(Los Angeles, California)
Year-Round

Princess Cruises' Pacific Princess is probably responsible for making cruising the travel trend of the 1990s. The company's Pacific Princess has been seen by millions of Americans who watched Doc Julie,
Gopher, and Captain Stubing cavort on TV's "Love boat" each week. Well much has happened in the cruise industry since those heady days of yore.  Gopher have up his white shorts and became a Congressman and Captain Stubing is the lone member of the cast living on as Princess' television pitchman.  At the same time as the show's cast grew up, so did Princess Cruise Lines.  Today's Princess ships make the old Pacific Princess look like a toy bathtub boat.  The company's now famous fleet includes Crown Princess, Dawn Princess, Island Princess, Pacific Princess, Regal Princess, Royal Princess, Sky Princess, Sun Princess and the company's newest ship, the 109,000-ton Grand Princess, the world's largest cruise ship.  In December 1998 the line introduced Sea Princess, which will be followed by Ocean Princess in 2000 and two yet-to-be-named sister ships to Grand Princess in 2001.  Princess Cruises is a subsidiary of P&O, the London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, one of the world's oldest and largest shipping companies.

SPECIFICS: When Jobs in Paradise first came out in 1990, the entire Princess fleet employed about 1,500 seamen.   Today the company's Grand Princess alone employs 1,100 officers, staff and crew.  The company's fleet employs a total of more than 7,500 seagoing personnel. 

INSIDER TIPS: Princess ships use primarily British or Italian officers and deck crews. Most staff positions are British, although a few Americans and Canadians are found aboard.   Crew are recruited from a large number of countries worldwide.

TO APPLY: Applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and photograph to Shipboard Personnel, Princess Cruises, Inc. 2029 Century Boulevard, Los Angeles. California 90067