Home From Living on a Cruise Ship for 9-Months. Tears and Excitement! What’s Next?
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Mike and Nancy return home after living on a cruise ship for 9 months traveling around the world on the Ultimate World Cruise. They return home to Michigan happy to see their family. See the last days of the Ultimate World Cruise. What is it like returning home after living on a cruise ship. We will show you what is next in 2025 for Living Phase 2? Find out!
Ultimate World Cruise Day 274
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Thank you, Nancy and Mike, for including me in your trip worldwide. I am an 80+ woman who has enjoyed cruising for the last 20 years. Nowadays, because of health concerns, long cruises are no longer possible. But by watching travel vlogs, I can still travel the world. Your vlog is my all-time favorite. May the LORD bless and keep you in your many adventures to come.
Thank you for your kind words! That means a lot to us. Thank you again and God bless! 🥰
What a great song to wrap up your cruise! Thanks for sharing your cruise with us! Can't wait to see more of your adventures!
I started watching because I love cruising and visiting new places.
I feel like I ended up with some “new friends”. Am I the only person who feels that way?? 😊
You two are sincerely wonderful people and I’m so happy that you were able to experience such an adventure.
Bless you both!!!
We’re so glad we could share this journey with you. We truly feel like our followers have become our friends as well.❤️
I feel like I'm saying goodbye to some great friends ❤ I definitely will keep watching your adventures
We’ll definitely keep sharing our adventures! Thank you so much for following along
Loved it all and thanks so much for letting us live vicariously through you both
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed our adventures.
So awesome Mike and Nancy, loved every video! Huge Thank you!
Travel on........... 👍👍
We really appreciate you following along with us!
Such a great and fantastic time you Had! It was a pleasure being a part of your adventures around the world.😊
Our pleasure!
What a wonderful 9 months of memories to last a lifetime on the Serenade of the Seas 🎉❤
This may be my favorite video to date! So fun seeing all the final day activities on the UWC and all the big trips coming up. 😊
We are glad you enjoyed seeing how we wrapped up our adventure!
Thanks for sharing your travels with us
We’re glad you enjoyed the journey!
Thank you again for sharing this amazing adventure with everyone. I’m looking forward to following you throughout the new year. Wishing you safe travels!🛳️✈️🚐
Thanks so much for following along with us!
Thank you so much for allowing me to journey and daydream with you through your videos. I believe I've watched them all. I think I subscribed when I first heard of you two through Tony at La Lida Loca when he mentioned your channel about the World Cruise many months ago. I have to give you credit being able to do the full cruise. Looked exhausting and amazing all at the same time. We're also big fans of Royal with about 100 nights so far. I'm glad this ended up being such a wonderful, fulfilling experience for you two. Not sure my wife and I could tackle 9 months on a ship consecutively but it was great to see how it's done. Blesssings from the other side of the state. (Midland, Saginaw, Bay City area) -Dan
Thanks for the kind words and we’re glad you enjoyed our videos!
I thoroughly enjoyed your long cruise video. Can't wait to see your next adventure.
It seems it was a super quick trip, even though it was 9 months!
I thought the donations for charity and crew was a fabulous idea too.
Loved watching you two, such a nice couple.
Ps not yet booked TA with my darling husband but we plan to ho to New York snd return to the UK via Queen Mary 2 this year. I have booked a TA with my adult daughter to Boston USA for 2026. I love life on the sea.
Thanks so much for following along with our journey. We hope you enjoy your upcoming trips thoroughly!❤️
Once again, thank you so much for this wonderful trip. I still don't know how I stumbled across you, but I'm so thankful I did. Xx
Glad you enjoyed it!
I've really loved this series! Sad to see this end! Hope I dont miss the next one! Thanks, kiddos!🎉
We’re so glad you enjoyed it and we’re so excited for what’s next.
I just found y’all on TH-cam! So excited to watch all your adventures !
Welcome! We hope you enjoy following along.
I can’t wait to continue travelling with you.
Thanks! We're so excited to share more adventures with you.
I have thoroughly enjoyed cruising along with you. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures with us. I look forward to future adventures. Safe journeys.
We appreciate you watching along and we look forward to sharing more with you!
Well spoken, I miss your videos but really respect your choice!
Thanks so much. We have more adventures to come, we just won’t be posting quite as often. We appreciate you following along with us.😀
Ok so I’m have seen your shorts videos of Egypt. Looking forward to see your next destinations 😊😊😊
We loved visiting Egypt and can’t wait to share more of it with you!
Thank you for such wonderful videos of your journey, they were really wonderful. I live in Wales and it was great seeing places from the other side of the world. Nancy I hope that your knees are more comfortable now it is difficult. I had a knee replacement 20 weeks ago and it is great to be walking more again. Look forward to your future filming. Thank you.
Thank you so much for following along with us🥰
Our family has had so much fun following you throughout the entire world cruise from the beginning. We've loved every video and have enjoyed living vicariously through you guys. You have inspired us to one day go on a world cruise ourselves. We are sad that this part is over, but look forward to following you on all your 2025 journeys and beyond. It's always been a highlight of our day when one of us says, "Mike and Nancy just posted a video!". We usually drop whatever we were doing and watch it right away. Thank you for taking the time to put out such quality videos. We have really enjoyed them beyond words.
That is so sweet. We can't say enough how much it means to us that you would bring us into your home. Makes us feel like one of your family. 🥰
I am going to miss seeing you all. But I realize you will be doing some more adventures and I can't wait to to see the new adventures. I feel like I know the both of you. Thanks for sharing all your videos. Looking forward to see ya soon on You Tube
We appreciate your kind words! We'll be back soon with more adventures. 😀
Thank you Mike and Nancy for sharing your 9 month cruise. I have loved every video. You are such a lovely and nice couple. I look forward to your next adventure.
We appreciate you following along with us on this adventure!
Mike/Nancy, thank you so much for taking myself and thousands more on your World Cruise. I felt that you were my next door neighbors telling me about your adventures. I tried following a couple more world cruise vlogs but they had to much complaining content. You rarely if ever had anything bad to say except for your experience in Angola. I've been to most of the places you stopped at except for the African Coast. I'd love to take a world cruise but being away more than 14-17 days is hard for me. I'm looking forward to viewing your Egypt/Jordan vlogs. I was there 15 years ago and loved everything about my trip.
Thanks so much for following along with us, we're glad you enjoyed our journey! We are back home from Egypt and Jordan so look forward to those videos soon and yes, it was absolutely fabulous.
Wow! That was such a great video. I can't believe I watched them all. 170? Really? Doesn't seem possible. But it looks like you have some fun trips on the books and I'm looking forward to watching those when I'm home from all of mine! You guys are so inspirational to me to just get out and go! Thanks, this was a fun series.
Thanks so much, Anne for following along with us. We have appreciated you so much. Wishing you lots and lots of fun on your trips.❤️
Watching the wonderful farewell they gave you, makes me tear up as 'our journey' comes to an end. I've enjoyed watching your current life now videos. But, really, really enjoyed letting me 'travel' with you!
Thanks so much for following along with us! Much more to come and we're going to show a lot more of our general empty nest life as well
Thank you for sharing enjoy every video. What an amazing experience you have had and making life long memories and friendships which is so good . Would have been so good to see your family again .
Thanks for sharing your adventures in Jordan as well . Look forward to your next adventures 🛳️🎉
We have cruised on sister ship Brilliance of the sea beautiful ship
Thanks so much for following along with us, we're glad you enjoyed our journey!
What a wonderful ending vlog to a wonderful adventure. And so excited for your continuing travels, .I had been looking at the Japan transpacific but unfortunately, life has taken a turn and I will not be able to do it. So I am especially excited to do it thru your eyes. Thanks for taking the time to show us the world and looking forward to more.
We'll make sure to show you all the best parts of Japan! Hope you can make this trip someday
Thank you’ll so much for consistently sharing your world cruise experience, from the beginning, to the very end!!!! 😎😎🛳️🛳️
Great song too!!!!
Thanks so much for following along with us!
What a great wrap up video! I can’t adequately express how much I have enjoyed watching every single one of these videos of your grand adventure. Your enthusiasm never wavered and I was caught up in enjoying every single place you visited (and marveling at your stamina!). I am eagerly looking forward following your videos as you travel your way through 2025. Thank you for all the thought and planning you put into each and every video you presented. You are a wonderful couple and I am proud to be a member of the flock!
Thank you so much for the kind words and for following along with us on our adventures!
Thanks for sharing your experience!
You’re welcome! 😊
We followed you guys from the very first episode we never missed one truly appointment viewing for us we even managed to watch you when we were cruising the med for 3 weeks on Sun Princess back in August. We are in Auckland and live in an Apartment just across from the cruise terminal we saw you in port sorry the weather wasn't great on that day look forward to all your upcoming adventures you're both great...Have you cruised Princess we are Elite with them we were also lucky enough to Honeymoon on Royal Caribbeans beautiful Legend of the seas back in 2000.Geoff and Gail
Thank you both for following along with us and for your kind words. We have never sailed on princess. For the most part, we have been loyal to Royal with the exception of a carnival cruise once. And is for the rainy day, that just means we have to come back and try it again.😉
Thank you so much for sharing your travels! I enjoyed every single video and can't wait to retrace some of your trips! Rosie
Thanks Rosie! We're so glad you enjoyed the journey!
I live in Atlanta and love to go to the Varsity. Thanks again for letting us follow you around the world. I can't wait to see more videos from your future travels.
Love the varsity, but the one at the airport was a little disappointing after being to the original location. Really missed their great onion rings. 😪
Thank you for all the videos. I have enjoyed them so much and getting to know you two. Look forward to what is next. hugs
Thank you so much! We appreciate you following along.
I can’t tell you how many of your ideas and tips I have used in my travels. I cry at the end of every cruise. Thanks for the memories. !
Thanks so much, we appreciate you following along with us!
Great to see all the adventures- I am looking forward to the train journey across America, that looks like a dream trip let alone anything else (though this is from my perspective in the UK).
We are looking forward to it as well. The Amtrak train is not as luxurious as some of the European trains. You’ll have to see it and then compare.😉
Nancy and Mike, we loved following you on your journey. I’m feeling a little sad seeing the end of your expedition around the world. Looking forward to your future adventures including your land cruising 😀.
Thanks so much for following along with us. It was sad for us to, although we were ready to get home so certainly mixed feelings.❤️
Oh my that was emotional to watch. Thanks for taking us along. Ive been watching your videos Sunday mornings for almost a year now!!! I know there will be more coming of your other adventures but sure will miss these! And yes what a wonderful gift these video will be for both you to look back on and your family members!
Thanks for following along with us. We’re so glad you enjoyed the journey
Awww, 'our' cruise is over?! Thank you sooo much for taking us along, can't imagine the work you put into these vlogs. I subscribed to the flock with one of the first ultimate cruise videos. Looking forward to 'our' 2025 trips! BTW, take a look at the your beautiful smiles when you got home to see the grandbabies! Thanks again, Susan
Thanks so much for following along. It was quite emotional to see the grandkids after 9 months
I don't think I missed a day! Already looking forward to your report on Egypt/Petra.
Thanks, we're already working on that one! Appreciate you sailing along with us
I have looked forward to your videos! I can’t wait to follow you this coming year! Farewell! 😉
Thanks so much for following along on our journey. We are so glad you enjoy our videos.
Mike & Nancy, So sad to see the end of the cruise. Thanks so much for taking us along. You are wonderful guides. Lots of great adventures in the future and will be watching. Ever make it to western CO along I-70, in the RV, we have a place for you to park, can even hook you up to power! Thanks again,
That's so sweet of you to offer, thank you so much I noted your username here in the TH-cam community and we may just take you up on that. I'll warn you our RV "The Grey Nomad " is a bit of a beast. 😁
I’m glad to have caught this episode. Love how you have decided to continue the adventure. Looking forward to dropping in from time to time. Enjoy.🎉
Thanks so much. Happy to have you following along with us.😀
Can’t wait to see your future travels. We have booked Singapore and Japan for January 2026. Thank for sharing all your adventures.
Thank you for following along with us and we hope you have a wonderful trip to Japan.❤️
Absolutely great to follow you two "around the world", I've enjoyed the whole experience!!
Thanks so much for following along with us on our journey!
Thank you both so much for taking us along on this journey of a lifetime!!
Thanks for watching!
Love, love,.LOVE your channel and world cruise series. It is sad to not have more in the series, which I've been watching for over a year. However, looking forward to continuing to staying subscribed and enjoying your future adventures. Thank you for sharing your story. ❤️
We really appreciate you following along with us! Thanks so much!
What an amazing journey! I remember finding you shortly after the world cruise started, when you only had a couple thousand subscribers (if that!). Looking forward to what comes next!
It's been a wild ride. Thanks for coming along!
I really appreciate the effort you both put into sharing your adventures with all of us. What an awesome experience. Who knew 9 months would go so fast!!!?
Thanks so much, and it really did go by fast.
I so look forward to all your upcoming adventures!!!!
We're glad to have you falling along with us on all those adventures.
So excited to follow along on your very exciting destinations in 2025. The camper, the BBQ, and bourbon are so exciting too! I wish you safe and fascinating journeys.🫶🏻 I'll be watching.
Thanks so much. We appreciate you.❤️
Hi Mike and Nancy. I have loved this world cruise series. I haven't missed a moment 😊. Looking forward to watching the upcoming 2025 adventures. Bless you both and stay safe. Xx Lisa from Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺
Thanks so much for sailing along with us. We can't wait to come back to Brisbane Australia. It's a Wonderful City and we love our Aussie friends. 🥰
Mike & Nancy thank you both for inviting us along with y’all on your 9 month cruise journey I love every minute of it and I look forward to seeing all your new adventures I love y’all so much and I really appreciate and enjoy all your videos and adventures 👍🏼🙌👏🏼🙏🏼🌹🎊🎉🎈🚢🎼🕺🏼💃🏽⭐️💫😎🥰💙❤️🥳
Thanks so much, we're glad you've enjoyed our journey!
What an amazing adventure, I have really enjoyed it. Looking forward to your next adventures!
Thanks so much!
I have enjoyed your World Cruise videos. Welcome to the RV world. We have been RVing since 1999 and last year visited our 50th state. (Hawaii and Alaska were cruises.) I look forward to future adventures.
Thanks so much for following along with us. We are very excited to start joining the RV world. We had planned to live the RV life and then they announced the world cruise so RV life was put on hold.
I very much enjoyed following your journey! Congrats on all the upcoming adventures I also look forward to following. You’ve built quite a community.
Thanks so much. We agree, we have the best people in our phase to flock.
What wonderful adventures you lived and brought us with you! ❤Thank you and I really hope we meet somewhere on a cruise! 😁
Thank you, and we hope we meet you too. And when we do you better sit down and have a drink with us.❤️
@ We certainly will have a drink together, it would be my pleasure ❤️
I followed your whole journey and loved it. There were other people vlogging about the World Cruise but you two were my favorite!! Loved all your adventures.
That is so sweet of you. I'm glad you enjoyed our little passion project. Many more Adventures to come
absolutely loved all your videos --thanks so much ----looking forward to any future trips with you
Thank you so much, we appreciate you watching!
So glad you were here for us to travel around the world. Can't wait for your upcoming events to watch...this is my travel channel!
Thanks for the kind words! We’re looking forward to sharing our future adventures!
Thank you for carrying me along on this beautiful journey. It has been my pleasure seeing and hearing all your wonderful stories. I look forward to more of your content. Stay blessed.
Thanks so much for your kind words and thank you for following along with us.
I have enjoyed following along on your journey and can't wait to see what's next.
We’re so glad you enjoyed it. We have more adventures to come.
Thank you Nancy and Mike. I really enjoyed seeing the places you visited on your world cruise. Looking forward to your next trip.
Thanks a lot for sailing along with this. We also can't wait for our next adventure. 😉
I really enjoyed going with you on this incredible journey. Thank you again for everything. Keep enjoying life .
Thanks so much for following along with us, we're glad you enjoyed it!
I've enjoyed sailing around the world through your vlogs and look forward to your journeys ahead. We spent a month, mainly in Israel and Egypt, some years back and it is amazing. Enjoy your trip and I can't wait to RESEE some of our favorite places.
Thanks so much!
Thank you for sharing your amazing World Cruise adventure. I’ve enjoyed every video immensely. Your video style, narration and filming is excellent and with smooth transitioning, so your videos are happy, upbeat and fun to watch. I look forward to following along on your new adventures. Thank you also for your Facebook posts as I follow your adventures there too. Happy travels!
Thanks so much for your kind words. We're so glad you enjoyed the videos.
Thank you so much for taking us along with you the last 9 months. Excited to follow along with your next adventures.
Thanks so much for following along with us on our journey!
Loved every moment. Thanks for bringing us along. I know how much work this all was and it is much appreciated. Can’t wait to see your next adventures.
Thanks so much. We appreciate you both following along with us on our adventures.❤️
I loved watching the journey! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much for following along with us.
Make sure you leave enough time to get to Seattle on Amtrak ! They don’t own the tracks and have to yield to other trains. I have sat for many hours while this happened. Don’t want you to miss the ship !
Yep that's why we booked a few days in Seattle before we're heading up to Vancouver to catch the ship. We know that Amtrak is not always the most reliable on time
Thanks so much for taking me along for the cruise. Look forward to sharing your 2025 adventures.
Thanks so much for following along with us. We just got back from Jordan and Egypt and are working on those next videos now. It probably won't be 3 a week like it was with the world cruise, maybe 1 to 2 a week
I had a such a blast sailing on the Africa & Southern Europe part of the world cruise. Then having the opportunity to watch the remainder of this ultimate world adventure through your videos and other UWC TH-camrs has been amazing. Thank you. 😄
Combining a trip to Japan with a repositioning cruise sounds perfect! Are there any other cities or countries that you'd like to return to whilst in Asia?
We absolutely loved Asia. And there’s so many cities we would love to see. We could spend a month or more just touring there. We thoroughly enjoyed Japan, China, Taiwan, and so much more.❤️
What a lovely sweet couple . Thanks for sharing ❤️
Thank you so much. We appreciate you.🥰
Hi Nancy and Mike. I've loved all your adventure videos while on the ultimate World Cruise. Guess what my Asian friend Kathy that sailed on Serenade with you both, is on Holland Americas World Pole to Pole cruise for 133 days on Volendam. Just letting you know. Can't wait till your next adventure.
Oh lucky her! Thank you so much for following along with our journey. We have appreciated you.❤️
I have enjoyed watching every video since I discovered you in June. Looking forward to your next adventures.
We’re so glad you've enjoyed the journey!
I have so enjoyed following you on your journey. Blessing on you both for all your the work needed to share all of this with us. Can’t wait to see what you do next. All the best for good health and lots of fun.
Thank you so much for all your kind words and we’ve appreciated you following along with us. This is our scrapbook to where we can see all of our memories.❤️
I’m looking forward to all of your adventures. Thanks for a great view of the world. Take care. A friend in Miami
Thank you so much. We appreciate you following along with us on our adventures!
Been following your channel and always look forward to your vlogs, feel like we are on the adventure with you, thx so much!
Wonder how many guests on the cruise gone thru the whole 9 months like you folks ?
Look forward to your 2025 adventure ❤
Thanks so much for sailing along with us. About 650 people did the full 9-month world cruise.
You have to have quite a spread sheet for all those plans. I am trying to figure out getting back to Colorado next month
Well we did have two years to plan for the world cruise.😀
I love your channel and thank you for bringing me along!!! It’s a joy watching you!!!
Thanks so much, we appreciate you following along!
Amazing journey you have been on your amazing ppl loving and caring 🥰🤗🙏
Thank you so much!!🥰
have enjoyed your adventures. thanks for letting us come along. Looking forward to your next ones. Bob and Lisa. Vancouver Island , Canada. Tokyo Disney is the only one we have not done yet.. so can't wait till you show that one.
We’re excited to be heading to Tokyo Disney soon, stay tuned!
I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos on your around the world cruise! I’m going to miss this aspect of your travels, but I’m already looking forward to your next adventure! Your videos are so fun and informative as well.
Thanks so much for your kind words and thank you for following along with us.
I really enjoyed your travels. I live in Northern Ireland and have recently got the cruising bug. Have completed two in the Mediterranean My next aim is the Caribbean. Looking forward to your new travels xx
Thanks so much! And watch out for that cruising bug. When it bites, it bites hard.😉
It was great going on this adventure with you. Thank you for sharing amazing trip!
We’re so glad you enjoyed it!
@ it has gotten me excited for up coming transpacific from Sydney to Hawaii!!
And I have spreadsheets ready for our packing!!
So looking forward to your future adventures !!!!! thanks for being a bright spot in my mornings…I LOVED your videos ♥️❤🫶🏻
You made our day with your kind words. Thanks so much for following along with us.❤️
Thank you so much for sharing all of your past and future travels. I'm so excited to be following along with all your adventures for this year. God bless all your travels.
We appreciate you joining us on this journey!
Thank you! Loved everything on your adventure! Extraordinary, and loved this last video! You have done a fantastic job!
I just came back from Panama Canal last week and already bought a cruise for Alaska this year! There is no better time spent than traveling...❤...keep it coming ❤❤❤
We agree there's nothing like travel. We're so happy that we can share it as well
What an amazing adventure. Thank you for sharing it with all of us!🙏
Thanks so much for following along with us on our journey!
I am looking forward to all the adventures 2025 takes you on!
Thank you so much. We appreciate it
Thank you for sharing your journey. It has been an absolute joy watching. I'm watching your last day on the day I'm about to embark on a cruise out of Sydney to New Zealand. Looking forward to watching your future vlogs.
Thanks so much and we hope you have an absolutely wonderful trip.😀
Great video
Love following you both around the world, seeing places that I can only dream of. Hint for a future viedo, do one on the RV you purchased. I lpve looking at the different rvs. Happy travels in 2025!
We absolutely will. I think you’ll probably be seeing a lot of the RV in future videos.😉
As a young professional, I’d love for you to share some tips on what I should do now in order to be able to travel the way you all do in my retirement years.
This is a really great question. It’s Nancy speaking and I have run this by Mike. I think we will do a video on it. But in a nutshell, it comes down to. We worked really hard and still work, and we sacrificed. I still clip coupons and watch the sale ads to this day. We still budget and decide where we want our dollars to go.
Looking forward to your 2025 adventures!! Thank you again for sharing!!
Thanks for joining us on this journey.
Congratulations on finishing that epic adventure! It's been wonderful to fall along.
Thank you so much for following along with us on this journey!
When you do the Bourbon trail-Talbots Inn near Makers Mark they have meals designed around KY dishes and a Ky bourbon cocktail
Thank you for the recommendation. We’ve added it to our notebook and will check it out.
This was a fabulous trip! Enjoyed immensely!!
We enjoyed sharing it with you as well. Thanks for sailing along with us
Has been wonderful following your journey!
Thanks for following along with us.