Journaling Reads: Working on the pier as part of the crew bringing in and securing cruise ships and assisting their departure is one of the mostsought-afterr jobs in Key West. So popular in fact, that there are seldom job openings because the job is passed down within a family when someone retires. It is a well-choreographed and impressive ballet of movement. Cruise ships are important to the economy but incredibly hard on the coral reefs. Covid actually gave them a chance to hear somewhat.