ResidenSea

On Friday a bunch of drama happened with the house. It was a bit stressful and it seemed we were facing a setback with our mortgage in terms of rates and down payment. Husband and I were frustrated and feeling a bit defeated. We went to happy hour at the bar we love and then came home to watch some TV. The Travel Channel had a bunch of Disney shows on and when it got too late I TiVo’d what I thought was Disney Splurge. After running errands and getting things sorted out this morning, we plopped down to watch the episode only to see that it was not Disney Splurge, but a show devoted to rich folk who decide to live on a cruise ship.

That’s right, I said live, not vacation, on a cruise ship.

We got hooked on it and watched the entire episode. The ship is called The World and it definately lives up to the name. People must have a minimum of $5 million dollars to live on board. Each ”apartment” has it’s own deck overlooking the water. The cool thing about living on a cruise ship is that you can stock your fridge with exotic foods. You spring water can be from England, cheese from Portugal, and soda from Germany. The tenants all vote on the stops and they often coincide with famous foreign events (they stopped in Cannes for the film festival). While the ship can hold thousands, at most there are maybe 300 people onboard so it’s very empty.

On deck 5 you can buy a $450,000 diamond necklace for someone special in your life.  Or if you’d like, there’s first run showings of the latest movies. What cruise ship lacks a casino? Not The World! It also boasts the first full sized tennis court on ship as well as a putting green with real grass! Hitting golf balls off ships was banned in 1991; however you can on the World! They have special golfballs that turn into fishfood in a couple of hours.

So if you have some spare millions available, you too could own a piece of The World.