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Since no one took the bet for UNDER 5 - I will take it. LOL! Love the luggage cover. Very Frugal.

I was thinking the same thing.

I would love to see your recipe. We have a family from the middle east that runs a restaurant. I always love their hummus and Falfel.

Does anything else think that @SweetPea and @JVPIII were speaking Greek? I have NO clue on what all those acronyms were all about. Are they even on this planet. LOL! Unfortunately, my translator is broken. So, I read thru the messages multiple times and I think I now get it. UO - Universal Orlando HHN - Halloween Horror Night ANI/ALI outages - an electric/power company? loss of PH 0/1/2 to the PSAP - PH could be Phase but PSAP??? HRH? RIP - Rest in Peace? I guess that would work for HHN CBR - Cabana Bay Beach resort - that was easy but why not CBBR? Or CBB? AP - Annual Pass Boy, I never worked so hard before to read a few messages. But it was fun trying to figure out all this Greek. Ευχαριστώ

Time for Fall Jokes: Why did the apple pie cry? Its peelings were hurt. What should you do when you witness a crime in the forest? Report it to the leaf of police. Why did the scarecrow win a Nobel Prize? He was outstanding in his field. Why shouldn't you tell a secret in a cornfield? Because the corn has ears. Why did the apple pie go to the dentist? Because it needed a filling.

Congrats!!!

And we all know that RC stands for Royal Caribbean and not Royal Crown Cola.

Be prepare - my brother just got off a RC cruise last week to Alaska. He had 2 of his land tours canceled - one due to weather and one due to a medical emergency on board. I hope your cruise is able to hit all the ports with great weather.

Catwoman was sexier. Batgirl was a teenager.

Or we can meet on the east coast and have the pizza deliver it to us, flash frozen of course. Then we can cook it in our own ovens. Nah, won't taste the same.

Have you tried Googling the father's name. It is amazing what you can find on the web.

I would love to join you but I am on the wrong coast.

I was just on a cruise between Barcelona and Rome this past July. The temps were over 100 degrees. While the sights were great, the heat was a killer. Never again will I go to the Med in July. Now Norway - that is perfect month to visit. GO!

Don't forget to consider the cost of transportation between the airport and the cruise ship. Sorry, but I don't have any experience with PBI. Funny - I first thought you were talking about PIB (Put-In-Bay, Ohio) and could not figure how that relates to FL.

I will meet you on the train and hold your coat for you. If necessary, I will bring out the bat. Goodness, I love my family with all their goofiness and quarks but yours takes the cake, icing, and ice cream. You have such a BIG heart. Definitely make this your last trip with them because you know they will just keep repeating everything. Or at least until they go on a cruise by themselves several times and come back on their knees begging you to help them. Then if you do decide to do it again - CHARGE THEM for your time. Give them an invoice of the hours you have spent. Then double your rates if they go over 10 hours. Triple them if they go over 20 hours. Cancel if they go over 30 hours. And I am not talking hours/week but hours/cruise. (See, @asquared17, I can play devil, too. Or as my Mom used to say - tough love.)

Ampurp85 - I am feeling for you!! This is your vacation and we are not talking about a working vacation. I think I would have lost my cool by now.

And you questioned on whether you should do a blog!!! I am looking forward to this. Thank you.

I recently got the drink package because of the low price. I went on board thinking, "HEY - FREE DRINKS!! DRINK IT UP!!!". Won't you know, I would only have my usually 2 to 3 drinks a day. I would have saved money paying per drink. Oh well.

I don't take a chance. I wear the patch. Then I don't care. LOL!

It may be their choice too. Or the cruise lines are experiencing what most businesses are experiencing - lack of workers.

I got out of a speeding ticket once because the police officer called me 'sir' as he approached my car. Loved it!

Once I was on a ship with high winds and waves. The captain announced that he had to pull in the stabilizers otherwise they could be damaged. Yes, as we walked down the hallways, we were going from side to side. No way you could walk a straight line.

SweetPea - even a bad blog is better than no blog. So BLOG away. We will keep all comments to ourselves. LOL

Congrats on that 10:30 slot. The earlier you get on board, the sooner the party can begin. Enjoy your bachelorette weekend.

The inside of that church reminds me of a church in the Antarctica. I believe it was an Russian Orthodox church. So much inlayed gold. So different from the Roman Catholic church, which was very plain.