[lolyton]

Be wary of the cruise ship jobs, i know a few people who have done them and have heard very mixed reports. If you really look for them, they advertise pretty much all the time. But the norm appears to be a 6month away period (at least). Quite often if you don't have your own equipment you can "hire" or buy their kit, can't remember anyone telling me they were loaned/given kit. Normally you'll be stuck on the ship 24/7 with the odd time off, so not much seeing of the world to be done. And not much money earned at the end.
But may well still be an interesting job and you may have a good experience, but like i say if you really want to work on a cruise ship as a photographer there will be an advert out there somewhere.....there always is.