Cruise article about a lady who lives on board fulltime

Already posted several places on CC. EM

In spite of the aloof reaction from Essiesmom, thank you for posting.

I wish we had both the means and the disposition to spend 95% of our years aboard.....

Cheers

Already posted several places on CC. EM

And your point is ??? The great majority of posters on CC are not as knowledgeable, intelligent,experienced and perceptive as you are...but owe you no apology. We're just ordinary folks...

Have a good day.

Cheers

That and the fact that I couldn't open the other link without a bunch of spam so it is nice to be able to read the article being referenced.

I had never read the article before... Thank you notalandlover for posting this :)

Made me jealous in some ways but on the other hand, I could never be without my furbabies

I think there are many more people who do this.

Superb! why not?

New people and company all the time, things to do, entertainment....

Nice!

I hope they do her laundry for free! :-)

According to the artice, the lady pays nearly $450 a day for the privilege.

Would be intersting to know what that would cost on less exclusive ships.

I think there are many more people who do this.

I thought the same thing. In fact when I saw the article I thought it was about another lady.

And we should all be so lucky to have good health at her age (we don't and are a little younger than her) and to have the wealth to live like that.

I thought the same thing. In fact when I saw the article I thought it was about another lady.

Mama Lou??

She has sailed for many years on HAL for weeks at a time. But does take breaks to -- as she says -- take care of business.

It has been worked out on various threads that you could Cruise full time onboard for about 30-50k per year per couple with no land ties. (e.g.. property and taxes plus maintenance, car and insurance, groceries,cable etc.)

The longer you live onboard the better your perks will become over time. Change ships so you stay in North American/Caribbean waters for most of the year. Like Super Mario on RCCL who has over 5000+ sea days.

https://gma.yahoo.com/86-old-woman-living-aboard-luxury-cruise-ship-193407062--abc-news-travel.html

This is the only board where I've seen this. And it was interesting. Thanks.

Cool story, right? Loved the post about how you can do it for a tad less than $164K!

There have been a handful of others. It's not typically promoted by cruise lines, but I had a chance some years back to talk with a lady named Lorraine, who lived on Royal Princess all year around. And there, famously, was the woman who lived aboard QE2 -- in a tiny inside cabin, mind you.

A pal who is onboard Oriana shared that there's a gentleman doing this on this P&O ship.

We're curious, and posted this in our blog yesterday: If you could live on a cruise ship, which ship would you pick?

(Link is here): http://www.cruisecritic.com/blog/index.php/2015/01/21/cruising-for-life-pick-your-ship/

Carolyn

Carolyn Spencer Brown

Editor in Chief

Cruise Critic

Change ships so you stay in North American/Caribbean waters for most of the year.

Why? I'd want to travel all over, not stay in the same area.

Why? I'd want to travel all over, not stay in the same area.

I agree. The worst thing I could think of would be staying in the Caribbean all year.

I agree. The worst thing I could think of would be staying in the Caribbean all year.

It would be like living the "Groundhog Day" movie.:D

There is also "The World", they're all condos at sea.

http://aboardtheworld.com/

Seems to be really nice, and I'm sure a pretty penny.

I thought the same thing. In fact when I saw the article I thought it was about another lady.

I have heard rumors of mysterious elderly ladies on other ships I have been on, but 2 years ago I actually saw 2 Spanish gentlemen on the Adventure OTS on a reposition from San Juan to Spain. They had taken the previous fall reposition to San Juan and stayed on the ship for the full winter season. They were sort of celebrities on the ship and everybody knew of them. They were somewhat eccentric and wore a variety of costumes to dinner every night.

I thought it was cute that she selected the cruise line where she could have someone to dance with!

Marianne

I loved this post - what a terrific story!

Would be great to stay on a ship! But I'm the same as LilBlackDress. I'd miss having my pets around me.

I thought it was cute that she selected the cruise line where she could have someone to dance with!

 

Marianne

That is why she left HAL.

HAL only has dance hosts on the World Cruise and parts of the Grand Voyages.

And your point is ??? The great majority of posters on CC are not as knowledgeable, intelligent,experienced and perceptive as you are...but owe you no apology. We're just ordinary folks...

Have a good day.

Cheers

For heavens sake. Chill. You might live longer if you do. ;)

And, may you continue to cruise in interesting times. :)

The crews on ships with a 'resident guest' are usually very protective of them. They are vague if asked about them and really look after them. :)