Virtuoso Life - July/August 2008 - (Page 78) CRUISE CALL Join the club BY MaRY aLIcE KELLOgg c 78 ircling the globe by ship is one of the classic travel experiences left that can justifiably be described as “grand.” i first experienced world-cruise envy years ago while boarding the Queen Elizabeth 2 for a six-day Atlantic ocean crossing, watching porters deliver large labeled trunks to the staterooms of the elite passengers who would make the ship their home for upwards of three months. Who wouldn’t be jealous? to see the world unfold in comfort and at leisure seemed impossibly glamorous then, and it still does today. lasting 100 days on average, these voyages are the cruiser’s holy grail. Unlike short-term cruisers who take a multi-week or -month journey around a continent or V I RT U O S O L I F E ANSON LIAW/STOCK ILLUSTRATION SOURCE/ GETTY IMAGES Unbeatable bragging rights in just one voyage. Can you handle the 100-day vacation?
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