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I saw an ad for 1 -4 bedroom condos on a cruise ship. I know the price was over $1 million and they had fractional ownership in the hundred thousands. Does anyone know exactly how this works? Does this ship just stop at ports or have a destination at all? Not that I can afford it, but I was curious.

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Thought you might find this humorous :)

 

THERE WILL BE NO NURSING HOME IN MY FUTURE.....WHEN I GET OLD AND FEEBLE, I AM GOING TO GET ON A CELEBRITY CRUISE SHIP. THE AVERAGE COST FOR A NURSING HOME IS $200. PER DAY EACH. I HAVE CHECKED ON RESERVATIONS AT CELEBRITY AND I CAN GET A LONG TERM DISCOUNT AND SENIOR DISCOUNT PRICE OF $135. PER DAY. THAT LEAVES $62. A DAY FOR:

 

1. GRATUITIES WHICH WILL ONLY BE $10.. PER DAY.

 

2. I WILL HAVE AS MANY AS 10 MEALS A DAY IF I CAN WADDLE TO THE RESTAURANT OR I CAN HAVE ROOM SERVICE (WHICH I CAN HAVE BREAKFAST IN BED EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK).

 

3. CELEBRITY HAS AS MANY AS THREE SWIMMING POOLS, A WORKOUT ROOM, FREE WASHERS AND DRYERS, SHOWS EVERY NIGHT.

 

4. THEY HAVE FREE TOOTHPASTE AND RAZORS, AND ALL THE FREE SOAP AND SHAMPOO.

 

5. THEY WILL EVEN TREAT YOU LIKE A CUSTOMER ---- NOT A PATIENT. AN EXTRA FIVE BUCKS WORTH OF TIPS WILL HAVE THE ENTIRE STAFF SCRAMBLING TO HELP YOU.

 

6. I WILL GET TO MEET NEW PEOPLE EVERY 7 OR 14 DAYS.

 

7. T.V. BROKEN? LIGHT BULB NEED CHANGING? NEED TO HAVE A MATTRESS REPLACED? NO PROBLEM! THEY WILL FIX EVERYTHING AND APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR INCONVENIENCE.

 

8. CLEAN SHEETS AND TOWELS EVERY DAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK FOR THEM.

 

9 IF YOU FALL IN THE NURSING HOME AND BREAK A HIP YOU ARE ON MEDICARE. IF YOU FALL AND BREAK A HIP ON A CELEBRITY SHIP THEY WILL UPGRADE YOU TO A SUITE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE (CAN'T BEAT THAT). NOW HOLD ON FOR THE BEST-----DO YOU WANT TO SEE SOUTH AMERICA, THE PANAMA CANAL, TAHITI, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, ASIA, OR YOU NAME WHERE YOU WANT TO GO AND CELEBRITY WILL HAVE A SHIP READY TO GO. SO DON'T LOOK FOR ME IN A NURSING HOME JUST CALL SHORE TO SHIP. JUST FORWARD ALL MY E-MAIL TO ???????????

 

P.S. IF YOU DIE ,THE CAPTAIN GIVES YOU A FUNERAL AND THEY JUST DUMP YOU OVER THE SIDE ----AT NO CHARGE!

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There is a brand new ship that is being built called Magellan and the cheapest condo is $1.875 million. Fractional ownership, which is basically a timeshare condo, starts at $156,250. There will be 200 "owners" of this ship and after the first year, they will decide where the ship cruises. The yearly association fee starts at $75,500. It's similar to the World of ResidenSea but the main difference is that there are no "cabins" planned for the new ship, so this new one will be more like a floating condo rather than a cruise ship. On the World, you can book a basic cabin for short segments of a cruise, but on the Magellan, you either have to buy a condo, a fractional or see if they will allow sublets in the future.

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momofmeg

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Thought you might find this humorous :)

 

THERE WILL BE NO NURSING HOME IN MY FUTURE.....WHEN I GET OLD AND FEEBLE, I AM GOING TO GET ON A CELEBRITY CRUISE SHIP. THE AVERAGE COST FOR A NURSING HOME IS $200. PER DAY EACH. I HAVE CHECKED ON RESERVATIONS AT CELEBRITY AND I CAN GET A LONG TERM DISCOUNT AND SENIOR DISCOUNT PRICE OF $135. PER DAY. THAT LEAVES $62. A DAY FOR:

 

1. GRATUITIES WHICH WILL ONLY BE $10.. PER DAY.

 

2. I WILL HAVE AS MANY AS 10 MEALS A DAY IF I CAN WADDLE TO THE RESTAURANT OR I CAN HAVE ROOM SERVICE (WHICH I CAN HAVE BREAKFAST IN BED EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK).

 

3. CELEBRITY HAS AS MANY AS THREE SWIMMING POOLS, A WORKOUT ROOM, FREE WASHERS AND DRYERS, SHOWS EVERY NIGHT.

 

4. THEY HAVE FREE TOOTHPASTE AND RAZORS, AND ALL THE FREE SOAP AND SHAMPOO.

 

5. THEY WILL EVEN TREAT YOU LIKE A CUSTOMER ---- NOT A PATIENT. AN EXTRA FIVE BUCKS WORTH OF TIPS WILL HAVE THE ENTIRE STAFF SCRAMBLING TO HELP YOU.

 

6. I WILL GET TO MEET NEW PEOPLE EVERY 7 OR 14 DAYS.

 

7. T.V. BROKEN? LIGHT BULB NEED CHANGING? NEED TO HAVE A MATTRESS REPLACED? NO PROBLEM! THEY WILL FIX EVERYTHING AND APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR INCONVENIENCE.

 

8. CLEAN SHEETS AND TOWELS EVERY DAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK FOR THEM.

 

9 IF YOU FALL IN THE NURSING HOME AND BREAK A HIP YOU ARE ON MEDICARE. IF YOU FALL AND BREAK A HIP ON A CELEBRITY SHIP THEY WILL UPGRADE YOU TO A SUITE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE (CAN'T BEAT THAT). NOW HOLD ON FOR THE BEST-----DO YOU WANT TO SEE SOUTH AMERICA, THE PANAMA CANAL, TAHITI, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, ASIA, OR YOU NAME WHERE YOU WANT TO GO AND CELEBRITY WILL HAVE A SHIP READY TO GO. SO DON'T LOOK FOR ME IN A NURSING HOME JUST CALL SHORE TO SHIP. JUST FORWARD ALL MY E-MAIL TO ???????????

 

P.S. IF YOU DIE ,THE CAPTAIN GIVES YOU A FUNERAL AND THEY JUST DUMP YOU OVER THE SIDE ----AT NO CHARGE!

 

 

I loved Celebrity too but do you really beleive your steward will clean the poop off your behind and diaper you or that your waiter will spoon feed you?

 

Think about it-cruiseships and nursing homes services are nothing alike. And if you are well enough to care for yourself why in the world would you be in a nursing home?

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Okay, comparing it to a nursing home is pushing it, but it was tongue in cheek. However, depending on where you live, it could be an economical substitute for "assisted living".

 

When the time comes, I'll be including full time cruising in my price comparisons for choosing where to retire! ;)

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Packercruising,

 

Was it really a joke? Heck, I was already making plans.... Got it all figured out...

 

When I'm on land, sick, etc. I will just go live with one of my kids for a week or two. They won't get tired of me once in awhile and having five kids I could spend spend a couple of months a year on land so I don't get too tired of cruising.

 

As far as the bum-wiping and spoon feeding - I think when I get to that point I'll just jump overboard and hopefully the cruiseline will feel so guilty they will give my kids some $$$ and that will make up for their inheritance that I plan on spending while having fun!

 

It's a win-win situation!

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you might have meant it as a joke but a St Louis woman did that exact thing from age 55 to 83 on the old Regal line. Cheaper than high end assisted living. They kicked her off right before bankruptcy as she'd become "a danger to herself and others"

 

28 years of cruiseline retirement sounds wonderful

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Okay, comparing it to a nursing home is pushing it, but it was tongue in cheek. However, depending on where you live, it could be an economical substitute for "assisted living".

 

When the time comes, I'll be including full time cruising in my price comparisons for choosing where to retire! ;)

 

My friend's aunt is in assisted living. She can barely walk and dress her self and still needs ASSISTANCE. That is why it is called "assisted living." A nurse comes several times a week and helps her bathe,etc. -she also has help with housekeeping. Housekeeping you get on a cruiseship but I don't think you will get assistance in taking a shower. So there goes your theory.

 

Now if you are a rich little old lady and can also pay for a nurse to cruise with you then maybe you could do it.

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It was a joke!

 

 

I realized that but in the 3 years I have been coming here I have heard this over and over. so it is a worn out joke. I have also helped to take care of elderly ones so I know there is alot more to be considered then housekeeping and your meals cooked. As far as I am concerned there is nothing funny about growing old.

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I realized that but in the 3 years I have been coming here I have heard this over and over. so it is a worn out joke. I have also helped to take care of elderly ones so I know there is alot more to be considered then housekeeping and your meals cooked. As far as I am concerned there is nothing funny about growing old.

 

What's not funny, is NOT growing old:(. My dad died when I was 19. Nothing funny about that. My younger brother died when he was 48. Nothing funny about that either. I'm pushing 60 and it gets funnier all the time:cool: Life's too short not to laugh:)

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Packer!

 

I'm with you!!! I too have lost so many of my family at a young age and every day is a day to smile and not be serious. Sure, you gotta pay the bills, clean the house, do the everyday things, but why not have fun doing it?

 

I am a team captain for the American Cancer Relay for Life in memory of my mom, sisters, grandparents, aunts, etc. and have been asked to speak at many events. I do it all with enthusiam and have fun while I do it! That's what they would have wanted.

 

So what if this cruise thing is "an old joke" - heck, I'm new on these boards and haven't heard it before. I love the idea! I too have cared for older people and they would get such a chuckle at this whole idea themselves.

 

Keep the chuckles comin!

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I saw an ad for 1 -4 bedroom condos on a cruise ship. I know the price was over $1 million and they had fractional ownership in the hundred thousands. Does anyone know exactly how this works? Does this ship just stop at ports or have a destination at all? Not that I can afford it, but I was curious.

The World is such a ship already sailing. My mother and sister sailed her on a 10 day Mexican Riveria cruise. The interesting part is the "owners" have their own "apartment" they have bought, plus have a yearly "maintenance" fees... But they must provide their own food. Entertainment is non existent.

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Now if you are a rich little old lady and can also pay for a nurse to cruise with you then maybe you could do it.

 

Hmmm - since you would have to usually pay for two in a cabin anyway, I'll bet you could find a couple of nurses willing to cruise free in exchange for helping out some . . . . I do agree, though - if it came to the point where I couldn't do anything for myself, I'm overboard.

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talltexan,

Many people who live in assisted living apartments do exactly what you were talking about. Having a nurse come in is not ASSISTED living in my area it is called having a nurse come in. Assisted living is where seniors live when they cannot maintain a full household and it is easier for them to live in a community where meals are easily available and someone is there to be able to check on them on a daily basis.

 

There have been many REAL articles about just this thing. Yes, it is humorous to think about cruising your old age away, but many people take a serious look into this as an affordable way to live in an "assisted living" situation and still be very very active and independant.

 

So for all the grumps that have jumped Talls rump...

 

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-10/nu-cs-102104.php

http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3337029

http://www.healthinaging.org/agingintheknow/research_content.asp?id=9

 

Now hopefully they wont be so quick to jump on a fellow poster.

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Lighten up folks! My 84 yr old Mom is ROFL (not really, she wouldn't be able to get back up!). She would like to add that when she can no longer eat solid food she will just have fruit...........strawberry daquiris, and for personal hygiene there is always the pool;) Kidding...kidding...My sister is a DON in a nursing home so I can appreciate the "real" scenario but it IS fun to dream of things we would like to be able to do. As for us, I'm gonna book next week for April and Mom is going! She'll be the lady in the casino with the purse full of quarters strapped to her cane. Make me a reservation on that Celebrity ship:D

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What's not funny, is NOT growing old:(. My dad died when I was 19. Nothing funny about that. My younger brother died when he was 48. Nothing funny about that either. I'm pushing 60 and it gets funnier all the time:cool: Life's too short not to laugh:)

 

The "elderly person" I cared for was my father. He developed alzheimer's in his mid fifties and died at 63. He was really only elderly in his health not in actual age. I was only 28 at the time. The following year I had a baby daughter who died 23 hours after birth. Six years ago one of my best friends died after a car accident-a month before her 36th birthday. You are not telling me anything that I have not already experienced.

 

I do laugh and joke all the time- but it has to be something funny. I am sorry about your father and brother.

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If you could get two of your close NH friends to sail with you, I'm sure you could spare the extra $50/pax per day to pay a nurse to sail with you. If you have trouble finding a nurse, contact me. I'm sure I could staff a cruise ship nursing home 24/7 365 with RNs. You'd get a different RN every week or so but they'd all be top notch ready to go RNs; They'd just have to pay air fare and their cruise would be covered by the $150/day pay for three pax.

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