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I've heard that being on a cruise ship is like being held prisoner at a Golden Corral with a bunch of drunk people. Not exactly how I want to spend my retirement!
That's like my fear, that the family will send me off on a cruise so I might meet someone......and the only kind of cruise I want to go on is an oceanographic one.
Probably the best cruise ship gig is available to subject-matter experts. You get a free inside cabin and you give some lectures in the theater. (You don't, however, get paid. And you have to pay for your own travel to meet the ship.) We've met a Concorde pilot, a standup comic, an executive chef from the Bellagio and so on. If you've done something that most people can only dream about, you've got a good shot at it.
I've heard that being on a cruise ship is like being held prisoner at a Golden Corral with a bunch of drunk people. Not exactly how I want to spend my retirement!
You've heard wrong. Or more accurately, not every cruise is a 3-day Carnival cruise over spring break. There's a big difference between the clientele on 3-7 day cruises and passengers you'll find on 30-180 day cruises.
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I think it would have been fun for a few years. But now when I see cruises advertised on TV, I feel like I don't want to set foot on one of those humongous floating high rise ships. Way too many people in close quarters, and some of those ships look awfully top heavy. Not appealing to me at all.
Not all cruise ships are like that. One of my very favorite cruise lines is Windstar. Here's a short 2-minute promo video on what it's like sailing - and I do mean sailing - on Windstar. Their tagline is 180 degrees from ordinary and it is definitely 180 degrees from those mega-liners that don't appeal to you.
The last I heard, assisted living or being in your own home doesn't cost $1,500 per DAY. Which is about what you'll pay on Crystal Serenity. It's worth it but let's not kid ourselves that we're getting a better experience for the same money we'd spend on land.
Sorry, Marketwatch doesn't spend much time checking facts. They just want eyeballs.
No one ever said "retiring at sea" was affordable. And if you find a ship where it is, it's probably not a ship you want to be on.
What the woman said she spent was less than $500 per day. Keep in mind that if you go on longer cruises, the cost per day usually decreases. There is a lot less work since they don’t have to worry about getting your luggage on/off every week or two, doing the deep clean of the room during that time, etc.
1) There are perhaps a dozen people who live on cruise ships. One of them has been on YouTube quite frequently talking about his life. My feeling is "WHY NOT?" If you can afford it and like that lifestyle, just do it. You WILL be treated like a KING as cruise lines love frequent cruisers.
2) There is a cruise ship condo that is being built where you will own your own cruise cabin. I found that the details were so scant that it would be difficult to determine if it was worth it. Buy-in was like $3.2 M.
3) My major concern would be healthcare but if you are in good shape ...
I would definitely 're-tire' if I lived permanently on a cruise ship (just thinking about the midnight buffet).
And I worked so hard to get rid my old 'tire'!
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