I’m still wondering how the cruise ship is going to get to Machu Picchu, seeing how it is roughly 300 km inland and up a mountain.
This.
Plus which: three years with no cats? No way.
(Even if there’s a ship’s cat, they’re unlikely to pick my bed to sleep on.)
" Rudder Amidships, then flank speed give me all you’ve got"
Most cruises, you spend almost as many waking hours on buses as you do on ship.
No, no way, absolutely not, not even if they paid ME five times that amount!
The reason that there are quite a few horror novels set on cruise ships is because it’s exactly the sort of confined environment that lends itself to horror, and some pretty horrific things have happened in real life, including (but not limited to) virus outbreaks. I’m also skeptical that $30,000 a year could possibly buy you any kind of quality cruise experience. I wouldn’t necessarily object to a high quality one-week cruise (have never been on one) but that sort of commitment is out of the question.
Also, when I was hospitalized for nearly a week a few years ago I realized how much I missed my home. It’s messy and not particularly luxurious, but it’s mine and it’s home. I am a creature of habit and wish to be left in peace.
Oh my, I admit I hadn’t clicked on the link before commenting. That ship is small! Wiki says it can carry 1074 passengers.
At that scale, the price makes even less sense. You’ll probably have to buy your own food in port and cook it yourself. For long stretches at sea, passengers on the lower decks may find themselves treated as food.
Regardless of the size of the menu, it’s still like eating at the same restaurant three times a day, every day. My wife and I went on a two week Baltic cruise and as varied and well prepared as the food was on board, by the end we were eating ashore every chance we got (at Norwegian prices!)
My spouse and I have done a lot, A LOT, of cruises.
My first concern for the stated price would be that it’s a shared inside cabin. In my experience, sometimes those don’t get food ventilation. They kinda feel like a cave, or a prison cell.
But the biggest concern is shore excursions. We have found that most cruise lines charge extra for shore excursions, and the price can end up doubling what was paid for the cruise itself. Only the “high end” cruise lines include shore excursions free of charge - but you are paying a lot more up front, so it’s all an accounting gimick. Sure, you could forge the planned extra-cost excursions and just walk around the port town, but if you’re at the Manchu Pichu stop, well it would be kinda silly to miss it!
This ^ I’ve done one cruise before. A friends 40th birthday. We where about a group of a dozen or more. But the food sucked. I had one good meal in the week cruise.
Oh, and a passenger had a heart attack so we diverted towards the closest Coast Guard station so they Helicopter could reach us and winch he and his wife off. Of course not his fault and the cruise line did the right thing.
But the diversion delayed our arrival in port, so pretty much everyone missed their plane back home and had to book rooms. OK. Shit happens.
So we where out to sea another day, and the cruise line decided to close down all the bars. 'cause -“Hey, you only paid for 7 days” There was nearly mutiny. They opened the bars back up.
I love to cruise, but three years is just a tad much for me. I’m not sure I would want to go for 3 months. I did 4 weeks once and towards the end, I was ready to go home.
Keep in mind that, in theory, this would take care of all of your expenses for three years. Plenty of people spend more than $60,000 per year (per couple) for housing, utilities, food and so forth).
I’d rather be waterboarded for a solid week than spend a single year trapped on a cruise ship, let alone three.
Depends - I’ve been on ships with as many as four or five complimentary restaurants and seven or eight specialty restaurants .Any cruise ship will have more variety than I get at home, or on most other vacations really .
Tips? Excursions? Anything to eat while on excursions? Clothes? Toiletries? Holiday presents? Health insurance? Insurance on your house or whatever left at home, and minimum utilities so the place doesn’t get damaged? Pet care expenses, if you have any?
I suspect you’d have quite a lot of expenses that wouldn’t be covered.
According to their website, all excursions are extra. Medical visits are free, but dental visits, medical procedures and prescriptions are “at cost”.
Some people might sell or rent their homes for the three years, and perhaps get rid of their cars.
And given that this isn’t an American company, medical costs might not be outrageous.
Given that they have to make a profit, I wouldn’t bet on that.
True. Some people don’t much care where they live. Others do. And you might come out ahead financially on renting, but complications can ensue, and you wouldn’t be anywhere near to try to do anything about it, or to check on the place.
Some people would take their cats and dogs to the shelter, also. Not me. I have friends I could ask to take them for a while, but three years would sure be pushing it. They want to go somewhere once in a while, too.
Especially if they’re advertising “free medical visits!” in large print, while “any actual medical treatment will cost you” is in the small print.
What I found out on my first cruise is the real cost is in the excursions. I imagine that price skyrockets if you actually want to do anything in those ports.