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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”?

Last year’s trip was the first experience at one. I see there are plans to build car wash bays at Buc-ee’s Daytona. They will probably have a gazillion.

Thank you. I think I may have less time on this thread, once we board tomorrow. By the way, just got this That is only due to my wonderful friends here.

I think I forgot to factor in aimless wandering in my schedule. and, so we did wander. a somewhat, regular tree and a Buc-ee’s tree These were from our stop at Daytona Beach.

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.

Thank you Dani. Just sent my wishes to him.

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.

Thanks, and happy birthday to you, Sue.

I really like Odyssey, but we were spoiled sailing at less than half capacity at the restart. I think I am more excited about sailing Sun in January 2025. It looks to be similar in size to Odyssey, and I hope to do a comparison.

Those are not the only inconsistencies that Royal has. Maybe I will rant about a few later.

Thank you. December birthdays! He was born 5 weeks early, so we made out with the tax deduction that year. It didn’t take long to figure out that kids were way more expensive than that deduction. 😂

Today is…… and shouldn’t they edit their graphic so it reads “1 day to go” instead of “1 days to go”?

I would have preferred CocoCay instead of Labadee. But then, we will be going to CocoCay on Allure in January. No it was not. I think it may just be decorative. They were building a splash pad at the base of it.

As soon as California wakes up this morning, I will be sending my son birthday wishes for his 41st. will be good to see all of them when we get off the cruise.

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.

We have had beautiful weather for the first two days of driving, but it looks like we may have some rain in tomorrow’s drive. I may have to adjust the start time, because we want to make it to Rustic Inn Crabhouse in Ft. Lauderdale for a late lunch. Will have to see what Waze says in the morning.

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.

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.

I am surprised that she didn’t get a ticket, and we didn’t end up in jail after what she said to him. I think he must have realized he pulled over the wrong vehicle.

Daryl says it is good to be back in Florida. It is warmer here.

Nope. The elf is back in Pennsylvania. I think Daryl will have more fun

How, and where we will spend our days, starting Saturday. And Daryl will come with us.

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. 😂

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.

Schedule update. 10 minutes behind at stop 1. 8 minutes behind by the time we made stop 2. Waze says we will be 2 minutes behind by stop 3. Traffic has not been bad except rush hour this morning at Charlotte.