Posted on 05/21/2024 5:51:45 PM PDT by Libloather
10 days on a cruise and I was pretty much bored.
There is no guarantee the cruise outfit will stay solvent for 3 years.
There is no guarantee for quality of food & entertainment offered.
Similar deals before have history of cruise outfit going bankrupt.
150 one week cruises for 2 people on reputable cruise companies are available for $1500x 150
I spent enough of my life cruising the seas. I’m taking an Alaska cruise later this year (my first on a ship that isn’t painted gray), but I’m not really a cruiser. If they stopped several days in each port to see the sights, I might be more interested. But what’s the point of pulling into Athens, Rome, Nice, Tokyo, or any other port for 12 hours?
My sister on the other hand is a cruise fanatic. Several a year and typically 3-8 weeks. She has an around the world cruise coming next year. Cruising is her thing. Maybe the Alaska cruise will change my outlook.
Sounds like a fun deal if I had the money. As it is I will have to stay home & try to live out my life on a LOT less money than what the cruise line wants.
“Good until the company goes bankrupt”
exactly ...
Only 300k! whadda deal!
Spend those golden years riding out the apocalypse on an old plague ridden ship! All you can eat (til it runs out)
I seriously would not do this even if it was free....
I’ll just stay here on the farm...
Was there much rain in Spain?
Lifetime ticket?
It says 1301 days, about 3 1/2 years.
So. A lifetime is now 1,301 days?
Lol! I couldn’t resist.
Could always take a cruise up river to kill Superman’s father like John Kerry.
There were so many good songs that came from that movie.
Each one, expertly composed and orchestrated.
More legacy gifts from Rodgers & Hammerstein, I think.
Nothing can beat the most luxurious cruise ship ever, “The Magic Christian” (1969) - Ringo Starr, Peter Sellers. Full movie;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE2zTnOJ94I
We are both retired and have taken many cruises the last one was just over six months ago. What we discovered on the last one that as we get older the cruise experience became less enjoyable.
People who have never taken a cruise have never experienced the joy of a ship in rough seas were your every step is a potential fall, and even laying in bed is not a relief as the ship moves and jerks about.
Then there are the crowds. Our first cruise was on a small ship with only 2,000 passengers our last cruise was with over 6,000 passengers! The only quite time is in the middle of the night and even then there are people moving about.
We have just grown too old to enjoy want cruising has to offer and the idea of retiring on one gives me nightmares.
(The other reason not to take them up on this offer is what is to say that the shipping company goes bankrupt and you are out all that money and may even be in a foreign port and have to find your own way home.)
Not false, just wasted diplomacy.
I suppose burial at sea is included in the fee. Just roll the old codger in a sheet and toss them over the side. I also see nothing about medical care on board. Lots of luck if you get sick and the nearest port is a third world country where medical care is sketchy at best.
If the ship doesn’t take you where you want to go for however long you want, how is this cruise any different than enlisting in the navy?
“Not false,”
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” just wasted “
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“diplomacy.”
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