Retiree couple reveals how they went viral on world cruise

(NewsNation) — Initially, Joe and Audrey Martucci were conscionable 2 regular passengers connected Royal Caribbean's nine-month satellite cruise.

Then, the retirees recovered TikTok. What began arsenic videos for their children and friends rapidly became regular viewing for tens of thousands.

The Marcutuccis username connected the societal media app is "@spendingourkids money" and videos offered a model into precisely however they did it.

Joe and Audrey joined NewsNation's "Morning successful America" to sermon their satellite cruise and the unexpected societal beingness they present have.

"It was wholly surreal due to the fact that we didn't really cognize what Tiktok was originally, and each recognition to Joe, he's taught himself however to acceptable up everything to bash with it," Audrey told NewsNation.

"My children would beryllium determination and go, Dad, you're going viral. And I go, what does that mean? And what does that mean, and wherefore are these radical watching these tiktoks? Because they're not expected to," Joe added.

The cruise lasted 274 days, traveling to implicit 60 countries connected 7 antithetic continents. While Joe and Audrey enjoyed their adventure, they were blessed to get location to family.

For their adjacent adventure, the Martuccis are headed to Scotland to sojourn household successful May.