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Crew Insider1mo ago
MSC Cruises · MSC Seashore · Deck 13, Cabin 13088
#crew insider#crew kindness#family with kids

How cabin stewards actually feel about towel animals

Housekeeping, MSC Seashore. I have made approximately four thousand towel animals in my career. The elephant takes ninety seconds. The monkey takes two minutes. The swan takes forty-five seconds and is the one I make when I am behind schedule. Do I enjoy making them? Honestly, yes. Not because the folding is fun — it is repetitive — but because of the reactions. Children who find a towel elephant on their bed and scream with joy make the entire shift worthwhile. Adults who photograph them and send the pictures to friends make me proud. The guests who leave a note saying 'loved the monkey!' give me energy for the next twenty cabins. Cabin 13088 had a little girl who left me a drawing of my towel elephant with a thank-you note. I kept the drawing. It is in my cabin. That is why I make towel animals.

— Towel Artist
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Story1mo ago
Carnival Cruise Line · Carnival Celebration · Deck 13, Cabin 13402
#funny#crew kindness

A stranger's birthday cake arrived at our cabin

Day four of our cruise. A knock at the door. A crew member holding a beautiful chocolate cake with 'Happy 50th Birthday Maria!' written on it. We are not Maria. We told him this. He checked his paperwork and confirmed this was cabin 13402. We are in cabin 13402. We are not Maria. He was confused. We were confused. He left with the cake. Twenty minutes later, another knock. Same crew member. He said Maria was in 13042 — the numbers were transposed on the order. He also said Maria was not in her cabin yet and the cake was starting to tilt. He asked if we could hold it. We held Maria's birthday cake for forty-five minutes in our cabin. When he came to retrieve it, he brought us two slices as thanks. Happy birthday, Maria, wherever you are.

— Maria's Cake Guardian
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Confession1mo ago
Royal Caribbean · Wonder of the Seas · Deck 12, Cabin 12090
#romantic#funny#balcony

The romantic balcony evening that went sideways

My husband arranged a romantic evening on our balcony. Candles borrowed from the spa, wine, chocolate, the whole production. We were having a genuinely beautiful moment watching the stars when he leaned in for a kiss and knocked the wine bottle off the side table. It did not go overboard — it shattered on the balcony floor. We were barefoot. We were trapped on a balcony covered in broken glass and red wine with no shoes. We had to call the cabin steward at 11pm to rescue us. He arrived with a broom and a completely neutral expression that suggested this was not his first balcony wine emergency. We tipped him heavily. The romantic evening continued indoors. With plastic cups.

— Barefoot Confessor
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Confession1mo ago
Royal Caribbean · Wonder of the Seas · Deck 10, Cabin 10330
#funny#crew kindness#steward hero

I stole a towel animal and I am not sorry

Every night the steward made a towel animal. Night five was a towel monkey. It was perfect. The way the ears were folded, the little sunglasses propped on its face, the jaunty angle. I could not let it be disassembled. I carefully placed towel monkey into my suitcase between layers of clothing. I did not unfold it. I transported it home across two flights and a three-hour drive. Towel monkey now sits on a shelf in my home office. My coworkers think I am insane. I regret nothing. I did leave a generous tip for the steward and a note that said 'the monkey found a good home.' I like to think he understood. If Royal Caribbean reads this: I will pay for the towel. Name your price. Towel monkey stays.

— Towel Thief
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Story1mo ago
Royal Caribbean · Harmony of the Seas · Deck 6, Cabin 6044
#family with kids#crew kindness#steward hero

My kids still talk about the towel elephant

Our steward made towel animals every night, which is standard on Royal Caribbean. But on night four he made a towel elephant with my daughter's sunglasses on it, posed next to my son's stuffed dinosaur like they were friends. Both kids lost their minds. They named the elephant Captain Wrinkles and insisted on meeting the steward to thank him. He knelt down and told them very seriously that Captain Wrinkles would be guarding the cabin while they were at dinner. They believed him. They are seven and nine. We got home two weeks ago and my daughter asked when we could go back to visit Captain Wrinkles. We are now booking another Harmony cruise.

— Captain Wrinkles Fan
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Story1mo ago
Royal Caribbean · Harmony of the Seas · Deck 8, Cabin 8402
#anniversary#crew kindness#steward hero

Our cabin steward saved our anniversary dinner

We told our steward Miguel it was our tenth anniversary, just casually in conversation. Didn't think anything of it. That evening we came back from dinner to find the cabin completely transformed — towel swans on the bed forming a heart, rose petals everywhere (where did he even get rose petals?), chocolate-covered strawberries on the table, and a handwritten card that said 'Happy 10 years from your Harmony family.' We both cried. Actual tears. We've been on six cruises since and nobody has ever matched that. Miguel, if you're still working Deck 8 on Harmony, you made two people very happy. We still have the card framed in our hallway at home.

— Grateful Voyager
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Story1mo ago
Carnival Cruise Line · Carnival Celebration · Deck 15, Cabin 15099
#proposal#love story#crew kindness

The balcony proposal that almost wasn't

My boyfriend (now fiancé) had the ring in his checked luggage. Checked luggage went to the wrong ship. I am not kidding. He had a backup plan: asked the cabin steward if there was any way to get something wrapped nicely. The steward wrapped a gummy bear ring from the candy shop in a napkin folded into a rose shape, placed it on the balcony table with a candle borrowed from the spa, and had the sunset timed perfectly. I said yes. The real ring arrived two days later via courier to the next port. The gummy ring proposal was better. We still have the napkin rose. Cabin 15099: 10/10.

— Lucky Dockworker
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Story1mo ago
Norwegian Cruise Line · Norwegian Bliss · Deck 11, Cabin 11516
#funny#disembarkation#aft cabin

We accidentally stayed an extra night

Long story short: misread the disembarkation time, thought it was noon, it was 8am. Woke up at 9:30 to a very politely frantic knock. Our bags were already in the terminal. The cabin steward had basically been waiting for us to leave for two hours. He was incredibly gracious about it. They let us use the terminal lounge and held our bags. Norwegian staff handled it perfectly. But the cabin — once we finally left — we realized we'd basically had a free extra morning watching the port of Miami from our aft balcony over coffee. No ragrets.

— Lost Captain
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