I grew up watching the Love Boat and I thought that Cruise Director Julie McCoy (Lauren Tewes) was just perfect. NOW, I see various Cruise Directors (in person, and posted pictures from other site members) are EVERYWHERE on the ship at all times of the day and night. There cannot be a long life span for a Cruise Director (IMO) due to the stress of the job. I recently became aware of the total time commitment of the Cruise Director on my Celebrity Edge cruise last year. He seemed to be on active duty 12-hours (plus) every day. Then, you get to repeat your time commitment the following week. And the next week, and ...
Yes, they have a Staff, but ... so much time.
As an aside, if NOT the Cruise Director, who would you want to be ???