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Ever since I’ve turned 21 and been able to gamble, I’ve been addicted. I turn 22 in two weeks and I can safely say this is the worst year of my young life, financially speaking. The things you tell yourself to justify spending $200 (or more) at the casino vs getting ahead on bills, treating yourself to new clothing, or just saving cash, is asinine. Truly one of the worst addictions one can face.
Here’s my story, hopefully it will inspire others to beat this demon.
All started on a trip to the Bahamas with my family. I’ve always been interested in gambling because of the chance of making some quick money. Problem was at this point in time, I was only 20 (month away from legal age) and figured I couldn’t enter the casino at Atlantis Resort.
“Don’t worry, the legal age to gamble here is only 18” my stepdad said.
That was all it took for me. First chance we got to go, i jumped at it. My stepdad went with me. I sat down with $100 in my hand and slid it into the video blackjack machine. I didn’t know much about blackjack but my stepdad gave me advice on what moves to make, but it didn’t matter. That $100 was gone (for both of us) in a matter of minutes. Terrible shoe, so I went and withdrew $100 more. After a ton of ups and downs we went on this crazy run as I was down to $20. Every double down, split, hit was working.....dealer breaking, and the thrill was euphoric, and I ended up leaving $40 up. I bought us both a drink celebrated. Cloud nine.
Once I turned 21, I started going to my local ho chunk casinos with my buddies, started off having small limits like $50-100, sometimes win and sometimes lose. It got to the point we were heading there 2-3 times a week, 45 minute drive each time just to get there. I didn’t care if I lost, I was truly there for the thrill. Those small limits have since been blown past to where I’m blowing half a paycheck in one sitting. At its peak, I would go down to my favorite bar after work and just sit on bar slots for hours. December 23, still haven’t bought Christmas presents for my family, I was too busy funneling $500 into a triple jack slot machine. When I lost that, I returned home (where I purposefully left my cash to NOT use) to grab my wad of $1200. Somehow, by the grace of god, I won it back and a tiny bit more. I vowed myself to never gamble again. My heart and stomach felt like they weighed 1000 pounds. Three days later, I was back.
Since that day, I definitely gambled less, until I got an urge to head down to the casino with my friend. Ended up blowing $400 in one sitting and the next week $500 in another. The feeling I felt was like no other, that walk of shame back to your car, the emptiness, the depression really creeps in.
March 2nd was the day I decided to change my life. Those two losses were the wake up call I needed. I broke down and told my girlfriend, and thankfully she was understanding and supported me. I feel great knowing that I don’t have to worry about money, that I can get return for my hard earned money with material value. It feels so damn good.
Thank you all for taking the time to read this. If you ever need someone to talk to, don’t be afraid to reach out to me.

To match, you must go to a Total Rewards desk in person (at any casino under the CET umbrella) with your MLife Gold card and they will give you the status. Source, from today at Caesar's AC.
Benefits of TR Diamond status are pretty extensive, including 4 nights free at Atlantis in the Bahamas, a $100 dining voucher, 2 free show tickets per calendar month in Vegas, free parking, and no resort fees. For more details, see my previous post here.
Once you have TR Diamond, matching to Wyndham Rewards Diamond is an online form here that takes a few days to process. Once you are in the loop, you can "flip-flop" your status between TR and Wyndham. That is, when one expires, the other does not for another few months so you can match to the expired one, and back when the unexpired one expires.

Cruise Karen
Hello all! Got another story for you. This happened just recently as my family and I just returned from a cruise to celebrate my grandparents 50th anniversary. It was a 5 days cruise that ported out of Jacksonville, FL to the Bahamas. Out of my household, myself, my mom and my sister went, leaving my brother and dad behind. My mom’s sister and her husband brought along their 4 youngest kids and of course my grandparents, 11 of us in total. If you read my last post, this is the same family we were visiting during the Plane Karen incident.
This story will be recounting our unfortunate time with our deck neighbor Karen. At this point we should know the basic cast of characters, so I’ll only include; GP/M~ Grandpa/ ma, H ~ Karen’s “Husband” (he doesn’t really have much to add to this story) and KK ~ Karen’s Kids.
It all begins once we’re beginning to board and making our way to our room. My mom managed an extended balcony room to mine and my sister’s utter delight. Worth the extra coinage. Our door had been propped open as we were waiting for our bags to arrive, so meantime we were exploring the room. Directly across the hall, I spot a man (H) and two kids come out and briefly look into out room. Not totally weird in my book honestly. I tend to feel snoopish now and again as I walk the hall and see other doors open. He took the kids down the hall right as our luggage appeared. We unpacked and got settled, door still open a bit. I see H and kids come back with a small plate of food in hand (lunch was going on whilst people still boarded. This was around 2pm-ish). He made another glance into our room again before shutting his own door. And that was that until dinner around six, a couple of hours after we left the port into open water. I made my way to dinner first; I had to walk at a slower pace to better accommodate my foot which was not fairing well after surgery 9 months prior (read last post). As I stepped foot outside the threshold of my room, the door across from me flew open, a woman (tall, skinny, blonde blue eyes) looked my up and down and gave me one of those looks. Like something was amiss to her, before she muttered a “Hello” before walking down the hall. And it was at that time I noticed a couple plates of leftover food and utensils sitting by our door. We hadn’t eaten yet, so I knew this wasn’t ours. I brushed it off and left for the dining hall.
After dinner, all three of us came back down our hall to find the same women knocking on our door. My mom got her attention with an “Hello, can we help you?” The women jumped a bit then put on her biggest smile.
K: “Hello! We’re directly across from you and I was hoping to ask you for a favor?” By this time, we made it to our door, and I told my sister to go inside, and as she did so, giving the woman a look inside our room. she continued.
K: “It’s our first cruise and I am not to familiar with the boats. So, when we were booking, we didn’t know about the balcony rooms. And then I noticed you have a balcony and..” my mom cut her off.
M: “So, what’s your favor? You need tips on how to book a balcony for next time?” my mom was tired after dinner and it had been a long day. She didn’t want to deal with this. The women shook her head.
K: “Oh no, no, no. I was hoping you’d switch rooms with us, so I can give my kids a great experience on their first cruise. It shouldn’t be a problem. See, your cards are red, so you’ve cruised before and know what a balcony feels like. What do you say” I actually snort laughed at her “idea” to which my mom shooed me into the room, looked to Karen and said with the fakest of smiles, “No thank you. Have a goodnight and a lovely vacation.” and shut the door. I bust out laughing. She looked so sure and confident that this would work. Without going over the entire reasoning as to why this wouldn’t work, she totally didn’t think this whole thing through.
Later in the evening I had gotten hungry again and ordered room service. As my food arrived and I opened the door to let the attendant in, on cue, the woman and H came out of their rooms dressed all fancy, then she spotted me and narrowed her eyes at me, to which I snort chuckled, thanked the attendant and closed to door in her face. And that, my friends was just the beginning of Cruise Karen.
She began her tirade of petty nuisances the first sea day (Day 1), when after my family had gotten back to our rooms after breakfast, she’d come out of her room and just give us mean looks and “humphed” her tired ass down the hall with her family. The maybe after 15 or so minutes, they would return with so much food, 1 to 2 plates a person. We’d always open our door to a suspicious big pile of dirty dishes next to our door. We knew it was them and I think she thought that she could make us out to look like pigs/ slobs or something for always have a mass of dishes. Thankfully, our steward, made his rounds more frequently than others, and always picked them up in a timely manner. Later in the day, we received notice that someone was complaining about noise and the smell of cigarettes being smoked across the hall. If I'm honest, these room are nearly soundproof wall to wall. You seldom hear anything unless you actually walk outside your room, and barely anything there still. We knew. And nothing came of it.
I had gone to sunbathe on the Lido Deck towards the back of the boat. I had found a nice secluded spot near the back, in a corner. I had been there about 20-ish minutes when I felt the spritz of water fall on me. There was not a cloud in the sky and the waterslide was far away enough water couldn’t touch me. It was then I had noticed two familiar children running away from my direction and towards a chair with someone in it. It was her kids. And no later had I recognized them, with their huge water guns, had the Karen peeked around her chair, lifting her shades a bit to see me. She zipped back around the second we made eye contact. I stood my ground and continued to sunbathe, not willing to give up a prime spot for soaking in that Vitamin D. The sun has a way of relaxing you and making you sleepy. I had my shades on and pretty much laid lifeless for the most part. This led to Karen to probably believing I had fallen asleep and shooed her kids over towards me again, but before they could do anything, my mom had shown up and “yelled” at them the scram. They did and ran to Karen, whom shot us multiple glares, but never said anything and that was the end of that. My mom took the chair up beside me and we sat there for a little over two hours. At least twice more that day, we found more piles of dishes by our door and later that night, Karen tried to discreetly get me in trouble by telling the bouncer of the night club that I had snuck in and was underaged. Karen was still not too bright as our room cards have a barcode employee’s scan that display our names and ages as displayed on our passports. So of course, nothing came of this and I stayed. I even ordered a large alcoholic beverage and saluted Karen on the dance floor. She huffed and stomped away.
The next day (Day 2), we ported into Paradise Island. Bahamas. Myself, my mom and my sister made our way off the boat and onto the ferry that takes you from Nassau to Paradise Island. S/N: Our grandparents own two timeshare properties on PI, right next door to the Atlantis Resort, and they are granted full access passes every year to the Atlantis Waterpark and its' multiple aquariums, whenever they go. Our family has experienced the Bahamas three times and were familiar with the territory/ process. Our GP’s opted to tour the city, so we were allowed to use said passes. Upon getting there, we enter in through the casino to get through to the first part of the aquarium. When we get to the threshold (there’s always a guard checking for Atlantis passes at this point. No passes and/ or ticket, no entry. Simple.), there’s Karen and her family. She’s trying her best not to make a scene, but she looks angry. As we grew closer, we could hear their conversation. She wants entry into the water park but has no pass or ticket. None of them do. They assumed it came free with the cruise. The guard explains plainly, no ticket, no entry. Karen ranted some more, the guard ignored her at that point. We made our way to the guard and flashed our passes; the guard smiles at us and starts to move aside. Karen noticed this immediately and her face contorted in fury, then just as quickly scheming. Karen was not a creature of subtlety, as the guard moved to let us by, Karen tried to shove her kids into us.
K: “We’re actually with them. They know us from the cruise and can vouch for us. Hey. Hey! May we use those passes too? My kids deserve to experience this. Come on.” she pleaded, and it was rather pathetic, yet bold of her to try and pass this in front of the guard who obviously wasn’t buying it. My mom laughed and we kept walking. Karen kept screaming how this was unfair and that we somehow stole her passes, even though she just told the guard she thought it was free. Our day goes on and we have a great time. I have pictures/ videos if anyone would like to see. We had to be back on the boat by 4pm before the boat left by 5, so we start our way back at 3:30. We ported out of the Bahamas, and the rest of the evening was peaceful.
The next day (Day 3), we docked in The Princess Cays and took my little cousin with us. I spotted Karen a few times on the far side of the beach as we swam and sunbathed on the other, I don’t know if she saw us too, but nothing was had that day either. On the second sea day (Day 4), I decided to stay in the room most the day to recuperate from the swimming and sun from the days prior. I was exhausted. I was taking naps whenever during the day, having only left the room for breakfast, lunch and dinner. My mom had gone out with her sister for the evening and my sister was out at the deck party. My twin cousins stopped by to enjoy the balcony for a bit and just hang out. About 8 in the evening, there was a knock. I got up thinking it was my room service I had ordered (don’t shame me, room service is great and the food is damn good). Nope. Karen; all dolled up and fancy with her two kids. I muttered an, “Oh my god” before asking if I could help her. Karen, with one of those irked looks on her face braves a fake ass smile.
K: “Yes hi, I need someone to watch my kids so my husband and I can go out for our last night on this ship. I thought you wouldn’t mind since you’re not doing anything AND caused us that trouble in the Bahamas and embarrassed me in front of all those people. You owe us this much.” She started to push her kids slowly to the door, telling them that Mommy and Daddy would see them in a couple hours. I’m terrible at guessing kids ages, but they came up to barely must waist, and I’m 4’11’’. I blocked the door, and I could see she was getting furious.
M: “Okay, listen. This is getting so ridiculous. We don’t owe you or your privileged family anything. It’s really sad to see a grown woman act like a spoiled brat just because she lacked the knowledge to plan ahead and book the room she wanted, and NOW must try to sabotage my family’s vacation and my good time. I am not having it. You are not leaving your kids with me. A stranger, no less. What kind of parent are you? What normal person does this?” I whisper shouted at her. I was done with her bs. I was tired, sunburned and suffering a bit of heat exhaustion. Though I looked and felt like shiz, I sure as hell was not about to take this. Karen just stared, mouth agape trying to come up with some retort. At that moment, my cousins came in outside from the balcony, and it was at that Karen thought she had leverage.
K: “Well then, who are they!? Why do they get to spend time on the balcony and my kids can’t? This isn’t fair! You are going to watch my kids. You will! You will! Or I’m going to complain!” I rebutted,
M: “I owe you nothing. They are here for the simple fact that they're family and welcome in here. You are not welcome. Take your kids back to your own sad little room and I will be launching a complaint for your constant harassment.” I close the door. Karen placed a hard hit to our door before huffing out a long roar before storming off and her kids crying. I told my mom what happened, and we did make a complaint. I don’t know what happened to Karen and her family after that. We didn’t see nor hear of or from them for the rest of that night, or the next morning when we ported into Jacksonville. Aside from our adventures with her, this was a great vacation and one I got to take with the side of the family I rarely see. This story was told to my Aunt and Uncle, and they made a point to ask if my mom and I just have bad luck with such encounters with these people. We laughed about it; Mom: “Let’s hope to universe gives us a break. I really wanted to knock her ass out.” We all left and went our separate ways for now as our grandparents took us to the airport.
……. then on the way the to the airport, who should we see?
Not Karen, but a crazy cracked out lady in a white pickup that tried to cause damage to her own car and blame my grandpa for it. But that’s another story. 😊

Cruise Karen
Hello all! Got another story for you. This happened just recently as my family and I just returned from a cruise to celebrate my grandparents 50th anniversary. It was a 5 days cruise that ported out of Jacksonville, FL to the Bahamas. Out of my household, myself, my mom and my sister went, leaving my brother and dad behind. My mom’s sister and her husband brought along their 4 youngest kids and of course my grandparents, 11 of us in total. If you read my last post, this is the same family we were visiting during the Plane Karen incident.
This story will be recounting our unfortunate time with our deck neighbor Karen. At this point we should know the basic cast of characters, so I’ll only include; GP/M~ Grandpa/ ma, H ~ Karen’s “Husband” (he doesn’t really have much to add to this story) and KK ~ Karen’s Kids.
It all begins once we’re beginning to board and making our way to our room. My mom managed an extended balcony room to mine and my sister’s utter delight. Worth the extra coinage. Our door had been propped open as we were waiting for our bags to arrive, so meantime we were exploring the room. Directly across the hall, I spot a man (H) and two kids come out and briefly look into out room. Not totally weird in my book honestly. I tend to feel snoopish now and again as I walk the hall and see other doors open. He took the kids down the hall right as our luggage appeared. We unpacked and got settled, door still open a bit. I see H and kids come back with a small plate of food in hand (lunch was going on whilst people still boarded. This was around 2pm-ish). He made another glance into our room again before shutting his own door. And that was that until dinner around six, a couple of hours after we left the port into open water. I made my way to dinner first; I had to walk at a slower pace to better accommodate my foot which was not fairing well after surgery 9 months prior (read last post). As I stepped foot outside the threshold of my room, the door across from me flew open, a woman (tall, skinny, blonde blue eyes) looked my up and down and gave me one of those looks. Like something was amiss to her, before she muttered a “Hello” before walking down the hall. And it was at that time I noticed a couple plates of leftover food and utensils sitting by our door. We hadn’t eaten yet, so I knew this wasn’t ours. I brushed it off and left for the dining hall.
After dinner, all three of us came back down our hall to find the same women knocking on our door. My mom got her attention with an “Hello, can we help you?” The women jumped a bit then put on her biggest smile.
K: “Hello! We’re directly across from you and I was hoping to ask you for a favor?” By this time, we made it to our door, and I told my sister to go inside, and as she did so, giving the woman a look inside our room. she continued.
K: “It’s our first cruise and I am not to familiar with the boats. So, when we were booking, we didn’t know about the balcony rooms. And then I noticed you have a balcony and..” my mom cut her off. “So, what’s your favor? You need tips on how to book a balcony for next time?” my mom was tired after dinner and it had been a long day. She didn’t want to deal with this. The women shook her head, “Oh no, no, no. I was hoping you’d switch rooms with us, so I can give my kids a great experience on their first cruise. It shouldn’t be a problem. See, your cards are red, so you’ve cruised before and know what a balcony feels like. What do you say” I actually snort laughed at her “idea” to which my mom shooed me into the room, looked to Karen and said with the fakest of smiles, “No thank you. Have a goodnight and a lovely vacation.” and shut the door. I bust out laughing. She looked so sure and confident that this would work. Without going over the entire reasoning as to why this wouldn’t work, she totally didn’t think this whole thing through.
Later in the evening I had gotten hungry again and ordered room service. As my food arrived and I opened the door to let the attendant in, on cue, the woman and H came out of their rooms dressed all fancy, then she spotted me and narrowed her eyes at me, to which I snort chuckled, thanked the attendant and closed to door in her face. And that, my friends was just the beginning of Cruise Karen.
She began her tirade of petty nuisances the first sea day (Day 1), when after my family had gotten back to our rooms after breakfast, she’d come out of her room and just give us mean looks and “humphed” her tired ass down the hall with her family. The maybe after 15 or so minutes, would return with so much food. We’d always open our door to a suspicious big pile of dirty dishes next to our door. We knew it was them and I think she thought that she could make us out to look like pigs/ slobs or something for always have a mass of dishes. Thankfully, our steward, made his rounds more frequently than others, and always picked them up in a timely manner. Later in the day, we received notice that someone was complaining about noise and the smell of cigarettes being smoked across the hall. We knew. Nothing came of it. I had gone to sunbathe on the Lido Deck towards the back of the boat. I had found a nice secluded spot near the back, in a corner. I had been there about 20ish minutes when I felt the spritz of water fall on me. There was not a cloud in the sky and the waterslide was far away enough water couldn’t touch me. It was then I had noticed two familiar children running away from my direction and towards a chair with someone in it. It was her kids. And no later had I recognized them, with their huge water guns, had the Karen peeked around her chair, lifting her shades a bit to see me. She zipped back around the second we made eye contact. I stood my ground and continued to sunbathe, not willing to give up a prime spot for soaking in that Vitamin D. The sun has a way of relaxing you and making you sleepy. I had my shades on and pretty much laid lifeless for the most part. This led to Karen to probably believing I had fallen asleep and shooed her kids over towards me again, but before they could do anything, my mom had shown up and “yelled” at them the scram. They did and ran to Karen, whom shot us multiple glares, but never said anything and that was the end of that. My mom took the chair up beside me and we sat there for a little over two hours. At least twice more that day, we found more piles of dishes by our door and later that night, Karen tried to discreetly get me in trouble by telling the bouncer of the night club that I had snuck in and was underaged. Karen was still not too bright as our room cards have a barcode employee’s scan that display our names and ages as displayed on our passports. So of course, nothing came of this and I stayed. I even ordered a large alcoholic beverage and saluted Karen on the dance floor. She huffed and stomped away.
The next day, we ported into Paradise Island. Bahamas. Myself, my mom and my sister made our way off the boat and onto the ferry that takes you from Nassau to Paradise Island. S/N: Our grandparents own two timeshare properties on PI, right next door to the Atlantis Resort, and they are granted full access passes every years to the Atlantis Waterpark and multiple aquariums, whenever they go. Our family has experienced the Bahamas three times and were familiar with the territory/ process. Our GP’s opted to tour the city, so we were allowed said passes for free access into the waterpark and aquarium. Upon getting there, we enter in through the casino to get through to the first part of the aquarium. When we get to the threshold (there’s always a guard checking for Atlantis passes at this point. No passes and/ or ticket, no entry. Simple.), there’s Karen and her family. She’s trying her best not to make a scene, but she looks angry. As we grew closer, we could hear their conversation. She wants entry into the water park but has no pass or ticket. None of them do. They assumed it came free with the cruise. The guard explains plainly, no ticket, no entry. Karen ranted some more, the guard ignored her at that point. We made our way to the guard and flashed our passes. Karen noticed this immediately and her face contorted in fury, then just as quickly scheming. Karen was not a creature of subtlety, as the guard moved to let us by, Karen tried to shove her kids into us.
K: “We’re actually with them. They know us from the cruise and can vouch for us. Hey. Hey! May we use those passes too? My kids deserve to experience this. Come on.” she pleaded, and it was rather pathetic, yet bold of her to try and pass this in front of the guard who obviously wasn’t buying it. My mom laughed and we kept walking. Karen kept screaming how this was unfair and that we somehow stole her passes, even though she just told the guard she thought it was free. Our day goes on and we have a great time. I have pictures/ videos if anyone would like to see. We had to be back on the boat by 4pm before the boat left by 5, so we start our way back at 3:30. We ported out of the Bahamas, and the rest of the evening was peaceful. The next day, we docked in The Princess Cays and took my little cousin with us. I spotted Karen a few times on the far side of the beach as we swam and sunbathed on the other, I don’t know if she saw us too, but nothing was had that day either. On the second sea day (Day 4), I decided to stay in the room most the day to recuperate from the swimming and sun. I was exhausted. My twin cousins stopped by to enjoy the balcony for a bit and just hang out. About 8 in the evening, there was a knock. I got up thinking it was my room service I had ordered (don’t shame me, room service is great and the food is damn good). Nope. Karen; all dolled up and fancy with her two kids. I muttered an, “Oh my god” before asking if I could help her. Karen, with one of those irked looks on her face braves a fake ass smile.
K: “Excuse me, I need someone to watch my kids so my husband and I can go out for our last night on this ship. I thought you wouldn’t mind since you’re not doing anything AND caused us that trouble in the Bahamas and embarrassed me in front of all those people. You owe us this much.” She started to push her kids slowly to the door, telling them that Mommy and Daddy would see them in a couple hours. I’m terrible at guessing kids ages, but they came up to barely must waist, and I’m 4’11’’. I blocked the door, and I could see she was getting furious.
M: “Okay, listen. This is getting so ridiculous. We don’t owe you or your privileged family anything. It’s really sad to see a grown woman act like a spoiled brat just because she lacked the knowledge to plan ahead and book the room she wanted, and NOW must try to sabotage my family’s vacation and my good time. I am not having it. You are not leaving your kids with me. A stranger, no less. What kind of parent are you? What normal person does this?” I whisper shouted at her. I was done with her bs. I was tired, sunburned and suffering a bit of heat exhaustion. Though I looked and felt like shiz, I sure as hell was not about to take this. Karen just stared, mouth agape trying to come up with some retort. At that moment, my cousins came in outside from the balcony, and it was at that Karen thought she had leverage.
K: “Well then, who are they!? Why do they get to spend time on the balcony and my kids can’t? This isn’t fair! You are going to watch my kids. You will! You will! Or I’m going to complain!” I rebutted, “I owe you nothing. They are here for the simple fact that they're family and welcome in here. You are not welcome. Take your kids back to your own sad little room and I will be launching a complaint for your constant harassment.” I close the door. Karen placed a hard hit to our door before huffing out a long roar before storming off and her kids crying. I told my mom what happened, and we did make a complaint. I don’t know what happened to Karen and her family after that. We didn’t see nor hear of or from them for the rest of that night, or the next morning when we ported into Jacksonville. Aside from our adventures with her, this was a great vacation and one I got to take with the side of the family I rarely see. This story was told to my Aunt and Uncle, and they made a point to ask if my mom and I just have bad luck with such encounters with these people. We laughed about it; Mom: “Let’s hope to universe gives us a break. I really wanted to knock her ass out.” We all left and went our separate ways for now as our grandparents took us to the airport.
……. then on the way the to the airport, who should we see?
Not Karen, but a crazy cracked out lady in a white pickup that tried to cause damage to her own car and blame my grandpa for it. But that’s another story. 😊

Cruise Karen
Hello all! Got another story for you. This happened just recently as my family and I just returned from a cruise to celebrate my grandparents 50th anniversary. It was a 5 days cruise that ported out of Jacksonville, FL to the Bahamas. Out of my household, myself, my mom and my sister went, leaving my brother and dad behind. My mom’s sister and her husband brought along their 4 youngest kids and of course my grandparents, 11 of us in total. If you read my last post, this is the same family we were visiting during the Plane Karen incident.
This story will be recounting our unfortunate time with our deck neighbor Karen. At this point we should know the basic cast of characters, so I’ll only include; GP/M~ Grandpa/ ma, H ~ Karen’s “Husband” (he doesn’t really have much to add to this story) and KK ~ Karen’s Kids.
It all begins once we’re beginning to board and making our way to our room. My mom managed an extended balcony room to mine and my sister’s utter delight. Worth the extra coinage. Our door had been propped open as we were waiting for our bags to arrive, so meantime we were exploring the room. Directly across the hall, I spot a man (H) and two kids come out and briefly look into out room. Not totally weird in my book honestly. I tend to feel snoopish now and again as I walk the hall and see other doors open. He took the kids down the hall right as our luggage appeared. We unpacked and got settled, door still open a bit. I see H and kids come back with a small plate of food in hand (lunch was going on whilst people still boarded. This was around 2pm-ish). He made another glance into our room again before shutting his own door. And that was that until dinner around six, a couple of hours after we left the port into open water. I made my way to dinner first; I had to walk at a slower pace to better accommodate my foot which was not fairing well after surgery 9 months prior (read last post). As I stepped foot outside the threshold of my room, the door across from me flew open, a woman (tall, skinny, blonde blue eyes) looked my up and down and gave me one of those looks. Like something was amiss to her, before she muttered a “Hello” before walking down the hall. And it was at that time I noticed a couple plates of leftover food and utensils sitting by our door. We hadn’t eaten yet, so I knew this wasn’t ours. I brushed it off and left for the dining hall.
After dinner, all three of us came back down our hall to find the same women knocking on our door. My mom got her attention with an “Hello, can we help you?” The women jumped a bit then put on her biggest smile.
K: “Hello! We’re directly across from you and I was hoping to ask you for a favor?” By this time, we made it to our door, and I told my sister to go inside, and as she did so, giving the woman a look inside our room. she continued.
K: “It’s our first cruise and I am not to familiar with the boats. So, when we were booking, we didn’t know about the balcony rooms. And then I noticed you have a balcony and..” my mom cut her off.
M: “So, what’s your favor? You need tips on how to book a balcony for next time?” my mom was tired after dinner and it had been a long day. She didn’t want to deal with this. The women shook her head.
K: “Oh no, no, no. I was hoping you’d switch rooms with us, so I can give my kids a great experience on their first cruise. It shouldn’t be a problem. See, your cards are red, so you’ve cruised before and know what a balcony feels like. What do you say” I actually snort laughed at her “idea” to which my mom shooed me into the room, looked to Karen and said with the fakest of smiles, “No thank you. Have a goodnight and a lovely vacation.” and shut the door. I bust out laughing. She looked so sure and confident that this would work. Without going over the entire reasoning as to why this wouldn’t work, she totally didn’t think this whole thing through.
Later in the evening I had gotten hungry again and ordered room service. As my food arrived and I opened the door to let the attendant in, on cue, the woman and H came out of their rooms dressed all fancy, then she spotted me and narrowed her eyes at me, to which I snort chuckled, thanked the attendant and closed to door in her face. And that, my friends was just the beginning of Cruise Karen.
She began her tirade of petty nuisances the first sea day (Day 1), when after my family had gotten back to our rooms after breakfast, she’d come out of her room and just give us mean looks and “humphed” her tired ass down the hall with her family. The maybe after 15 or so minutes, they would return with so much food, 1 to 2 plates a person. We’d always open our door to a suspicious big pile of dirty dishes next to our door. We knew it was them and I think she thought that she could make us out to look like pigs/ slobs or something for always have a mass of dishes. Thankfully, our steward, made his rounds more frequently than others, and always picked them up in a timely manner. Later in the day, we received notice that someone was complaining about noise and the smell of cigarettes being smoked across the hall. If I'm honest, these room are nearly soundproof wall to wall. You seldom hear anything unless you actually walk outside your room, and barely anything there still. We knew. And nothing came of it.
I had gone to sunbathe on the Lido Deck towards the back of the boat. I had found a nice secluded spot near the back, in a corner. I had been there about 20-ish minutes when I felt the spritz of water fall on me. There was not a cloud in the sky and the waterslide was far away enough water couldn’t touch me. It was then I had noticed two familiar children running away from my direction and towards a chair with someone in it. It was her kids. And no later had I recognized them, with their huge water guns, had the Karen peeked around her chair, lifting her shades a bit to see me. She zipped back around the second we made eye contact. I stood my ground and continued to sunbathe, not willing to give up a prime spot for soaking in that Vitamin D. The sun has a way of relaxing you and making you sleepy. I had my shades on and pretty much laid lifeless for the most part. This led to Karen to probably believing I had fallen asleep and shooed her kids over towards me again, but before they could do anything, my mom had shown up and “yelled” at them the scram. They did and ran to Karen, whom shot us multiple glares, but never said anything and that was the end of that. My mom took the chair up beside me and we sat there for a little over two hours. At least twice more that day, we found more piles of dishes by our door and later that night, Karen tried to discreetly get me in trouble by telling the bouncer of the night club that I had snuck in and was underaged. Karen was still not too bright as our room cards have a barcode employee’s scan that display our names and ages as displayed on our passports. So of course, nothing came of this and I stayed. I even ordered a large alcoholic beverage and saluted Karen on the dance floor. She huffed and stomped away.
The next day (Day 2), we ported into Paradise Island. Bahamas. Myself, my mom and my sister made our way off the boat and onto the ferry that takes you from Nassau to Paradise Island. S/N: Our grandparents own two timeshare properties on PI, right next door to the Atlantis Resort, and they are granted full access passes every year to the Atlantis Waterpark and its' multiple aquariums, whenever they go. Our family has experienced the Bahamas three times and were familiar with the territory/ process. Our GP’s opted to tour the city, so we were allowed to use said passes. Upon getting there, we enter in through the casino to get through to the first part of the aquarium. When we get to the threshold (there’s always a guard checking for Atlantis passes at this point. No passes and/ or ticket, no entry. Simple.), there’s Karen and her family. She’s trying her best not to make a scene, but she looks angry. As we grew closer, we could hear their conversation. She wants entry into the water park but has no pass or ticket. None of them do. They assumed it came free with the cruise. The guard explains plainly, no ticket, no entry. Karen ranted some more, the guard ignored her at that point. We made our way to the guard and flashed our passes; the guard smiles at us and starts to move aside. Karen noticed this immediately and her face contorted in fury, then just as quickly scheming. Karen was not a creature of subtlety, as the guard moved to let us by, Karen tried to shove her kids into us.
K: “We’re actually with them. They know us from the cruise and can vouch for us. Hey. Hey! May we use those passes too? My kids deserve to experience this. Come on.” she pleaded, and it was rather pathetic, yet bold of her to try and pass this in front of the guard who obviously wasn’t buying it. My mom laughed and we kept walking. Karen kept screaming how this was unfair and that we somehow stole her passes, even though she just told the guard she thought it was free. Our day goes on and we have a great time. I have pictures/ videos if anyone would like to see. We had to be back on the boat by 4pm before the boat left by 5, so we start our way back at 3:30. We ported out of the Bahamas, and the rest of the evening was peaceful.
The next day (Day 3), we docked in The Princess Cays and took my little cousin with us. I spotted Karen a few times on the far side of the beach as we swam and sunbathed on the other, I don’t know if she saw us too, but nothing was had that day either. On the second sea day (Day 4), I decided to stay in the room most the day to recuperate from the swimming and sun from the days prior. I was exhausted. I was taking naps whenever during the day, having only left the room for breakfast, lunch and dinner. My mom had gone out with her sister for the evening and my sister was out at the deck party. My twin cousins stopped by to enjoy the balcony for a bit and just hang out. About 8 in the evening, there was a knock. I got up thinking it was my room service I had ordered (don’t shame me, room service is great and the food is damn good). Nope. Karen; all dolled up and fancy with her two kids. I muttered an, “Oh my god” before asking if I could help her. Karen, with one of those irked looks on her face braves a fake ass smile.
K: “Yes hi, I need someone to watch my kids so my husband and I can go out for our last night on this ship. I thought you wouldn’t mind since you’re not doing anything AND caused us that trouble in the Bahamas and embarrassed me in front of all those people. You owe us this much.” She started to push her kids slowly to the door, telling them that Mommy and Daddy would see them in a couple hours. I’m terrible at guessing kids ages, but they came up to barely must waist, and I’m 4’11’’. I blocked the door, and I could see she was getting furious.
M: “Okay, listen. This is getting so ridiculous. We don’t owe you or your privileged family anything. It’s really sad to see a grown woman act like a spoiled brat just because she lacked the knowledge to plan ahead and book the room she wanted, and NOW must try to sabotage my family’s vacation and my good time. I am not having it. You are not leaving your kids with me. A stranger, no less. What kind of parent are you? What normal person does this?” I whisper shouted at her. I was done with her bs. I was tired, sunburned and suffering a bit of heat exhaustion. Though I looked and felt like shiz, I sure as hell was not about to take this. Karen just stared, mouth agape trying to come up with some retort. At that moment, my cousins came in outside from the balcony, and it was at that Karen thought she had leverage.
K: “Well then, who are they!? Why do they get to spend time on the balcony and my kids can’t? This isn’t fair! You are going to watch my kids. You will! You will! Or I’m going to complain!” I rebutted,
M: “I owe you nothing. They are here for the simple fact that they're family and welcome in here. You are not welcome. Take your kids back to your own sad little room and I will be launching a complaint for your constant harassment.” I close the door. Karen placed a hard hit to our door before huffing out a long roar before storming off and her kids crying. I told my mom what happened, and we did make a complaint. I don’t know what happened to Karen and her family after that. We didn’t see nor hear of or from them for the rest of that night, or the next morning when we ported into Jacksonville. Aside from our adventures with her, this was a great vacation and one I got to take with the side of the family I rarely see. This story was told to my Aunt and Uncle, and they made a point to ask if my mom and I just have bad luck with such encounters with these people. We laughed about it; Mom: “Let’s hope to universe gives us a break. I really wanted to knock her ass out.” We all left and went our separate ways for now as our grandparents took us to the airport.
……. then on the way the to the airport, who should we see?
Not Karen, but a crazy cracked out lady in a white pickup that tried to cause damage to her own car and blame my grandpa for it. But that’s another story. 😊

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When I was trying to decide if/where/when to go on a babymoon with the husband, I tried searching here and didn't have much luck in finding answers or reviews. I'm sharing this experience in the hope that it helps others!
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**First things first** - Zika! Bahamas have been cleared from the Zika risk by the CDC since February or so of 2018. This means there hadn't been a Zika case reported in the Bahamas since February of 2017. And, FWIW, neither of us even got a bug bite during our time there. Can also confirm that the Bahamas are crawling with pregnant ladies! I think we saw at least 8 others at our resort alone.
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**Timing** - We went the first week of September - I was 28/29 weeks. Definitely hurricane season, but that also means it's the *least* busiest month. We were there 6 days/5 nights. I could've stayed forever ;)
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**Flights** - We live in the midwest, for reference. On the way there we had three flights - 3 hours - 1 hour - "1" hour (more like.. 30 mins). On the way back it was a little more direct with only two flights - "1" hour - 3+ hour. Definitely try to see if you can board early due to pregnancy, drink lots of water, wear compression socks, and try to get up and use the bathroom hourly if you can. The last flight back was the worst, mainly because the flight attendants weren't able to get up until nearly an hour into the flight (for possible turbulence that we never hit!) for drink service, and then they were stingy with the water! I probably could have asked for more, though. I will say that I am lucky in that it's been a fairly unicorn pregnancy for me and have had few aches/pains/problems overall, so YMMV on flying on the later side of pregnancy.
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**Precautions Taken** - We did get travel insurance in case I suddenly became high risk and had to cancel. We shopped around using squaremouth.com and got the "cancel for any reason" package as cancelling for pregnancy medical-related reasons can be tricky (also were covered in case of hurricane or other medical emergencies). I also made sure my health insurance would work there, found out about the hospitals on island and that they had level 2 NICUs (we stayed on the main island for this reason, though from what I read any pregnancy complications tend to be sent to the US). Also got my medical records at the last OB appointment before we left.
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**Resort** - Breezes! I was really nervous about this because the reviews were pretty extreme! Some love it, some hate it. It worked out perfect for us, though. I think some of that has to do with the timing (slow month), and we don't have super high/expensive expectations. Don't go during spring break/end of school year - it will be overrun with high school/college kids coming to get drunk (they even warn you of this when booking). This resort is all-inclusive, but more of the "budget" variety. Apparently the biggest complaint is that they don't have shrimp/lobster out every night like some of the all-inclusives in Mexico (or other resorts?) do - so if you're used to that, keep it in mind. They had nightly entertainment, and also activities going on every day. We really enjoyed most of the night shows. Didn't go for the daytime stuff, but I wasn't there to be active - I just wanted to sit on the beach, read and relax!
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**Food/Drink** - No top shelf liquors or anything (not that I cared about those!). We liked their main daily buffet - had that for breakfast and dinner almost every day and got a snack from the beach/pool hut for a small lunch. The food wasn't fancy, but it had good flavor and spice and good variety. They also have restaurants that are first come, first served (no reservations). We tried it once and weren't super impressed, but YMMV. They had your basic virgin drinks - daiquiris, pina coladas, fruit juices and pops. I will say the daiquiris were DELISH. I'm not a huge fan of them usually, but they were made with real strawberries, which I think made all the difference compared to what I'm used to.
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**Babymoon Package** - So right now, it seems they've discontinued this. :( We told someone else at the resort about this deal, and the front desk told them it's no longer available and that they are "revamping" it. So, keep an eye out, or call and inquire. Worst they can tell you is no. BUT it was pretty awesome - free upgrade to the "ocean front" room from the "ocean view" room (this is only when an ocean front is available - there's a HUGE difference in price between these rooms!), cabana included every day (normally $50/day), extra pillows, breakfast in bed one day, and a couples facial. All for $200. Oh, and if we were out late enough, room service left us little goodies at night (luggage tags, power bank, ear buds, etc). Worth every penny!
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**Other random stuff** - We didn't do any special packages or outings, but there was a sea turtle that liked to hang out near the west side of their roped off swim area, which was really neat! S/he hung out with us one day and got fairly close :) There was also a baby shark that swam through one afternoon- s/he kept his distance! We also caught the bus into town a couple days just to get out and get souvenirs, check out the straw market. Wasn't too bad, but not amazing. The new Baha Mar is also next door and a bus runs between the nearby resorts and there. It's like a Vegas casino/hotel.
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All in all, so glad we went for it. It was beautiful and relaxing. Our first experience at an all-inclusive resort, and we were pretty happy with it. We would probably go back ( I say probably *only* because I like to travel and see new places - if we we had unlimited vacation days, I'd definitely be back), but maybe fake me being pregnant for the babymoon deal, if available. :)) We're really glad we chose it over Baha Mar or Atlantis - more expensive for less, and the larger complexes mean it takes longer to get to the beach! A couple pictures! Feel free to ask me any questions - be it in here or PM! :)
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It's that time of year... the sun is coming out again and you are thinking about Spring Break! So where are you going to go this year for Spring Break? Here is a list of our BEST destinations from the staff at Mermaid Life®
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If you are retired and desire a quiet location, Hammock Beach is a great location for you. It's just south of St Augustine. Also in Hammock Beach is a great resort called Hammock Beach Club, fun for the entire family! Hungry for a night on the town? Historic Saint Augustine is the place for you! You can be casual or not, and the variety of restaurants will please every palate, and wallet.
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My girl&i (40's) thinking abt booking 5 nites this Sep/Oct in Bahamas possibly Atlantis...prefer mostly adult-type resorts, the fewer kids the better. We're into fitness, cool pool/water activities, martinis, casino action. Want to be on a nice long (several miles)stretch of nice wide beach. Would Atlantis be the ticket ? Or somewhere else ? Can you still access Atlantis even if staying at another resort ? Thanx in advance for all advice & feedback !

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Hello,
My wife and I are looking to take a vacation in late July or late August to a location most likely in the Caribbean. I'll be utilizing Marriott points and United miles for this trip (no shortage of either) but was trying to finalize a location. I was hoping anyone with experiences might be willing to provide their input with any of the locations we are looking at. I already have a Marriott category 9 certificate for 7 nights so with that being said the locations we were looking at are as follows:

• Bahamas - The Cove Atlantis
  
• Grand Cayman - Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort
  
• US Virgin Islands (2) - Frenchman's Reef, or Frenchman's Cove
  
• British Virgin Islands - Scrub Island Resort
  
• Aruba (3) - Aruba Marriot & Stellaris Casino, Aruba Ocean Club, or Aruba Surf Club
  

It looks like I can get to all these destinations with United (although BVI will be a long day of travel).
We're not looking for a ton of nightlife (clubs, bars etc) but would definitely like day activities (snorkling, hiking, shopping, site seeing, beaches). But also very important to us is dining. We're not opposed to going out to a lot of one off places and avoiding hotel restaurants if possible.
Can anyone provide any insight with their experiences as to how any of these locations may be? Everywhere I look I get conflicting information and not sure if we would be making the right choice or not. I've heard Atlantis is expensive and very resort like. I've heard some good and bad about Frenchman's reef and Frenchman's Cove in St. Thomas but I hear you can easily go to gorgeous St. John or even to BVI from St. Thomas.
I really appreciate any help and thank you in advance.

1. Private Island, Cheval Blanc Randheli, Maldives.
2. The Royal Penthouse Suite at the Hotel President Wilson, Geneva.
3. Grand Penthouse at The Mark Hotel, New York City.
4. Delana Hilltop Estate, Laucala Island, Fiji.
5. Ty Warner Penthouse Suite at the Four Seasons Hotel, New York City.
6. The Royal Villa, Grand Resort Lagonissi, Athens.
7. Penthouse Suite at Grand Hyatt Cannes (Hôtel Martinez), Cannes.
8. The Shahi Mahal Suite at the Raj Palace Hotel, India.
9. Hugh Hefner Sky Villa at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas.
10. Royal Suite at Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Paris.
11. Presidential Suite at St Regis, New York.
12. The Royal Suite at St. Regis Saadiyat Island, United Arab Emirates.
13. Amanyara Villa at Amanyara, Turks & Caicos.
14. The Bridge Suite, The Atlantis, Bahamas.

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• Day 16 – Loom & Leaf Foundation Christmas Giveaway | Sleepopolis (12/20/2015)
  
• Win an Apple TV 4, Netflix subscription, UnoTelly subscription and more! (12/20/15)
  
• Gift Guide to Craft Coffee Brewers and KitchenAid Precision Press Coffee Maker giveaway (12/20/15)
  
• Win a trip for 2 to Nicaragua from General Assembly (12/20/2015)
  
• $250 QVC Gift Card (12/20/2015)
  
• Cadbury Chocolate Basket Sweepstakes (12/20/2015)
  
• Win a Kindle Fire HD 6 or $100 Amazon Gift Card from Author Alexa Wilder (12/20/2015)
  
• Win a Year of Loot Crate! (12/20/2015)
  
• XB Xmas Competition: Win a Sony Bluetooth Speaker BSP10 and SBH60 Headset courtesy of Clove | Xperia Blog | Worldwide! (12/20)
  
• $50 GameStop gift card (12/20/15)
  
• TakeTV Win a Gaming PC from MIFCOM (12/20/2015)
  
• To celebrate HSCXII powered by MIFcom we're giving away some awesome prizes in cooperation with our partners NEEDforSEAT, EIZO and Lioncast (12/20/2015)
  
• CW33’s 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Multiple prizes, one each day! (12/20/15)
  
• Elzetta Tactical Light Giveaway (12/20/2015) 12 hours left
  
• WIN StarCraft II HSC Edition PC (12/20/2015)
  
• Win a Military Style Duffel Bag from Holtz Leather! 1 day only! (12/20/2015)
  
• Win this “I am Juicy Couture” fragrance! | Dave Lackie (12/20)
  
• Win a Marmot Trailhead sleeping bag from Teton Sports (12/20)
  
• Enter to win a 55" Smart HD Roku TV (12/20/2015)
  
• Win a MSI GK-701 GAMING Keyboard, MSI Interceptor DS200 GAMING Mouse, MSI DS502 GAMING Headset, MSI Sistorm GAMING Mouse Pad - open WW (12/20/15)
  
• Win TrekStor MiniPC W1 - shipping only free in germany (12/20/15)
  
• [Gleam] Resident Evil 4 & Revelations 2 (12/20/15)
  
• $4600 worth of amazing tech gear (12/20/2015)
  
• Win a Earlex SprayPort 6003 HVLP System! Worth $550! (12/20/2015)
  

Ending 2015-12-21:

• Win a Nexus 6P from AndroidHeadlines (12/21/2015)
  
• Sybian Christmas Giveaway! Open to 31 countries, this is a raunchy/sexy website, do not click if you are easily offended. Ends 12/21/2015
  
• Win a $25 Amazon gift card - the holidays are coming! (12/21/15)
  
• Kinivo HD Bluetooth Audio Receiver (12/21/2015)
  
• Win an iMac or other Mystery Prizes (12/21/15)
  
• Enter our sweepstakes to win a Sweet Dreams® Bed! (12/21/15)
  
• Win a FREE Tamron Prime Lens of Your Choosing - Either the New 35mm or 45mm f1.8 | Fstoppers (12/21/2015)
  
• Enter to win organic and natural goodie bag (6 different brands) (12/21/2015)
  
• Win a 4th Generation Apple TV from SnagFreeSamples (12/21/2015)
  
• utdoor Edge Game Processor (12/21/2015)
  
• Win an entry to any Spartan Race in the continental U.S., $200 value (12/21/15)
  
• Win a new 55" Phillips 4K TV (12/21/2015)
  
• Win a SWIG luxury hip flask, open WW (12/21/15)
  
• 12/21/15 Enter the #Minnetonka WishList Giveaway-1 winner per week
  
• Win $500 meat from D'Artagnan (12/21/15)
  
• FIFA '16 Xbox One Bundle (12/21/15)
  
• Win Doctor Who TARDIS Headphones (12/21/15)
  
• Enter to win an Apple Watch or Orbit Key one of 10 (12/21/2015)
  
• Apple TV (12/21/15)
  
• Win $2000: $1000 Shoptiques GC, $500 Crane & Canopy GC, and $500 Liquor.com GC (12/21/2015)
  
• Win a Lifetime Access to Elegant Themes (12/21/2015)
  
• Win a $500 Amazon Gift Card (12/21/2015)
  
• Win a $400 Amazon Gift Card (12/21/2015)
  
• Win a Titanium USB Drive containing the movie Ticket to Ride in 4k video format with extras (12/21/2015)
  
• Enter to win a Step2 Spin & Go Xtreme Cruiser! Value $200 12/21/2015
  
• Win a 40" LED TV and a wall mount from Sanus! (12/21/15)
  
• win a signed guitar and more 2015 CMA artist Chris Stapleton! (12/21/15)
  
• Win a $1,000 Mall at Wellington Green Holiday Shopping Spree in West Palm Beach, Florida (12/21/2015)
  
• Church's Chicken Meal Passes Giveaway (12/21/15)
  
• Win the latest Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7" (12/21)
  
• $50 STEAM/XBOX/PS4 CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY! (12/21/2015)
  
• $500 PayPal Cash Giveaway - Social Media Account Required To Enter (12/21/2015).
  
• SkinCareRx 12 Days of Giveaways! (Final Day is Worth $1354) (12/21/2015)
  
• (12/21/15) Aootek Foldable LED Desk Lamp Clock and Giveaway - Dragon Blogger Technology
  
• [FB] Enter to win the 12DaysOfSPEED giveaway via toyotires! (12/21/15)
  
• Winner's Choice of iPad Air or Apple Watch (12/21/2015)
  
• Win a Crane Germ Defense Humidifier 12/21/15
  
• 12 Days Of Giving: 12 Chances To WIN from Slyde Handboards! Ends 12/21/2015
  
• Win 12 Days of Merry with LACTAID, prizes like Ghirardelli® Chocolate, enter daily (12/21/15)
  
• $500 KICKSUSA.com Shopping Spree (12/21/15)
  
• Win a VIP trip to Jamaica for Shaggy and Friends (12/21/15)
  
• $100 Kohl’s Giveaway! 12/21/2015
  
• Win a $250 Amazon Christmas Shopping Spree (12/21/15)
  
• Win A SONOS PLAY:5 (12/21/2015)
  
• Win 1 of 2 eBooks of The Last Wife of Attila the Hun (12/21)
  
• Miami Dolphins Tailgate Giveaway ends 12/21
  
• Mimoco's #WinThisWinter Prize Pack Contest! Week Three! 12/21/2015 Open Worldwide!
  
• Win a Beats 2.0 Wireless Portable Speaker from Sessions X! (12/21/15)
  
• Win an Apple TV and 2 LIFETIME Plex Passes from Digital Trends (Ends 12/21/15)
  
• 2 Diamondback Bikes - One for you and one to give to someone (12/21/2015)
  
• Trail Camera, Spotlight, Firestarter w/ Knife, Rifle Case and Gun Cleaning Kit (12/21/15)
  
• Win a Trip to See Phases and Maroon 5 on NYE in Vegas! (12/21/2015)
  
• The Points Guy - Win 67500 American Airlines Miles! (12/21/2015)
  
• Enter to win $250 Techno glow credit (or one of four secondary prizes). They sell glow-in-the-dark powder and paint! (12/21/2015)
  
• Enter To Win A Stanley 65-Piece Homeowner’s Tool Kit – Drawing 12/21 at 3PM | maxwells attic
  
• Win a Litter-Robot Open Air™ Self-Cleaning, Automatic Litter Box- Day 20 (12/21/15)
  
• Win Geek & Sundry's final day of D20 - Gaming accessories prize pack: Several gorgeously craft dice sets and dice pouches, Card deck cases, D&D character Folio- Demogorgon, an ornate Realms of Havoc life counter, and more (12/21/15) 24 hours only!
  
• Win a philosophy “glowing days ahead” skincare set! | Dave Lackie (12/21)
  

Ending 2015-12-22:

• Win amazing prizes from HyperX, Intel, Gigabyte & ESL in the IEM San Jose Raffle! Main prize is a custom 6th Gen i7 Intel PC with Liquid Cooling! (12/22/2015)
  
• [gleam] Twisted Envy | WIN Personalized Chocolates! (12/22/15)
  
• Marsbox Bluetooth Speaker Giveaway (12/22/2015)
  
• Win a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, a $500 Visa Gift Card, and a $500 Vivid Seats Gift Card (Ends 12/22/15)
  
• Win a ProVari Radius vaporizer, $200 value (12/22/15)
  
• Win a 40" Samsung TV or an XBox One or a TShirt and Hoodie, or 10 packs of JerkyXP jerky (12/22/15)
  
• Roku Holiday Sweepstakes Ends 12/22/2015
  
• PRBC Holiday Bash Sweepstakes Enter to win a $250 Amazon Gift Card! (12/22/2015)
  
• [FB] Win $1,500 to redecorate (12/22/15)
  
• Houston Metro Area - Win a 7 day Carnival Cruise for 4 [Ends 12/22/15 @ 5:00 p.m.]
  
• Enter to win a REV Starter Set from WowWee for the Holidays! (12/22/15)
  
• $500 Gift Card - Chuao Chocolatier (12/22/15)
  
• WOODIE SPECS GIVEAWAY (Ends 12/22/2015)
  
• ENTER TO WIN THIS $430 GOAL ZERO YETI 150 SOLAR GENERATOR KIT (12/22/2015)
  
• [Steam] OCZ Steam Giveaway - Win a SSD or Steam Wallet Cash! (12/22/2015)
  
• Bashinski Fine Gems - Win an ‘14k Yellow “X” diamond ring with a round brilliant cut diamond .50 carat (RV $1,690)! (12/22/2015)
  
• Alienware and Team Liquid -The Night Befourth Christmas 12 Days of Giveaways 12/22/2015
  
• Win a Canon 6D + 24-105mm Lens (12/22/2015)
  
• Win a free entry to any Spartan Race from The Everyday Warrior (12/22/15)
  
• [FB] Keesler Federal Credit Union 12 Days of Giveaways! (12/22/15)
  
• Win A SONOS PLAY:5 - Hey Gents /Global/ (12/22)
  
• D'Artagnan $500 Shopping Spree (12/22/15)
  
• Gugu Guru Giveaway - Win $1700 in Baby Products Just in Time for Holidays including Stroller, Rockaroo, Earth Breeze Mattress, Breast Pump, Bottles, and More (12/22/15)
  
• 12 Days of TUSA free scuba diving gear (12/22/2015)
  
• Win an Actron CP9550 PocketScan Plus! (12/22/15)
  
• Win a North Face hoodie from Appalachian Outdoors! (12/22/15)
  
• Win a Yeti 20 Cooler from Odum Insurance! (12/22/15)
  
• Two tickets to the Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl (12/22/15)
  
• GoPro HERO4 Session Giveaway #1 (12/22/2015)
  
• HyperX H.O.T. Season III World Finals Giveaway #2 (High-End Gaming Computer Accessories and Parts) (12/22/2015)
  
• Steele and Borough Backpack + Gym Duffel Bag (12/22/2015)
  
• Win a Huawei G8 - open to all (12/22)
  
• Win In the Shadow of the Storm (12/22/2015)
  
• Win a Steele and Borough Backpack + Gym Duffel Bag (12/22/2015)
  
• Win an Amazon Echo (12/22/15)
  

Ending 2015-12-23:

• Enter to win a $250 wardrobe certificate. (12/23/2015)
  
• Win a $500 Visa (12/23/2015)
  
• Win a QNap TS 453 NAS - In French but Open WorldWide (12/23/2015)
  
• $250 Cash from mybizhookup (12/23/15)
  
• Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card & Signed Box-Set from Simone Chavous (12/23/2015)
  
• Enter to win the Build Your Own Breakfast giveaway! 12/23/2015
  
• $20 Gift Card of your choice for Video games (12/23/2015)
  
• Mega Giveaway Day 14 - RC Quad Copter (12/23/2015)
  
• Win a Razer Deathstalker Chroma (12/23/2015)
  
• Win a Nikon or Canon 135mm lens (12/23/15)
  
• JisuArt Holiday Giveaway (12/23/15)
  
• Enter to win Ted Baker Sully Rose Crystal Earrings (12/23/15)
  
• Happy Holiday Giveaway, win $5,000 from Bed Bath and Beyond! Ends 12/23
  
• Win Ozone 2016 C4 V6 kite for kiteboarding (12/23/2015)
  
• Win a Star Wars PS4 Battlefront Bundle OR $300 South West Airlines with $100 Visa Gift Card from BookByte (12/23/2015)
  
• Win the Saison Beauty Winter Face Collection! (12/23/15)
  
• Win an all-inclusive trip to St. Vincent from Blue Bay Travel! Other great prizes also available! (12/23/15)
  
• Enter to win a RYOBI 40v-X String Trimmer, a RYOBI Expand-It Blower Attachment and a RYOBI Expand-It Edger Attachment! (12/23/15)
  
• Win 1 of 3 Trampolines (12/23/15)
  
• Win a Jumbuck Stainless Steel 4 Burner Forum Hooded BBQ with Remadee (12/23/15)
  
• Enter to win a Nikon D5300 2 Lens Outfit (12/23/15)
  
• Win $750 of Elite Backpacking Gear (12/23/15)
  
• Win a Kindle Fire Tablet, Signed print books, and a mystery swag pack from Mina Carter! (12/23)
  
• Win a $100 AMEX gift card and Luvs diapers (12/23/2015)
  
• Season of Giving - 10 O'Coffee Club Christmas Log Cake Giveaway! (12/23/2015)
  
• Win the Megan Plays Gamestop Gift Card Holiday Giveaway! 1st Prize $60 2nd and 3rd Prize $30 (12/23/2015)
  
• WIN a $450 Brother SE400 Computerized Sewing machine (12/23/15)
  
• GIVEAWAY > MP7 | Entrega Especial (12/23/2015)
  
• Pintsized Fashionista - Gucci Clutch Giveaway (12/23/2015)
  
• WIN THIS $430 GOAL ZERO YETI 150 SOLAR GENERATOR KIT (12/23/15)
  
• Enter to win a $250 Visa Giftcard (12/23/2015)
  
• Watch Me Explode’s Mega DIY-Musician Home Studio Giveaway! (12/23/2015)
  
• $1000 GC for TJ Maxx, Marshall's and HomeGoods + 100 $100 GCs (12/23/15)
  
• Round Table Pizza: Enter to Win Free Pizza for 3 Months! Open to residents of California, Nevada, Arizona, , Washington, Alaska and Hawaii 12/23/2015
  
• MaidenOfWarfare's Holiday Giveaway - Win Fallout 4 for Xbox One 12/23
  
• Enter to Win a Kindle Fire HD6 ( kids edition ) (12/23/2015)
  
• Enter to win one of 13 prizes worth up to $500 (12/23/2015)
  
• Ultimate Yoga Giveaway with Glasstic Shatterproof Water Bottles! - Aurorae Yoga (12/23/2015)
  
• ASUS GeForce Week 3 Giveaway (12/23/2015)
  
• Win a Smart Weigh Digital/Mechanical Kitchen Scale! (12/23)
  
• Romantic Pack For Two - Candles, Wine, Chocolate (12/23/2015)
  
• Win a Copie of CS:GO as Steam Gift (12/23/15)
  
• [FB] Energems GIF Tag Giveaway - Make a GIF, Tag a Friend - 5 $1,000 visa gift card grand prizes (ends 12/23/2015)
  
• [FB] Scandinave Spa Blue Mountain 12 days of giveaways! Worth $55 - $3064!! Canadians only.. sorry! (12/23/2015)
  
• Win $250 to Grayers! (12/23/2015)
  
• New holiday giveaway for a $20 steam store gift card. Starts 12/18/2015 Ends 12/23/2015
  
• Win an SOG Survivalhawk tactical axe/tomahawk (12/23/15)
  
• Win a Polaris Ranger® EV - USA excl. AK and HI (12/23/2015)
  
• Win A 1 year membership to Headspace the premier mindfulness and meditation service ($156 value) ends 12/23/2015
  
• 12 Days of Cobalt Christmas 2015 - 12 Winners (12/23/2015)
  
• Win a Holiday Sweater, Fierce XL Smartphone and $50 Gift Card (12/23/15)
  
• Win a Fishman Fluence guitar pickup set, $225 value (12/23/15)
  
• Enter to win 1 of 10 limited edition Tootsie Roll model train sets. (12/23/2015)
  

Ending 2015-12-24:

• Enter to win the 50 Days of Cash Sweepstakes from JD Wentworth! Ends 12/24/2015
  
• Enter the Natural Nights Giveaway from Down & Feather Co. and WholeMom.com (12/24/15)
  
• Tractor Tools Direct | Caroni Rotary Tiller (12/24/15)
  
• Golf Digest: 2015 Holiday Gift Guide Giveaway !! 10 Winners !! (12/24/15)
  
• (12/24/15) Enter the @wideopencountry $500 @bootbarn Giveaway
  
• Paper Towns Giveaway (12/24/2015)
  
• $25 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway (12/24/2015)
  
• Enter to win a $1000! 12/24/2015
  
• iPad Mini 16GB Giveaway | Ratingle (12/24/2015)
  
• Enter to win a 5 oz silver coin! (12/24/15)
  
• Black Ops 3 Toasty Stickers Bundle Black Ops 3 Toasty Stickers Bundle (12/24/2015)
  
• Win one of 12 skin care holiday beauty prizes (12/24/2015)
  
• Win a Custom Built AMD Powered PC (12/24/2015)
  
• Win Gaming Hardware worth of €7.000 (12/24/15)
  
• Win an iPad Mini 4, urbeats by Dre, 1-year Audiobooks.com subscription and other Audiobooks perks! (12/24/15)
  
• 12/24/15 Enter for a chance to win $100 daily, $500 on Bonus Days!
  
• Need for Speed (2015) Giveaway (12/24/15)
  
• Win a 5oz .999 Silver Gwen Individually Numbered Proof Worth $249 (12/24/2015)
  
• Win an iPad Mini (12/24/15)
  
• Win the new Chromecast, Chromecast Audio, Nexus 6P, and a $50 Google Play gift card! (12/24/15)
  
• Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card from ugly-sweaters.com (12/24/2015)
  
• Win up to £500 cash (12/24)
  
• Enter to win a custom gaming PC (12/24/2015)
  
• Enter to win Awp Hyper Beast Factory New CS:GO Skin (12/24/2015)
  
• Win a $50 Amazon gift card & a Deluxe Stress Reduction gift pack (12/24/2015)
  
• Win 1 of 3 $250 Visa Gift Cards (12/24/15)
  
• Win a Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum Wireless RGB Gaming Headset (12/24/2015)
  
• ★ Falchion Knife | Urban Masked Cs:GO Giveaway (12/24/2015)
  
• 25 Days of Gifting! 12-24-2015
  
• Win 1 of 5 iPhone 6 from gazelle - 12/24/15
  
• Win a three month subscription to Scent Trunk - US & Canada (12/24/2015)
  
• Win skis or other prizes from the Ski Utah Yeti (12/24/2015)
  
• Custom PS4 Giveaway (12/24/2015)
  
• CyberPc.fr PC giveaway (12/24/2015)
  
• Five (5) winners will receive a Chromecast Device, Chromecast Audio Device, $50.00 Google Play Gift Card, and a Nexus P6! (12/24/2015)
  
• MakersKit 12 Days of Giveaways. Enter to win some amazing gifts. One winner everyday during our 12 Days of Giving! (12/24/15)
  
• Imag Plus Ceramic Vaporizer from Vaped.com, Plus 9 Other Prizes! (12/24/15)
  
• QiStone+ Wireless Phone Charger (12/24/2015)
  
• Enter To Win $100 Amazon Gift Card (12/24)
  
• MSI Gaming Notebook & GT Omega Racing Chair (12/24/15)
  
• BikeBandit.com's Twelve Day Holiday Giveaway Sweepstakes! Not sure but I think 12/24/2015
  
• Enter to win $25 amazon gift card (12/24/2015)
  
• Aaron's December Holiday Countdown Sweepstakes, win a Samsung WasheDryer, a 65-inch Smart TV, PlayStation 4 and More! Ends 12/24
  
• Win a Bomboard portable modular jet ski water craft worth $3,995! (12/24/15)
  
• Enter to win $1000 Apple gift card, $10,000 diamond, PS4, Diamond rings (12/24/2015)
  
• MEGA GIVEAWAY DE NATAL: FIFA 16, PES 16, FM 2016 & NBA 2K16 (12/24/2015)
  
• Win £1000 Cash via PayPal /Global 16+/ (12/24)
  
• Christmas Drone Giveaway! DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Quadcopter Drone with 1080p HD Video Camera (12/24/2015)
  
• To celebrate our 100 year anniversary, we're joyfully giving away $100 every day during the TERRO 12 Days of Giveaways ! (12/24/15)
  
• ACCUWEATHER - WARM WINTER WISHES SWEEPSTAKES -Grand Prize (1): $1,000 Visa gift card. INSTANT WIN PRIZES: (13) $25 Visa gift cards, six (6) $50 Visa gift cards. (6) $100 Visa gift cards (12/24/15)
  
• Enter to win one year of sports bras. You'll receive a variety of brands and styles hand picked by one of our fit specialists just for you! (12/24/15)
  
• Enter to win a CSGO steam key (12/24/2015)
  
• Worth Ave Group 12 Days of Giveaways! iPads, more! 12/24/2015
  
• Win £2000 of Lingerie - or one of the daily prizes (12/24/15)
  
• LexMod Modern Living Giveaway - Win a Clear Casper Dining Chair! (12/24/2015)
  
• Win a Kindle Fire HD and a Netflix Subscription (12/24/15)
  
• Snuggin Giveaway (3 Winners) (12/24/2015)
  
• Win a $500 Choice Hotels Gift Card Sweepstakes! (12/24/2015)
  
• A trip to Mexico! Airfare, hotel, etc. 12/24/2015
  
• Kindle Fire 7" Giveaway! (12/24/2015)
  
• Win a super comfy Lull Mattress in the size of your choice!! Up to $950 value (ends 12/24/15)
  
• Enter to win a $200 Gift Card towards Keen Utility Boots from CopTool.com! (12/24/15)
  
• Win an EKKO Delay Pedal with AERO Wireless Controller worth $499! There will be three winners!! (12/24/2015)
  
• Win a laptop, a $50 Dell gift card, and more in the Intel Security Safe Holiday Countdown. (12/24/15)
  
• iPad Mini giveaway ! (12/24/2015)
  
• $50 Netflix gift card (12/24/15)
  
• Enter to win a stack of two joyful eternity rings. (12/24/2015)
  
• Win 2 VIP Tickets to Lights All Night 2015 (12/24/15)
  

Ending 2015-12-25:

• Tech-A-Day Giveaway | Les Olson Company (daily prize for 60days) (12/25/2015)
  
• Win Need for Speed for a Platform of your Choice (12/25/2015)
  
• Win a $200 Target Gift Card (12/25/15)
  
• Win Skylanders Supercharged (12/25/2015)
  
• WIN‬ An ‪‎Alexandra De Curtis‬ Bucket Bag! (12/25/2015)
  
• Sandberg Daily Advent Calendar Giveaway 2015 (worldwide)(12/25/2015)
  
• Litter-Robot Open Air (12/25/2015) (dialy giveaway)
  
• Win a Body Armor Kit (12/25/2015)
  
• Sleepopolis Christmas Giveaway Spectacular - 25 Days of Giveaways - $20,000 in Prizes! Grand prize winner - Leesa Mattress + 3 Day Getaway Christmas Giveaway | Sleepopolis ($1,600 value) (12/25/2015)
  
• Win a Pair of Sorel Waterproof Boots [US Only] (12/25/2015)
  
• Win Disney Infinity Items in the 25 Days of Disney Infinity Advent Calendar from Disney Infinity Codes (12/25/2015)
  
• Enter to Win a 32" HDTV, blu-ray player, and Buddy the Elf Musical Blu-Ray Pack (12/25/2015)
  
• Win a $100 visa from lucent spot (12/25/2015?)
  
• Win a $75 Voucher to Winning Moves Games to Buy Classic and Unique Board Games and Puzzles (12/25/15)
  
• Enter to win a $50 amazon gift card (12/25/2015)
  
• Win a Pinhole Press Holiday Camera Giveaway - Nikon D3300 Package! Ends 12/25/2015 USA and Canada
  
• [Twitter] Win $100 Cash or $500 on Random Bonus Days from JG Wentworth - Make sure not to select to allow them to contact you unless you want that. (12/25/2015)
  
• Enter to win a 3 Night Las Vegas Stay and $500 Shopping Spree! Not sure when it ends, probably 12/25/2015
  
• [LIMITED STATES] BJ's Wholesale 25 Days of Gifts (12/25/15)
  
• Vermont Brownie Company: WIN Brownies Every Month For An Entire Year! (12/25/15)
  
• Atron Vision 27" LED Monitor + 9 Other Prizes TNT electron Sweepstakes (12/25/15)
  
• Enter to win 4GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 965M + Steam Games! (12/25/2015)
  
• Bevy Gift Guide Giveaway! Tech toys giveaway! 12/25/2015
  
• 1 STEAM KEY FOR H1Z1 - 12/25/15
  
• 1 STEAM KEY FOR DayZ - 12/25/15
  
• Jackson Kayak Kilroy LT and an Orion 25 cooler plus daily prizes (12/25/15)
  
• 12 Days Till Xposed-mas Giveaway- Win Smartwatches, Chromecast, Speakers, and more!!! (12/25/15)
  
• Win a 5x7 pocket organiser from Propper (12/25)
  
• ERA Ageless Christmas Giveaway (12/25/15) ?
  
• Win a set of Rigid Industries Midnight Edition D-Series lights, hats, and shirts! (12/25/15)
  
• WIN Tickets to ALL #CREATENYE2016 Shows! (12/25/2015)
  
• [Christmas Edition] 1678 Euros Worth Games Giveaway ! (12/25/2015)
  
• Litter-Robot's 25 Days of Christmas: Day 25 - Care2 + Litter-Robot - 12/25/15
  
• 4-Day Vacation for 2 in the Bahamas at The Cove Atlantis (12/25/2015)
  
• [FB] DJI Osmo 4K Camera Christmas Giveaway (12/25/2015)
  
• [Gleam] 27" LED 1440p Monitor from Atron Vision + others TNT electron Holiday Sweepstakes (12/25/15)
  
• Win an Alienware R3 PC and a Corsair gaming peripherals set together worth $1600+ - NA & UK age 13+ (12/25/15)
  
• On-the-go paleo meals prize pack giveaway (12/25/2015)
  
• Giving away 3 copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops III (12/25/2015)
  
• uSwitch.com 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways (12/25/2015)
  
• Snakku + Star Wars Giveaway - 3 Winners. Ends 12/25/15
  
• 12 Days of Fathom Sweepstakes - Multiple Prizes with a Total ARV of $1582.88 (12/25/2015)
  
• 12 Day Trip to South Africa USA/CAN Only (12/25/2015)
  
• Win this Lancôme Holiday 2015 makeup collection! | Dave Lackie (12/25/2015)
  
• $100 GC amazon (12/25/2015)
  
• Win a Hamilton Beach 33967A Set 'n Forget Programmable Slow Cooker (12/25/15)
  
• 12 days RIGMAS - Win gaming hardware (headsets and more) from Plantronics - open worldwide (12/25/15)
  

Ending 2015-12-26:

• Win an Xbox One (12/26/15)
  
• Win a $30 Amazon Gift Card from Bestselling Author Shelley Munro (12/26)
  
• Win a FitBit Flex (12/26/2015)
  
• OnePlus X Review and Giveaway (12/26)
  
• Trip for 2 to one of 10 US cities (12/26/15)
  
• 12 Days of Yogi $2,000 Christmas Sweepstakes! (12/26/2015)
  
• (12/26/15) JmGO G1 Smart Projector Review and Giveaway
  
• Wellness Advent Calendar: prizes every day + win a weekend stay at a hotel (ends 12/26/2015)
  
• (12/26/15) INT'L GoPro HERO4 Session Review and Giveaway
  
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I am looking into booking a vacation for a friend ( I'm sort of her part time personal assistant ) and am pretty lost. Let me start this off by saying I'm not the type to go to any kind of inclusive resort type vacation( for our honeymoon my wife and I spent 3 completely unplanned weeks in Croatia ) so I'm really not familiar with these sorts of places. Anyway the friend I'm booking this for has been to Atlantis twice and loved it ( a bit less the 2nd time) so I'm looking for something similar. Something nice with a lot of activities to partake in without having to go too far from the hotel. I know google can answer this but all of these places just tout themselves as the best and I thought maybe some folks on here might have some experiences and insight on a certain place.
So any recomendations with some of these criteria :

• island locale ( Caribbean, Bahamas .... That general area of te world)
  
• water water everywhere ( pools , clean oceans )
  
• swimming with dolphins
  
• horseback riding(?)
  
• lack of adventure ( again these people don't want to have to explore and hint down the fun, they just want convinience)
  
• doesn't have to be a drinks/food included kind of place( those exist right?).
  
• nightlife nearby would be nice but certainly not very important to them.
  
• casinos
  
• activities galore ( waterskiing , parasailing , snorkeling and the like)
  

I've looked into a few places in Aruba and the saints islands but again it's hard to tell exactly how convenient some of these pleases are without having been there. Any recomendations , advice or criticism will be very helpful to me. Thanks