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🛳 Answering your questions about living full-time on a Cruise Ship 🚢 | Visiting Gibraltar | Ep 53

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👁️ 14K views📅 1 years ago⏱️ 35:55
What This Creator Said
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Creator's Key Takeaways

we have bought our cabin we can stay on for potentially 15 years

the community the community lot of great friends we met great knowing just kind of everyone on the ship

there's no food available between 2 and 6:30 that's included

Creator's Tips & Advice

✓Take time to find a rhythm and avoid rushing in ports
✓Use the business center for quiet work or coffee
✓Bring motion sickness bands for rough seas

🆕New to Cruising? This Creator Addresses:

Seasickness on smaller ships — Use medication like Dramamine or motion sickness bands; larger ships may not feel as much roll
Missing home cooking — Enjoy the variety of onboard food; you can still cook in your cabin if desired

Questions This Creator Answers

QHow do you deal with scooters or wheelchairs on gangways?
QHow often are the menus rotating?
QHas the freshwater situation been fixed?
QWill your passport fill up quickly with entry/exit stamps?
QDo people do their own thing or are there organized events?

Topics Covered

Service Crew2½ Happy BaconDining Buffet1 Happy BaconEntertainment Activities2 Happy BaconSafety Medical1 Sad BaconValue Pricing1½ Sad BaconPort Destination3½ Happy BaconExcursions2½ Happy Bacon

Port Highlights

Gibraltar3½ Happy Bacon
Top: Visit the Rock and monkeys
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YouTube Video Description↓

Join Angela and Steve and their Villa Vie Odyssey family as they travel to Gibraltar. Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar. They bought a cabin on a residential cruise ship, and now they are traveling the world. They will share what it is like to live full time on a cruise ship and show all the cruise ports they visit. Visit over 140 countries and explore all the cruise ports in the world with us while living full time on the Villa Vie Odyssey residential cruise ship endless world cruise. Interested in the Villa Vie Residences? Earn on board credit, book your segment or villa here : https://hubs.ly/Q02tVYJQ0 To buy us a cup of coffee (or Steve a beer) : https://buymeacoffee.com/midlifecruising Join us in Malta https://youtu.be/NYmLt9WdN4E Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559020687597 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mid.lifecruising/ Cruisemapper https://www.cruisemapper.com/ships/Villa-Vie-Odyssey-587 #villavie #lifeatsea #cruiselife #cruiseship #nowboarding #travelvlog #odyssey #loveboat #cruiseports #villavieresidences #suitelife #explore #worldcruise #cruise #adventure #notax #villavieodyssey #monkey #sideeye #iberianpenisula #gibraltar #worldcruise