Why am I not surprised to see this is by VVR? That company is borderline scam artists. Banks are known to not wire money from their clients trying to pay for these long term cruises. Not to mention, they sold permanent residences before to many people who had sold their homes to pay for it. Then the ship missed it departure date and 2-3 months later - while these customers were living in hotels - the cruise line decided to stop pay the daily living allowance they were promised with no refunds offered. Horrible and the boat isn't in great shape either. They even took money from people to purchase a ship and then walked away when their investors bailed on them. If I am not mistaken, there is one stuck off the coast of Ireland or Iceland (I forgot which).