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A Three-Year Cruise Ends Early, and the Floating Home Loses Its Address
· New York time
The Odyssey has ended its voyage because of fuel costs, leaving passengers who had made their homes aboard the U.S. cruise ship without them. The vessel set sail two years ago on a three-year journey marketed as long-term living at sea combined with travel to seven continents. The appeal was a home that moved from destination to destination. The early end reveals the other side of that arrangement: when the voyage stops, passengers can lose both the trip and the place where they were living. Fuel costs, usually an item in an operator's budget, have become a housing problem for the people aboard. A conventional home rarely promises seven continents outside the window. It also rarely depends on a ship keeping its itinerary. The Odyssey sold mobility as a lifestyle, but the conclusion shows how quickly that lifestyle can require a new address on land.
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