A cruise ship worker onboard the Royal Caribbean has shared a glimpse of the hidden rooms only staff can access.
Bryan James has been living onboard the world’s biggest crew ship for 223 days and revealed a number of ‘below deck secrets’ in a series of TikTok videos.
‘There’s a secret shop below deck only for crew members where we can buy pretty much anything we need – snacks, toiletries, detergent,’ he said.
‘This is so important because there was a time when crew weren’t allowed off the ship for eight months straight, which is crazy!’
Bryan James has been living onboard the world’s biggest crew ship for 223 days and revealed a number of ‘below deck secrets’ in a series of TikTok videos. ‘There’s a secret shop below deck only for crew members where we can buy pretty much anything we need – snacks, toiletries, detergent,’ he said
Bryan said it feels like ‘Christmas morning’ every time the crew store is restocked.
In the comments he wrote the pricing ‘isn’t too bad’ but the goods are around 30 per cent more expensive than usual due to overseas taxes.
The secret store operates like a supermarket or convenient store.
In a follow-up video, Bryan revealed the one spot where guests can purchase similar items for themselves.
‘So you’ve seen the secret shop where crew can buy things, but there’s also a secret shop where guests can buy things – and I say it’s a secret because it’s really hard to find,’ he said in the clip.
Bryan said he was onboard for more than a six weeks before he realised where the ‘shop’ was.
In the video, he can be seen walking to deck 16 to access a number of vending machines.
‘There’s a bunch of these machines that sell things you need – toothpaste, toothbrushes, sunscreen. Even Pokémon cards!’ Bryan said.
In a follow-up video, Bryan revealed the one spot where guests can purchase similar items. In the video, he can be seen walking to deck 16 to access a number of vending machines
Hundreds of TikTok users shared enthusiastic comments about the little-known cruise ship secrets.
Another cruise ship worker wrote: ‘Omg…we have NOTHING like this on our ship.’
‘Love the vending machine,’ one person wrote, but another said: ‘I wish I had your job!’
Others couldn’t believe Pokémon cards were available for guests to buy from the vending machine.
It comes after an Aussie who worked on a cruise ship for 12 months shared the ‘craziest secrets’ she discovered aboard.
Lauren, who’s currently living abroad in the US, shared the lesser-known details in a TikTok video that has since had more than 870,000 views.
While cruise ships are known to have a variety of luxury entertainment venues, pools, restaurants, theatres, casinos and bars, the two facts she most recently revealed have been described as ‘disturbing’ by fans.
‘There’s some crazy stuff about cruise ships that you might not know [about] as a guest,’ she said, adding: ‘It’s kind of creepy – so there’s a morgue on board, there’s a jail on board.’
Earlier this year, young Aussie Lauren (pictured) shared two little-known facts about cruise ships. Lauren said the massive ships usually have both a morgue and jail on board
At one point Lauren claimed she saw a deceased body being wheeled out.
‘When we worked on a cruise ship, we actually saw a dead body getting wheeled out of the morgue, obviously they had a cover over it, but that in itself is so creepy and it made me not want to work on a cruise ship anymore,’ she said in the clip.
She described the experience as ‘confronting’ but understands awful situations can take place at any time, and so a morgue is necessary.
‘And then they obviously have a jail cell – so if anyone’s doing anything wrong, they’ll just lock them in there,’ Lauren said.
Lauren added how some cruise lines don’t have a ‘deck 13’ because of ‘superstitious’ reasons, which she found bizarre.
Both the morgue and jail would likely be on the lower decks of the ship away from passengers.
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