---
title: "Just Say ‘Screw It’ and Buy Your Own Cruise Ship for a Mere $155 Million"
description: "You deserve to get away from it all."
date: "2020-06-25"
modified: "2020-06-25"
authors:
  - name: "Jerry Perez"
    job_title: "Deputy Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/jerry-perez"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/34372/just-say-screw-it-and-buy-your-own-cruise-ship-for-a-mere-155-million"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
---

# Just Say ‘Screw It’ and Buy Your Own Cruise Ship for a Mere $155 Million

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Unhappy with the way things are going in life? Upset that something as simple as wearing a thin piece of cloth around the face causes major political divisions? Do you simply want to reach peak isolationism? I can't possibly understand why you'd feel so down right now. But if you do, I've got a solution for you: a cruise ship with enough capacity for you and 3,513 of your buddies.

Listed for sale on [Yacht World](<https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:rQ8j3D3IATgJ:https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1996/cruise-ship--2054-passenger-3466280/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us>) for a not-insignificant amount, is this 1996 "Cruise Ship" which looks to be a former member of the Carnival fleet. But first, do cruise ships not have make and models? If that's the case, I think they should, and they should all be named after characters from *T**he Little Mermaid* or *Finding Nemo*. How cool would it be to buy a 1999 Sebastian or a 2006 Dory? Regardless, you're going to need some serious coin or a very well-executed GoFund Me campaign, because the selling price on this bad boy is an iceberg-shattering $155,000,000. Yes, that's $155 *million* American Greenbacks.

![message-editor%2F1593098887718-screenshot2020-06-25at11.27.06am.png](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1593098887718-screenshot2020-06-25at11.27.06am.png>)
**Yacht World**

![message-editor%2F1593098918585-cruise-ship-for-sale2.png](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1593098918585-cruise-ship-for-sale2.png>)
**Yacht World**

Per the listing, the ship is currently located in San Pedro, California, which according to [Google Maps](<mailto:https%3A//www.google.com/maps/place/San+Pedro,+Los+Angeles,+CA/@33.742066,-118.2778199,11650m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80dd35ae16ed8aa5%3A0x4147d57f086875f!8m2!3d33.7360619!4d-118.2922461>), borders the Port of Long Beach. Sadly, no satellite images revealed used cruise ship lots that I could find.

Details are kind of scarce given the size and price of the item listed for sale. The ad mentions that the hull is made out of steel, and it features a total of 1,027 cabins, with 619 of those being outside cabins (porthole windows or balconies) and 408 interior cabins (no windows). Its maximum passenger capacity is rated at 2,594 plus 920 crew, for a total of 3,514.

Photos show a lavish lido deck complete with pools, a water park, and putt-putt golf, but there's no real mention if these are still intact or they've been dismantled. More importantly, I want to know if the casino and the [go-kart track](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/2813/cruise-ship-meet-go-kart-track>) are still there.

![message-editor%2F1593098952551-cruise-ship-for-sale1.jpeg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1593098952551-cruise-ship-for-sale1.jpeg>)
**Yacht World**

![message-editor%2F1593098974220-cruise-ship-for-sale3.jpeg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1593098974220-cruise-ship-for-sale3.jpeg>)
**Yacht World**

If somehow you have the bucks to make this happen, you should have no problem sourcing a qualified crew to run the ship, especially a reputable captain so you don't end up pulling a [Costa Concordia](<https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/11/world/costa-concordia-trial/index.html>) with your new ride. (And if things go to hell, don't try to use a [Jeep or Raptor to rescue](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/34250/ford-raptor-jeep-wrangler-attempt-to-save-300000-speed-boat-all-three-sink>) your sinking vessel.)

Considering this isn't a simple pontoon boat, your operational costs could be millions of dollars per year should you decide to sail the seven seas. If you simply want to throw down anchor somewhere in Italy and use a skipper to go to land and buy supplies, your costs may be a little lower. If that's the case, you can probably ditch most of the crew and live dangerously. All of this may sound complicated, but have you looked at the news lately?

Happy sailing.

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## Author
Jerry is responsible for upholding The Drive's ethos as an audience-first, enthusiast-driven car blog that serves up industry-leading news, reviews, culture, and motorsport coverage. Overseeing a staff of writers and editors from his home base in Indianapolis, he helps curate the site's daily rundown, as well as its medium- and long-term content strategies. Jerry joined The Drive in 2018 as a writer and worked as news editor and managing editor before becoming the deputy in 2023. As a lifelong car enthusiast and racing fan, Jerry believes that all cars are cool, but the people behind the machines are even cooler. This belief often gives The Drive a slightly different focus from most other car sites, where we explore the humanity behind the machines. When he's not obsessing over the day's biggest stories or hanging out at a race track, Jerry can be found behind the wheel of a car, most likely sharing a laugh with his teenage son or daughter.

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