The Cruise - Episode Guide

Tonight, as the 11 day voyage around the Baltic from Copenhagen to St Petersburg begins, the guests have more than relaxing on their mind – they're vying for the coveted award of the most travelled passenger. Some cruise superfans have spent up to 7 or 8 years of their lives aboard. Martha & Rusty Underwood are in the running but say "These people have so many cruises, the only way we will ever catch up is if they die and we don't!"

The crew's entertainment team is joined by new dancer Dulcie, from Portsmouth, but will she make the grade as a professional dancer? The inimitable Timothy is charming passengers on the front desk but has his eye firmly on a job with ‘ship bestie' Emma doing shore excursions. And ex navy engineer Scott, from Darlington, joins the engineering team and soon has to find the source of a leak – no mean feat when you're dealing with hundreds of miles of pipes.

Captain Ed Perrin is facing one of the biggest test of his career in tonight's episode. A year in the planning, he's been given permission to sail his vessel all the way into Stockholm. It may be his greatest achievement if he can complete it however with thousands of tiny islands to avoid and shallow waters, it is a very terrifying task.

One hour before her big show, Dulcie is put to the test when injury strikes. To make matters more difficult she has been paired with a new recruit who doesn't know the routine. Elsewhere on the excursions desk Timthy's amobition is about to be put to the test on a trail tour of the rooftops of Stockholm.

Tonight it's turnaround day when crew have to help 3,300 guests check out with their 10,000 pieces of luggage and welcome the new batch – with just a few hours to clean & prepare the 1,800 passenger rooms.

They are up against the clock but hotel general manager Dirk, who's famed for his meticulous inspections will not tolerate any slip in standards. With a teutonic attention to detail he is on the prowl, torch in hand, and woe betide the crew if he unearths any misplaced dust.

On the entertainment team, new dancer Dulcie is missing home. Getting the gig was a long held ambition but the reality of missing her brother's wedding and living apart from her boyfriend to do the job she dreamed of is tough. "Being away from him for so long actually kills you a little bit inside," she says.

And while some passengers enjoy the finer things in life; dressed up and dining at the ship's lumiere table with its million pound décor and a curtain of light enveloping the diners, others have only the clothes they stand up in. After the airlines lost their luggage front desk supervisor Herbert is under increasing pressure to find it & get it aboard at the next port – no mean feat when you're dealing with a moving target. He has a keen eye on Dirk's job so he's hoping he can deliver his usual 97% success rate in getting bags back.

In tonight's episode, the staff compete to win the coveted title of employee of the month, with a top prize of £500 as well as deck privileges, tours, dinners and extra time off - the employee are desperate to win. Rhymond is braving the elements to keep the ship looking pristine. He decides at 5am, the prize is clearly his. Elsewhere Timothy is a cock-a-hoop about his new job with the shore excursions team however leaving his friends on the front desk will be hard. Will his excitement carry him through the challenges he faces? Also Scott is left in charge of the whole team when his boss goes on leave. He is busy with one of the most important jobs on board - making drinking water from the sea - over a million litres a day of it.

Tonight, the captain throws a huge party as the ship celebrates its first birthday.

Tonight it's the beginning of the busy summer season sailing round the Mediterranean and the ship is fully booked. As the crew race to get the ship ready for departure from Athens, making up beds in almost 1800 cabins – the hordes of passengers begin to arrive.

On the bridge is brand new officer Lauren who's never worked on a ship as big or complex as Royal Princess. Before the Captain will sign her off to man the ship's controls she faces a series of tests. Her first job on board is to help with an anchor drop in one of the itinerary's most demanding locations - the beautiful island of Santorini. Lauren must prove that she has got what it takes to get the job done safely.

And while passengers enjoy the finest cuisine on board, munching their way through a whopping 110 tons of food each week, the unenviable job of keeping the ship's 3000 lavatories in good working order falls to hotel services engineer Scott.

At passenger services, while front desk hopeful Nico struggles through a trial shift, experienced passenger services agent Timothy needs all his inimitable humour and charm to deal with a case of lost luggage. A Scottish family who are on the cruise to forget their troubles are threatening to fly home if he doesn't get their bags back pronto.

The weather takes a turn for the worse, causing an emergency at sea and threatening to make one young British couple's wedding a washout. It is the first time new officer Lauren has to deal with an emergency on board and she must keep constant watch on a semi-submerged boat close to the liner. Concerned there may be lives at stake, the rescue team are poised for action. Despite choppy seas, the show must go on in the ship's theatre, where the magicians are attempting to pull off a gravity-defying illusion that sees ex-dancer Trish balance on the tip of a metal sword. It is a heartstopping performance for passengers as the unpredictable weather ramps up the danger of their daring headline act.

Executive chef David McDonald is on the warpath after receiving a complaint about the afternoon teas, and hauls the pastry team into his office for a severe dressing down. New 25-year-old bridge officer Lauren faces a series of tests as she is left in charge of mooring the 330-metre-long ship in a port designed to take much smaller vessels. Hotel services engineer Scott is dealing with a flood from one of the ornamental marble fountains in the busiest area of the ship, and has only a few hours to fix it before passengers start to return from their excursions.

In this episode on their cruise round the Mediterranean the ship is heading for the medieval port of Kotor in Montenegro.

Tonight, on their cruise round the Mediterranean, the ship is heading for the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, where the local monkeys are running riot on the famous rock. With some of their unfriendly antics belying their cute appearance, a few passengers find themselves making an unscheduled stop at the ship's medical centre to be treated for some vicious monkey bites.

Tonight, as the passengers and the ship continue on their journey around the Mediterranean, some members of the crew are coming to the end of their own trips.

After 11 years at sea, dance captain Eleanor has decided it's time to hang up her dancing shoes and return to her native Yorkshire. With her mum Jayne on board to support her, she must get through a final emotional performance on the stage that has been her home for more than a decade.

In the first episode, bad weather threatens to stop the Royal Princess docking in port with huge knock-on effects across the ship. As staff welcome 4,000 new passengers in Athens, Timothy is under pressure to hit sales targets on the shore excursion desk and devises a creative way to up his numbers.New hotel general manager Craig is only six weeks into the biggest job of his career and must find ways to motivate his staff who work long hours far from home. And four Norfolk women come aboard including cruise first-timer Maureen who's hoping to find love on the ocean waves.

There's tension in the galley as a health inspection looms, alcohol supplies dwindle to worryingly low levels, and Timothy's linguistic skills are tested to the limit. As the Royal Princess continues its busy summer season cruising around the Mediterranean, Europe is sweltering in the record high temperatures of heatwave Lucifer. As passengers try to cool themselves in the pool, the galley comes under very demanding scrutiny.

As Royal Princess continues its busy summer season in the Mediterranean, the ship has just left Livorno in Tuscany. Breakfast is barely over and Executive Chef David is already facing his first crisis of the day. There's a serious shortage of orange juice and he's going to have to come up with a solution - fast. Meanwhile, the ship welcomes a group of blind and partially sighted passengers. Although everyone is on a cruise, these passengers' guide dogs must still take part in a safety drill.

In the fourth episode, the Royal Princess is full to capacity in the beautiful Aegean port of Santorini. As the housekeeping team undertake the daily bed change in thousands of cabins, hotel general manager Craig gets an unwelcome call - the ship's laundry is having a meltdown.A breakdown in the huge washing machine which normally processes tens of thousands of items a day has already produced a mountainous backlog of dirty washing and Craig needs to find a solution quickly.Above decks it's all change in the entertainment department with a new cruise director, 29-year-old Tobi. Stepping up from deputy for the first time, Tobi is now the boss of a dozen theatrical shows, 21 musicians and the team of four assistants who organise the hundreds of activities on the ship. He must prove he's up to the job.

In the fifth episode, it's turnaround day and Royal Princess is docked in Europe's busiest cruise terminal, Barcelona. Along with four thousand new passengers, the crew must load 120 tonnes of food and drink aboard for the next week-long cruise around the Med. Executive chef David discovers he has far too much of one ingredient and needs to get very creative with his menus to use it all up before it spoils. It's tomatoes for breakfast, lunch and supper until they have made inroads into their red mountain.

In the sixth and final episode, as the Mediterranean summer season draws to a close, the crew face one final big challenge - two weddings in one day. With a UK wedding now averaging £34,000, couples are opting to tie the knot on board the ship, where packages can be a fraction of the cost.

It's Destination Alaska as the crew of the Star Princess voyage to one of the world's last frontiers. With over four hundred and fifty cruise ships around the world competing for passengers, offering a unique journey is a must, but taking five-star luxury to the remote Alaskan seas means that the Captain and his crew must go the extra mile to satisfy passengers. In this first of a three-part series, the Star Princess is in Vancouver ahead of a cruise north through the 'Inland Passage'.

This episode sees Captain Tuvo and his crew navigating the Star Princess to a World Heritage site: Glacier Bay National Park. In order to be allowed to enter this pristine wilderness, they must be accompanied by National Park rangers who will help passengers appreciate the wilderness and its wildlife. The rangers must first board the ship, but can their boat do so in poor weather and rough seas?

In the final episode of the series, it's Captain Tuvo's last time at the helm of the Star Princess on his beloved Alaska route before he goes on leave, and he doesn't want to disappoint his passengers. Meanwhile, new Cruise Director J.C. is nervous before he makes his stage debut as the ship's master of ceremonies and passengers Keith and Ruth are renewing their wedding vows after fifty years.

In the first episode, with the liner about to depart the small Dutch speaking island of Bonaire, on the bridge Captain Bob gets word the winches down in the mooring station on Deck 3 aren't working. If the staff can't wind the lines in, the ship is going nowhere.

An old-fashioned reboot gets them working again, but will they function at the next port? If they don't, the ship will be unable to dock – and the pressure is on for second officer James who is sent to oversee the operation.

Marcella is under pressure to deliver the perfect day for a Middlesbrough couple tying the knot on board, having been planning their nuptials for two years - and it proves a poignant moment for Captain Bob as it is the last marriage he will conduct before he retires after 46 years at sea. Bar manager Lilia is in desperate need of a new juggling bartender and shore excursions agent Timothy is given more responsibility as he dispatches passengers into their tour buses.

As Captain Bob Oliver steers the ship to the US Virgin Islands and St Thomas, it is his last tour of duty after 46 years at sea. He does not know it yet, but his officers are planning to give him a send-off to remember... Meanwhile, production manager Breanna must get the Princess's new musical set up in less than 24 hours and Vlad must reopen the spa's closed steam room.

In the first episode the captain and his team have to manoeuvre under a tight suspension bridge on the way out of one of the world's busiest ports - Busan in South Korea. It's a tough call with only metres to spare between the billion dollar ship and the bridge.

In the second episode, the ship departs Hong Kong bound for Singapore, with hotel services engineer Scott facing a tsunami of sheets when the conveyor breaks down and the one spare part they don't have is the one they need. And with up to 100 tons of laundry to get through every single day, the laundry master gives him just an hour to fix it before the mountainous backlog of bedlinen will threaten to spiral out of control.

The ship crosses the Equator and the staff must pull together for a huge celebration ceremony. New Captain Dino Sagani returns to the ship after a two month break and is excited to be taking Majestic Princess into the Southern Hemisphere and on to Sydney for the first time. Meanwhile, things are hotting up in the kitchen with Executive Chef Nilo having to provide food for an initiation ceremony.

Majestic Princess is about to head into the Southern Hemisphere for the first time. First stop is the stunning beauty of New Zealand's Fjords - but bad weather puts this holiday highlight in jeopardy.