If I Were Not Upon the Sea (Under the Captain's Table)

by Joyce Gleeson-Adamidis and Illustrated by: Gleeson-Adamidis, Joyce

What cruise ship guests never see and never hear about, they can read about in "If I Were Not Upon the Sea". One very 'male' Captain and one very 'female' Cruise Director of different backgrounds and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971422907
• ISBN13: 9780971422902
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Joyce Gleeson-Adamidis
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An Enjoyable Book

What an open honest book, that allows us inside the World of Cruising. A great read that will leave You wanting to hear more. Like having a conversation with a Good Friend, hearing of all the good stuff going on in Her life. As I said very open and honest. It will make You smile. I look forward to Her next book. A great insight in the people who work on these cruise Ships.

Raises many unanswered questions.

I have just finished this fascinating little book and although I enjoyed it immensely, it still left me with many of my original questions unanswered. I know, I know-it is extremely unthinking of me to fault a writer and their book for not writing the book that the reader would have written but still after a number of cruises there are many areas of the onboard cruising experience that are still pools of unknown knowledge that I cannot provide material to fill. Joyce has covered many interesting topics, some of which had never even occurred to me and I am richer for the wonderful anecdotes that pepper her book. I would, however, have preferred her to supply some of the "nuts an' bolts" of the cruising experience from an employees point of view such as: who rooms with who and who decides this important question, what do crew members do when not working and where do they do it, how are crew quarters laid out, is food supplied, what sort of amenities are onboard for the crew, etc. etc.? Joyce's book is a wonderful insight into that hidden world of the criuse employee and I would encourage her to write a folow up and tell her readers of the "hidden" world of contemporary international cruising. Considering how popular this fom of holiday has become, I am sure the book would sell well.

Very Interesting and Unique

This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested on what goes on beyond the signs that say, "Crew Only." Ideal for veteran cruisers like myself who have met many crew members and have wondered what it would be like to work on a ship. A fascinating travelogue of the author's years working as a cruise director aboard various lines, the destinations visited (with color pictures) and people on board (celebrities and run-of-the-mill folk). Also how she met her husband, a Captain for Celebrity Cruises, and several pages written by him about his experiences. The book is full of anecdotes, some of which are rated "R"! All very interesting and unique...I don't know of any other "tell-all" book like it on this subject.