Wanted to share this with you.......

[JuniorCruiser]

No Nursing Home For Me!

>

> About two years ago my wife and I were on a cruise

> through the western

> Mediterranean aboard a Princess liner.

>

> At dinner we noticed an elderly lady sitting alone

> along the rail of the

> grand stairway in the main dining room. I noticed

> that all the staff,

> ship officers, waiters, busboys, etc. all seemed

> very familiar with this

> lady.

>

> I asked our waiter who the lady was, expecting to be

> told she owned the

> line, but he said he only knew that she had been on

> board for the last

> four

> cruises, back to back.

>

> As we left the dining room one evening, I caught

> her eye and stopped to

> say

> hello. We chatted and I said, "I understand you've

> been on this ship

> for the last four cruises." She replied, "Yes,

> that's true." I stated,

> "I don't understand" and she replied without a

> pause, "It's cheaper than

> a nursing home."

>

> So, there will be no nursing home in my future.

> When I get old and

> feeble, I am going to get on a Princess cruise

> ship. The average cost

> for a nursing home is $200 a day. I have checked on

> reservations at

> Princess and I can get a long term discount and

> senior discount price of

> $135 per day. That leaves $65 a day for:

>

> 1. Gratuities which will only be $10 per day.

>

> 2. I will have as many as 10 meals a day if I can

> waddle to the

> restaurant or I can have room service (which means

> I can have breakfast

> in bed every day of the week.)

>

> 3. Princess has as many as three swimming pools, a

> workout room, free

> washers and dryers and shows every night.

>

> 4. They have free toothpaste, razors, soap and

> shampoo.

>

> 5. They will even treat you like a customer, not a

> patient. An extra $5

> worth of tips will have the entire staff scrambling

> to help you.

>

> 6. I will get to meet new people every 7 to 14

> days.

>

> 7. TV broken? Light bulb need changing? Need to have

> the mattress

> replaced? No problem! They will fix everything and

> apologize for your

> inconvenience

>

> 8. Clean sheets and towels every day and you don't

> even have to ask for

> them.

>

> 9. If you fall in the nursing home and break a hip,

> you are on Medicare.

> If you fall and break a hip on the Princess ship,

> they will upgrade you

> to a suite for the rest of your life.

>

> Now hold on for the best! Do you want to see South

> America, the Panama

> Canal, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand, Asia or name

> where you want to

> go?

>

> Princess will have a ship ready to go. So don't look

> for me in a nursing

> home, just call shore to ship.

>

> P. S. And don't forget, when you die, they just

> dump you over the side

> at no charge!

[DEL67]

Sounds like a great idea!

[takeabreath3]

oh that sounds like a great way to spend your later years....count me in.

 

i have now rethunk my retirement plan.

 

thanks for the idea!!

 

judy

[megessey]

I wonder how much would you have to tip the cabin steward each day to change your diapers?

[Patfan]

You just made my day!!:):):):):)

[chubbycheeks]

This is interesting as well check it out. :)

 

http://snopes.com/travel/trap/retire.asp

[cruzfiend]

I'm ready to sign up!!!:D :D

[Grumm]

I think I've met the lady in question. Without putting too fine a point on it, did she vaguely resemble Jackie Stallone? Did she have her own especially roped-off space in the piano bar?

 

Alan

[MGoBlue2]

The problem being that by the time you need a Nursing Home a cruise ship could not take care of you.

[FunCruiser56]

Sign me up!! I have about 15 years before I retire, think I can get an early booking discount? I will be Diamond Plus PLUS by then. I can sell my 'gifts' on ebay for a little extra $$

 

Funcruiser

[mtchg]

...On Carnival I even participated once. Let's put aside the pros and cons

on the quality of art, etc..

 

My main complaint is that RCI continues to ruin the beauty and ambiance

of their centrums by insisting on holding these loud, raucus affairs right there.

The logic is obvious, "captive audience", but I find it very annoying.

 

Even Carnival holds them in one of their many large lounges, but not in

their atriums.

 

These auctions must be huge cashcows for the cruise companies. I know

they are not going away, nor do I even want them too. I just wish on Royal Caribbean I did not have to trip over them in the Centrum.

 

What are YOUR thoughts on this and the Auctions (which are not true auctions, but that's another matter)???

 

 

Mitch

[mtchg]

,,,I did start a new thread elsewhere..

 

Mitch