This ain’t the Love Boat, but you would be excused to think maybe there’s an element of that, according to recent news headlines. Because, sure, there is an element of that.
News
BBC Documentary: The Never-Ending Cruise Story
“The round the world cruise that was stranded in Belfast. After months of delays, the ship finally set sail. Find out how the passengers stayed upbeat while their trip of a lifetime started with the stress of being stuck in Northern Ireland. We hear from those who are calling the cruise home for the next three years.” —BBC
Let Me Count the Ways
I won’t dissect every “wrong” article in the press about our journey, but one in particular is so bad I couldn’t help myself.
Home At Last
We are finally aboard our ship, after it finally passed all inspections (including the unfair ones, and the truly stupid ones), marking the true start of our Residential Cruising life.
We Are Not “Stranded”
Gee, thanks, BBC. They started it — how we’re “stranded” in Belfast.
Victoria Cruises Investigated for Fraud
Formal investigations of would-be Residential Cruising company Victoria Cruises Line, aka VCL, have started, and the first enforcement action was taken on Friday (7 June 2024). In order to provide full and fair clarity, this article is necessarily long.
Victoria Cruises Accused of Holding Refunds
Summary: Victoria Cruises Line, a would-be Residential Cruising ship operator, is becoming well known in various Facebook groups, including one called Victoria Cruise Residents, for not refunding customer deposits in a timely manner, even as provided by their own contract.
Life At Sea is Dead
Life At Sea, one of several companies working to break into the Residential Cruising market, has failed. They are not one of the companies we have been working with.
Life At Sea: Can You Really Live for $30,000?
As recently as late June 2023, Fortune magazine was touting Life At Sea Cruises’ $30,000/year 3-year cruise, and “all inclusive” at that. Is that real?