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Fantasy Cruise days 7-13 Canada

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So it's July 7 and we arrive in Bar Harbor, Maine at 8 am Our recommended excursion is Grand Tour Of Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park   Tour Length:   Full-Day (Approximately 6 hours) Make the most of your day in Bar Harbor on this comprehensive tour that encompasses all of the highlights of Acadia National Park, the scenic areas of Mount Desert Island including Sieur de Mont Spring and a spectacular lobster lunch. Starting off from the pier, you will embark on one of the most picturesque drives on the east coast as you journey along the 27-mile Park Loop Road and take in spectacular coastal, mountain, and forest scenery. Visit Sieur de Mont Springs Nature Center, where you learn about Acadia National Park's rich and varied wildlife. Along the ocean's edge, a photo stop will be made at the famous Thunder Hole where ocean swells converge against the granite cliffs to create a thunderous roar (if designated bus parking is not available, an altern...

Fantasy Cruise days 3 through 6

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Day three of our adventure brings us to the port of Charleston, South Carolina. This historic southern town offers us many shore excursions.  We limit our choices to the top six 1. Historic walking tour with Nathaniel Russell House 2. Boone Hall Plantation and Historic Charleston 3. Historic Charleston City Tour 4. Fort Sumter & Historic Charleston 5. Magnolia Gardens 6. The Ghosts of Charleston Walking Tour This was a hard decision.  Should we pick number 4 or number 5?  Well this is all just imaginary anyway so let's do both cue Hermione and her time turner. Fort Sumter tour up first.  The historic location for the beginning of the civil war. and a tour of some amazing architecture and history The Magnolia gardens in South Carolina are amazing.  I wish this were real and I'm only posting a small portion of the amazing photos I found on line.  Google it, this place is amazing no wonder it was voted o...

My fantasy cruise days one and two

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I had so much fun researching and calculating that last trip that I decided to do a fantasy one.  I found a cruise going out of Miami for 90 days going to wonderful places I can only dream about.  So dream I will and you can join me.  So for this experiment we will be taking Oceania's 90 day Ultimate Quest out of Miami.  The ship actually left Miami on July 1, 2016 so we are a few days behind, but we will catch up.      We will board the ship Insignia in Miami, Florida.  We embark at 1 pm.   The cost for this cruise would be about $23,999 per guest for an inside stateroom.  This doesn't include port charges, taxes, fees or gratuities, but gets us a room looking something like this.. not to bad, but since this is just a fantasy and we're not paying anything, how about an upgrade. you don't fully appreciate the size of this suite until you see it by this view I think I can do 90 days in this luxury.  and thi...