Crew mess is the dining area where cruise ship crew members have their breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The meals for crew members are prepared in the crew galley so it’s not the same food as the one for the guests, however, let’s say the food is Ok. Usually, there are two to three dining areas for employees on a cruise ship (crew mess, staff mess, and officer mess) Some cruise lines like Celebrity Cruises incorporated one dining area for all the shipboard employees. All meals are free and you have a variety of choices such as salad bar, desserts, hotline dishes, soup, cold cuts, juices, and sometimes pizza or burgers. In the past years with the release of new ships, the cruise lines have improved the dining facilities for crew members.
Take a look inside some of the crew dining areas:
- Crew Restaurant on AIDA Cruises Hyperion Class Ships
- Crew Restaurant on AIDA Sphinx Class Ships
- Crew Mess on Princess Cruises Royal-Class Ships
- Crew Mess on Celebrity Edge Class Ships Cafe 365
