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Coul you live on a cruise ship

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nanna8 Thu 23-Jul-26 03:57:43

I have come across a couple of people who spend their lives permanently cruising. They actually live on board and some pay a sort of rent to keep their suite. I couldn’t stand it, personally but I suppose you do meet a lot of different people from different countries. The main cruisers we come across are Aussies, Kiwis, Canadians, Americans and South Africans but not a lot of others except if you go over to Singapore where Chinese and Malaysian people like to cruise.

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lovethepuppies Thu 23-Jul-26 04:06:31

No thank you. Especially after seeing a couple of documentaries about when things go wrong on these ships. I know that's really rare but the idea of being stuck on a vessel in the ocean is a bit scary. If you lived on it, I suppose you'd spend a lot more time in your own room, doing your own thing though.

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Trisha99 Thu 23-Jul-26 05:21:09

A definite NO from me- in an odd way I’d find it claustrophobic and I’d miss being able to enjoy a cup of tea in the garden whenever the fancy takes me!

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Bellasnana Thu 23-Jul-26 05:45:44

It depends really. At the moment I most definitely would not want to do it, but if it came to the choice between living on a cruise ship or going into a care home then give me the cruise any day, not that I could afford it!😅

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grandMattie Thu 23-Jul-26 06:06:35

Never. My worst nightmare!
Imagine never being under a tree, hearing the babble of the proverbial brook, children’s happy shouting when playing or coming out of school, dawn chorus…
Never seeing a field of corn, a wood full of bluebells. Oh no, not for me.
Terracotta for me, as 2Jags John Prescott famously said. 😂

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Calendargirl Thu 23-Jul-26 06:23:15

No.

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Plevey08 Thu 23-Jul-26 06:29:37

I'd jump overboard 😉

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Greenfinch Thu 23-Jul-26 06:48:55

No. A maximum of two weeks would be enough for me.

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Aveline Thu 23-Jul-26 06:52:08

You could of course come ashore for visits.

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M0nica Thu 23-Jul-26 07:10:55

grandMattie

Never. My worst nightmare!
Imagine never being under a tree, hearing the babble of the proverbial brook, children’s happy shouting when playing or coming out of school, dawn chorus…
Never seeing a field of corn, a wood full of bluebells. Oh no, not for me.
Terracotta for me, as 2Jags John Prescott famously said. 😂

Exactly,

Everybody your age and income or similar, no structure to your life, not needing to do any particular deed, being contained within a couple of hundred of feet of your cabin for weeks on end.

I would go stir crazy.

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MartavTaurus Thu 23-Jul-26 07:10:55

No.
Where would my dogs run?

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tanith Thu 23-Jul-26 07:16:29

Absolutely not! For all the reasons already mentioned.

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ginny Thu 23-Jul-26 07:54:34

We enjoy a cruise for a couple of weeks but no, I wouldn’t want it to be permanent.

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BlueBelle Thu 23-Jul-26 07:59:28

NOOOOOO. Couldn’t think of anything worse

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AGAA4 Thu 23-Jul-26 08:04:34

Even a two week holiday would be too long for me on a cruise ship but to live on one would be a nightmare.

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