I make it $27.4
ETA: Ah, ignore my previous comment !
Another thing that occurs to me:
The cruise industry has doubtless taken a pounding in the last few years. I do tend to look at this offer as a “free drinks in Vegas” offer. There may be a small number of people who – out of sheer principle – could beat the house (and make this a real bargain), but I suspect they’d be the minority.
Costs definitely will add up, and – former corporate VP that I am – I’m pretty confident that this is the goal.
F’rinstance: Here’s Norwegian (NYSE: NCLH) x 5yrs:
Ouch.
And many people have no pets. As said, there already are people who live long-term on cruise ships, some paying more than this already. And some find it cheaper than an assisted living facility.
You’re not the cook in your family, are you?
50% of the time. I rarely make the same thing exactly the same way. Restaurants do.
It’s absolutely cheaper than an assisted living facility - but someone who needs an assisted living facility can’t live alone on a cruise ship. They could maybe live on a cruise ship with a companion, but the cruise ship staff aren’t isn’t going to dress and bathe someone and make sure they take their medication.
I suspect you are an outlier and most home cooks do make the same thing exactly the same way
I wouldn’t even consider it, but I’m generally anti-cruise anyway. My daughter and my mother each went on an Inside Passage cruise once, and they both enjoyed it, so I’m thinking about doing that one because it’s probably the easiest way to visit Alaska, but that’s the only one that sounds tempting. I know that cruise ships have a great variety of food and activities, but the idea of living cheek by jowl with a huge group of strangers doesn’t appeal to me at all, and doing it for three years sounds like hell on earth.
I’m pretty sure you also need to reverse the polarity of the dilithium crystals.
Here is a year-old article about people who spend all or the majority of the year on cruise ships. One woman and her husband said their average cost is less than a hundred dollars a day, and that being frequent cruisers means being offered discounts on cruise trips.is
Me this.
Gosh, even MORE fun.
I can beat $40/person/day base cost for a cruise (with a cabin window, two people) if I’m flexible about destinations.
Much as I love cruising, and I’ve done six with a seventh pending, no way. First, I’ve done inside cabins and now we pay for one with a balcony. Much nicer. Good points on the cost of excursions. In some places you can go on your own, but in others the ship docks far enough away that it makes no sense.
You will get tired of the food after a month, let alone three years. Ditto the entertainment.
But the main reason is that a good point about cruising, especially when you are working, is that it isolates you from the world. That’s great for 10 days or two weeks, but 3 years? No thanks. Not to mention that at our age the chance we won’t need medical care not available on board for 3 years is pretty low.
I wonder if I could have my service dog and dialysis?
Ah, no chance.
Mal de mer for 3 years doesn’t appeal to me anyway.
Maybe? I mean, I’m totally going to apply for a faculty position at Semester at Sea if they happen to have any use for an early modern literature person whenever I’m ready to retire for my current job, so I’m not opposed to the idea of living on a boat for an extended period. I might be a bit suspicious of a new, unreviewed, and super-cheap version, though.
They’d have to pay me to get on one of those things, and they would need to add at least a couple of zeroes to the end of that figure.
Not your dog, but if you can afford it, some ships do have dialysis machines. Cruising With Kidney Disease
Even though this doesn’t seem related to the OP cruise … I’ll be damned:
For example, the company Dialysis at Sea regularly offers cruises with Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruise lines. It brings hemodialysis machines onboard, along with a renal care specialist team, including a nephrologist, dialysis nurses and certified medical technicians. The treatment takes places in the ship’s infirmary. Unfortunately, the treatments are not covered by Medicare or Medicaid, although some patients do get partial reimbursement from supplemental insurance carriers.
Don’t a lot of high end cruises have classes in various things? Maybe this isn’t so far fetched.
“She cannae tak’ any more, Captain! She’s gaunna blow!”