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One thing to consider with any cc is the annual fee. Right now we do not travel and/or cruise enough to warrant a $395 to $500 year annual fee.

@TxTeach79...sure hate to see this cruise come back to Galveston! Those 8 days went way too fast! Now back to withdrawals for me and you back to work!

Thanks for your replies.....I do purchase AARP gift cards...used them to pay for our Hawaii cruise and saved a good chuck of change! I will definitely look into travel credit cards, thanks again!

Ahhhhh nope we are just getting "older"!

Receiving lots of emails to entice me to sign up for HAL credit card. Wondering if anyone here can chime in on pros and cons. Currently we only have ONE cc and we pay that in full every month, Amazon CC for points. We currently cruise all our cruises with HAL, we love the atmosphere and the smaller size of the ships. Thanks in advance Susan

Must be "blue" cards!

@LACruiser88... I have REALLY enjoyed following along your cruise review. We do our first cruise to Hawaii on HAL this coming January. Question regarding Ensenada......your lunch location looked yummy. I am always hesitate to eat off the ship, how would you rate the place you had lunch at. This will be our first visit to Ensenada and that looks like a nice way to enjoy ourselves. Thanks in advance. Susan

I got a LOL chuckle when I read all of the above replies. Nothing wrong with any of them, my chuckle is because of my own lifestyle! Built my dream home back in the early 2000's and decided it was too big for 2 people. We decided to downsize and live a fulltime RV life. We live in 28' x 8' of living area and WE LOVE IT. We have been full time since 2015. We started downsizing our home way before we were ready to put the house on the market. I sold a lot of stuff on FB, Marketplace did not exist back then. I made up For Sale fliers and took them to work and we sold all our furniture in our home as well. We gave away and donated lots of goodies to the Animal shelter and to the Animal Shelter Thrift Store. We truly live a minimalist lifestyle and we are happier and healthier today than when working and maintaining a big house. We have no storage facility, everything we own is with us. We travel in the summer months out west, we workamp to fund our cruising addiction which we do in the winter months. It is a GREAT life. While we know we will not be able to keep this up forever it works for now and has worked for us for the last 8 years and counting! We will be taking our first cruise to Hawaii this coming January and then a 14 day cruise over the holidays in December! Life is what you make of it we only go this way once! Susan

All signed up to follow I thoroughly enjoy reading your reviews as well as your blog!

May have to ask @HelloItsMeB to confirm that nickname!

Only a warm 102 today here in Central Utah....ouch!

@TxTeach79....Key West has definitely become much more commercialized over the years since the cruise ships began arriving. I started visiting there back in the 60's when my dad owned a place in Key Largo, very different vibes today, looks super touristy! ENJOY!

@LACruiser88....You Tube Vloggers Parodeejay (Jay & Dee) are on this cruise as well wondering if you may have seen them around the ship? They have been cruising nonstop from Hawaii to Greenland to Iceland, they started way back when in Hawaii on NCL! Your weather looks amazing!

@TxTeach79...enjoy your day in Key West. I am guessing it is warm and steamy! Looks like lots of kiddos on your cruise....that pool looks like a sea of kiddos!

Have not cruised with Princess but have cruised with HAL and Carnival.....we are HAL all the way. Love the food and live entertainment.

@LACruiser88...thank you so much for this fantastic live review! We are taking our FIRST cruise to Hawaii in Jan-Feb 2024 on HAL. Your beach day today is exactly what I have on our schedule as well so thank you so much for the lovely photos! Having cruised the Caribbean more times than I can count we are venturing out now that we are retired and wintering in Yuma AZ cruising from San Diego. Sorry to hear about the illnesses on board, hope it misses your cabin for sure. Susan

@TxTeach79...way too much technology in today's world! Have a Fun Ship Special for me!

@YVRteacher....loving this review and looking forward to your next portion as well. So glad you get to spend this time with your dad and you seem VERY patient with him. It is a blessing you get this time with him. We lost my dad 16 years ago to dementia, so I realize you have your hands full at times. Beautiful pics hope the weather continues in your favor and those "germs" from the cabin next door stay there!

@TxTeach79....will share a little secret with you and others....BEST authentic Key Lime juice is Frank & Nellie's.....makes the tastiest key lime pie.

@martincath....any idea what happened to the beloved BudgetQueen, she is a wealth of knowledge for sure!

@TxTeach79...OMG you have made my day.....I just mentioned over on the TRIBE page that I was having cruise review withdrawal.....you the MAN! Have a GREAT cruise!

@Tljcruiser....awesome thanks so much for sharing this with us.

WOWZA!

Works for me as we have 4 sea days to Hawaii and 4 coming home!

WOW I did not realize lunch was available at Pinnacle that looks YUMMY!