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Royal Caribbean Adventure of the Seas, Sept 20-27

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Royal Caribbean Adventure of the Seas This was our first time cruising on anything but Carnival . I was looking forward to it as we had talked a lot about trying other cruise lines. I found myself comparing Royal to Carnival right from the start -- some good, some bad. Day 1: We drove down on Friday, Sept. 19, the day before the cruise. We took our time getting to Cocoa Beach and took several breaks and a long lunch at Waffle House . We pulled into our hotel around 4:30-5 p.m.  The Days Inn was really nice. We had a room with a balcony that overlooked a huge palm tree, but if we looked out a little way, we could see the ocean. It was an easy, short walk to the pier and the beach.  After spending a little time walking along the beach, we went back to the room, cleaned up, and headed out to meet Rick, Ashley, and the kids at their room, which was a suite with a kitchen. Annabelle made a great dinner of pasta, Texas toast , and Caesar salad. We took three of their suitcases to ...
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Saint Augustine, Florida

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 The first time we planned on staying a few days in St. Augustine, I fell down the stairs at our rental and broke my arm. I was quite fortunate that a broken arm is all I suffered, in the middle of the night, I literally went head over heels all the way down. We decided it was time for a do-over. Nov. 17, 2025, we headed out for the week. Since we couldn't check into our rental until 4 p.m. we were able to take our time leaving the house -- I even got some work in before we hit the road. The first evening was pretty basic, hit up a grocery store stock up on what we'll need for the week, fix dinner and chill. It was a pretty nice house, but it had weird floors; no curtains or blinds over the all-glass front door; and strange furniture in the living room, a couch that was only a few inches off the floor, a swinging chair that sunk way down low and couldn't swing without hitting the wall or the couch and an odd woven -- something! It had a nice backyard but the lawn furniture ...
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