Excercise on the Disney Cruise Line

LifeIsForLiving wrote:

Well, they establish relationships with the labor entities in various countries and prearrange work visas. The workers are "shipped over" (literally, not just in the case of cruise lines), then are worked without the rigors and standards applied to working citizens. They are paid a 'fair wage', when you consider the fact that they don't have to pay any (or perhaps very little) taxes. Companies that do this normally arrange housing for the immigrant laborers as well. What do you think happens when those work visas run out? You guessed it; most often, nothing.

Interesting information LifeIFL. So do folks go back to their home countries after a cruise, or do they stay where they end up now that the Visas are expired?

Annie wrote:

LifeIsForLiving wrote:

Well, they establish relationships with the labor entities in various countries and prearrange work visas. The workers are "shipped over" (literally, not just in the case of cruise lines), then are worked without the rigors and standards applied to working citizens. They are paid a 'fair wage', when you consider the fact that they don't have to pay any (or perhaps very little) taxes. Companies that do this normally arrange housing for the immigrant laborers as well. What do you think happens when those work visas run out? You guessed it; most often, nothing.

Interesting information LifeIFL. So do folks go back to their home countries after a cruise, or do they stay where they end up now that the Visas are expired?

Works differently on ships than when 'terrestrial' businesses import workers. Ships, by there very nature, are international. Here's a quick article about the nature of such things - and Disney ships ARE foreign flagged now.

mmmagic7754 wrote:

Brad wrote:

Great information mmmagic! Do you generally get some running in?

No,I sit in the lounge chairs and watch people run by LOL.Actually deck 4 is my favorite place to relax on the whole ship.

I find that watching people run is largely as healthy as running myself, don't you?

On some ships, people watching on the top-most deck could get you in trouble (or at least glared at). On non-Disney ships, this is often designated for *ahem* natural...sunbathing.