Before I get to the travel logs, I thought I would share a little bit about how our life on the Villa Vie Odyssey has been going. In a couple words - pretty good. Since we arrived in Bali, Indonesia, we haven't had as many "sea days", where we slowly head to the next port. The new routine has been spending 2 to 4 days at a port, travel for a day or two then spend another 2 to 4 days at the next po...
We continue to float/sail around the Indonesian islands slowly. Why do they call it "sail" when we use engines and not sails? I guess "engining" around the ocean would sound funny. What would you call it? Maybe cruising the Indonesian islands? We recently picked up a bunch of new residents, and some that have already been onboard and are returning. Lately, I've been trying to be more sociable...
In my previous blog, I jokingly mentioned my confusion about using the term "sailing". A reader, who has been a mariner for over 45 years emailed me and let me know that the correct nautical term is "steaming". This is also funny and outdated, as I don't think there are many ships powered by steam anymore. I may stick with the incorrect nautical term of "cruising". Below, you'l...
As I write this, we've past our 100-days at sea anniversary. In the past 100+ days, we've visited 7 countries and stopped at 19 different ports. Time has gone by quickly, even the cruising days at sea. Lately, I've upped my social presence. Normally, Connie's the "Social Butterfly" in our family. With her being off ship, I've forced myself to step up and try to meet more people and ...
With about 6-weeks left until we embark on our new adventure, we're trying to take care of last issues, and thinking of what we're forgetting. Cruising fulltime on the Villa Vie Odyssey brings up several logistical challenges. Luckily, many other people have been on the Odyssey for over a year, and Villa Vie Residences has figured out how to handle some of these ...
New Villa Vie Odyssey 5-Year Purchase Plan We bought a "Porthole Cabin" on the Villa Vie Odyssey. After we're onboard and see our cabin and if we don't like the porthole cabin, we have the option to upgrade to a full window cabin for a little more cost. Our purchase of the cabin is for 15+ years, or the life of the ship. However, Villa Vie recently came out with a new 5-year purchas...
As our date to move onto the Villa Vie Odyssey for our world cruise approaches, we've been taking care of last-minute details. Keeping our priorities straight, we went on a Mediterranean cruise! We had this 21-day Princess cruise planned almost a year ago. When we decided to start cruising fulltime, we canceled many of our future travel plans, but not this cruise. Originally, we planned ...
What Residential Cruising Is Residential cruising is making a cruise ship your permanent or long-term home as you travel the world. Unlike a standard vacation, this lifestyle is built around living at sea in a residential unit, with the ship stopping in new ports for several days at a time. For travelers who want to see the world without uprooting their lives for each new destination, it offe...
Whenever we mention to someone about our plans to cruise fulltime, the question of ownership or renting a cabin on the ship comes up. Villa Vie Residences has changed their ownership and rental plans a bit over the past year. The prices have also slightly risen in the past 12 months since they started sailing. We purchased our deck 3 porthole cabin while there was a sale, ...
Well.... now I've done it. We cancelled many of our planned upcoming trips. The RV trip to Quartzsite in January, the rental RV trip in Spain this coming September, the Dominican Republic resort trip in May, and our RV trip on the Natchez Trace Trail next September all got chopped. However, we're still taking our Mediterranean cruise in October. This all started when our longti...
