Longest cruise ever?
Jan 9, 2012, 8:43 am
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OR some seniors just stay on the same ship cruise after cruise for few months at a time.
http://www.snopes.com/travel/trap/retire.asp
Jan 9, 2012, 9:09 am
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our longest was 66 days....there were people who were going to stay on for more & people who got on before our start port....
scuttlebutt was that there was a pax who lived on the ship.....
we talked to a lady once who said she was on the ship 10 months each year...
scuttlebutt was that there was a pax who lived on the ship.....
we talked to a lady once who said she was on the ship 10 months each year...
Jan 10, 2012, 12:09 pm
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>"we talked to a lady once who said she was on the ship 10 months each year..."
And she has been doing it for years. The itinerary rarely varies. If the ship goes into dry dock, she gets the royal treatment in whatever port the ship is berthed. There used to be a woman who lived on the QEII I think. Captain would have tea with her on a regular basis.
Me? Having done 5 weeks, 3 is my max tolerated any more!
And she has been doing it for years. The itinerary rarely varies. If the ship goes into dry dock, she gets the royal treatment in whatever port the ship is berthed. There used to be a woman who lived on the QEII I think. Captain would have tea with her on a regular basis.
Me? Having done 5 weeks, 3 is my max tolerated any more!
Jan 10, 2012, 6:54 pm
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Eight months booked for this year, and most likely will do more during 2013. Currently on Seabourn Quest to Cape Town, then hop on Silversea Whisper to Singapore. The following month in Asia on Silversea Shadow.
World cruise on Whisper for first most of first four months of 2013.
It really is a much easier way to live.
World cruise on Whisper for first most of first four months of 2013.
It really is a much easier way to live.
Jan 10, 2012, 8:39 pm
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There was an article in JAGS (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society) maybe 10 years ago entitled "Cruise Ship Care vs Assisted Living" or something similar. Tongue-in-cheek, it compared the annual cost (similar for both) of each as well as other features.
Cruise ship care came out way ahead - much better food and entertainment, doctor on the premises 24/7, much more interesting environment in the various ports.
So for year round living, cruise ships outscored assisted living. That must be what those cruisers are thinking when they cruise for months at a time. The Holland America forum on CruiseCritic frequently include references to "Mama Lou" who cruises most of the year. Reported when her kids threatened to put her in a nursing home, she sold her house and uses the proceeds to cruise full-time.
Cruise ship care came out way ahead - much better food and entertainment, doctor on the premises 24/7, much more interesting environment in the various ports.
So for year round living, cruise ships outscored assisted living. That must be what those cruisers are thinking when they cruise for months at a time. The Holland America forum on CruiseCritic frequently include references to "Mama Lou" who cruises most of the year. Reported when her kids threatened to put her in a nursing home, she sold her house and uses the proceeds to cruise full-time.
Jan 13, 2012, 2:28 pm
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One of the smaller lines was doing something like a 300 day RTW trip a few years ago. Course, that might have been Cruise West and the ship was sold out from underneath the people.
Ah, yeah, looks like it was indeed their Spirit of Oceanus world cruise, 335 days, ended prematurely at the end of one of the segments.
Personally, I'd love to do one of those 108 day cruises if I ever had the time and money.
Ah, yeah, looks like it was indeed their Spirit of Oceanus world cruise, 335 days, ended prematurely at the end of one of the segments.
Personally, I'd love to do one of those 108 day cruises if I ever had the time and money.
Jan 14, 2012, 7:00 am
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Eight months booked for this year, and most likely will do more during 2013. Currently on Seabourn Quest to Cape Town, then hop on Silversea Whisper to Singapore. The following month in Asia on Silversea Shadow.
World cruise on Whisper for first most of first four months of 2013.
It really is a much easier way to live.
World cruise on Whisper for first most of first four months of 2013.
It really is a much easier way to live.
Life is rough.
Don't you feel the least bit guilty for the obligations you have left behind at home
Jan 15, 2012, 1:10 pm
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Jan 15, 2012, 5:50 pm
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There was an article in JAGS (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society) maybe 10 years ago entitled "Cruise Ship Care vs Assisted Living" or something similar. Tongue-in-cheek, it compared the annual cost (similar for both) of each as well as other features.
Cruise ship care came out way ahead - much better food and entertainment, doctor on the premises 24/7, much more interesting environment in the various ports.
So for year round living, cruise ships outscored assisted living. That must be what those cruisers are thinking when they cruise for months at a time. The Holland America forum on CruiseCritic frequently include references to "Mama Lou" who cruises most of the year. Reported when her kids threatened to put her in a nursing home, she sold her house and uses the proceeds to cruise full-time.
Cruise ship care came out way ahead - much better food and entertainment, doctor on the premises 24/7, much more interesting environment in the various ports.
So for year round living, cruise ships outscored assisted living. That must be what those cruisers are thinking when they cruise for months at a time. The Holland America forum on CruiseCritic frequently include references to "Mama Lou" who cruises most of the year. Reported when her kids threatened to put her in a nursing home, she sold her house and uses the proceeds to cruise full-time.
Jan 15, 2012, 7:15 pm
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