Explore the World from Your Home: Live Aboard the Magellan

By Dana Mahon

If the idea of being a world traveler without having to leave home appeals to you, Residential Cruise Line offers the ultimate seafaring lifestyle. Imagine cruising the world in the comfort of your very own luxury condominium!

The new ultimate in fine living is purchasing a condo on the world’s largest private residential cruise ship, the Magellan. The $750 million-dollar ship features 210 private residences, including 16 penthouses, and world-class amenities like a tennis court, a retractable marina, two golf simulators, a putting green, an observatory, four fine-dining restaurants, an all-weather heliport, an Aqua Spa, a casino, a gourmet marketplace, a microbrewery, a 430-seat Broadway-style theatre, two pools and more. Owners can access their new floating home via the ship’s two executive jet helicopters, Venetian tenders, or at ports.

The 860-foot-long ship boasts a multinational crew of 500 to cater to the every need of condominium owners and their guests. Twice-a-day housekeeping services are part of everyday life onboard, with the exception perhaps of a Dramamine left on the pillow as part of turndown service. Owners on the ship’s platinum levels will also have access to concierge services, a personal shopper, personal chef, private day care for children, and even butler services, trident not included, of course. Each of the ship’s restaurants has a distinctive menu prepared by master chefs, and if you want to be your own galley chef, you can buy the same select ingredients used by the ship’s master chefs in the gourmet marketplace and cook up a meal in your own personal residence. Feeling worse than seasick? There’s a physician onboard, and even a vet for your small pet.

Magellan will circumnavigate the globe every two years. Shout “Land ahoy” in Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Istanbul, Stockholm, New York, Miami, Rio de Janeiro, Acapulco, Vancouver, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Bali, Honolulu, Alexandria, and hundreds of other ports.

Randall Jackson, chief executive officer of Residential Cruise Line, Ltd., developed the Magellan concept of richly appointed residences and five-star service.

“I was touring the Strait of Magellan during a holiday cruise with my family when I envisioned the possibility of a home-away-from-home, touring the seven seas in the greatest of luxury,” Jackson says. Jackson’s concept of luxury at sea would have set the captain of the Queen Mary into a fit of envy. The Magellan’s residences all feature fine wood cabinetry, stainless steel appliances, granite surfaces, marble baths, china and crystal, and spectacular ocean views. Floating a home loan takes on a new meaning aboard the ship: two-bedroom residences start at $3.66 million for full ownership, with fractional ownership of one month per year for fifty years available to part-time seafarers, starting at about $300,000.

If the sea beckons you, answer the call. Life aboard the Magellan amounts to making the world your oyster—in your own snug bed!

For more information about the Magellan visit ResidentialCruiseLine.com.