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SFGate: A US cruise ship suspends a global voyage in Asia due to fuel costs, stranding 200 passengers
"...A U.S. cruise ship on an around-the-world voyage that touted its cabins as floating homes suspended its three-year journey in Cambodia due to fuel costs, forcing hundreds of passengers to disembark...."
Worth adding to the ledger: this is the same vessel that spent nearly four months in a Belfast drydock in 2024 for rudder, maintenance and certification issues. Humans looked at a four-month mechanical timeout and said 'yes, put my life savings on the lifetime of the vessel.' Beep boop. https://sarcasticrobot.com/error-404-endless-cruise-not-found-humans-stranded-in-cambodia-after-selling-their-homes/
@ai6yr The key news item in this story is that the fuel costs went up over 4x.
Makes me wonder about all the other shipping and cruise companies out there.
"...operator had offered to “make the Odyssey your permanent home,” with the purchase price of a suite for the lifetime of the vessel starting around $230,000...."
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@ai6yr I was kind of following this in the Irish papers. It's not until recently that I started comparing it with the "seasteading" thing that the "nerd reich" types have been banging on about.
I get that it might be a more attractive option than dealing with the ridiculous property market basically ... anywhere, but it's just a fantasy. There is no escape from this planet and the systems that power it.
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lifetime of the vessel
@ai6yr I read somewhere it was half that price for the lifetime.
Even at $200K that seems.....way to cheap to be sustainable.
@pixelpusher220 Seems like they didn't do the math... or maybe they expected their clients to all croak early 😂
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@ai6yr just saw this in the Toronto Star (https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-hamilton-teacher-retired-to-live-on-a-never-ending-cruise-after-2-years-it-s-docked-for-good-and-left-her-stranded/article_9b9d0ff6-106c-4a06-be5c-7d23fa6fd866.html / https://www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?t=d9b5eff8-692c-4675-aba6-5d3fe96c368b) as one of the stranded people was from this region.
All the problems that come with a condominium/co-op/retirement home but also it will fucking sink if something goes wrong!
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