Bon VoyageBelfast

Many couples have leased their cabins and intend to sail for longer ....one couple said 15 years or until they die ....I don't get it myself ....but we are all different I guess 🤷‍♀️

I was chatting to my friend about this story yesterday. She sent me this photo with the fees attached. It seems you buy your cabin/suite then pay a monthly fee . An eye watering amount of money so presumably money is no object to the travellers.

It’s all inclusive apart from alcohol which is only at meal times. Laundry and housekeeping are once every 2 weeks. So remember to bring a ball of string and pegs to set up a washing line for the balcony 😀

With those fees! Perhaps not!!

I was on a ship for 6 weeks coming to the UK from NZ. Admittedly it was no cruise but even with the daily routine of deck games, swimming, schoolwork (I was a child) meals, cinema and stopoffs in various ports, it was very boring when we were at sea for days on end.
"You join the navy, to see the world and what do you see, you see the sea".

Apologies. I got carried away. The ship is Odyssey. Not Belfast. So Bon Voyage Odyssey.

Whether I could afford it or not, that would be my idea of absolute hell on earth.

What are the fees?

I read just now the ship has had to return to port. Beset by woes of one kind or another it seems. Perhaps an old ship now needing attention. A flaming old folks home. I can see the attractions in some ways. Access to a doctor and a dentist being two of them!

Like a prison on sea but costing £7.500 per month after having bought the room for £330.000..

Bargain how do they ever escape I wonder...

I guess it's cheaper than a care home!

There are round world cruises and other long options that don't involve buying The cabin.

Paperwork allegedly FGT.

Spoke too soon?
From the BBC. Website
A cruise ship, which finally set sail from Belfast on Monday after months of delays, is set to return to the port on Tuesday afternoon
The round-the-world cruise liner anchored off the coast of Northern Ireland overnight on Monday and was expected to set sail again on Tuesday
But passengers have been told they will be returning to the port so some final pieces of paperwork can be completed
According to the Belfast Harbour website, the ship will arrive back in the port at 13:30 BST on Tuesday

Shortest cruise ever? 🚢🚢🚢🚢.

A couple who met on the boat have got engaged.

My son used to work on cruise ships. Many retired older people used to do back to back cruises and also the long boring re positioning cruises which were cheaper.
He got to know some people quite well, he told some were wealthy but some had sold family homes and lived in park homes or trailer parks to fund the cruises. They likened it to care homes, food, laundry, entertainment, company provided, even a Doctor on board. They had a few deaths over the years so the onboard mortuary was well used.
Not for me but for some can see the attraction.

We went on a cruise 10 years ago. It was an amazing experience going round the Mediterranean stopping at different places. We were on board for 2 weeks but it was long enough. I couldn't imagine being on board for anything longer than that apart from the cost.

Oops looks like they are on their way back to Belfast , administrative error or something!!!

I know someone who constantly cruises.
I tease her that she doesn't even know where she's going!
She flew to Miami to meet their Caribbean cruise ship.
When I reminded her that she'd been to Florida she denied it.

I am always amazed at how people don't know where they are flying/sailing to. I always consult the atlas to track my journey. Everyone's different.

I’m amazed they all seem to be so easy going about it. Americans are the most litigious people on the planet so there must be some very disappointed lawyers back home!

I wonder if it has left yet.

Despite how expensive it is to cruise on this ship I was a bit surprised to see it’s an old Fred Olsen cast-off, the Braemar!

To begin with I thought it was brand new. Not 30 years old and 2nd hand. Yes the passengers are being very gung ho.

The name of the ship should have been a warning...

No it’s not left yet they said another three or so days !
It would be my idea of hell on earth
Sone people are taking pets how cruel is that a dog or cat that never sees a bit of grass or a tree
Some are expecting to spend their lives on it !!!! Oh goodness that’s got to be totally punishment