Cruise Ship Scams: 'Life at Sea' and 'Villa Vie” Ventures Fail to Launch- The CEO of the failed 'Life at Sea' residential cruise ship venture has launched a new project called 'Villa Vie', which has also failed to launch as promised. Many passengers have lost their life savings investing in these cruise ship schemes that never materialized. A cruise ship lawyer provides insight on the situation. For skeptics fearing that this could be a replay of the Life at Sea situation, which fell apart days