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Thank you for a really interesting trip report. Loved the crab!
Thanks for reading!
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Wow, that club looked amazing - I completely forgot you were at an airport looking at your photos.
Thanks so much for sharing your trip with us. I was expecting to get to Jamaica on one of the Disney cruises early in 2018, but that's gone out of the window... because we're booked on the transatlantic to New York from the UK and then the New York to Quebec City cruise in the fall of next year, so I can't complain. One day, I would love to make it there though.
The club was so nice. I don't think I could go there now and not have it.
Those sound like fabulous cruises. Currently I have myself booked on one of the Bermuda cruises. Bermuda has been on my bucket list so I moved my placeholder to that right away. Hopefully all works out and we do go in it!
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Really enjoyed your TR...thank you for sharing all your pictures and experiences.
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Thanks for reading
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Too bad you room was on the third floor and not that great. Looks like you had a fun evening enjoying yourselves.
Thanks for sharing this TR as I enjoyed reading it as you had a nice trip in Jamaica.
We did have such a good time there.
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Thanks for sharing this TR! I found it really interesting! We had originally planned on going to Jamaica for our honeymoon, but for reasons I can't recall we switched to Aruba. I loved seeing the resorts you went to.
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I am doing a cruise stop in Aruba this summer. I am excited to see it as my cousin says it's so beautiful and clean. 5 weeks from today I fly to FL (that that I am counting or anything. LOL) but it's actually about 6 weeks before I go to Aruba.
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Smart move to schedule a later flight! Like Cheryl, I forgot for a moment that the club was in the airport. for sharing this trip and all the photos of Sandals with us.
I was so glad I didn't do the early flight. I got a little last bit of time to enjoy.
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So sorry that you felt seasick during your snorkeling excursion as that is just the worst feeling in the world. It sounds like you had a successful trip getting to view many of the resorts/rooms and also had a lot of fun meeting new friends along the way! Glad your flight home went so smoothly. Thanks again for entertaining us with your trip adventures.
I do hate feeling sea sick. I need to go check my supply of bonine for this next cruise this summer.
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Thanks for taking us to Jamaica! We honeymooned at Sandals Montego Bay 20 years ago and had been to many of those properties so it's fun to see what has changed (and what hasn't)! Glad you had a great time!!
How fun! I really liked Montego Bay. I hope someday to be able to go and stay there.
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Great report! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Sandals certainly had a lot going for it!
Thanks all for reading! I plan to do my next report on the Universal trip I took in Feb. It will take me a few days to get that ready....plus I need to catch up reading others...I am super behind once again!
I am doing a cruise stop in Aruba this summer. I am excited to see it as my cousin says it's so beautiful and clean. 5 weeks from today I fly to FL (that that I am counting or anything. LOL) but it's actually about 6 weeks before I go to Aruba.
I so hope you'll do a trip report on that, as we're on one of the southern Caribbean cruises with Disney in January and Aruba is one of the stops.
Looking forward to the Universal TR as I'm hoping to go there in October!
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Looking forward to reading your US trip report! We've been to Aruba several times and find it to be one of the best islands around! It's so clean and the people are very friendly.
I so hope you'll do a trip report on that, as we're on one of the southern Caribbean cruises with Disney in January and Aruba is one of the stops.
I plan to but it may take me a while. I want to really enjoy the summer and spend less time away from the computer..so I probably will start it late summer or fall.
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Looking forward to the Universal TR as I'm hoping to go there in October!
I really love Universal. I wish I could fit it in again this summer but there is just not enough time or money.
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Looking forward to reading your US trip report! We've been to Aruba several times and find it to be one of the best islands around! It's so clean and the people are very friendly.
So excited to have found this TR. I've been doing some research on a Sandals or Beaches vacation. I'm just getting started reading. Thanks for the TR!!
So excited to have found this TR. I've been doing some research on a Sandals or Beaches vacation. I'm just getting started reading. Thanks for the TR!!
I really enjoyed the Sandals brand! My friend Lenora took her family back this summer...I think she is coming home today. She had a good time and her kids loved Beaches Negril.
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DH and I are thinking about a few days at the Royal Bahamian for our 20th anniversary next fall or a few days at Beaches, Turks & Caicos next summer with our teenage daughters. We can't do both so going back and forth thinking about it but we have time to decide. I've read a lot of great reviews for both but the bad ones make me nervous (I know every place will have some bad reviews) since this would be a much more expensive vacation than what we normally do. Thanks for sharing your experience. I loved reading it and seeing all the pictures!
Awesome Sauce. Pictures look Great.. Looks like you had a wonderful time We just flew back from MOBAY yesterday went down for my parents 35th Ann/ Vow Renewal..
DH and I are thinking about a few days at the Royal Bahamian for our 20th anniversary next fall or a few days at Beaches, Turks & Caicos next summer with our teenage daughters. We can't do both so going back and forth thinking about it but we have time to decide. I've read a lot of great reviews for both but the bad ones make me nervous (I know every place will have some bad reviews) since this would be a much more expensive vacation than what we normally do. Thanks for sharing your experience. I loved reading it and seeing all the pictures!
Awesome! I hear a lot of good things about Turks and Caicos. It's on my bucket list for sure. I will probably have to do it as a tour type thing like this one was because I am sure I will never get my husband to go. LOL.
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Awesome Sauce. Pictures look Great.. Looks like you had a wonderful time We just flew back from MOBAY yesterday went down for my parents 35th Ann/ Vow Renewal..
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I was expecting to get to Jamaica on one of the Disney cruises early in 2018, but that's gone out of the window... because we're booked on the transatlantic to New York from the UK and then the New York to Quebec City cruise in the fall of next year, so I can't complain. 
One day, I would love to make it there though.
for sharing this trip and all the photos of Sandals with us. 
It sounds like you had a successful trip getting to view many of the resorts/rooms and also had a lot of fun meeting new friends along the way! Glad your flight home went so smoothly. Thanks again for entertaining us with your trip adventures.
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