🦙Live from Utopia 🦙- Sailing with Daryl 🦙8/2-8/5 🏰with bonus feature of a week at Disney Parks post cruise🏰

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Buckle up, as Daryl explores the latest ship in Royal’s fleet.  He is so excited to be the first of his kind onboard.  

 

 

A LIVE like no other. 

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The excitement is building. 
 

 

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I know, you are saying “Who the heck is Daryl?”   Well, here he is. 

 

 

There is a back-story to Daryl.  If you happened to see the LIVE I did from Symphony last December, Daryl came with us.  Our grandkids made a deal with us.  They would send us photos of the Elf on the Shelf every day leading up to Christmas, if we sent them photos of Daryl every day from the cruise.  

 

Don’t be surprised if Daryl shows up in a few photos on this cruise. 

[Ocean Boy]

I'm looking forward to this 

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Before we go too far, how about a short video of where this cruise will take us.  
 

 

[Cruising to Retirement]

following

[Tree_skier]

Definitely following!!!!!

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@Ocean Boy,

@Cruising to Retirement, 

@Tree_skier

 

Thanks for following along.  If you have any questions, or want to see photos from somewhere on the ship, just ask.  I will probably have a bunch. 
 

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Who, besides Daryl will be sailing with us?   We have three grandkids, ages 11, 11, and 9, plus our daughter and son-in-law coming along.  With the exception of our daughter (and Daryl), it will the first time on a cruise for the rest of them. 

 

The one, and only time our daughter sailed was in 1996 on the Carnival Imagination.  (That was our first, and only sailing with Carnival)

 

 

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Why was that Carnival sailing the only one for our daughter?

 

 

She got very seasick on that cruise, and never wanted to sail again. 

Meanwhile, the grandkids have been begging…..

 

Please, please, take us on a cruise!

 

And our son-in-law was saying….

 

I really, really want to go on a cruise. I hear there is lots of food and drink!

 

Finally, Susan (that’s my wife, for those that don’t know) convinced our daughter that she should go.  She tells her. “The ship is sooooo big, you won’t feel it move, and you will be at a different port each day.  It will be fine!  

[Sea Dog]

1 hour ago, h20skibum said:

Before we go too far, how about a short video of where this cruise will take us.  
 

 

Great job! Love those templates for Mac.

[Sea Dog]

Have a great cruise I will be following to hear about your and Daryl’s adventures.

 

Are you doing any specialty restaurants?

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3 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Have a great cruise I will be following to hear about your and Daryl’s adventures.

 

Are you doing any specialty restaurants?

Welcome aboard, Greg.  No specialty restaurants this cruise. I will be looking at this from a new perspective, with the grandkids along.  
 

We thought about booking the railway, but they advise against it for those susceptible to motion sickness.  Didn’t want to tempt fate.  

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After Susan had said “It will be fine!”, I said, “Yeah, it will be fine.😏 That is, until they bring these out. “

 

 

 

I said, “You just booked August, that’s hurricane season!  It could get bumpy.  Don’t you remember the last time we sailed in August?”

 

Her: “No, have we ever sailed in August?  That would be early in the hurricane season, wouldn’t it?”

 

How soon they forget.  

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So, she happened to book this cruise on the anniversary of our one, and only August cruise.   And what happened then?   Only the longest, sustained Cat 5 hurricane of the 20th century.  

 

 

 

 

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We were sailing on this…..

 

 

No, that isn’t the Titanic, but the SS Norway.   The largest cruise ship in the world at the time, but no comparison to Utopia.  

[Lionesss]

Have a great safe time!!!

 

Cannot wait to read about Daryl’s travels. 
 

As long as he doesn’t make you play Monopoly all will be good. 
 

Enjoy!!!

[Momof3gurlz]

Happy following along!

[DaniDanielle]

Enjoy!

[Havin'fun]

Following also!

[gambler]

Following. Have a great time!

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Thank you, 

@Lionesss,

@Momof3gurlz,

@DaniDanielle,

@Havin'fun, and

@gambler

 

Daryl is getting really excited. 

[Luckynana]

2 hours ago, h20skibum said:

Before we go too far, how about a short video of where this cruise will take us.  
 

 

Love it!!😉

[Luckynana]

34 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

We were sailing on this…..

 

 

No, that isn’t the Titanic, but the SS Norway.   The largest cruise ship in the world at the time, but no comparison to Utopia.  

Our first cruise also in 1982!

[akcruz]

Bon Voyage, can't wait to see where Daryl pops up.