The Cruise

Strong winds threaten to stop the ship docking in Marseilles; Timothy deals with disgruntled passengers; Chef David has thousands of extra mouths to feed.

As the Royal Princess continues its busy summer season cruising around the Mediterranean, Europe is sweltering in the record high temperatures of heat wave Lucifer. It's hot outside and passengers try to cool themselves in the pool.

The Royal Princess continues its busy summer season in the Mediterranean, leaving Livorno in Tuscany. Breakfast is barely over and Executive Chef David is already facing his first crisis of the day.

Royal Princess is on its busy Mediterranean route at the height of summer, and is full to capacity in the beautiful Aegean port of Santorini; as the housekeeping team do the daily bed change, Hotel General Manager Craig gets an unwelcome call.

It's turnaround day, and Royal Princess is docked in Barcelona, Europe's busiest cruise terminal. The crew must board 1,20,000kgs of food and drink and 4000 new passengers for the next week-long cruise around the Med.

Engineer Gaetano rushes to fix an oil leak; Timothy shows off his specialist subject on a vineyard excursion; everyone must be on top of their game with two weddings on the same day.