World's Most Expensive Cruises 2005-(and their weapon systems)

yahoo ^ | 11.10.05 | Sophia Banay

[Flavius]

Bill Gates and Paul Allen did it together. So did Queen Beatrice of Holland and Enrique Iglesias. And in 2004, almost 11 million people worldwide did the same thing. Many did it two or three--or more--times.

What is it they did? They took a cruise.

Now, of course, in the case of billionaires, such as Gates and Allen, they didn't technically "cruise." Paul Allen has three yachts, the biggest of which, the 414-foot Octopus, is the second-largest yacht in America and has an onboard music studio, basketball court and personal submarine. (To read more about the world's most expensive yachts, click here.)

And while Allen may be considerably richer than most other affluent baby boomers, what they, as well as many younger travelers, share is a desire to vacation at sea--and to spend heavily, relatively speaking, to get the best.

[Flavius]

more noble cruise

[libertylover]

I recommend the opposite-schooner sailing in Maine. I've been on the Lewis R. French three times and I love it. No phone, no TV, no radio, no heat, and no motor (The French uses her yawl boat to push her into harbor.). Just good food, good conversation, and good sailing.