Cruise ship worker shocked after revealing size of shower crew must use

Two workers preparing to board the world’s second largest cruise ship have revealed what the crew quarters look like. And they’re not exactly impressed by the size of one feature in particular: the shower.

Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas is just weeks away from setting sail around the world, with only one other cruise ship in the world that rivals it in size.

With a capacity of 5,668 passengers and more than 2,200 employees, nearly 8,000 people will be sailing the high seas after its departure next Friday (July 19).

And for the past few months, the crew has been working quietly on the ship off the French coast to ensure that everything is working as it should before departure.

This even includes dining in guest-only buffet areas to ensure there are no unknown errors that might require last-minute repair, such as a broken stove or hotplate.

One of the crew members is Bryan James, a musician who works on the crew’s ships most of the year.

Documenting his life on TikTok and YouTube, Bryan has lifted the lid on the lives of the crew as they prepare to launch Utopia later this month.

He notably showed off the “hilarious” size of his bedroom on the brand new boat, which left some of his viewers in total shock.

But it was another part of the play that left Bryan and teammate Jeff a little more short of space.

After showing the room and how Bryan can actually touch all the walls in it at once while lying in bed, they moved on to the cleaning facilities.

A shared toilet located between two of the smaller rooms really gives the rooms a sense of space.

“Speaking of limited space, all of these rooms have to share a bathroom,” Bryan explains.

“What’s it called? The Jack and Jill rooms?”

Bryan then told Jeff that it was time to capture the “famous shower photo,” because hidden in the small shared bathroom was a square shower stall.

Given that Jeff is 6’5″, this wasn’t ideal for someone who stands tall.

“That’s the second most frustrating part of the experience, those showers,” Jeff says.

“Again, I’m not complaining because I love these rooms so much.

“But if I just stand on tiptoe, there’s the ceiling.”

Bryan added playfully, “You can never put the shower head above your head, you have to kneel.”

The images are rather claustrophobic, leaving very little room to move even slightly.

In one comment, one person wrote: “Wow! I was a musician on RCCL and Norwegian and we had way more room than this on the old ships. I could get up and get dressed. I had my own bathroom. I won’t be doing ships anymore.”

Another wrote: “The bathroom freaks me out.”