I swear by St Crispin's coaxle, I don't get it

[bcp]

Two trips across the Pacific on those Navy cruise (troop) ships. Extremely boring except near and in port.



Bruce

 

[JethroB]

Normal cruise ships have very limited medical staff and facilities. My 82 YO dad & mom got booted off a NCL ship in Ketchikan Alaska due to his serious illness. Med-flight jet to Bellingham Washington. I got to join them there for 8 days. Fun times

 

[Alan W.]

Exactly.

I could not read the OP's link because it is behind a pay wall but the Wall Street Journal had an article years ago about people retiring to a cruise ship. It makes quite a bit of sense for some.

The cost to cruise full time is expensive but so is a good retirement home in a retirement community. On the cruise ship,

• they have full time medical staff,
• a variety of restaurants to visit so they do not have to cook,
• people to clean their room,
• different and changing entertainment,
• travel to different ports,,
• changing scenery
• new people to meet as people come and go on the ship,
• no worries about traveling to stores and doctor appointments.

It can be a good thing for some people as long as their health is reasonable, or if they get lucky and just suddenly die. A good retirement community can provide some of the services found on a cruise ship, but not all.

If they get lucky and die on board are they buried at sea. Do friends n family hafta book a cruise to attend the funeral.

 

[CalG]

I wanted to buy a moto guzzy and tour the Coast. I like moto guzzy, they have the powerband right in the middle where you need it.