The cruise was absolutely fantastic. Celebrity Cruises continues to do an amazing job ensuring the cruise is nothing but fun and relaxation. The Celebrity Equinox is a beautiful ship with much to do – or not.
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This was another day at a sea, but it was
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As has been our habit on this cruise, we arose around 8:30 and headed down for breakfast and a leisurely stroll about the ship checking out
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This was our second visit to St Maarten
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We finally got off the ship about 10:30. We had no excursions planned and simply strolled around
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Since we had a late night the night before and lost an hour on the clock, we
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We slept in until about 7:30 in the morning (late for
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We flew in Fort Lauderdale on Thanksgiving Day. We celebrated Thanksgiving a day early back in Arizona with our kids and
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The same is sort of true for Sean’s football team. This
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The Hooters Girls didn’t let him down. They made a birthday banner for him, had him do the Hooters Chicken Birthday Dance and sang a birthday song for him.
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I was assigned a major project a couple of weeks ago and need to bring
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• In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. — John Adams
• If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if
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  The final matchup is a rematch of last years Stanley Cup Finals between Detroit and
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  Suzanne kicked off the entire competition with her 40-49 year old song and dance routine to “Cabaret.” With her time slot at 8:00 in the morning, that meant leaving
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  That doesn’t mean the girls are passing this year – at least for Regionals. Tomorrow morning, bright and early at 4:00 AM, Suzanne and Savannah will head out the door to drive up
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