Cost of Living on a Princess Cruise Ship

[Sacto Rick]

As I still have this bad cough I picked up on a cruise now three weeks ago, I would think a person living on board might have a tough time staying healthy.

[Colo Cruiser]

As I still have this bad cough I picked up on a cruise now three weeks ago, I would think a person living on board might have a tough time staying healthy.

 

 

One becomes immune, I think. :eek:

[plane2port]

Here's my analysis on the Royal Princess sailings in January 2017. $295 per day for two people. As always, the details and itineraries are in the blog.

 

I'll be taking a break for a while now, as my son and I will be on the Norwegian Jewel next week! This cruise will be a first for me in several aspects--a new departure port, new ports to visit, our first "comped" cruise from the casino, and most shocking of all, we actually bought our plane tickets instead of using miles.

 

I really enjoy doing the number crunching on these cruises and would like to investigate further. If any of you have any thoughts as to which direction I could take at this point please give me your input.

[PescadoAmarillo]

Whenever I hear complaints about cruise menus being boring I wonder what they eat at home.

 

Me too. We eat about ten different dinners at home, or some variation thereof, often eating the same thing three nights in a row, as we both grew up with stacks little margarine containers of leftovers falling over in the refrigerator and hate that sort of thing.

 

Staying well could be an issue, particularly if one was immuno compromised, but then older people do it in senior living situations all the time. Flu shots, pneumonia vaccines...these things would be a necessity.

 

The biggest issue I would have would be with being constantly bombarded by music not of my choosing. There was one playlist on the Emerald Princess that we really liked (the one on the channel with the front of the ship webcam). All other music in all venues got to be very old. There is a playlist in the dining room that sounds like a woman is in pain. DH and I would just look at each other and say "Ditto". There was no sense belaboring it any longer.

[plane2port]

The biggest issue I would have would be with being constantly bombarded by music not of my choosing. There was one playlist on the Emerald Princess that we really liked (the one on the channel with the front of the ship webcam). All other music in all venues got to be very old. There is a playlist in the dining room that sounds like a woman is in pain. DH and I would just look at each other and say "Ditto". There was no sense belaboring it any longer.

 

Maybe I am showing my age here, but you bring up one of my biggest pet peeves about cruising--the ubiquitous noise. I won't even bring up the eardrum shattering decibel levels of shows and deck parties. I'm talking about the piped in tracks that play constantly everywhere on the ship. It's annoying to be up on the pool deck trying to enjoy a morning cup of coffee and have to listen to music, especially music I don't even like.

 

Hey, I think I've hijacked my own thread!

[MrMan]

Whenever I hear complaints about cruise menus being boring I wonder what they eat at home.

 

It could be the greatest restaurant in the world, but eating at the same place night after night would get old. You have never been on a ship with a port night and went out to dinner ashore for something 'different'? Just my preference would be instead of one ship/line for an expanded period of time, I would try a variety of lines all with uniquely different features and variety of size of ships. Nothing to do about books or reading, and I do like time to myself, but I just prefer a variety in my life., so if I was in the position to live on a ship, I think I would move around a bit. And yes as someone who lives on the road, banquet food does get old fairly quickly.

[donswife]

The most traveled passenger on our Caribbean Princess cruise in January, featured in the Patter, was Thelma Middleton from Texas, who had 1,221 days with Princess. Probably more now! We actually learned about her from a couple we sat with during our embarkation lunch in the MDR. She stays on for weeks or months at a time, then goes home for holidays or family events, then goes again.

[GUT2407]

It could be the greatest restaurant in the world, but eating at the same place night after night would get old. You have never been on a ship with a port night and went out to dinner ashore for something 'different'? Just my preference would be instead of one ship/line for an expanded period of time, I would try a variety of lines all with uniquely different features and variety of size of ships. Nothing to do about books or reading, and I do like time to myself, but I just prefer a variety in my life., so if I was in the position to live on a ship, I think I would move around a bit. And yes as someone who lives on the road, banquet food does get old fairly quickly.

 

Funny but no. If I'm ashore I'll have a meal rather then returning to the ship.

 

I really wonder how many different meals people here eat in an average year or month. I'd wager it's less than the number available on a cruise.

[Griller]

Lorraine Artz.....

 

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Thanks for that link, and for fixing my mis-spelling, that's the trouble with living in an a Spanish speaking area, I have to remember to write an H in front of many words where it is silent when spoken ( Hola, hablo etc) , and now I'm doing it to other words which don't need it.

[BuzzF117]

If I am not mistaken there was a couple from Chicago that booked multiple b2b 20 day (10x2) cruises on the Emerald because it was less expensive the renting a condo in FLA for 3 months. If I'm not mistaken they got on just before Christmas and cruised until March.