Money? What money? Oh... That money... We’ll pay you back in installments, or... You can put that money towards some land we have for sale in Florida’s everglades. The view is fantastic and all the water is free.
Pretty sure if these poor people were willing to part with their money for one pile of BS, they’ll buy into another BS scheme with ease.
In retrospect it does look like these seniors were gulled into an expensive cruise scam.
However, reading into the story, you find all of them were seasoned cruisers and had taken multiple lengthy cruises all over the world, without incident.
So it would have been difficult to assess the 3-year cruise as a “scam.”
They simply love cruising and the 3-year deal looked good, doing what they like best.
More likely, the cruise line’s business plan didnt gel....they bit off more than they could chew.