Could you live on a cruise ship?

You are allowed to get off the ship !!!! At Ports of Calls ... lots of trees on land ...

Don’t think the cats would be impressed.

I am a serial cruiser - 30+ so far. However my limit is two weeks. I get bored with on board entertainment etc. I love no housework or cooking, but miss being able to grab a cup of tea of a snack without a trek to the buffet.

Has anyone had an IKEA kitchen. If so what do you rate it. I’ve been looking for a while now and can’t believe some of the costs.

Kitty55,
You'll get more responses if you start a new thread, I'm sure.

I've heard good things about IKEA kitchens, but have not had one.

Absolutely not. My idea of a nightmare. Being stuck on a ship with the same set of people forever...No way Jose. Cruise ships are environmentally unfriendly, being huge, and docking at ports like Venice, with sudden influx of 000s of cruise ship passengers eroding the ambiance and charm, and previous experience of visiting so many lovely ports. So, on so many levels, not for me. (I am reminded of people I have met who semi? permanently live in hotels abroad, for 1/2, or all the year, by renting out their homes.) Alright for some maybe.

I wouldn’t go on one for a holiday so can’t imagine the horror of being on one permanently

The problem is that there are so many different types of cruises, but, judging by reponses here, including my own, we are all giving our views on cruises in big ships with lots of entertainment and facilities.

But when I think about it, I have actually been on 4 cruises but each totally different from the other. The first was on the Nile, and the ship was pure Agatha Christie, built during WW1 with about 30 cabins. Then we went on a winter cruise up the Norwegian coast and into the Arctic circle. The Hurtigtuten ships were still effectively ferries with cabins like glorified Brittany Ferrries cabins, no entertainment or leisure facilities except lounges with huge windows and all meals were at a fixed time but all buffet, so we could eat as much as we wanted of really good freshly prepared and cooked food. Then there was the classic cruiser which was definitely my least favourite. Then we did a German rivers cruise, entirely different again. Mooring up in the centres of towns and having all day to explore them on our own or with a tour.

The question, however, was about living your life on a cruiser, and to be fair, you would not live permanently on a river cruiser, Nile or Rhine, or even a cruiser going up and down the Norwegian coast, week after week,

I think I would put on sooo much weight! I like to eat when I am hungry, not at set times.

But I think I could enjoy for a month or 2 visiting new places