I booked this hotel on Hotwire for $49.99 which came to just over $62 after taxes and fees. This was for a weekend night during the COVID-19 re-opening in June. Normally when I look at this hotel for a pre-cruise stay it’s in the $150 range so I felt like…
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When researching Long Beach Hotels, the first property I looked at was the Queen Mary. I had heard good things and I knew it was an easy walk to the cruise port on embarkation morning.
I typically book my hotels on Hotwire and save a lot of money doing so….
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Santa Monica
Since the Santa Monica hop on hop off bus route was closed I decided to take an Uber to the Santa Monica Pier. This doesn’t seem like the most direct route. I found out from my Uber driver that they had a marathon in Santa Monica. That’s why…
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I’m a big believer that anyone who has at least a day to spend in New Orleans before a cruise should visit the National WWII Museum.
This museum is better and more affordable than almost any excursion you can book on a cruise.
Visiting the WWII Museum is also extremely…
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After my Downtown and Hollywood tours I stopped at Madame Tussaud’s Hollywood, which was included in the Star Line tour package I bought. I didn’t realize how many I didn’t know until I tried to match all of the pictures with their names. It took longer than I thought…
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When we left off last time I had just checked into the Loew’s Hollywood hotel. I paid for two nights in the hotel and two days on the Starline Hop on Hop off bus but the first day went to waste due to Panorama’s Coronavirus day.
Here is the hotel…
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It’s debarkation morning. When I woke up and noticed we hadn’t arrived yet, I quickly got dressed and headed out to the forward deck where I took a time lapse video of our arrival.
After that I headed to the lido buffet to pick up an omelet with almost everything…
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Good Morning! I went out for a walk this morning and I just don’t have words for this. This is at 5:45 am just outside of the deck 11 cabins. I walk out he says “oh sorry man.” I said “It’s not bothering me. It may be bothering…
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Good morning! It’s 6am but it’s really like 7 because they gave back the hour they took away from us earlier in the cruise. I’m not a fan of all of the time changes we have on this cruise.
It looks like I have some time to kill before…
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