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join me as we take a tour of the
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Magnificent royal princess part of the
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Princess Cruises fleet I'm Gary beverage
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of tips for travelers I'm here on board
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the Royal Princess and I'm going to show
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you around every part of this ship the
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Royal Princess was originally launched
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in 2013 and was Ashley christened by Her
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Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
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there are 19 decks it holds 3,500 60
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passengers and right across the ship
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there is a lot of things to do what I
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like about the Royal Princess is the
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decor it feels very understated it feels
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very stylish but at the same time it
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feels pretty luxurious so it's not
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glitzy it's not brash it's very refined
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so what about the choice of things to do
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now in terms of dining cluding your fare
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are a whole lot of options including
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dining in that's one of the three main
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restaurants you can either go for
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traditional dining so early sitting late
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sitting and you'll have the same table
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the same waiting staff or we can go for
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anytime dining which basically means
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that the dining room is open normally
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around about 5:30 and nine o'clock in
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the evening and you can either make
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reservations or just arrive be either
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sitting by yourself or with other people
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if you want to meet people other dining
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options which are included in the fare
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you have the horizon court which is the
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huge buffet restaurant with lots of
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choice and it's open for breakfast lunch
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and dinner that has all sorts of amazing
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foods they also have a fantastic area
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which is hugely popular with this the
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most amazing range of pastries so the
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horizon court buffet is really really
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popular there's a 24-hour dining option
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which is called the international cafe
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down and the hñ food appropriate to the
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time of day served here it's also a
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coffee shop where you can have your
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specialty coffees every afternoon at
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around about 3:30 in the afternoon is
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afternoon tea is served very traditional
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afternoon tea and that's included within
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the fair you can also go for the Royal
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afternoon tea which does have a
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surcharge and this is actually held
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within the atrium you also have 24-hour
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room service which is included in the
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fair and also you can have dining at
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Alfredo's pizza really really tasty
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pizza now in terms of alternative dining
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venues there's the crown grill this is
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the steak and seafood
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which is renowned across the fleet
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there's an Italian on board called
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Sabatini's again a very popular spot you
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also have a sushi option which is called
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the ocean terrace seafood bar you can
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get free ice cream up in the horizon
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court but there's also a gelato shop
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where you can have various gelato days
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or Sundays and there is an additional
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charge here there is an enormous
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selection of bars now many of the
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popular bars are located close to or
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around the Magnificent atrium area the
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atrium is the real heart of the ship and
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that stretches between decks five six
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and seven so southern most popular bars
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include the vines which is a wine bar
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Bellinis bar which is a really great bar
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which overlooks the atrium you have the
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wheelhouse bar which is located just
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near the crown grill Cunha's bar is a
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really popular venue for or after dinner
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and you have someone playing the piano
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here and then if you're looking for
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something later at night there's club
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six this is the nightclub and it goes on
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to all hours of the early morning terms
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of entertainment on board of course the
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most important entertainment venue of
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all is the princess theater this is a
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massive theater it holds around about
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950 people as only two shows in the
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evening and it's either a production
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show or will be various guest artists
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brought on board also in the theater
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you'll have the enrichment lectures
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beakers talking about history or
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destinations now another popular
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entertainment area is the Vista lounge
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on deck 7 and even there might be bands
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performing or singers performing in here
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during the evening sometimes during the
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day there will be a string quartet or
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some music down in the atrium area as
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well another really important
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entertainment area is the casino this is
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a huge casino with lots of very modern
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machines lots of tables really popular
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venue one of Princess Cruises signatures
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is movies under the stars and this is a
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massive big screen out on the pool deck
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where they may show concerts during the
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day and they will often show movies in
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the evening princess live is kind of the
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television studio space onboard a lot of
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the quizzes are held in here
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and if there's ever any sort of events
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or talks these can also be held in here
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now in terms of fitness and the outdoors
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first of all of course there are
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swimming pools the fountain pool pool
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which is where the movies under the
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stars are and then you have the retreat
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pool which is actually my favorite pool
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towards the front of the ship and near
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the sanctuary the century is a premium
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area so you can hire a cabana or
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beautiful lounges here and relax in a
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sort of a more quiet and peaceful area
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if you don't want to sort of hang around
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by either retreat pool or the fountain
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pool you have a huge big and very
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well-equipped fitness center and you
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also have classes held in here now the
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classes held in here tend to have an
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extra charge associated with them
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however if you're into something like
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Zumba often and particular on cjs
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there's a Zumba classes held right down
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in a gym and they are included within
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your fare if you're into running there
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is a very nice running track out on deck
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and then there's also other sports
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facilities so this place where you can
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practice golf there's places we can play
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sport outside and often there'll be
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various sports activities help out on
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the sports deck there's a huge big spar
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on board and this is called the Lotus
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spar where you can have your various
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treatments they have saunas and
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hairdressers now if you're planning to
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get married at seed there is a wedding
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chapel where you can actually get
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married or renew your vows there's a
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number of kids clubs and their zoned
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around different age groups there will
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be programs run in the morning the
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afternoon and the evenings now on the
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Royal consists there's a wide range of
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shops of course you'll also have the
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photographic section where all the
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various photographs taken during the
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cruise are for sale this little camera
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shop then there are the other shops
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which sell pretty much everything you
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want so jewelry clothes watches
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cosmetics there's a chocolate shop on
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board and also there is one of those
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things that many cruise ships have there
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is the artworks and the art auction
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section there are laundry rooms dotted
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around the ship and these are pretty big
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there is a cost for using them but it's
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not very much of course you're going to
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have things like your shore excursions
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desk you're gonna have your future sales
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desk and of course you'll guess service
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desks so the usual sort of facilities
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you would expect the Royal Princess
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very beautiful ship it's got a very
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it feels very luxurious it feels very
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premium it feels a little bit under
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status it's not loud and glitzy and I
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really like the feel of the ship it did
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just have a nice calming feel to it and
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a very stylish feel to it as I mentioned
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earlier it doesn't have all the glitz
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that you might have on a resort style
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ship with climbing walls ice-skating
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rinks bowling rinks so it tends to be a
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relatively traditional style cruising
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really focusing on the accommodation
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focusing on places to eat to drink to
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socialize and of course traditional
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shows and talks it's a big ship with
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lots and lots of choice I really like
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the ship as you can probably tell and
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