Donny and Gary ... apparently things have changed somewhat, at least on Holland America Lines ... One 'show band' did three 45 minute shows a night, and another band played for 3 hours with an hour dinner break in between and that was it ... the rest of the time was 'free time' unless they were working on some new material which didn't seem to happen much ... these band members and the cast of the shows - they put on 3 different shows during the 12 night cruise - all sat with the guests by the pool, in the buffet restaurant, in lounges, etc. ... the musicians and entertainers slept in a different area from the rest of the crew- small rooms, no doubt, but as I said, the ones I spoke with were having a good time ... they had 9 month contracts, and many were hoping to be renewed ...