80 Year Old Woman Lives On Cruise Ship

Lee Wachtstetter an 86 year old woman from Florida has spent the last seven years living on a cruise ship at a cost of 202000 US 164k a year after her dying husband told her to never stop.

80 year old woman lives on cruise ship. She sold her five. She spends her days dancing with the dance hosts of the ship in memory of her late husband who died of cancer in 1997 who had told her never stop cruising. An 86-year-old widow has been living on a luxury cruise ship almost seven years a decision she made after her husband died.

She says warmly that the staff have become almost like family. Shes lived on it for the last seven years touring the world. Coming in at around US164000 a year Mrs Wachtstetters cruisy life isnt a cheap one but she has no intentions of stopping.

Watch my report on CBS This Morning about the passenger known affectionately as Mama Lee. An 86-year-old woman from Florida now calls the Crystal Serenity cruise ship home. But one octogenarian made her vacation permanent by selling all her stuff and living on a cruise liner -- for seven years.

The almost 90-year-old retiree has been living on the Crystal Serenity cruise ship for nearly a decade. One report showed more than a quarter of them are age 60 or older and more than one-fifth are retired. Ilene Weiner and her partner Carl Cutting take 8 to 10 cruises together a year on average.

When Lee Wachtstetters husband Guy sadly passed away in 1997 he told her dont stop cruising. So clearly many retirees consider these luxe boats their home away from home. She has been living on the Crystal Serenity cruise ship for a fee of over 160000 a year.

An 80-year-old woman was medevaced off a Carnival Cruise Lines ship Sunday the US. The Florida widow made the decision to spend her days at sea after her husband passed away. If playback doesnt begin.