The Odyssey cruise ship was designed to live on. Villa Vie Residences

In the famous ancient Greek poem "The Odyssey," Odysseus' journey home took him 10 years. The voyage of the Villa Vie Odyssey cruise ship was much shorter.

The promise of Villa Vie Residences' Odyssey cruise ship was that passengers could purchase or rent one of the rooms, with the idea of spending the rest of their days aboard a luxurious cruise ship.

The company had retrofitted the 33-year-old ship and sold permanent cabins priced from $119,999 to $439,999.

However, the company suspended the cruise ship's operations on October 27, 2026, just over two years after it first set sail.…