Where does the room steward sleep?

[Aisling]

We met our room steward, Raymond from the Philippines, when we first got to our stateroom. He was sort of hanging out in the general area, intruducing himself, and answering questions from embarking passengers in his area.

Does anyone know how many rooms a steward is responsible for, and if his/her room is snuggled in the middle somewhere? I didn't notice any rooms in my area that looked like crew quarters, but this guy seemed to have radar of when we left the room in the morning. Two or three times, I had to immediately go back for something, and there he was making the beds.
We were in 6540.

 

[yearbook50]

On most cruise ships the cast members sleep in places unseen by the cruise guests. If you look on the Disney lay out the parts that are shaded out are crew only areas. They have rooms for the employees there.

 

[Aisling]

Do the stateroom hosts sleep on the same floor that they service? I just assumed that Raymond was there all the time, close by, not on deck 1 or 2 where many crew quarters are.

 

[ScouterJT]

I thought crew quarters were below Deck One (that is, below the waterline)

 

[SplashMountainManiac]

We asked our stateroom about how many rooms he has. They all work an average of 15 rooms each. Also, all crew members, except for the captain, stay on decks A and B below deck 1. They just have a room on each deck where all the sheets, towels, etc. are and they go there to grab supplies.

 

[Marypoppinsiam]

The room stewards are quite amazing to me. We never had to ask twice for anything. He knew exactly how we like things.

 

[Aisling]

Also, all crew members, except for the captain, stay on decks A and B below deck 1.

Wow, when I read that they live on the lower 2 decks, I assumed decks 1 and 2. I had no idea there were decks below those!

 

[CM_Mom]

If you look on the Deck Plans at the top of the page, you will see a large gray area on Deck 1. This is a crew area that has some crew cabins for officers and the crew mess, recreation areas and offices. As a previous poster said, most of the crew cabins are on Decks A and B below Deck 1.

There are crew only (gray) areas on all the decks that have storerooms, elevators, stairs, kitchens, equipment, or whatever is needed at that level. That's why you never see the crew unless they need to be in guest areas. The work that goes on behind the scenes is part of the Disney Difference that makes the ship and the parks really special.

 

[lunamum]

Its funny to think that they also have their own pool! They work so hard, its good to know that they get to relax and kick back a little too

 

[justmestace]

I'm not certain about any other decks, but I know for a fact that some of the room stewards share inside rooms on Deck 8. They are in amongst the supply rooms.

Their pool isn't very big, but it's better than nothing, although I haven't very often seen too many CM's out there.

 

[Marypoppinsiam]

On our last cruise I never saw any CM at their pool. But I hear that most of the CM work 12-16 hour days.

 

[Trixiezzz]

From a Disney employee website posted in another DIS board:

http://www.dcljobs.com/​

Looks pretty small!

 

[rtphokie]

We met our room steward, Raymond from the Philippines, when we first got to our stateroom. He was sort of hanging out in the general area, intruducing himself, and answering questions from embarking passengers in his area.

Does anyone know how many rooms a steward is responsible for, and if his/her room is snuggled in the middle somewhere? I didn't notice any rooms in my area that looked like crew quarters, but this guy seemed to have radar of when we left the room in the morning. Two or three times, I had to immediately go back for something, and there he was making the beds.
We were in 6540.

At the foot of your bed, didn't you notice? They are very quiet.

 

[Jpoo]

I thought that was what the pull down bunks were for!!! (jk) But seriously, I hope however they are put up, they are comfortable, and we plan to show our appreciation for all of their hard work making our vacation wonderful in a healthy tip!$

 

[Aisling]

At the foot of your bed, didn't you notice? They are very quiet.

I just got a spooky image of waking up in the middle of the night, and seeing Raymond standing at the foot of the bed. "Can I get anything for you, madam?"

 

[tvguy]

I'm not certain about any other decks, but I know for a fact that some of the room stewards share inside rooms on Deck 8. They are in amongst the supply rooms.

Their pool isn't very big, but it's better than nothing, although I haven't very often seen too many CM's out there.

There are no crew cabins on deck 8. In many areas of the ship, the center of the ship hides the stairways crewmembers use to deck down to deck A and B where their cabins are. The kitchens are also in this area next to the dining rooms.

 

[justmestace]

There are no crew cabins on deck 8. In many areas of the ship, the center of the ship hides the stairways crewmembers use to deck down to deck A and B where their cabins are. The kitchens are also in this area next to the dining rooms.

So that wasn't a room our steward showed us a while back?? Sure looked like it to me.

 

[Mommaraven]

Looking at those pictures of the crew cabins, I have no idea how they do it. They are so small to be lived in for months at a time. And I thought college dorm rooms were small?! Those guys definitely deserve their tips.

 

[cntkg1]

At the foot of your bed, didn't you notice? They are very quiet.

 

[BethC1952]

My question isn't where do they sleep, it's when do they sleep? Every time we left our room on any of our cruises, the room steward appeared out of nowhere to tidy the bed, tidy the bathroom, and whatever else needed doing!