A retired Australian couple became the celebs of the ocean as they spent nearly 500 days cruising around the globe after booking 51 back-to-back cruises.
Marty and Jess Ansen took off on their first cruise on June 16, 2022, after an extended two years of strict COVID-19 lockdowns in Australia.
They’ve yet to stop, booking a complete of 51 trips to this point.
The good-grandparents have stayed on board Princess Cruises’ 2,000-passenger Coral Princess for greater than 450 days — longer than many of the crew, including the captains — and expect to remain onboard the ship for 2 years.
“Eventually, I said to my [travel] agent: ‘Look, what ever comes, just book it,’” Marty told A Current Affair.
The couple claim it’s cheaper to cruise around the globe for 2 years than pay for a retirement home.
“It’s our lifestyle,” Jess told the outlet. The couple enjoyed cruises for many years prior to creating it their full-time living situation.
Among the many perks of the life-style are that there’s at all times something to do, from dancing to dinner, and it comes with a maid to wash your room.
“Where else are you able to go where you go for dinner, you go to a show, you go dancing?” Jess said. “Through the day, you could have all these activities.”
Jess particularly benefit from the ballroom and hula dancing, while Marty enjoys making “lifelong friends.”
“Now, we don’t must wash up anymore, or make the bed,” Marty excitedly said. “We don’t know make a because we haven’t done it for thus long, so now now we have to remain on board just to remain alive,” he joked.
They begin every day playing ping pong, and revel in cracking open a few beers to sit down on their balcony and soak up the views.
The fun couple have been an on-board family with the crew, who like to see the pair each time they board for one more cruise. Even those just popping on for a single cruise have heard in regards to the well-traveled pair and need to say hi.
“Everyone knows them across the ship, they’re principally celebrities onboard,” the ship’s hotel manager, Ren van Rooyen, said.
Their celebrity status will last one other eight months before the couple disembarks.
Nevertheless it won’t be the top of their world travels. They plan to hop on board the cruise line’s Crown Princess, an excellent larger ship, for one more yr.
As for his or her family, they see them after they stop at ports near their homes.
“It’s an exquisite life,” Marty told the outlet.
A retired Australian couple became the celebs of the ocean as they spent nearly 500 days cruising around the globe after booking 51 back-to-back cruises.
Marty and Jess Ansen took off on their first cruise on June 16, 2022, after an extended two years of strict COVID-19 lockdowns in Australia.
They’ve yet to stop, booking a complete of 51 trips to this point.
The good-grandparents have stayed on board Princess Cruises’ 2,000-passenger Coral Princess for greater than 450 days — longer than many of the crew, including the captains — and expect to remain onboard the ship for 2 years.
“Eventually, I said to my [travel] agent: ‘Look, what ever comes, just book it,’” Marty told A Current Affair.
The couple claim it’s cheaper to cruise around the globe for 2 years than pay for a retirement home.
“It’s our lifestyle,” Jess told the outlet. The couple enjoyed cruises for many years prior to creating it their full-time living situation.
Among the many perks of the life-style are that there’s at all times something to do, from dancing to dinner, and it comes with a maid to wash your room.
“Where else are you able to go where you go for dinner, you go to a show, you go dancing?” Jess said. “Through the day, you could have all these activities.”
Jess particularly benefit from the ballroom and hula dancing, while Marty enjoys making “lifelong friends.”
“Now, we don’t must wash up anymore, or make the bed,” Marty excitedly said. “We don’t know make a because we haven’t done it for thus long, so now now we have to remain on board just to remain alive,” he joked.
They begin every day playing ping pong, and revel in cracking open a few beers to sit down on their balcony and soak up the views.
The fun couple have been an on-board family with the crew, who like to see the pair each time they board for one more cruise. Even those just popping on for a single cruise have heard in regards to the well-traveled pair and need to say hi.
“Everyone knows them across the ship, they’re principally celebrities onboard,” the ship’s hotel manager, Ren van Rooyen, said.
Their celebrity status will last one other eight months before the couple disembarks.
Nevertheless it won’t be the top of their world travels. They plan to hop on board the cruise line’s Crown Princess, an excellent larger ship, for one more yr.
As for his or her family, they see them after they stop at ports near their homes.
“It’s an exquisite life,” Marty told the outlet.
