I wonder what the accommodations are like for the acts on those things? I'm assuming they aren't getting a nice suite like a paying customer and get to enjoy all the benefits the customers do.
on the one cruise I went on the employees were at least allowed to use the gym. and I believe one night they came up to the bar/club thing they had. so not sure how much freedom they get. but theres are reason they hire all foreigners who will put up with shitty treatment. I did meet one employee who was this HAWWWT Ukrainian chick. that was pfg
For Joe, two gigs over the course of a weekend is a hectic schedule that entitles him to some serious R&R after. I seriously doubt they're paying him to do a 90 minute set once a night. He'll be required to play for hours on end. And when he's finished, he'll be sore, tired and hungry, and he won't have plates of his favorite slop to wolf down, or any medium shelf booze to wash it down with. Day after day, playing those same annoying songs, for an increasingly disinterested audience.
At first, he'll be posting lots of pics of his baskets of fresh mangoes, fluffy towels, and beautiful sunsets. Then, after maybe a week, the complaints will begin. He's being treated like shit, he didn't sign up for this, the cruise line doesn't know how to treat "entertainers" and so forth. And, just like with every single thing he's done in his "music career", he will burn another bridge. By the end of the summer, he'll be busking in the park.