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Lee Wachtstetter, 86, wanted a new life after becoming a widow and getting settled into her retirement.

So, following her daughter’s advice, she sold her five bedroom home in Fort Lauderdale and moved into the Crystal Serenity – for good.

And it only costs her a cool $164,000 each year.

Affectionately known as “Mama Lee”, she’s been on board the 11-year-old ship for nearly seven years. That’s more than most of its crew members!

"My husband introduced me to cruising," she told USA Today. "During our 50-year marriage we did 89 cruises. I've done nearly a hundred more and 15 world cruises."

Lee says she’s lost count of all the countries she has visited, but rarely bothers going ashore anymore.

“The day before my husband died of cancer in 1997, he told me, ‘Don’t stop cruising.’ So here I am today living a stress-free, fairy-tale life.”