Post by Heelandcoo on Mar 28, 2006 6:58:55 GMT -2
About 2 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 also noticed that all the staff, ships officers,
waiters, busboys, etc., all seemed very familiar with this lady. I asked our
waiter who the lady was, expecting to be told that 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 per day. I have checked on
reservations on a 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 and razors, and free 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 or 14 days.
7. TV broken? Light bulb needs 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 fo them.
9. If you fall in the nursing home and break a hip you are on
Medicare; if fall on a ship you are given keys 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.
PS: And don't forget, when you die, they just dump you over the
side -- at no charge!
Angel mibee that's whit ah should dae git oan yin oh thum cruises an huv a ball.....lol sounds like fun tae me