Kamilia Ross
Really Experienced
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- Jan 6, 2006
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Recently a friend of mine went through the western Mediterranean aboard a
Princess liner. At dinner she noticed an elderly lady sitting alone along
the rail of the grand stairway in the main dining room. she also noticed
that all the staff, ships officers, waiters, busboys, etc, all seemed very
familiar with this lady.
She asked the waiter who the lady was, expecting to be told 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 she left the dining room one evening my friend, caught her eye and
stopped to say hello. They chatted and she 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.
AN ALTERNATIVE RETIREMENT HOME - 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 at 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 to 14 days.
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
8. Clean sheets and towels every day, and you don't even have to ask for them.
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.
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.
P.S. And don't forget, when you die, they just dump you over the side at no
charge !
Princess liner. At dinner she noticed an elderly lady sitting alone along
the rail of the grand stairway in the main dining room. she also noticed
that all the staff, ships officers, waiters, busboys, etc, all seemed very
familiar with this lady.
She asked the waiter who the lady was, expecting to be told 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 she left the dining room one evening my friend, caught her eye and
stopped to say hello. They chatted and she 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.
AN ALTERNATIVE RETIREMENT HOME - 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 at 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 to 14 days.
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
8. Clean sheets and towels every day, and you don't even have to ask for them.
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.
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.
P.S. And don't forget, when you die, they just dump you over the side at no
charge !
