\/p>\n Don\u2019t get me wrong, this isn\u2019t to say that the service on any of the cruises we\u2019ve done has been anything short of outstanding.\u00a0 I\u2019d want these stewards servicing every aspect of my life if I could get away with it, but it\u2019s just hilariously exploitative that cruises employ almost entirely out of third-world countries, to whom this is akin to winning the lottery of jobs, because they\u2019re making USD, getting tipped in USD, and can probably more than adequately provide for their families, at the cost of their indentured servitude to the cruise lines when they\u2019re on.<\/span><\/p>\n It’s kind of mind-blowing, because service on these cruises is nothing short of exceptional, and with toddlers, I\u2019m unfortunately taxing them more than when it was just mythical wife and I on our own, and they\u2019ve had to clean soiled linens and change sheets in the middle of the night, and they always do so with smiles and enthusiasm, and they\u2019re so grateful for the cash tips I give them as way of saying thanks.\u00a0 And when it comes time to tip out at the end of the cruises, the general expectation of gratuities on a daily basis, would make the internet rage, if such numbers were even proposed to be tipped to an American, but is more than adequate for the staff on a cruise.<\/span><\/p>\n Of course, it makes me pleased to know that it helps my bottom line tipping a recommended amount that\u2019s less than the expectations that American laborers would expect, which kind of makes me hypocritical I suppose, but at the same time I\u2019m not going to turn a blind eye at the observation that Disney, and probably all other cruise lines employ the same exploitative strategy of staffing up from third-world countries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It’s kind of a shame too, because as observed, all these workers are so upbeat, enthusiastic and seemingly grateful for their jobs, and are getting paid peanuts compared to what Americans would expect, most likely to do their jobs as bare minimum and apathetically as possible, but I guess all that really matters in the end for the consumer, is a positive experience, and if exploiting the third-world in order to gain it, it\u2019s the preferable option, I guess.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the years, mythical wife and I have decided that we like cruising.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good way to get a sampling of lots of international places, and then at the end of the day get dined, sometimes wined, and retreat to what\u2019s basically a mobile hotel room.\u00a0 Sometimes you stay aboard the ship and enjoy … Continue reading Disney Cruises are 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