This cruise on the Queen Mary 2 is a celebration of our 25th wedding anniversary later this year. We have a sailing on the new Crown Princess that was originally scheduled to celebrate this event but then this great deal on the Queen Mary 2 came along. We'll still be on the Crown but this one looks to be a great way to celebrate what with 6 full days at sea. Plenty of time to reflect on the last quarter century together and prepare for the next. Blah Blah Blah...enough of that sappy stuff for now....facts about the hotel please!

If you choose to park here it's all about convenience. We drove right up to the hotel where they took our car and will store it while we are on our cruise. That was also the last time we will have to touch out luggage. We easily arranged for it to be taken to the airline to be checked in before our flight. Once there, Cunard representatives will take it to our stateroom on the ship. If you get a chance to stay at this hotel, do so. There's another Hyatt not too far, the Hyatt Grand Cypress, and it too is a marvelous hotel...almost a city unto itself. This one has a couple of really great restaurants that are first class all the way....but not stuffy about it. We were happy that our daughters Sydney and Whitney were able to join us for dinner here at the hotel then a movie in our room. If the ship sinks we'll be even happier about that.

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