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if you like big resorts theme parks and
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orlando and las vegas for your vacation
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then you're probably going to like
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royal caribbean the ships are resort
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in their own right i'm gary bembridge
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is my royal caribbean tips for
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at the time of recording their fleet has
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in service or under construction and
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most of the world's largest cruise ships
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in fact four of the top five biggest
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are royal caribbean ships they have
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ships ranging from the older radiance
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class like radiance of the seas
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carrying certainly in their terms a cosy
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up to the quantum ultra class that can
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carry 6680 guests like the symphony of
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now over recent years their focus has
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on bigger is better they pack their
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ships with resort like
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attractions grand features extravagant
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entertainment of course the bigger the
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ship the more of these you'll actually
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find on board now many of the ships are
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that they have a huge open air atrium
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running through the middle of the ship
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in here they have a park called central
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park with thousands of plants and
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trees so cabins face into this area so
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on these ships you can have cabins that
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or cabins that focus inwards into this
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the five most notable resort features
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that i think you need to know about on
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firstly they serve up spectacular
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entertainment shows in the main theater
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tailor-made production shows with large
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big effects such as flight which tells
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the history of flight as the name would
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you'll also find full-length and
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well-known broadway and west end shows
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which include hairspray cats and
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chicago secondly they have a large ice
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rink which hosts dramatic eye shows
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featuring kind of ice skaters many of
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these are family friendly and they're
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kind of along the lines of
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the disney on ice type ice spectaculars
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thirdly on the largest ships is the
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aqua theater where divers and acrobats
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absolutely heart-stopping shows
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massive dyes from on high into the pool
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fourthly they have incredible water
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and slides now of course many many
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cruise lines have water parks these days
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focus on having things like the tallest
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this is called the ultimate abyss and
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decks high one of the best known and
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popular royal caribbean water activities
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is the flowrider this is where you can
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on a surfboard now i discovered i
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definitely could not do that despite
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many tries they also have by the way
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large pools as you would expect on large
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on some of the quantum class ships they
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have the fantastic north star
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this is a glass enclosed bubble it's
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attached to a vast long
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crane armament takes passengers 300 feet
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pretty spectacular now these attractions
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and entertainment events
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are mostly included within your fare as
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you would expect from any resort there's
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big range of bars and dining venues with
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lots of specialty dining options now
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additional charges they range from about
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thirty five dollars to fifty dollars per
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now the number very slightly based on
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the ship but there can be up to 20 of
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they include things like izumi which is
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sushi wonderland it's kind of an
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jamie's italian from the uk celebrity
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giovanni's table italian also teppanyaki
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johnny rockets american diner chops
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hooked seafood and lots of other
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restaurants based on different regions
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of the world many ships also have a
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starbucks which i always
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appreciate rightly or wrongly now eating
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by the way in the main dining room
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and the windjammer buffet are actually
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included in the affairs you don't have
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to eat royal caribbean is a mainstream
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catering for people that love a resort
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type vacation and you can
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as with resorts on land travel with them
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vast range of prices you can find really
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competitive low fares for their smaller
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inside and ocean view cabins
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but you can also cruise in a glitzy vast
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that will cost you up to 80 thousand
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on board it's informal it's relaxed
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dress code at all they do have casual
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smart casual and even formal nights
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but these are definitely more suggested
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than enforced they say
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overall you can dress casual with jeans
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polos and blouses for their restaurants
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in the evening but they do encourage
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more but it's really very much up to you
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the line attracts a lot of families not
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with those features and they do have
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kids clubs it's also a popular choice
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for multi-generational and extended
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family vacations because there's lots of
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cabin and cost permitations
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so they can suit the different needs of
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people within those groups
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you'll also find a lot of younger
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couples that like lots of entertainment
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dining on board you know so resort type
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they're less good in my view for solo
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travelers because despite their ship
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they don't have that many solar cabin
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options across the fleet
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unlike say their competitive norwegian
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cruise line that has a whole solar cabin
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area on many of their ships
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so traveling solo north caribbean often
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means big surcharges for single
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now as i've already mentioned there is a
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huge range of cabins on their ships from
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ocean view balcony and suites of varying
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they have a great range of family cabins
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and also accessible cabins
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across those classes as well one of the
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innovations they introduced
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are these virtual cabin windows
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that are on many of the inside cabins
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and what they do is they show video
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images real time of outside so it helps
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make those feel kind of less closed in
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of cabins is wide it's quite complex so
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you probably should use an agent that
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to help you choose the right one for you
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while the other cruise groups have
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private islands in the caribbean the
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most spectacular in terms of resort
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is royal caribbean's perfect day at coco
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k they actually have two private islands
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in the bahamas and labadee in
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haiti they spent a reported 250 million
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developing the features on perfect days
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water slide 1 600 foot
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zipline course there are also
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restaurants cabanas infinity pools
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so much more it opened in 2019 they
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incorporated now as a stock
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on many of their caribbean cruises out
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of florida it's definitely
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the most spectacular of all the cruise
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catering of course for that
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resort-loving traveler that they attract
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on board royal caribbean do operate
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across many many areas of the world
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but they tend to focus mostly on the
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popular cruising regions so that's the
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caribbean the mediterranean
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and alaska the ports of call tend to be
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popular ones as they are of course
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limited in where they can call due to
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the size of the ships you know they're
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big ships and they are therefore limited
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now in the regions they operate one of
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the things they do which is great is
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a wide range of local ports making
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access to royal caribbean
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easier for many people so for example
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they sell caribbean and north american
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out of boston baltimore new jersey fort
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miami galveston los angeles port
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tampa and so on in the mediterranean
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they sail out of southampton
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barcelona ravenna which is the port near
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ticheveche which is close to rome and
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then they also have copenhagen and
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for their baltic cruisers so royal
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caribbean is really worth looking at if
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you want to cruise the most popular
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visit the major well-trodden ports but
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embarkation port that's kind of close to
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is much easier to to get to royal
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caribbean is definitely
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for the resort lovers their ships are
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of attractions and features they're
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great for multi-generational travel less
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solo travelers but if you want a busy
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energetic cruise line then royal
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caribbean is definitely
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one to consider i have loads more
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tips for travellers episodes packed full
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of cruising tips and advice
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so why don't you actually go and enjoy
