Posted on 11/06/2022 10:59:04 PM PST by zeestephen
The residences, which range in size from 237 to 1,970 square feet, are on sale now — and they aren't cheap. Storylines says the residences cost between $1 million and $8 million, with ownership lasting for the "lifetime of the vessel," which the company estimates as roughly 60 years.
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I thought modern cruise ships are top heavy ugly but that one takes the cake. I understand these designs maximize the number of cabins with balconies but they still look like they could tip over.
His last post was on 9/24/2022.
He said in this post that he was "87 years old with plenty of comorbidities."
Just wondering, as I haven't seen any of his cruising posts in awhile. There has been plenty of cruising news with the major lines dropping vaccine requirements and now testing requirements altogether.
-PJ
I could do a lot better in some conservative red state with a million dollars, which would include a bunker and armory and a nice greenhouse for growing my own food.
Wow, a million dollars for 237 square feet? No, thanks!
You're right. This set up would make condo associations look like picnics...
I have literally spent 20 years on vessels of different sizes, whether I was working on them, or inspecting them, or seeing if they were in electrical compliance... let me tell you - no matter how big a ship is... they all get small at some point.
What is an anti-aging clinic? Botox dispensary?
Where do I walk the dog? Where do I take him for his favorite activity - chasing the ball?
It’ll never be built, it’s a scam to take millions in down payments.
See the movie “The Producers” for a comparison.
When I win Powerball, I might consider it along with alternatives. I’ve always wanted to cruise the world at a very slow pace. But with $1.9 Billion, I probably could come up with a number of better and less sustainable options that don’t include leftist eco-whackos.
Sure looks like a comfy prison to me.
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- Samuel Johnson
Until you can regulate human behavior, NO.
isolation from all unknowns distance wise still the best deterent to miscreantationington.
Jackson is/was right! No interest in cruising from me.
Ugly.
Uh…nope…
“No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.” At another time he claimed, “A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.”
https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/sea/miscellany/being-ship-being-jail-chance-being-drowned
“time shares at sea”
Agreed, or vacation rentals, or is that the same thing?
All I can imagine is the number of broken hips during a bad storm.
No thanks. I like the ground under my feet to be solid.
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