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.
Personalities
The Mystery of the Traveling Shoes
A resident Kit and I are friends with keeps finding shoes as she travels from city to city (including long before she got aboard our ship). That’s right, shoes, and definitely not usually broken-down discards.
Interesting People
We have all sorts of interesting people onboard — Residents, I mean. I thought I’d tell you about one you’ll likely recognize. I certainly knew his name — and I was able to tell him his own surname.
The Officers Answer Questions
Some Q&As with, particularly, our two captains helps to explain the differences between cruising, and Residential Cruising.
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
The GrandMama of Residential Cruising
Lee Wachtstetter and her husband, Mason, liked to cruise: they did 89 journeys together, starting in 1962, to the Bahamas. “The day before my husband died of cancer in 1997, he told me, ‘Don’t stop cruising’,” she said in 2015. She is one of the first modern Residential Cruisers.