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Celebrate with a Caribbean Attitude in
Southern Latitudes – Aboard a New Year’s Cruise By Craig Haberle CTC
“Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes,”
as Jimmy Buffett sings, is the perfect theme for a well-deserved year-end escape aboard a Caribbean cruise. Congratulate and reward yourself for surviving the shopping and wrapping, cooking and baking, and putting up with relatives and in-laws from Thanksgiving through Christmas. Launching into 2018 is your time to celebrate with this trip
to the tropics, where sailing from port to port will wash away the cares of the old year and bring waves of exciting anticipation for the New Year. Welcome aboard Royal Caribbean’s impressive Brilliance of the Seas!
The New Year holiday is the perfect time to create new memories on board a warm weather cruise. Forget those frantic family meals and washing all those dishes. Instead, aboard your vacation cruise, order another dessert or an after-dinner drink. What could be better than to trade those kitchen duties for being served in style? For each meal, choose from the ship’s diverse selection of restaurants, from classic cuisines in the fine dining room to contemporary fusions in a more casual venue.
Blank out your uncle’s same old retold jokes with onboard professional entertainment presented by thrilling singers and dancers performing in colorful stage productions. You can dance the nights away in the lounges, disco or under the stars. Remember, room service is always available and included, so wake up when you wish. Make your bed and keep
the towels tidy? Never! Your stateroom steward is always ready to restore your stateroom and bathroom to its former glory.
Don’t forget this
is your vacation, so dress comfortably
and do only what
you like of the many onboard activities and entertainments. Santa might not have brought you everything on
your list, but on board this ship your wish is the staff’s command. So, whether or not it’s after 5:00 o’clock or whichever beverage is your preference as “that frozen concoction that helps you to hang on,” your attentive waiter
or bartender will have the blender whirring faster than you can
say “Margaritaville!”
Key West is your perfect first port of call. If you are not already in a festive mood, a meander down Duval Street will turn the tide of your temperament. Whether or not you visit some of the haunts made famous by Ernest Hemingway, Jimmy Buffett or John James Audubon, or stop at Mallory Square for each day’s sundown show of street performers, this island’s ubiquitous spirit of celebration is sure to charm you as 2017 begins its fade into the year-end sunset. Here, you can catamaran sail, snorkel, kayak or bike, take a Conch Train tour, visit the butterfly conservatory or just hang out with the locals.
Next, it’s a day at sea to give you time to recharge after Key West and prepare for your
last foray of fun in 2017. The friendly island
of Cozumel, Mexico, is where you land on December 31. You can swim with dolphins or
rays, snorkel, scuba, swim in a cenote, tour ancient Mayan ruins, among other activities, or relax at the beach with your amigos. Then, get ready for this year’s final fiesta when you set sail from Cozumel to Tampa while cruising out of ‘17 and into ‘18. Anchors aweigh!
This carefree vacation begins right in Central Pennsylvania on December 27, 2017, with AAA’s charter motorcoach to Baltimore airport for a
flight to Tampa, and an overnight stay at the Westshore Grand Tampa Hotel. The next day, you board Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas for
a five-night cruise to the islands of Key West and Cozumel. Then, there is a day at sea back to Tampa, from which you fly to Baltimore, where AAA’s motorcoach transfers you to Central Pennsylvania, arriving on January 2, 2018. For exclusive AAA member benefits, reserve through your AAA Travel Agent today.
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