Popular cruise line selling tree house suite for jaw-dropping price: 'Rather buy a house'

Vacationers can soon merge land and sea with a startling new tree house suite on the Royal Caribbean - as long as they cough up six figures. Online debate is already robust about the offering.

The triple-deck suite can sleep up to 12 guests with four full bathrooms, according to the Royal Caribbean website.

The tree house can cost families over $200,000 for a week's stay, according to the Royal Caribbean blog.

In the "r/royalcaribbean" forum on Reddit, one user shared a post about "tree house suite pricing" - sparking lots of discussion.

Another person wrote, "Clearly, this isn't meant for 99.99% of cruisers."

Another user said, "I'm wondering how often it will sit empty [and] what their break-even is for providing the elevated services/cleaning time, etc., vs. just letting it sit empty for a sailing."

Said another person, "Good on you if you can afford this. But I'd like to travel the world [for] that price."

One person chimed in with this comment: "I would rather buy an actual house."

This year, 21.7 million Americans are expected to go on an ocean cruise, according to AAA.

He added, "Royal Caribbean's upcoming three-story tree house will be talked about for years to come. What will they think of next?"