A 357-DAY CRUISE

Luxury cruise line Mundy Cruising just announced a new, 357-day cruise that will hit all seven continents. Starting in Miami on Jan. 10, 2017, lucky (* and we use that word loosely) passengers will begin the longest cruise ship journey in the world by heading to South America on board the Crystal Serenity. The voyage is broken up by continents with short breaks, ranging from 13 to 39 days, time enough to go home and re-pack. During the cruise you’ll get to climb Machu Picchu, visit the Nazca Lines, head up to Christ the Redeemer, and cruise along the Amazon River. You’ll see Greece, Turkey, Spain, the UK, St. Petersburg, Russia, the Amalfi Coast, and the Vatican. You’ll travel to Alaska, San Francisco, and Costa Rica, through the Panama Canal and cruise up North America’s east coast to New England and Québec. You’ll see penguins in Antarctica and visit Hong Kong, Shanghai, Hiroshima, Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, the beaches of Thailand and the Philippines before coming home May 15, 2018. The cost? A whopping $155,000 per person, including business-class flights and all overseas transfers. A spokesperson for Mundy Cruising says the nearly year-long cruise “has the appeal of a world cruise but can be done in manageable chunks. It’s ideal for those who want the opportunity to return home and prepare for the next trip.”
* It gives you a chance to go home and feed the cat.
* If you’ve ever gone a cruise and thought, “I never got to know the cabin boy well enough,” this is the cruise for you.
* A year of cruise ship buffet food. Think of it as a chance to lose 30 to 50 pounds.
* How about the guy who sings in the lounge at night? “And now, here’s “New York, New York” for the 65th time!”
* 357 days, ’cause a perfect 365 days would be too much.
* Why has this not been available during this last year of election season? They would have had people begging to get away from the U.S. for a year.
* $155,000 per person may seem like a lot, but when you break it down, it’s just really expensive.
* Thanks, but I can see penguins in Antarctica on the internet.
* Wow, they should have time for several different disease outbreaks.
* They might even get attacked by Somali pirates more than once.
* Notice how they always call it a luxury cruise before the trouble starts.
* Hell, the Titanic was a luxury cruise.
* Get ready, Tom Hanks. We’re about to have another story for you.
* This all sounds great, but then where do you go next year?