- 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.
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- 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".
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- 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:
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- 1. Gratuities which will only be $10
per day.
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- 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).
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- 3. Princess has as many as three swimming
pools, a workout room, free washers and dryers, and shows every night.
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- 4. They have free toothpaste and razors,
and free soap and shampoo.
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- 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.
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- 6. I will get to meet new people every
7 or 14 days.
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- 7. T.V. broken? Light bulb need changing?
Need to have the mattress replaced? No Problem! They will fix everything
and apologize for your inconvenience.
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- 8. Clean sheets and towels every day,
and you don't even have to ask for them.
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- 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.
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- 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?
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- Princess will have a ship ready to go.
So don't look for me in a nursing home, just call shore to ship.
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- PS: And don't forget, when you die, they
just dump you over the side -- at no charge
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