Well Costa have come up with an idea called ' Visa Versa ' that is going to give their loyal passengers who are members of the Costa Club the chance to experience being a crew member for real!
They will offer this unique experience on four company cruises where Costa Club members will be able to take the place of the crew and experience all the thrill of being a part of the on board staff and serving Guests. At the same time, the crew will be replaced by Costa Club members and they will become the ship’s Guests.
To fully play their new role, Costa Club members will be supervised and trained by the ship’s Cruise Director. In this way they will discover all the “behind the scene” secrets of their new job. They will literally step into the crew’s shoes, wearing real uniforms with the only difference being a special logo. Once prepared, they will work for one day as crew members in different positions: Guest service, tour escorts, cruise staff, musicians, singers, waiters and cooks.
The “ViceVersa” experience, presented for the first time in November 2010 on board the Costa Club cruise of the Costa Deliziosa, will be proposed again on four Costa cruises that recorded a large attendance by Costa Club members, with special activities reserved for them.
I think it is a great idea! Sometimes you here complaints about crew and I do feel some passengers do not fully understand just how hard and how patient you have to be to do this job throughout the year! So maybe once the passengers have done it themselves they will be go a little easier on the crew on their next cruise!
Its a pity other cruise companies don't do it, I would like to see P&O getting their passengers on a role reversal! I here and see ( mainly from the reviews on our website ) they can be very demanding sometimes so it would be interesting to see how they would cope doing the everyday work of a crew member.
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