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Now back to some cruise talk. Since we have our “free” cruise, why not try for a Royal up to a GS. When I put in my bid, there were still 6 available at double what the normal price should be. I thought, Heck, nobody is fool enough to pay double for one of those cabins, so I should have a good chance. Haha, evidently there were six fools out there, because they showed sold out before long. Chances are I will not get the upgrade, unless the storms keep someone from getting there. I will be perfectly content with my 2D Ocean View Balcony on deck 6. When I checked cabins earlier this week, there were only two available. A little pricy for a boardwalk balcony Plus they had an aqua theatre suite I wouldn’t be surprised if Royal found two more fools. It is the Season of giving. Isn’t Royal’s motto “Give us more of your money”?
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What a frightening morning! Daryl wanted to drive the first leg today. He drives like a maniac. I guess he wanted to meet someone special. He got us there 10 minutes ahead of schedule, even though we had stop and go traffic around Jacksonville.
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Now, for something that inquiring minds want to know. Every time we drive I-95 in South Georgia, we see feral pigs grazing along the interstate. At times, we have counted over 100, but yesterday I only saw 3. Maybe that was because I was driving, and mainly keeping my eyes on the road. Just as I asked Susan if she had spotted any, and she said no, there was one standing there. Now, in Pennsylvania, if we see a deer anywhere near the road, you slow down or stop and hope they don’t run in to you. Do these pigs ever run on to the highway and become someone’s bacon? I sure would hate to go to the insurance company and explain about hitting a pig.
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No, that was a small one in Pooler, GA. We stopped for gas at Sam’s Club, and I got my first credit card fraud alert of the trip. Probably because we filled up at Sam’s in two different states today. The credit card company really keeps on top of things. I am glad we get instant text notifications, and can respond to them immediately.
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In our travels near to our route down and back, we have enjoyed exploring Charleston, Savannah, and Cumberland Island. Susan just remarked, as we drove past today, how she would like to go back to Cumberland Island. Many interesting things to see, like wild horses To ruins Desolate beaches And unique trail bridges.
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We actually came close to all of our scheduled time estimates, except the last one. Someone got distracted by an outlet mall, so we spent an hour wandering around it. It wasn’t too busy, but it did have things that a few people like. Christmas tree and a lighthouse.
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What is this girl math, you say? I think Royal uses several of their rules. They use #8 for their drink package. And, they use #6 for their excursions Number 4 covers their reasoning on auto gratuities. Hmm, maybe they invented this math. 😂
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I know, I know, you are saying we are four pages into a cruise review, and we haven’t even got to the cruise or heard much about it. So this might be a good time to talk about it. Unfortunately, due to some things that were happening in 2022 and 2023, we had to cancel five cruises. So, we had some FCC’s issued that had to be used by the end of 2023. We pushed our possibilities out as far as possible, and came up with this cruise. We booked it, thinking it would work well with our planned stay at the beach house. So this is evidently a free cruise, using “girl math rule 3” And given that we were able to get $475 OBC from our TA and Royal, that must mean they are paying us to go.
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