Kit and I have heard this many times: the contention that someone is “too old” to live on a ship traveling the entire world — or even to travel at all.
Personalities
Video Tours of Our Ship Food Service
Want to see what we eat on the Odyssey? It’s all here in videos from two of our friends onboard from the Youtube channel Living Life on a Cruise.
Polishing Up On History
During my first visit to Edinburgh, Scotland, I visited the Royal Yacht Britannia. It was my first time on a a ship of that class.
Our Talented Performers
I’m often asked if we have entertainment onboard, “like a regular cruise ship.” Indeed so. They vary in their quality, right up to absolutely superb.
The Light at Night
I’ve talked about “community” and the talented people on board our ship from several different angles. This one is a very different angle.
The Tobago Surprise
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an island nation I’ve long known of since learning about the West Indies. I learned a bit more because our ship’s Chief Purser, Alex, grew up there, and still lives there.
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.