The World

[fillyboy]

Saw a cruise liner moored up in Falmouth earlier, nothing unusual in that,
except it was this bad boy

https://aboardtheworld.com/

Moored up and empty apart from a few crew due to covid, what a strange lifestyle though. If I were a billionaire, I'm sure I could find better ways to spend my time, perhaps an occasional cruise, but not one lasting years and years.

 

[motorbiking]

$1-7M a room + annual costs, which I'd assume to be 10-15% so that's another 150k. Doesn't make much sense, when you could get this for similar money. I'm assuming there are tax benefits as you'd avoid income tax.

 

[bernardgreen]

An international community of Residents & Guests spend extensive time exploring the most exotic and well-traveled destinations, and return onboard to a lifestyle that exists nowhere else on earth.

Nowhere else on earth, of course not.... the ship isn't on earth, it floats on water

 

[fillyboy]

Nowhere else on earth, of course not.... the ship isn't on earth, it floats on water

Good point.

 

[crystal ball]

These have become a tourist attraction, a local ferry operator is running sightseeing trips, its an ill wind ...
https://www.weareweymouth.co.uk/news/cruise-ships-in-weymouth-bay/

 

[fillyboy]

These have become a tourist attraction, a local ferry operator is running sightseeing trips, its an ill wind ...
https://www.weareweymouth.co.uk/news/cruise-ships-in-weymouth-bay/

Yeah heard about them on the radio last week. I wonder how long it will be before the cruise industry recovers. It's seen huge growth in recent years, might be a year before it recovers, if ever.

 

[crystal ball]

Some people are hooked on cruising, we had a couple to accompany the in laws (not my thing) and all people talked about was their last cruise, their next cruise ... they would not entertain any other sort of holiday, brand loyalty seemed very strong too, I think as soon as restrictions are lifted there will be a scrummage for places

 

[Brigadier]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_on_Diamond_Princess?wprov=sfla1

 

[Trazor]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_on_Diamond_Princess?wprov=sfla1

It's strange that only 712 of 3,711 people on board were infected.

In such a close environment you would have expected more infections, considering the average age of the 2666 passengers was 69.

 

[JohnD]

perhaps the passengers spent their days locked in their cabins, once they became aware of the risk, from day 5 onwards, rather than jitterbugging around the bars.

The fatalities were all passengers, and all of retirement age, excepting a couple whose ages are not disclosed.

I understand the crew mostly lived in very confined and crowded quarters

Wikipedia says 3618 people were tested and there were 3711 people on board, with 696 testing positive (plus 2 after disembarkation) and 14 deaths.

the figures do not tally exactly

The infection rates are shown as
567 infected out of 2,666 passengers (about 21% infected)
145 infected out of 1,045 crew (about 14% infected)
totalling 712 infected out of 3711 people tested

Of infected passengers, the death rate was 2.5%
And of the more youthful crew, 0%

 

[Brigadier]

It's strange that only 712 of 3,711 people on board were infected.

In such a close environment you would have expected more infections, considering the average age of the 2666 passengers was 69.

I thought that too, especially with the typical press reporting of norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships (where you would be forgiven for thinking that everyone was clamped to a bog during one)

 

[crystal ball]

Since the Norovirus outbreaks all the ships I have been on had stringent cleaning regimes , disinfecting handrails, sanitising gel outside restaurants and bars with crew members enforcing the rules, maybe that kept Covid cases down

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Drifting around in a floating petri dish, stuffing yourself with food and drink, watching faded, has-been acts in the cabaret while being stuck with the same wrinklies for 2 weeks. Suddenly cruising doesn't sound so appealing.

 

[crystal ball]

Drifting around in a floating petri dish, stuffing yourself with food and drink, watching faded, has-been acts in the cabaret while being stuck with the same wrinklies for 2 weeks. Suddenly cruising doesn't sound so appealing.

It isn't for us, don't mind river cruising so much plenty to see and frequent stops

 

[Brigadier]

Drifting around in a floating petri dish, stuffing yourself with food and drink, watching faded, has-been acts in the cabaret while being stuck with the same wrinklies for 2 weeks.

Just like GD then. Except only for two weeks.