Wow! I highly recommend taking the time to read this one. It just keeps giving and giving the further you read. Unbelievable.
Oh man, I want to drop spoilers so bad, lol. Just read.
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Damn I’m glad you said that. I wasn’t really interested in reading about people who would do this, but I went back, and what a total shitshow. Norovirus not required.
edit: also regarding the new company helping these people in need
Its website currently advertises “boutique cruise liners” selling duty free gold bullion, diamonds and gems onboard.
Where’s that tiny violin?
I can echo this 😂🤣 actually a decent article, with lots of info. And it's a rollercoaster, those poor idiots that bought tickets...
And the whole situation still has so much more to give as well.
It's a news article, not a tv show. There's nothing to "spoil" lol.
I disagree. What I was going to say would mess up the reading adventure of this article. It was so good I read it aloud to my wife. lol
I won't open any links unless someone let's me know what it's about in the comments, and it seems like something worth reading.
In other words, no "spoilers", no read.
3 different 'businesses' pushing long term cruises... none of which actually own ships. what could go wrong?
One norovirus outbreak would see to that anyway.
Some of the passengers who booked the 111 cabins sold are still in Istanbul, having made their way there ahead of the original departure date. Others say they have nowhere to return to, having sold or rented out their homes in anticipation of the round-the-world voyage, as well as jettisoning their possessions.
oof. Regardless of the class makeup of the passengers that fucking suuuuuuuuucks.
I think people who sold all their things to make this work couldn't have been too rich
Maybe boomers who planned to just die before the cruise was over??
I believe the route was planned such that wherever you go, the weather was nice. It sounded amazing to me: travel the world, no home maintenance, no car maintenance, no commuting, no packing/unpacking, food included.
Well yeah, we're melting all the sea ice so hitting up Antarctica would yield you a nice vista of flowers blooming. You could wear jorts and a Hawaiian shirt off the coast of what used to be permafrost.
He said that while the company had made the down payment for the ship, the investors “declined to support us further due to unrest in the Middle East.”
What a completely unpredictable, unprecedented turn of events! No wonder the investors pulled out!
It's like a reverse fire festival