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Cruise Blog Memorial Day New Orleans

New Orleans: WWII Museum

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May 25, 2020

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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Cruise Blog Long Beach

Madame Tussaud’s Hollywood

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May 25, 2020

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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Cruise Blog Long Beach

Los Angeles & Hollywood

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May 18, 2020

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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Cruise Blog Long Beach Panorama

Panorama: Debarkation Day

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May 11, 2020

Good morning! Today is debarkation day for real–I hope. In case you missed it, yesterday was supposed to be debarkation day but we were held over due to a COVID19 scare. If you missed that one you can read about it here: Panorama: Coronavirus Day

I woke up at…


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Cruise Blog Long Beach Panorama

Panorama: Coronavirus Day

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May 10, 2020

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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Cruise Blog Panorama

Panorama: 3rd Sea Day

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May 4, 2020

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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Cruise Blog Panorama

Panorama: 2nd Sea Day

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April 27, 2020

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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Cruise Blog Mexican Riviera Panorama

Panorama: Puerto Vallarta

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April 20, 2020

Good morning! There’s a lot of traffic on this road in Puerto Vallarta.

It looks like we’re right across the street from a shopping mall.

We’ve got company coming.

It looks like a lot of boats were waiting for the Royal Princess to park and now they’re all heading out.

There’s also a…


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Cruise Blog Mexican Riviera Panorama

Panorama: Mazatlan

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April 13, 2020

Good morning! We are approaching Mazatlan.

That is El Faro on the left. I plan to reach the top of it later this morning.

I was fortunate that there was only one person in line when I got my coffee. It looks to be 10-12 deep now. There is no…


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Cruise Blog Mexican Riviera Panorama

Panorama: Cabo San Lucas

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April 6, 2020

Wow after dinner I came back to the room to change out of elegant clothes. I laid down for a minute and looked at the fun times, the next thing I know it’s 2:30am. I just slept 7 hours.

I tried to go back to sleep but I couldn’t….

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